The Hunt For Skoll

by Garwulf on July 8, 2009 · 50 comments

…continues. Well at least I got to see him on the PTR today for the first time.

Yaone of Lightbringer had posted earlier this morning about taming him at the Snowdrift Plains location. I saw the comment and I figured I’d log on and make a quick swoop while I was thinking about it. Lo and behold, what do I see the moment I log in… Skoll!

Luckily Yaone was still hanging out near the taming location, so I was able to get a first hand glimpse of this new pet. He is BAD ASS! I know it’s just a re-skinned Spirit Beast with one of those funky new wolf models, but the way it all comes together with the deep icy blue, and the lightning, and the lasers, and the… well, you get the point. Plus, he’s friggin huge. His normal size is nearly the equivalent of an enraged old world wolf.

Thanks Yaone for hanging around and chatting with me while I grabbed these screenshots.

I think Skoll’s buzz has been quieted considerably by all this Worgen craziness. Once players start to see Hunters with him on the live realms, he’s going to be highly sought after by Beast Masters.

For those of you that are interested in taming him on the PTR or just want a heads up on his spawn areas for when live hits, here’s a map with Skoll’s two known spawn locations.

I’d expect there to be at least 1-3 more locations being reported in the next several days, but these are the only two I’ve heard about so far. If anyone knows of any confirmed sightings or tames at other locations, please post them in a comment.

According to Yaone, Skoll is on a 6 hour respawn timer, or at least that’s what she was told by a fellow Hunter who was camping him as well. I wasn’t able to log back on and confirm that, but at least I have a better idea when my chances of taming him might be greater.

Tagged as: patch 3.2, ptr, skoll, spirit beast

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1 Dalaila ShadowsongEU July 9, 2009 at 12:48 am

Coolness
——–
Loque > Ghost Wolf > Skoll

Power
——–
Ghost Wolf > Loque-Skoll-etc…

2 Raybeez July 9, 2009 at 3:18 pm

That looks amazing.I’m leveling my new NE hunter super fast so I can acquire one of them Skolls.Also on another note, can any of you fellow hunters recommend a first rare spawn for taming that has a unique ability?Anything from say 20-30ish level.As of now my NE hunter is level 10,just started him like 6 Hrs ago.Give me a weekend and I’ll be at 60.

3 smashfanDS July 10, 2009 at 12:01 am

@Raybeez: Well rare spawns have the same abilities as any other beast of that species, and since wolves are best pet for MM/SV as of patch 3.1, I would recommend you tame a “Prairie Wolf” found on Mulgore. When tamed, if anyone (including you) clicks on it, the wolf will bark

EDIT: I still think Ghostwolf looks better than Skoll

4 Serith July 10, 2009 at 12:33 am

I find that yet another Spirit Beast to be underwhelming… Even were I to roll BM in raids, it would be statistically inferior to the T-Rex, and unenjoyable in the sense that I would know I wasn’t squeezing every last drop of dps I can out of this awesome class that we call hunter. (At least, that is where a lot of the fun for me lies.) I guess this especially smarts after the massiveness of the worgen. It was unique(ish), and had the best utility for the current most efficient specs. I hope that Blizz at least notices the response the worgen got and implements something more substantial than vanity factors to rare pets. I’d love to see something tree specific rolled out for rares, for example a bird pet could do an ArP screech for marks, a cat could do a roar for +crit. What I’m saying is I’d like them to be as awesome as they look.

5 Garwulf July 10, 2009 at 1:09 am

@ Raybeez

If I were you, I’d go for Strider Clutchmother at level 20. It is one of the most seldom seen pets in the game, it’s a one-of-a-kind skin, it looks fantastic, and it’s in Night Elf land so no need trekking all over Azeroth in the lower levels.

Another to consider if you want a rare is Mist Howler- level 22 wolf in Ashenvale. Nothing too special about him anymore (he used to have a really fast attack speed), but he’s the only low-level wolf with that skin in Kalimdor until you get into Feralas.

I have tamed Arikara on my 29 twink Hunter. I must say, that was one of my more memorable taming adventures. Wind Serpents aren’t too exciting now, but if you’re going for uniqueness, I’m with smash on that one. Arikara is a very cool pet. The puff of smoke animation is great.

