I just peeped this on MMO Champion. There’s another rare exotic Spirit Beast in the game that is prowling around in Zul’Drak on the Patch 3.1 PTR.
Gondria is a new level 77 Spirit Beast with all of the same skills as Loque’nahak. The mob is also neutral, so it will not attack until you try taming it. The skin is like King Bangalash with glowy eyes. Gondria is also semi-transparent when not prowling, just like the Ghost Sabers.
In my opinion, the skin is not quite as attractive as Loque’nahak’s. However, it’s going to offer BM Hunters a choice, as well as cutting down on the competition for Loque. I like this addition, and I think it would be exciting if more Spirit Beasts started popping up in future patches. They’d all have to be rare and possess one-of-a-kind skins though.
Imagine a black lion skin like Humar’s, but with glowing red eyes and mouth… 😀 No, wait a minute… a black tiger skin with red stripes! Also, the stripes would begin to glow near the head much like Loque’s markings. Oh… and the Spirit Strike would shoot from its eyes like laser beams! …and the… err… nevermind. I’ll stop now. 😉
</end nerd fantasy>
So far the only confirmed spawn location for Gondria is at: 63.2, 42.7.
Thanks to Dailalaa for sharing this information, including the wonderful screenshots from the PTR.
Update: BRK just tamed this beastie, so look out for the video. I’m sure he’ll have it up shortly.
For those of you trying to catch him Aug 27 3:00 PM EST by accident trying to train him. I was abandoning my current pet and in a rush he killed him before I could :(. I will never leave pet out looking for spirit beast again :((( Now waiting for Aurturis
thx for the info! entered zul’drak 2day and managed to tame her in the first 5 min 😀 ( and she happens to be my first spirit beast, and more to come hopefully )
walked into grizzly hills. saw alliance trying to tame spirit beast. killed the alliance and tamed the beast. FTW
Haven’t really looked for this one as rabidly as Loque. Tamed Loque today on Thorium Brotherhood at about 11:00 realm time. Tamed Gondria right after when I flew to Zul’Drak. 11:30 realm time. He was at the Zim Torga area spawn point =) Good luck hunters. NPC scan is essential!
OMG i tamed her today at 9.18 AM server time after trying for 2 months to get her, and after 3 stright days of look nonstop!! But it was so worth it. I found her at 62,62. i would sit at spot 77,70 and every 10 mins i would make rounds to all her spawn sites and then end back at 77,70. If you are trying to tame her i would us a addon to help it makes it a million times easier. It sucked, got really f’n boring and i moved my computer next to my bed so that i could still watch tv and junk. OH and the whole time i was there NONE of the rares in Zul’Drak had spawned. I would fly the whole place looking for witch ever one was spawned so i could tame or kill it so that gondria would spawn faster but in the 3 days i was there none of them spawned till today when gondria spawned. Good luck to who ever is still looking and just dont give up and remember its all just a matter of luck.
OMG after looking off and on for over a month I was doing a fly by in Zuldrak and as I flew over 69,49 there was Gondria . I flew down , dismounted and promptly missed on my first ice trap shot . Hands shaking got off a 2nd and boom snared her . Clicked on my tame key and started taming her . Right as I finished the taming a bear started charging after me but I got her !! I am on the Rexxar server and spent alot of time thinking she really does not exist but kept after her . I am now one proud and happy hunter . So guys I am living proof that hard work will pay off .
I look for more than 3 days on one spirit beast. I have found and tammed two of them the first is Loque ‘Nahak en the secund i have get is Arcturis, but now i.am waiting for Gondria and skoll but they are difficult to find. Do someone no where they be seen mostly.
Waiter
I was actually on a flight path from Gundrak to Zim’Torga when my _NPCScan lit up like a fire, didnt see her but i was panicking so as soon as i laded i retraced my flight and found her stalking around with the Icepaw Bears beside the Altar of Zim’Rhuk and tamed her immediately.
It cost me 3 days to camp Arcturis and i left Gondria (and all other spirit beasts) up to pure luck and well, it worked!
DONT STRESS YOURSELF TO TAME THESE GUYS i didnt sleep for the 3 days i tried to get Arcturis and what i consider to be the rarest beast out of the 4 (Gondria for her as ive found she seems to have an unknown spawn timer) was the easiest to tame.
Wyrmrest Accord (Horde side) She was tamed at 9:54pm today
sorry, i mean 8:54pm xP
Any one know what the exact spawn timer for this spirit beast is? I have been trying for about 2 weeks now and have not been able to find it to tame it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
found her 78,70 says i cant tame her, very upset
No idea as to why, I have tried everything
Earthen Ring EU*
And 3/4 in less than a week :]
Camped for 10 hours for Arcturis straight after getting 74. Ventures to the balcony for a quick smoke, comes back and checks screen, then walks into the kitchen to fetch coffee and BANG alarm goes off.
