It's Like Banelings, Banelings Whoaaa

I take one day off from my computer and a new beta build comes out. Figures! :P

Since I'm still in the process of catching up on everything, here's all the new additions, updates, and changes via WarcraftPets News.

There was a lot of stuff datamined, and I'll be damned if I rewrite all of that out again. XD

Stuff I'm most excited about:

- SC2: Heart of the Swarm CE redeemable pet is a Baneling! I am absolutely NOT skipping getting this comopanion. I'm not a huge SC2 player, but I really enjoyed playing and watching the campaign. (Long-live the Queen of Blades!!!!)

The following video is a necessary for those who aren't especially familiar with Starcraft 2, and is just plain old fun for those who are. :P


- Cooking will be able to craft Red and Blue War Fuel.

- Not only that, but Engineers will be able to craft the Warbot itself!

- JC'ers will be able to craft the Sapphire Cub and Jade Owl.

- Magical Mini-Treats, Magical Mini-Treats, Magical Mini-Treats! I can't tell you how long I've been hoping and waiting for these to be implemented. I enjoy larger mini-pets, but at the same time I absolutely ADORE tiny-itty-bitty ones. I'm extremely happy and grateful that developers took some time to create these. Now to figure out where they come from...

There's more that I didn't mention here, so be sure to check out the WarcraftPets page that I linked above.

I'm not sure where the recipes for the professions come from, but they all seem to be BoP as are the items they create. With pet collections being account-wide, this shouldn't be an issue for those with alts who have the professions listed. Although to enjoy the Warbot fuel, players will probably need to pick up cooking for each toon they want to use it on. Luckily, the fuel recipe only requires level 1 cooking skill.

Updated List of Possible New MoP Pets

All hail the Pet Journal, bringer of insight and knowledge! Two more sources have been revealed for previously datamined pets:

Jade Owl and Sapphire Cub are both BoP pets from Jewelcrafting.

This is not really a surprise, however I wasn't expecting the BoP component. Then again, with the change to collection being account-wide, it makes acquiring BoP profession-crafted pets slightly easier. Unless you don't have any alts or said profession(s). :\

But I think that's an entirely different discussion.

Moving along... the spawn point of the rarespawn that drops the Aqua Strider was discovered by Caelan on the Petopia forums. It's fitting that the hunters can track down the spawn area so quickly, yea? :) I'll be on the look-out for this NPC and have more details if I get the chance to fight him.

Check out the updated list of possible NEW BoA, BoP, and BoU pets in MoP! Only the pets with actual items and specific bindings are shown because there are over 200 wild pets. Oi! x_x

New Beta Build - 2 New Pets

According to Wowhead the latest beta build yielded two new pets:

- Sapphire Cub
- Jade Owl

Both are Bind On Pick Up and are of "rare" quality. No clue how we'll obtain these pets, but they almost sound like Jewelcrafting companions since they both have gemstones in their names. Everyone's best guess is as good as mine!

For a full list of the pets that have been datamined from the beta so far, check out the unlisted pets page on WarcraftPets!