Darkmoon Faire On the 5.1 PTR

The Darkmoon Faire is back in town, so don't forget to save up 90 tickets for the new Darkmoon Hatchling coming in patch 5.1!

Since the faire is up, I decided to check it out on the PTR. The new wild pet, Darkmoon Glowfly, are available for capture. They seem to be all over the island, ready and waiting for collecting. :)

Their level ranges from 3 to 7. With so many possible levels to catch, I think the Darkmoon Island has the largest pet level range out of all the zones!

Strangely enough, the other Darkmoon Faire wild pet, the Crow, doesn't seem to be on the island or in the Pet Journal. Perhaps it was removed.

Anyway, the new Darkmoon Master Pet Tamer is also new to the area. His name is Jeremy Feasel and he can be found inside the faire, across the way from the tonk daily quest.


Unlike other Tamers, Jeremy's quest is a daily and costs one Darkmoon Game Token each time you challenge him. Even though there's a price for battling him, at least you can do it once per day for the duration of the faire.

Here are the details of his pets:

Honky-Tonk (mechanical) - 1745 hp, 294 attack, 280 speed

Fezwick (beast) - 1570 hp, 311 attack, 294 speed

Judgement (magical) - 1587 hp, 329 attack, 276 speed

All of his pets are level 25 and are epic quality. Looks like even though the island itself has lower level wild pets, you'll need to have a level capped team to fight the zone's Tamer.

Completing Jeremy's daily quest will reward the Darkmoon Pet Supplies, which will have a chance to drop the new pet, Darkmoon Eye.

Sadly, I still don't have my main toon's team and collection of pets, so I can't battle him atm. I'm still working my way back up to max level cap on the PTR, but it's quite a chore. Especially since there are other things I could be doing on live servers.

5.1 PTR Pet Abilities Preview

I was finally able to log onto the PTR, but using old character copies. This means that I don't have access to any of the new pets, and my Pet Battling progress is back to square one.

It wasn't a complete waste of time, though. I managed to preview the possible battle abilities for the new pets. Here they are, from lowest level spell to highest level (2, 4, 10, 15, 20, 25). Remember that this is the PTR, so all of this is subject to change.

5.1 Pets - How to Get Them

Wowhead found out where the new 5.1 pets come from:

- Cinder Kitten: Blizzard PetStore, BoP

- Darkmoon Hatchling: Darkmoon Faire pet vender (Lhara) for 90 DMF tickets, BoU

- Darkmoon Eye: Possible drop from the new DMF Tamer daily reward (Darkmoon Pet Supplies), BoU

- Darkmoon Glowfly: Capturable wild pet from the Darkmoon Island.

- Imperial Moth and Imperial Silkworm: Possible drops while doing the Imperial Silk transmute (Tailoring) in the Silken Fields, BoU.

Additionally, game designer Jonathan LeCraft (aka @TheCrafticus) Tweeted an image showing a preview of the possible Tailoring drops.

PLUS, Dave Maldonado (@Dave_Maldo), another game designer, also Tweeted a preview of the Darkmoon Eye!

I feel so spoiled with all of these previews and teasers! I'm not used to having so much companion information readily available like this lol.

Anyway, looks like at least one pet from the DMF will be purchasable. There's still time to earn tickets since the faire is still open, so get your dailies and quests turned in ASAP!

Players that have Tailoring might want to max out the profession if they haven't already. I'm so please that there's another profession pet. Dare I hope that every profession will receive the same love and attention? Of course my hope would also include that all profession companions are BoU and not BoP. Would that be asking for too much? :P

Patch 5.1 New Darkmoon Pets

Three new Darkmoon Faire pets were datamined from the Patch 5.1 PTR. There was also a mention in the official patch notes.

"Two new Battle Pets now roam Darkmoon Island waiting to be caught."

Initially, I was worried that these new Darkmoon pets would be from another world raid boss, like the Darkmoon Rabbit.

However, Mumper put those fears to rest when he confirmed in a Tweet that the Darkmoon Hatchling and Darkmoon Glowfly would be spawned pets, while the Darkmoon Eye would be from the new Darkmoon Tamer.

Now, the question is whether or not the "spawned" pets are wild and capturable, or spawned mobs that will drop each companion. An item ID exists for both companions, which could indicate a drop from a mob. But we'll have to wait and see. :)