[x]Arcturis
Found Loque’nahak 20 minutes into questing after arrival in Sholazar at 76 ^^ killing crocs and camera was being weird, so i change angle. POOF, standing right next to me. NPCscan had him cached.
[x]Loque’nahak
Flew around in Zul’drak randomly for 2 days/nights without luck, after asking the hunter i saw camping(Got her 15 mins after i left :C) I counted the hours. No luck.
Gets frustrated and logs off after waiting for another timeintervall.
Wakes up next day, start the computer, walks into kitchen to make coffee, starts wow thinking”Maybe I’ll have one of those sunshine stories i’ve read”, goes and grabs my coffee, logs on.
And the beauty stands right below me 😀
[x]Gondria.
I found Gondria! After 2 days of searching I found her. I would recommend using ice trap and snake trap. I died the first time trying to tame her. She was just above the strange blue crater below the Altar of Mam’toth, by the wall. Got her about 1:00am central time. She’s so pretty! Paraded her around town and even in a dungeon right afterward. My hands were shaking like crazy I was so excited!
I just tamed him 23:44 on hellscream EU in the most eastern spawn site. Only stumbled over this site a few days ago and the info I’ve got has been wonderful, thanks very much.
I gave up on loque because i tried taming 3 times and unfortunately someone came alone and killed (i was only a couple of seconds away on the last try). I will probably try to tame him again, though this guy is pretty beautiful in its own right.
cheers 🙂
Tamed her on Skullcrusher-EU April 9, 2010 approx. 06:20, coord. 66,47.
What a beautiful cat and her Spirit Strike looks so awesome !
Good luck to all of you looking for her – se is worth the effort 🙂
Grats Akiqi!
Ooops forgot which spawn point – it was the one at 69, 47
Tamed on Drenden @ 10:38 server time 3/27/10
GONDRIA tamed, Khadgar server, March 18, 2010, 11:56pm server time. Appeared at the tree lined spawn point at the Altar of Quetz’lan. Should be noteorthy that the Spinner elite spawned in the same area this morning. I AM SO FRIGGIN HAPPY! Good luck and happy hunting!
I have been looking for gondria for about 7 weeks on and off using the info on Wowhead. I was starting to dispair of ever getting her. Then i find Huntsmans Lodge.com
At 11:00 i was reading these comments. At 11:15 i logged into the game to familiarise myself with the co-ordinates. At 11:17, at 69,49 *BANG* this pair of blue glowing eyes is looking at me.
Dismount dragon. Call stabled pet. Abandon cat. Tame beast. WOOT! Hello Dandruff! (that’;s what i called it)
Thanks to everyone on this forum for the info that bagged me the cat!
Top Job to Garwulf for the entire site, that i will now be reading over some coffee.
…..and Skoll an hour later. 12:20pm uk time on Earthe Ring. Unbelievable. 7 weeks of hunting over. Happy Happy Hunter!
My mate just tamed this, name is Budgiesbudz on Barthilas, its awwesommmeeee
I love ur website.. this site has been my guide along with wowhead, great tips. I really enjoyed being a hunter and i just tamed Gondria today while farming at zul’drak near 76,69
killing icepaw bear, got excited when NPCscan went wild.
I play in a private server.
But thanks for posting information here in your site. It really, really helped me out.
Right on Xoom. Glad you like the site and grats on taming Gondria!
Been camped out for days waiting for Gondria. Almost gave up and around 10pm …boom.. there he was in the corner by the stairs. Dropped in, freeze trap and I have a new pet 🙂 Happy Hunting to all and don’t give up.
Grats Daek!
OMFG i caught gondria took 4 days maybe 5 and about 14-15 total hours of hard search then i saw a yellow and red dot took a look a bear and gondria no one was in the area died first time went back bear i killed gondria still there i still havent got loque after 4 days and over 20 hours of search its rough getting him never spawns GONDRIA IS F***ING POWREFUL AND IS A BEUTY TOO LOOK AT AND IS EXTREMELY GOOD PET I FOUND HIM ON THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF WHERE THE BEARS AND FROST LEOPARDS ARE I ALSO SAW IT ON A PALLY IN THE ALTAR OF HER’KOA AND WAS STUNNED COZ I JUST LEFT IT FOR SOMEONE ELSE!!!
