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Skitterflame

June 3, 2011 By Garwulf 14 Comments

Skitterflame - Rare Lava Spider in Patch 4.2

See my Patch 4.2 Rare Pet Briefing Post for an updated guide on how to tame Skitterflame, as well as the other 9 Patch 4.2 Taming Challenge pets.

Skitterflame is another of the rare beast taming challenges being added in Patch 4.2. He’s a red lava spider found on Fireplume Peak in the Molten Front.

The trick to taming Skitterflame is you must cool him down enough so that you can tame him. Also, his damage scales based on his current energy level. As you’ll see in the video, he hits pretty hard when at full energy. 😉

So… you need to use ice traps to not only snare him to protect yourself from his blows, but also to get him cooled down enough for taming. The video states that he becomes tamable at around 20% energy.

As far as whether Frost traps will work on him… I don’t know. If they do cool him down, then I’d imagine a good technique would be to cool him to freeze him to a level just before his buff falls off, break the trap, then tame him as he wades through a Frost Trap. This is similar to the approach used for Solix.

The other important thing worth mentioning… you can’t let Skitterflame get too cold, or else he’ll immediately go belly up. If his energy level drops to zero then he immediately dies. Now you don’t want that to happen, so be sure to watch for when his Super Heated buff falls off. If he’s currently trapped, then you’ll need to break him out of it and begin taming.

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Filed Under: Hunter Pets Tagged With: patch 4.2, rare pets, solix, spider

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Comments

  1. Hogsy says

    May 12, 2012 at 2:31 pm

    Well i almost got him but then i killed him with an ice trap by accident XD

    Reply
  2. Cynderlla says

    September 21, 2011 at 8:09 am

    I set a freezing trap then when he came out of that I hit him with wyvern sting, then tamed him while he was sleeping! Worked like a charm.

    Reply
  3. Haggala says

    August 23, 2011 at 9:26 am

    I just got this spider and all i did was to use scare beast and then tame beast. no traps or annything.

    Reply
    • Cannibusted says

      August 29, 2011 at 9:57 pm

      Scare/tame works great, however I see no difference in looks/stats or anything for that matter as the regular spider I tamed by all the other ones, nor do I see any achievement or anything for killing/taming this mob.

      Reply
      • bob says

        November 19, 2011 at 2:35 pm

        This is brilliant. Scare, Tame!!! Done.

        Many thanks

        Reply
      • idk says

        December 13, 2011 at 5:55 pm

        i tried the scare tame thing but scare had no effect on him

        Reply
    • Nyteshade89 says

      November 24, 2011 at 1:02 am

      Tame beast work like a figging charm. already him and the Anthriss. took me a few tries to get both but i did it. xD

      Reply
  4. Lufica says

    August 7, 2011 at 1:10 am

    You can do this solo easy if you get him in a Freezing Trap (when he is outside the lava of course) and then use Wyvern Sting on him when he comes out of the trap. When he is sleeping you can tame him 🙂

    Reply
    • Endy says

      August 14, 2011 at 5:52 pm

      Freezing trap, wyvern sting… tried it twice, doesn’t work

      Reply
  5. Lynxs says

    August 6, 2011 at 4:42 am

    can be frozen but itll only take him down 20 energy before it breaks

    Reply
  6. Ultilink says

    July 31, 2011 at 8:52 pm

    can be feared. get a warlock to help you keep it cc’d and its yours.

    Reply
  7. KRATOZS says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:19 am

    JUST GET A MAGE TO SHEEP HIM AND TAME IT DONE

    Reply
    • HIGHMANTIA says

      July 11, 2011 at 4:39 am

      Tried the sheep process, doesnt work. it cant be sheeped, it pops instantly.

      Reply
  8. Agio says

    June 3, 2011 at 1:28 pm

    Gar, keeping with my ‘I don’t really care” mantra I’ve not been following the patch updates so props as always.
    Do you know if they’ve added an achievement if you tame one of the new rares as a Paladin called ‘Sir-Hops-A-Lot’ or is that pally trying to fly without a mount?

    Reply

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