Critter Corner

You know it was bound to happen...

A post dedicated to WoW vanity pets.

Right now there are over 100 of these little critters out there, with more on the way in 3.1. To date, I have 72 pets and craving for more!!!

Here's my pet collection: Anyyx's Critters

Breanni of Warcraftpets.com has a full list of pets and updates when new ones are introduced.

Needless to say, I stalk this site.

It's a surprise everytime!!!!

/run CallCompanion("CRITTER", random(GetNumCompanions("CRITTER")))

Chooses a random critter from your noncombat pets and brings it out for you to play with.

Ahhhh yeah!!! Check this out!!!

UPDATE: News from the patch 3.1 PTR keeps pouring in...

Argent Tournament Pets
The new Argent Gruntling and Argent Squire pets have been confirmed. After completing several days' worth of dailies to become a Champion of the Argent Tournament, Horde players will receive a little orc boy and Alliance players will receive a little human boy. These tireless servants will follow you to the ends of Azeroth, catering to your every need. Well maybe not... but they sure make cool new companions! Plus they will display pennants of the factions with which you've achieved Exalted Champion status if you ask them to (special thanks to our pal El from El's Extreme Anglin' for this submission).

After becoming an Argent Champion, players can complete new daily quests to receive Champion's Seals. These tokens can be used to purchase cool new armor, weapons, tabards, mounts, and pets. There is a separate quartermaster for each race, each selling a different pet for 40 Champion's Seals. NOTE: These Argent Tournament pets are currently not BoP. If they stay that way, any player should be able to acquire all 10 pets!

New Crab Pet
El has also discovered a new pet crab, the Strand Crawler. This little guy has a chance to drop in the Bag of Fishing Treasures rewarded from the new Northrend fishing dailies.

New Mechanical Pet?
MMO-Champion has reported a new possible pet: XS-001 Constructor Bot - Right Click to summon and dismiss Mimiron's XS-001 Prototype. He really hates water. This sounds like one of Mimiron's many mechanical creations that will be coming soon to an Ulduar near you.

Updates to Existing Pets
We also have some exciting pet-related news from the PTR patch notes:

• Horde characters may now obtain the quest CLUCK! from Chickens. While Farmer Saldean won't be selling Special Chicken Feed to the Horde, perhaps "Westfall" William Saldean in Brill might...
  
• Sprite Darter Eggs: May now (very rarely) drop from Sprite Darters in Feralas. Note that only Horde characters can attack and kill Sprite Darters.
  
• Tiny Emerald Whelplings: May now (very rarely) drop from Adolescent Whelps in the Swamp of Sorrows.
  
• White Tickbird Hatchling is now classified as a Pet.
  

Oh God, I want one...The Mechanopeep, which will be the first Argent Tournament pet that gnomes can obtain, is a mini version of the Red Mechanostrider mount. It comes complete with noxious smoke and incessant mechanical sounds.

Here's a pic of the lil cutie. Damn you Gnomes!!!!

http://www.warcraftpets.com/news/images/big/mechanopeep_ptr.jpg

Did you have this lil guy but delete it for much needed bag space?



If you have this Feat of Strength achievement but not the pet, you can petition Blizzard to restore it. It is not guaranteed that they will do it; however it does not hurt to try. I opened a ticket and we have been reunited. WOOOOOOOT!

OMG, I am SOOOO getting one!!!

The Teldrassil Sproutling is the first pet available to Night Elves. It's a little gray ent with purple leaves, whose idle animations include dancing and falling asleep. It's the perfect companion for resto druids!

In patch 3.1: Engineers can now obtain the schematics for Lil' Smoky and the Pet Bombling from certain creatures found in Gnomeregan. Specialized Gnomish or Goblin engineers can obtain both schematics equally. The repeatable quest that used to randomly grant these schematics has been disabled.

From Warcraftpets:

Noblegarden is now underway on the PTR. Blizzard has completely overhauled this event with lots of new items and achievements, including a Spring Rabbit pet. The [Spring Rabbit's Foot] that summons this bunny can be looted randomly from brightly colored eggs hidden around starting zone towns. You can also purchase one from a Noblegarden Vendor in exchange for 100 chocolates.