Sounds like you were pretty lucky Rushmoon. Grats!
forgot to say, 2.30am ST, seems a popular spawn time
On emerald dream server
Ok so i just got her after a day of constant searching. I had put my main on her fast flyer in ZD, and my hunter in another area. Logged my main for a voa and decided to do a fast circuit. Suddenly, npcscan freaks out and there she is, wandering around near the trees by grizzly hills. i freaked, yelled brb in raid chat and logged my hunter. typed /who and i had a bit of competition, so i rushed over to the spot i had just seen her, thinking there was no way she would still be there and she was! I totally forgot how to abandon my pet, and tame the new one, and i was so scared that another hunter would come but they didnt. I feel so lucky, and she is certainly worth it! GL everyone who is still searching
i tamed Gondria last night, Im at the mailstrom server found him on location 78.83 the time was 02.28 am.
Don’t have a name for it yet. Happy Hunting 🙂
Found mine this morning , June 2, 2009 at 3:49am server time, On Whisperwind, Coordinates 63,43. Woot! Took me two days but worth the wait. Beautiful cat. Gl all.
After looking for about 2 weeks off and on and today by luck i decide to take quick look before going to work. At about 6:35 Am EST on IceCrown there he was around 69,70 near the entrance to grizzy hills. I started taming (no frost trap)and seconds he was mine and we were in combat with a nearby Frost cat…lol. Oh and NPCscan was great asset to have and it will alert you too. And i made it to work on time.
After near constant patrols for almost 2 weeks – I decided to park myself at the “hot” cords 77,70 and signed off after another frustrating search and wait session.
Logging in the next morning at approx 7:11 A.M. (today – Sunday) I was greeted by the screaming red flashing alarm of my Npcscan and Gondria was just steps in front of me!
After dying the first time due to logging in too close to a bear (didn’t see him since I was so excited to find Gondria) who obviously didn’t understand the importance of this moment – I quickly ran back to the spot expecting him to be dead or gone and was thrilled to find him right where I left him.
Started taming and set the Frost Trap and within seconds – he was mine!!
Npcscan is an absolute must for tracking this and other rare pets and Npc’s. Since he’s nearly invisible against the backdrop of snow – NPCscan located him quickly and effortlessly.
Good luck to all of those frustrated hunters out there – keep on plugging and you’ll get lucky too!
tamed her at around 6:22 server time in Barthilas, at coordinates 69.4, 47.8. been searching for her for around 5 hours, checking the spawn points for her and spamming my macro whenever i see a yellow dot on my map. went to the above coords as a last check before logging-in my dk for some dailies then saw the yellow dot on my mini-map, freeze-trapped her then tamed her, no problems at all! its easy to tame her esp as m the only one looking for her, the problem’s the spawn time and in finding her. good luck to all hunters looking for her, it’s well worth the effort!
Complete coincidence, had just done some Naxx and went to Dalaran to repair and stock up on ammo, and bam, there were 3 other Gondria’s stood around plus mine.
You notice the guy at the top right running away with shame as I stopped and lol’d at all the Gondria clustered together.
Whoa! Was that coincidence Uchikoma, or did you guys plan that screenshot?
4 Gondrias out in Dal at once..?!
Everyone (including me) trying to look cool with Gondris FAIL!
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/7636/picture8s.png
Captured Loque about a week ago , took about a month (wow).Saw Gondria with another Hunter and wanted her immediately if not sooner . Did some homework downloaded “-npcscan” from wowmatrix , caught Gondria on the second day of my search woot !!!! Im on the “Bladefist” server.
I’ve been camping for this cat for over 8 days and as of early this am i was about to give up..Flew my circuit of known spawn locations and at 2:41am server time, There he was!!! only problem, he was smack dab in middle of a gaggle of icepaw bears…popped tracking for humans didnt see anyone. cleared out bears, abandoned pet and set down freezing trap. Just clicked tame beast when a level 79 horde troll hunter showed up.. Paniced big time, but i was surprised when he continued to allow me to tame. Got my beautiful new cat after many hours and days of camping. He spawned at 71.1, 71.1 for me.
Good luck to those that are still seeking this cat. Its worth the wait.