My overall vote goes to Clutchmother though.

6 Uchikoma July 11, 2009 at 2:34 am

Installing the PTR now so I can check out the hunter changes, and will be looking out for Skoll, see if he is worth abandoning Loque or Gondria for.

7 Perceuss July 11, 2009 at 6:50 pm

You should of asked her to hit Beastial Wrath! That thing probably looks ridiculous….might heal my Worgen wounds…hmmm. Thanks for the updates Garwulf, let us know if you confirm any other known spawn points. Awesome posts as always.

8 Uchikoma July 12, 2009 at 3:53 am

No Skoll yet, but I have manged to find:

King Krush (which I tamed, if only I could find him on the live realms… *sigh*)
Vyragosa
Dirkee

My PTR seems to be pretty much empty, barely anyone around at all, even in the Argent Tournament grounds

9 Uchikoma July 13, 2009 at 12:34 pm

Got him!

http://img154.imageshack.us/i/skoll.jpg/

Although not that keen on how he looks from behind (remember this is how you will see him 99% of the time)

http://img39.imageshack.us/i/rubbishy.jpg/

Not sure if this is a deal breaker or not yet.

10 Yaone July 15, 2009 at 10:14 am

Well I have managed to see Skoll 3 more times since I tamed him, not one new spawn point tho… Twice at the spot I got him in Snowdrift and once next to brunnhildar.

@ Uchikoma grats on catching him!

@ mysterious hunter who reads here that I seen on ptr. Its “Yay oh knee” (thanks for the ninja logout before I could pm you back how my name is pronounced!)

11 Riea July 23, 2009 at 10:28 am

Just found one more Loc at Points 30,64

12 Garwulf July 24, 2009 at 11:03 am

Thanks Riea! I had read about a spawn point in Bor’s Breath. Thanks for posting the coords.

13 Laura August 5, 2009 at 1:57 am

I was able to tame Skoll at approximately 1 AM on Wed August 5th, 2009 @ coordinates 45.62 after camping the three known spawn sites for 4 hours. I was the first one on my server, US Velen, to acquire this pet. Thanks for the valuable information here, it definitely helped!

14 Jezpalimu August 5, 2009 at 12:20 pm

Tamed Skoll myself August 5th as well at the southern end of Snowdrift Plains at around 5:00 in the morning. First one to tame it on my server, too. Everyone loves him! I’d have to say given his looks and what I named him (Lector, due to his “shocking” appearance), he’s a little brother to my ghost wolf, Hector.

Well, now that I’ve filled up my stable roster, which also includes King Krush and the “Crocoslime,” I’ll have to level my 72 Hunter if I wanna tame more awesome pets.

15 scott August 5, 2009 at 12:58 pm

Not that I am questioning that this thing exists but has anyone got the id on this skoll. i cannot find it anywhere!?!? was trying to use the infamous npcscan to help but I do not have the id!! and info there??

16 Garwulf August 5, 2009 at 2:02 pm

@ scott

Good point. It is odd that WoWHead still does not have him listed in their database.

17 Garwulf August 5, 2009 at 2:04 pm

@ Laura

Grats on Skoll and thanks for the coords.

@ Jezpalimu

That’s awesome! I’ve been keeping my eyes open, but I have yet to see a Hunter with him on my server. Server first FTW! Nice name(s) too.

18 Perceuss August 5, 2009 at 2:42 pm

Can we get an updated map for the known spawn points please? I am not aware of the third spot, I would appreciate and help thanks.

19 Perceuss August 5, 2009 at 2:51 pm

I meant I would appreciate the help AND thanks

20 Garwulf August 5, 2009 at 3:50 pm

Skoll is in the latest update of NPCScan. His NPC ID is 35189. I’ll post an update on his whereabouts a little later this evening.

21 Ron August 5, 2009 at 4:29 pm

Tamed him around midnight Aug 5 on Aerie Peak at around 28,51.
Straightforward tame – he didnt break tame

22 Yaone August 5, 2009 at 8:11 pm

Woot just got him on live 9:05 pm pacific on Lightbringer~ Normal spot, just on top of Brunnhildar

46.64
Edit: If at all possible when you find him, disable npc scan if you use it… I almost died when it errored out and lost my ui.

