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New Mechanical Hunter Pets on Alcaz Island in Patch 7.1

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In patch 7.1, Alcaz Island in Dustwallow Marsh has turned into some kind of crazy robot island filled with deadly security bots, turrets, land mines, plus all of the evil gnomes who seemingly put them there. The place is a literal death trap. It begins with getting knocked off your flying mount with anti-aircraft fire … Continue Reading ››
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Patch 7.0 Hunter Info Dump: Pets, addons, stats, trinkets, and more

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It's been nearly 13 months since the last major WoW patch. Can we never have that happen again, Blizzard? Please? Alright then... so what's there for a Hunter to do on patch day? Well, I can tell you what I'll be doing. First I'll login to every character to collect their transmogs, then vendor most of … Continue Reading ››
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How to craft (and tame) your very own Iron Juggernaut

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Well, this is a first. In Legion (well, technically patch 7.0) Hunters will be able to venture into Siege of Orgrimmar and gather parts to make their very own Iron Juggernaut pet -- in four different colors! To fully discover all the ins and outs of this taming challenge took many hours of searching around SoO, … Continue Reading ››
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Pet of the Week: Lowland Manashell (aka Tortos)

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Ever wanted to tame Tortos? Well, now you can -- sort of. In lieu of actually making the boss from Throne of Thunder tameable, Blizzard has re-used Tortos' model for a new turtle species, the Lowland Manashell.  These turtles are found in Suramar, the level 110-only zone in the Broken Isles. More specifically, in … Continue Reading ››
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How to tame Friender the Mechano Wolf

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I think it's safe to say that Friender the mechano wolf is the first legitimate taming challenge discovered in Legion. We have Treble and Rush, which are found via track hunting, but Friender is something completely new. Shout out to Kyfus who was the first Hunter to discover this one. When Blizzard first announced mechanical … Continue Reading ››
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Track hunting for rare pets is returning in Legion

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Do you remember rare pets from Mists of Pandaria such as Portent, Hexapos, and Savage? These pets required you to look for their tracks to hunt them down. We didn't get any new rares like this in Warlords, but it looks like they are returning for Legion! This time, instead of animal tracks … Continue Reading ››
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Beast Mastery News: Hati customization, Dire Beast replacement

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Shortly after I wrote this initial piece on what I felt was wrong with the Beast Mastery fantasy in Legion, the developers announced that they planned on adding a glyph so that Dire Beast would pull from your own stable of pets rather than use random ones from the wild. This addressed one of … Continue Reading ››
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Scalehide and Oxen pets come to Legion, plus the first tameable Mechanical pets

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The first Legion taming pass is here! This round brings us some new pets that Hunters have been requesting for years. We now have a total of 3 new pet families in Legion: Oxen, Scalehide, and Mechanical. Future Survival Hunters will be happy to know that none of them are Exotic families. In addition, we have … Continue Reading ››
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Legion Beta: New potential Hunter pets, the Mech family, and pet buff changes

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More fun stuff is coming out of this weekend's initial datamining, this time related to pets. MMO-Champion has been posting a bunch of new models, and some of them look like they could become Hunter pets. Standard disclaimer: This is still super early in the beta process and literally everything could change.

Pet buffs removed?

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The new Hunter pets of Patch 6.2 (video)

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Patch 6.2 features 8 new hunter pet looks. There are no rares, but one of the new pets is a challenge tame -- the Felbound Wolf. You can learn more about how to tame that in this post. The video below will give you a quick look at 7 of the new looks. The 8th … Continue Reading ››