Bloodwen
Runetotem Server
Gondria is now “Hikaru”
834pm server time, after 4 days of hunting at random times in the evening for 2 hours a day I finally nabbed mine 🙂 GL to all that follow
Oakshandel
Anetheron server
Gondria is now “FallaNei”
Thanks a million, Dude, for having this info available. After reading that there was only one confirmed sighting, at 63.2,42.7 I flew to those co-ords and there was Gondria, waiting for me on the ground. Of course there was a bear there too, but I landed, threw out a freezing trap, and started channeling. Of course the bear attacked, I scared him away, and Gondria had gotten free and was attacking. I started channeling again, the bear got over the scare beast and started attacking me again too. I kept up the channeling tho, and just as both of them killed me, he was mine. I’m so darned excited, I’m usually not lucky at all, and he was just walking around, and nobody else anywhere close. When you tame him, his name changes to Spirit Beast, so I renamed him to match his new Masters name. I named him “Nitespirit”, and I’m on Staghelm server, if anyone wants to check him out closer. His Spirit Strike looks AWESOME!!
I would like to tribute with this
http://g.imagehost.org/0335/GondriaHunt.png
I havent got Gondria my self.. But i hope it soon will change.
Hello, I finally found this cat near Zim Torga around 9:45 ST on Dentarg. BUT when I was taming her a nasty alliance rogue was in the area and decided he would jump me. He killed me and Gondria. Well, of course this made me want to cry for days considering I had waited. My next hunt would be easier b/c at least I knew where she would spawn. I decided to download an npcscan mod from a wow site. You have to manually key in her name and npc number i think its 33776 something like this. Anyway, this scan will help and when she is anywhere in the area it will alarm you. So you can quest while your waiting. Remember, you have to have 51 pts. in BM to tame. Also, your scan may pick up other peoples pets that have already caught her. SO GOOD LUCK!
I just found this snazzy cat while flying through to do my dailies! Instant abandon Byron (my black wolf, sorry, I will miss you) and tamed Gondria. She was wandering peacefully around on a ledge on the left side of that blue crater up against the wall(not fully awake, place-names are overrated). There were some trollies nearby, but they’re easy-pie to avoid.
GL to all of you, my fellow hunters and huntresses, wanting to tame her, and /salute to the ones that already count her as their companion! <3
Found mine today at 77,70
Xalome/ Runetotem server
I finally caught her! (or him) Lightbringer server 4/30 @ 2:04 pm. Good luck to all you still searching! ^_~
Grats Miani and thanks for the coords!
Mahr,
Grats on Gondria and Loque! That’s nuts that you were able to get both in the same week. Gondria is definitely more striking when viewed live and in-game, than via screenshots.
lmao @ “Fluffy the Spider” and “Kitty the Bear”. Nicely done.
I flew the circuit yesterday after the game came back up to look for Gondria, tried for two hours (day three of looking for her), logged off because I had to work. I decided to log back on a little before 9:00 p.m. server time, knowing I would have no luck, but thinking it would be a great 14th anniversary present if I found her (I had no luck at all finding Loque). She was right under me, around 78, 71. I couldn’t believe it. An adrenaline rush is not good for me…it stopped my brain. I almost died because a bear hit my trap before Gondria did and broke out of the trap before I finished taming her, but all worked out and no one else was in the area. She is mine….now to figure out a good name for her.
Miani – Malorne
I think I’ve been amazingly lucky over the last week. Decided to go Dual SV/BM spec (Raid/Grind), as I’d longed to get back to BM. Anyways, to cut a long story short, I’ve managed to grab Gondria and Loque in recent days. I was looking, but not camping. I was ready, and indeed they found me!
Anyways, I prefer the appearance of Gondria. Having him strut his stuff over the snow is a sight to behold. Not that Loque is unpleasant, of course. And boy, was it good to get rid of “Cuddles the Annoying Core Hound. Loque and Gondria are both now stabled alongside “Fluffy the PvP Spider”, “Moggie the Raiding Wolf” and “Kitty the Grinding Bear”. All I need now is a name for each of them! Fido and Rover are favourites right now… 😛
Good luck all, in your searching!
(P.S. The new Bird is simply not as striking as the two Cats).
Mahr… Kilrogg (EU)
I finally got him, after reading all your post camped out for 2 days at 63,42 logged on at 2pm and not even 3 mins later, he spawned right in front of me no bears, stone guys in front laid trap and distract shot..(Yelling at my taming spell to hurry before another hunter appeared).. and got my new pet shadow… hooray for dual spec.!!!!!
Congratulations to all you lucky Hunters who managed to get Gondria in the past week. I just saw him for the first time last night, and he looks pretty freakin awesome. The screenshots don’t do him justice. He’s so much more impressive in person due to that bitchin aura he has whisping around him.
I tamed Gondria at 12.05pm on Saturday on Aman’thul
location 67,79
now I have Loque’nahak, King Krush and Gondria….WEWT
I tamed Gondria on Dath re’mar between 8pm and 8:10 pm server time at the 63.2, 42.7. I had been camping for this guy for three days. I couldnt beleive my eyes when I turned the corner of the stairs and he spawned in front of me.