Good Luck all!

23 sellectra August 5, 2009 at 8:59 pm

Has any 1 come across any other areas that he spawns other than the 3

24 Itagane August 6, 2009 at 6:36 am

Just in case anyone is still looking for the ID for their NPCscan, the newest version on WoWinterface includes Skoll.

25 Rayvenne August 6, 2009 at 6:18 pm

@Raybeez: I’d go for Humar the Pridelord personally, He may not be completely unique anymore but he’s still cool. Eyachekee (sp?) would also be a good choice but much harder to get.

26 Badluck919 August 7, 2009 at 1:05 am

Found him at 30,64 easy tame, I have all 3 spirit beasts because I’m a collector of everything =)

27 Yaone August 8, 2009 at 2:39 pm

@Rayvenne

If you are 80 looking to tame the white lion or just over 60 you can also get a white lion “Sian Rotam” from a winterspring quest, its tricky to do since you have to be in the right spot for his mate Shy to call for him. And they both can fear >< But otherwise he is pretty easy to get now, even easier for alliance who previously could not get this quest~

28 Orian August 18, 2009 at 3:48 pm

Ive been camping him for like about 4 days haven’t seen em

29 SaintFlorian September 4, 2009 at 7:03 am

Tamed Skoll this morning at 5:15 am EST and Server time on Duskwood Server. at the round disc at coords (46-65). i also seen him tamed at 3 other locations. (30-64), (27-51), and (40-62). also on a side note. i watched an alliance mage named “Tolerated” kill him 4 times just because he said hunters dont deserve it as a pet. those was his exact words. remember he is on duskwood server. lol…

30 Farribana September 14, 2009 at 1:21 pm

Just picked the bad boy up. 1415 PST on Lightbringer. Location 30,64. I believe that he was nabbed earlier that day around 0200. So, if appears 10 hour turnaround. I hope that helps folks!

Good luck. Skoll is worth the wait.

31 Arganor February 9, 2010 at 9:59 pm

Tamed on Arathor, at Snowdrift Plains, 21:57 Pacific. Managed to get him before some Shaman killed him. *She* just wanted to kill him, despite the non-achievement. She still congratulated me.

And I was just passing through on the way to run some Oracle dailies.

32 Rimlek February 10, 2010 at 3:45 am

just got him at 2:42 am server time on the underbog server, ive had him stolen from me 2 times in teh last 2 days, and i finally find him today. While im taming him a pally healer tried to help me by healing me, not knowing that he’d break the taming process, then it became a mad chase to try to tame him again cus the pally wouldnt stop running in circles. Finally got an ice trap between em and tamed him with about 1200 hp left. Took me about 50+ hours of camping over the last week but he was worth ever second =)
got him at the north western spots.
good luck to all you other hunters trying to find him, dont give up, he’s worth it XD

33 Brycia March 21, 2010 at 11:11 am

Thanks for this post… im from Stormweaver… looked one time at Snowdrift plains last night at about 9:30pm central, and lucky me, he was right there! Got him real easy… i was shaking lol. Tested him out, awesome lazer spell hes got, but one thing that really seemed to tick me off… Im big on making sure i get the best Dps in a raid or dungeon and i really hate Beast Mastery, its kinda boring imo… I swapped to my Survival Spec, and Skoll disappeared to my stable. When i went to call him out, it said that i cannot summon a exotic pet!!! That really blows that i cant use him on my other spec… I mean wouldnt it be nice to go BM and tame a exotic pet and then use it on ur other spec? Ugggghh Guess ill just tame a regular wolf and just use Skoll as show off :/

34 guererrya August 21, 2010 at 10:57 pm

i was looking for Time-Lost Proto Drake for 9 hours…
when i was flying around i saw skoll standing 46.7,66.1 .
i was looking for skoll for months so i just give up.
when i was looking for Time-Lost Proto Drake and saw skoll i was so fucking happy

35 Garwulf August 22, 2010 at 10:14 am: This is what I mean… often times these beasts are never there when we’re looking for them. Grats on getting Skoll and GL with TLPD.

