One taming challenge conquered!
After having just gained access to the Molten front last night, I’m finally partaking of the Patch 4.2 taming challenges.
Between RL kicking my ass with work, etc… and all but skipping Hyjal on my way to 85, it’d taken me awhile to knock down enough of the prerequisite quests in order to unlock the new areas. Yesterday evening I finally settled in and took care of business — gaining access to the Molten Front late last night.
Major props to Dashkz of Drakkari for rounding up 7 of the new rares in under two days! Dashkz managed to tame all of the rare lava spiders, plus Skarr and Karkin — all within about 36 hours!
Like… holy s**t… that’s freaking amazing! Not to mention, Drakkari is a medium pop., PvP server.
Here are some nice shots of Skarr sent in by Zanbon of Ner’zhul.
I’ve received plenty of screenshots at this point, so please refer to the forums for any additional screenshot postings or taming tales.
Thanks everyone for sending in so many wonderful pics, along with your great stories and helpful tips!
As many of you know… Patch 4.2 hits live servers today (06/28/11). The following guide serves as a rundown of the new beasties — where to find them and how to successfully tame them.
There are 10 new taming challenge pets in all. 3 new Spirit Beasts, 5 rare Lava Spiders, and 2 extremely badass looking metallic type pets — Karkin, a liquid metal crab, and Skarr, an obsidian cat. This is sure to keep pet happy hunters busy for some time… I know I’ll be on the hunt for a few of these myself. 🙂
See my Patch 4.2 Rare Pet Briefing Post for an updated guide on how to tame Skarr & Karkin, as well as the other 8 Patch 4.2 Taming Challenge pets.
There have been two more rare beasts spotted in the Molten Front. Thanks to lawman’s tip, I happened upon some valuable pet info over at the Petopia forums.
Neither of these two new pets are exotic, so hunters of all specs will be able to tame them. One is ferocity and the other is tenacity. Both of them, as far as I know for right now, have unique skins — and badass ones at that. 😉
Hold on to your hats folks, because these two pets are both pretty awesome…