"New" Pets in Patch 5.0.4

This is just to consolidate information. Technically, the only new pet that's been released is the Lucky Quilen Cub, but the sources for the other two are recent changes that should be worth noting.

As of Patch 5.0.4:

- Lucky Quilen Cubs are being mailed to players that purchased the MoP Digital Deluxe Edition. Players that ordered the box CE version will have to wait to receive their copy of MoP to redeem their pet.

- Warbot and red/blue fuel can be purchased from the toy vendors in SW, Orgrimmar, and Dalaran.

- Fox Kit can be purchased from either faction vendor on Tol Barad Peninsula. Players must be exalted with their faction to buy this pet.

I think that's it? Again, nothing extraordinarily new. Just some changes and updates. All the new stuff will come once the expansion's released. :)

Red Vs. Blue

Goldacc from WarcraftPets discovered where the Warbot and the Red and Blue Fuel might come from!


All three items are currently being sold from toy vendors in Dalaran and SW/Orgrimmar on the beta. The pet costs 400 gold and the fuel costs 20 silver.

Side note: I wasn't able to check if there are any differences between the original Warbot and the vendored one. The pet is unique, so I can't have more than one in my journal on the beta. I'm going to guess that there's no difference, though.

Finding it on a vendor is an interesting turn of events since the recipes for both the Warbot and the fuel still exist. Perhaps there will be two sources for these items - we'll be able to purchase it from the vendor or craft them ourselves? Or maybe the vendored pet and fuel are simply placeholders and for testing purposes, while the actual way of obtaining the Warbot and fuel will still be from Engineering and Cooking?

Things could change between now and release. We'll have to wait and see where this pet will wind up.

As far as I can tell, the Warbot and fuel won't be available until MoP, but maybe we'll get a surprise come Patch 5.0.4.

Oh and last but not least, two Warbots battling each other (not in an official Pet Battle, but just idling after being fueled up) don't reduce their health in the Pet Journal. Battling bots, go! ;)

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.

Misc Blue Posts

I have so much (too much) to write about! But rather than another wall of text, I'm going to focus on just the small stuff for now.

Here are some notable blue posts announcing upcoming changes for pets and Pet Battles:

"We are in the process of moving the pet combat logging to its own, separate tab. Hopefully on the next build but no promises." - Mumper

"There will be a way to get Warbot fuel in MoP. Still figuring out the specifics, but we are going to make it happen." - Mumper

The Pet Battle combat log is a bit spammy, so I think a built in separate tab will come in handy. If you don't mind having it in your main chat window, though, I'm sure there will be an option to include it there.


What I'm REALLY excited about is more Warbot fuel in MoP!! I've been hanging onto full stacks of the Red War Fuel and Blue War Fuel for the longest time, now. Since they're currently not available anymore, I've been reluctant to use them because part of me feels like they're so unique that using them freely and carelessly would be a "waste".

Now I can finally free up some bank space without the guilt. :) Hopefully the plan to make the fuel available again in MoP doesn't fall through, though. Otherwise I just used up a bunch for no reason other than inventory slots. D:


Giant thirsty Warbot demands more Red War Fuel. Size courtesy of Magical Pet Biscuits! :D

Last but not least, there are some interesting updates to Pet Tamers and their quests on the beta (should be implemented in the next beta build):

"- Unique Tamer emotes
- Unique Tamer pets
- Tamer battles have been tuned up in difficulty
- One Grand Master Tamer per continent. Defeating him/her will unlock all the daily's on that continent.
- The flow has been consolidated to work though our two main trainers in Stormwind and Orgrimmar.
- We have implemented more than 40 Tamer fights across the entire game. This does not include the boss fights!
- Daily quests on Grand Master Tamers offer the Sack of Pet Supplies as a reward.
- A new achievement reward for defeating all the Tamers. A "Tamer" title.
- All of the quests to fight Tamers are now account-wide. This means that the one-shot quests can only be completed by one character on your account. The daily's can be completed by any character, once per day. Account wide quests are denoted in the quest log." - Mumper

What I'm most interested in is bolded. Hopefully they will reset the questline for beta users, or give us the option to reset it. I've completed the majority of all the quests, and if it becomes account-wide, then I'll be locked out from testing the upgraded Pet Tamer encounters. I'd like to see just how difficult the battles are with them post-patch.

I'm also curious about how we'll access the 40+ Tamer battles. Currently you encounter each one in a questline (auto-accept quest), but there are only so many in the chain. I wonder if the rest will be linked with what's been previewed and tested so far, or if they will be off the beaten track and we'll have to somehow discover or unlock them.

Another thing about this update is the whole "Tamer" title thing. I remember when they first announced it as an achievement reward and I couldn't help but laugh at the potential silliness. "Tamer Quintessence" ...does that mean there was once a "Wild Quintessence" out there? :P