Hunter Pets  

Hunters are a ranged combat class, which makes them unique by itself, but their most noteworthy characteristic is their animal companion by their side. Being attuned to nature, the hunter has the ability to "tame" a beast to join him in his travels. In addition to being an extra source of damage, the pet also serves as protection for the hunter. The single most important thing the pet does is keep the hunter's opponents away from him so he can continue to shoot at it.

A hunter has the ability to tame nearly any Beast, within reason. No devilsaurs or aquatic creatures. A good rule of thumb is anything smaller than a bear can be tamed.

Obtaining a Pet

Pets only become available to a hunter at level 10. At that point, their local class trainer will send them on three missions to tame nearby creatures with an item. After bringing each of these creatures back to the trainer, the hunter will know how to tame a beast. Note that there is another quest that follows this one that will send the hunter to their capital to learn how to feed and revive their pets, both of which are essential skills to learn.

Once the hunter has this skill, they can go into the wild, locate a beast that is not higher in level than they are, and attempt to tame them. The beast will fight back against the hunter for the length of the taming. During this time, the hunter cannot move or take any other actions. (However, they can do things beforehand like activate Aspect of the Monkey or put down a Freezing Trap.) If the hunter survives the taming, the beast will join them, and become their pet.

Hunters can have up to three total pets, but only one at a time. If you wish to obtain a new pet, or switch pets, you will need to visit a Stable Master.

Your New Pet

The first important thing to notice about the pet is that there is a health bar for it beneath the hunter's, and a second bar below that that is orange. This bar is for the pet's focus, which is what the pet will eventually use to activate abilities. If your pet happens to have come with abilities, wonderful! However, most do not.

Next to the health and focus bars is an icon that is red in color. This means your pet is hungry! If you offer your pet a piece of food that it will eat, it will start to gain happiness. Your pet's happiness is important to maintain, or the pet may abandon you.

The second part of the screen to notice is the action bar above your's. This pet action bar contains 3 commands at the left end, Attack, Follow, and Stay, as well as three attack modes on the right, Aggressive, Defensive, and Passive. See Controlling Your Pet for a further explanation of these ideas.

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Controlling Your Pet

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• Attacking
• Attack modes
• Brief mention of pet abilities

Abilities Related to Pets

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• Tame Beast
• Feed Pet
• Beast Lore
• Call Pet
• Revive Pet
• Kill Command
• Beast Training
• Beast Mastery abilities

Understanding Your Pet

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• Focus
• Happiness
• Training Points
• Pet attribute screen
• Level gain/experience
• Diet

Choosing a Pet

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• Pet Families (separate article) and their differences
• Cosmetic differences -- no difference between pets of the same family other than appearance
• Pet attribute types -- DPS/armor/tank/balanced

Taming a Pet for Abilities

Caster Pets

Beast Training

• List of basic abilities, active and passive
• Explanation of spending training points on various abilities
• Acquiring new abilities to train
• List of beasts that come with abilities

Using Your Pet

• Solo usage
• PvP
• Groups and raids

• Ways to increase the effectiveness of your pet, including BM talents

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