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Just tamed Loque’nahak. Finally. April 10, 2009

Posted by erbodie in News, Pets.
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I am not sure if it is every hunter’s dream, but it was certainly a goal of mine since the release of the expansion. Only once have I come close to taming this very Rare elite Spirit Beast that spawns in Sholozar Basin every 6 to 8 hours.

After spending hundreds of gold on respecs (BM <> Survival), I had all but given up. For some reason today, as I worked from home, I felt compelled to get my hunter to SB and check out a few common locations (see the link above for info about these). The first one I check (72, 70) was the right one.

Just tamed Loque'nahak. Finally.

Isn't it a thing of (beasty) beauty?

Tip: if you try to tame it, do stand on top of your trap and not behind it. Loque’nahak will jump at you and may not trigger the trap if you dropped it too far.

Very happy hunter here ;-)

Just tamed Sian Rotam! January 25, 2008

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You know – at least you should know – I am a sucker for rare pets, and I missed the opportunity to tame a ghost wolf before Blizzard made them untameable (as they did for the uber cool Amani bear from Zul’Aman).Yesterday, as Erbkaya my paly was questing in Winterspring, I discovered a quest chain that led to the killing of Shy-Rotam. This used to be a Horde-only quest, and apparently Patch 2.3 made it available to us Alliance players.So I went back today on Erbodie, got the quest, and tamed Sian-Rotam after killing Shy.  As a 70 it was obviously trivial (at 58, my paly did have a bit of fun with these two level 60s), but you get fearead every now and then so you have to time your trap and taming right.It is really a nice pet, which is going to take the spot of Ghosty, my ghost saber. I got him to level 66 after taming him at 19 (!!!). Unfortunately I need a raid pet (Ravager) and a PVP pet (Warp Stalker) so I only have one slot for a “decoration” pet.And now I need to level him to 70. Argh. Sian-Rotam

Wow Coolest Pets: The Amani Bear October 17, 2007

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It is only on the PTR (Public Test Realm) for now, but hunters can enter Zul’Aman, the new 10-man instance that Blizzard will make available with Patch 2.3, and tame this cool looking pet. Unfortunately, it does not have any special abilities, but the look!Thanks to Mania for publishing a mini-guide to tame it. A few suggestions:

  • When you enter Zul’aman and talk to the NPC to open the door, stay outside of aggro distance of the door.
  • Place your (trash) pet on stay as far as you can at the back of the hall, and misdirect the two elite trolls at the door on it.
  • 6 other elite mobs are going to climb up the stairs to attack your pet, and it will be probably dead quickly so they will aggro on you.
  • Place your frost trap and run as far as possible down the stairs, towards the right and fd. Pay attention to the 2-mobs pat as well.
  • Further on right, you will see the bear boss. Hug the right wall until you see the bear pets and go around the first couple of trees. If you don’t hug the wall enough, you will aggro the bears, and potentially the three NPCs there.
  • Shooting the closest bear to trap it will aggro another one. As opposed to fearing the second one, I double trapped the two bears, and had time to tame the first one before the second trap broke – and the second bear killed me. Imp traps is a must to make this happen IMHO.

    • Update: I also went in last night on the PVE PTR with another hunter. With two MD’s on the elite guards, and two traps to freeze and tame the bears, it was a quick 5 mins to get it done.Enjoy the tells in the city when you have that pet up :-) .Update: I have tried to tame this bear in ZA after the release of Patch 2.3, and unfortunately the Amani bear is no longer tameable. Damn! Please leave a comment if you have had a different experience.Zul’aman bear