Fortunately this little critter has more charm than your average pet rabbit. When it is far away, it will leap in an arc to land at your feet. If it spots another of its kind, the two will fall in love and spawn patches of flowers that develop into baby bunnies. When the fling ends, the two rabbits go their separate ways with broken hearts.

The Ammen Vale Lashling makes a shuffling sound while walking and will randomly burrow down into the ground so that only their heads show. This lil guy will be available first to Draenei thru the Argent Tournament.

Oh hey any..on that map thing Benj posted, it was a typo on my part..

Kill TAINTED OOZE not CURSED OOZE

Sorry!

Thank you both, Haf and Adenia. I love that you guys feed into my pet addiction.

Any other pet tips (Hyacinth Macaw -- hint, hint) please post em here.

You guys rock!!!

A really cool addon I just found for any minipet lover:
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/petleash.aspx

It is kind of like the macro that will summon a random pet, however there are a couple features which make it different. You can choose through a list of all the pets you have and check only the ones you want it to choose from (if you dont like all those pesky moths or roaches =P). Also, there is an option (which you can disable) and it will switch those pets every 30sec.

If you do get this addon, make a macro to summon/desummon the pets:
/petleash togglePet

For only $39.99 he could be your's!!!

MMO Champion reports a new pet, Grunty the Murloc Marine! He's an adorable orange murloc in a Starcraft marine suit, complete with C-14 Impaler gauss rifle. And that powerful weapon isn't just for show! While idle, this little fellow will occasionally start firing, shooting out flames and scattering bullet casings everywhere (check out the video).

UPDATE: Blizzard has confirmed that this new pet will be given out to people who attend BlizzCon 2009 or purchase the BlizzCon Pay Per View via DIRECTV. Unfortunately, it seems that those who purchase the live stream will not be rewarded.

Here's a pic of the lil guy.

Too bad I don't have DIRECTV

Speaking of pets....I got my phoenix hatchling last night on my pally. WOOT!

Samboni wrote:Speaking of pets....I got my phoenix hatchling last night on my pally. WOOT!

Yay, congrats!!! I that lil guy and it took me forever and a day to get him. MgT rocks!!

Blizzcon pet here I come!

Per WoR and MMO Champion, looks like all you have to do to get this critter is be a legal US citizen and sign up.

Check this out:

Mountain Dew - Choose your guide

MMO Champion

There are tons of other prizes to win, including a trip to Blizz Con.

The Battle-Bot from the Mountain Dew promotion will be available any day now....

How do I get the Battle-Bot Ignition Key?

To claim the Battle-Bot pet, visit the promotion website at www.mountaindewgamefuel.com and follow the instructions there.

The exclusive pet is available only between early June and August 20, and you many only claim the Battle-Bot Ignition Key on a World of Warcraft account (either trial or full account) that is tied to a Battle.net account.

The account must be in the North American region, which includes the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, and Singapore.

Thanks so much any! I can't wait to get one of those cute little battle-bots

Hopefully they'll update the site soon so we can get one

For those of you that do not have this...check out this guide. It is very long, but "woth" it. (wink Rev)

According to Warcrafter Pets:

NEW Pet! The Battle-Bot pet is finally here and it is a true vanity pet! It looks very similar to the Clockwork Rocket Bot except it is gray and sports a dual-chambered fuel pack on its back (which can supposedly be filled with red or blue fuel).

To get your Battle-Bot pet, simply visit mountaindewgamefuel.com/redeem.php. You must have an active Battle.net-linked WoW account and be a U.S. resident. The first time you sign in for the redemption, you will receive the Battle-Bot pet in the mailbox of each current character on your account. If you log in on a following day, you should receive the blue or red game fuel for your bot. You may log in once per day (presumably until the end of the promotion on August 20).

Since this pet is so new, please bear with us as we work to add it to WarcraftPets. We will let you know once it is all set and ready to roll!

Thank you soooo much for this info any! I can't wait to get my lil robo guy! /hug

You can choose which fuel to get no matter which side you chose! I got blue...someone get red and let's battle!! You get a stack of 5.