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36 Baleigh September 3, 2010 at 3:20 pm

I was looking for Skoll and he spawned at 46,66. i was chillin on my flying mount and my rare alarm went off and he was directly below me. Sept 3, 2010 at 4:18pm WOOT!

37 Felinin September 9, 2010 at 4:34 am

@ Brycia: I could say a similar thing the another way round: it sucks that I can’t use Black Arrow/Chimera as a BM hunter. But this is nonsense, because these are among the defining abilities of the respective specs. (Sorry if those are bad examples, but I know next to nothing about the MM or SV specs).

Specs are there to give their own unique talents and abilities within a class, and using exotics (not just taming them) is one of the major attractions of Beast Mastery — the whole point of which is to put more emphasis on pet power and abilities (and coolness!) than the other two specs.

38 Xashai September 17, 2010 at 6:23 am

Play Belf hunter on Khaz, Been camping Skoll for little under a day and found him under the biggest tree in Bor’s Breath, at 5.35 server time! All I can say is I must be lucky

Best thing I can say is fly between the 3 spawn locations staying at each for roughly 30secs- 1min, then head to the next… boring as all hell, but persistence is key!

FOR THE HORDE!!

39 Xeodus October 4, 2010 at 4:54 pm

Got him in a hr of camping the manhole cover hit hard but easy to tame

40 Stow October 8, 2010 at 12:19 am

Saw him spawn on Llane at 5:34 pm ( server time) Then i came back around 11pm and had a friend to help me watch some spawn points. It finally spawned at 3:56 am. So took a bit more then 10 hours for him to be back.

41 Beowulf2020 December 1, 2010 at 1:46 am

Nearly got him on Lightbringer at 22:15 UK time. @ the usual spot above Brunnhildar

I say “Nearly” as part way though taming a rival Dwarf Hunter by the name of Dybolas decided that if he couldn’t have him no one could and killed him.

I understand it’s a game and all, and he’s perfectly entitled to play what ever inane play style he wants.. but I thought that was pretty low.

Heck, If I saw him trying to tame I would probably applauded rapturously !! as it stands should I happen to see him taming.. I’m tempted to return the favour.. .. nah what am I saying, let him have it if he wants it that much.. one less competitor out there

42 Garwulf December 1, 2010 at 9:51 am: You’ve got the right idea. Take the high road.

What goes around comes around, so he’ll be taken care of one way or another. Hopefully, it’ll be just after you’ve successfully tamed Skoll; seconds before he logs in to check the spawn location.

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43 Poisonivory February 10, 2011 at 1:20 am

I know this may have been asked many times but do you know how often Skull re spawns?
I’v beein looking for a while now i no luck . Some one told me it was a once a week re spawn :O!!! any ideas?

44 Poisonivory February 10, 2011 at 1:21 am

Skoll**

45 Vampireash May 11, 2011 at 8:58 am

Just tamed skoll on Black Dragonflight…12:45pm server time. Right above Brun. Village. Almost positive he is on a 6 hour timer and I think after tues maintenence it is restarted. Finally…..

46 DKfrost May 31, 2011 at 9:47 pm

My friend just tamed him around 5 pm
At the spot north west of temple of storms.
He’s sexy and I wish I had a hunter.
Skoll not only looks kool but he has a spell that heals friendly targets.
Thanks so much for map we used it to find him.

47 DKfrost May 31, 2011 at 9:50 pm

Oh and a good way to find him is put your beast track on and fly around.
Most of the creatures stony peaks are humanoids so If there is a beast then it’s probably skoll.

48 Chocolate iPod June 10, 2011 at 4:28 am

I confirm the area right above the village too, i just got mine :3

49 Dyranias September 16, 2011 at 12:43 am

caught him at bors breath few mins ago, a priest was nice enough to whisper me about the whereabouts , so happy right now

50 Meddusa Drak'Thul October 19, 2011 at 9:04 pm

Yes there is another spawn point for Skoll ! He can be found right below the “O” on your map for storm peaks for Temple OF storms. That location is where skoll became my own.
I have figured out a few spawn times, but Skoll is one that is something I have yet to determine. Happy Hunting !!

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