I couldn’t find any quick information on who it is that starts the questline to tame my first pet, so I’m making it. I remembered that for my dwarf hunter, the trainer was not in Ironforge, so I figured that the trainer for Blood elves would not be in Silvermoon. Wrong.
Upon reaching level 10, hunters gain the ability to tame their pets, after completing a questline. The questline starts with Oninath in Silvermoon (84,26). He sends you to Farstrider Retreat to speak with Lieutenant Dawnrunner (60,63).
The kind Lieutenant sends you off to tame a Crazed Dragonhawk. I just ran out the door to the North and tamed one right away. Nice and simple. Run back and complete the quest to pick up a quest to tame an Elder Springpaw. I spotted a level 8 to the West of the Retreat and tamed it. The final taming leg is for a Mistbat. This one took some running. Follow the Dead Scar all the way to the border on the river. Staying on the East side, there are some mistbats on the other shore. I had to settle for a level 10 and tamed it (barely) to finish the questline.
I ran back to the Retreat and went on back to Silvermoon to do some pet training. When I went back out into the world, I tamed a level 9 Elder Springpaw and we can hunt without stopping. He has more HP than me and does about 11dps already.
Update with screenshots:
Due to the vast number of comments on this post and people e-mailing saying that I’m wrong, I re-rolled a hunter again and here is exactly what happens when you hit 10 as a Blood Elf hunter.
At level 10, I ran to Silvermoon and went to the above-mentioned location of Oninath. Lo! There is a ! above his head.
He offers me the quest in addition to his normal hunter trainer abilities.
Here is what the quest says to do:
Here is the lovely Dawnrunner at the above-mentioned location:
Do you plan on trying a dragonhawk to see the abilities? I wonder what kind of goodies one gets from them, if anything, or even if they are a good pet to have. Perhaps they just look pretty.
I just might do that.
Do any of you recall what that addon is that tells you a beast’s abilities and food preferences before you attempt to tame it? I really need that one again.
yeah its called Fizzwidgets Hunter Helper or somethin close to that, great mod. Another is Fizzwidget TrackMenu, trust me,saves u tons of space!!!!!
My Blood Elf Hunter tamed a Dragonhawk. The fire breath is pretty cool, and it’s an AoE, so it seems like it would be an aggro magnet like Screech is. The Golden Dragonhawk Hatchling is a perfect match for the larger version.
LOL. I never got around to releasing my smaller cat last night to tame one. I need to find one closer to my level, now.
Thanks for the info on its ability.
Hay the thing that tells you about the animal there is a hunter ability i think for lvl 24 called beast lore here is what it is
Beast Lore
40 Mana 40 yd range
Instant cast
Gather information about the target beast. The tooltip will display damage, health, armor, any special resistances, and diet. In addition, Beast Lore will reveal whether or not the creature is tameable and what abilities the tamed creature has.
sorry about the length
Thanks, Z. Yeah, I got that 3 levels ago. ๐ It works just fine, even better than an addon. LOL.
ok im almost at 10 i made a new hunter for the server the forgoten coast so if your on there my name is animaltrackr and my main a lvl 27 rouge named orida is there two ii think my pet will be a cat from ghostlands then when i can i will teach him prowl check out http://www.thottbot.com/?c=Hunter its a list of moves.
i think blood elfs got it worst for begining cooking the meet and eggs blood elfs dont get as drops like the taurn and orcs/trolls
True, but with BC also came spice bread and the easiest/quickest way to hit 40 cooking evah!