Tamed Gondria on US Thunderhorn. WOOT! There was tons of hunters in the air looking lol. He spawned right near the Alter of Har’koa.
I just tamed Gondria behind the Altar of Har’kao – Woot!!!
Yeah, i got him earlier aswell. 2nd on my server, 1st was taken by guild master at the opposite spawn point to me. Camped him for 25hours before this beauty landed right in my lap…still haven’t got a name for him yet so people assume ive just called my pet spirit beast.
I got him this am as well….
Some comparison pics with Loq
http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp188/Mordib/sb_2.jpg
http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp188/Mordib/sb_1.jpg
http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp188/Mordib/sb_sidebyside.jpg
i got him !!! 1800 on balnazaar at the cords in the map now i have to get a maco saying !!!!! stop spamming me where u get yer pet !!! 🙂
Way to go Arinvar! The couple of you who’ve posted here saying that you tamed on Gondria on patch day are pretty damn lucky. I’d imagine the competition for him is going to be very steep in the coming weeks.
Thanks for the tip Tinuviel. I’m anxious to see if additional spawn points are going to be discovered in the next few days.
Well, I think we have the common theme here, anyway. If there are Icepaw Bears around, Gondria’s a likely spawn. I checked out all the places i’ve heard of spottings, and they all have the same thing going for them: Icepaw Bears. So…if you find the bears, it’s a good bet that’s a likely spawn point for Gondria.
Just tamed on Thaurissan. Almost directly above kolramas, south of alter of har’koa
67,79
Grats Cugrhuntr!
I looked on the PTR for about a month off and on with no luck. Does he have a roar like Loque’s?
Just tamed it on the live server (Lothar) 11:40pm cst. Server first!!!!!
dont have coords, but it was below the altar of Quetz’lun near the cliff border of grizzly hills.
WOOT!
Which do you prefer panicattack?
I tamed Gondria a few days ago on brill EU i already had loque in the stable so its nice to be able to compare them both ^^.
That’s a nice offer Razzell. Are you on a European test server, b/c naralex is not available to me?
Regardless, grats on taming Gondria. 🙂
Alrighty…
I tamed Gondria on the Naralex server.
The server has quite a low population, so rush in there and try to get Her.
She appeared around 1am GMT.
If any don’t want to spend time finding and taming Gondria, add me to msn / x fire, and i will join the server for you to look at her in person.
My msn is: dunx1976@hotmail.com, my xfire : dunx1976
To: Oups
/salute
I admire the fact that you’ve managed to keep the same pet all this time. The curse of BM is that your pet is so important, you have to roll with the changes that Blizzard makes to stay competitive.
I feel sort of bad for the Hunters that may have abandoned their cats during that brief feline nerf intermission before Blizz gave them Rake.
Well Gratz for BM’ers 🙂 Unfortunately I wont be able to tame this beauty for two reasons … First is becauser I enjoy being SV and second coz I cant get rid of my lovely Tiger “Pam” who I lived and died with since I started playing wow
Oups on US Executus
I feel the same way, although I imagine Gondria will be harder to get at first. Everyone will be after this new enigmatic pet. Hopefully Gondria spawns in more than one spot or else it’ll be nearly impossible to tame within the first few weeks. That spot will be camped heavily.
I’ve taken a trip or two around Zul’Drak hoping to get lucky and spot him in a new location. Fun stuff. I love this hunting business.
I wont tame this one as I already have Loque (I like it much more, to be honest). But it’s a valid alternative for those who lost weeks looking for Loque 😀
Thank Dalaila, I was just relaying the story.
Good luck on taming after this patch goes live.
You can use the entry no problem. I more or less pulled it off of MMO Champion anyway.
Thanks for the info! I cannot wait to add this beauty to my stable.
May I please copy your entry for my own site?
regards,
Chaaron
You must have been pretty excited seeing this new pet for the first time. I know I would have freaked out if I’d discovered a brand new tameable rare exotic.
Thanks for sharing the experience with the Hunter community.
I wasn’t sure I’d find the time, but I’m copying over to the ptr today. Hopefully I’ll be able to join in on the fun later tonight. I’m not sure if I’ll get a glimpse of Gondria in game, but at least I’ll be able to check out all of the Hunter goodness in store for BM, including the new pet talents.
Cheers!
Thx for credits. I felt it was a good thing to share the news among other hunters as I really… really loved the way I discovered, hunted and tamed Loque’Nahak. This time was my turn and I was glad to give some infos about a new toy for our class 🙂