I need some help with understanding how to get some abilities for pets.
First off, I'm a night elf hunter. I've completed the beast taming quests in Darnassus. I can give my pet growl once it has some points added up. My question is this:
I've trained many pets and how do i get bite, cower, and claw skills? I've never seen it on any of my pets. How do you see what abilities your pets have or gained?
Thanks for any help!
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bump. still need help with this one
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Okay .. from what I understand, you gain those abilities by taming beasts that have them ..
Bears I believe have claw.. Cats have Cower .. and the higher level beast you tame, the higher rank the ability will be ..
Once you tame a bear that has, say, claw 3 .. you will be able to train your other pets that ability ..
Bears I believe have claw.. Cats have Cower .. and the higher level beast you tame, the higher rank the ability will be ..
Once you tame a bear that has, say, claw 3 .. you will be able to train your other pets that ability ..
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I've trained cats, bears, raptors, crocs, boars, but have never had any abilities come along with the tamed pets. I tried all day once just trying to get a pet that had one of those. I don't remember having such a hard time with Open Beta.
Either I'm doing something wrong, or I'm bugged :(
Either I'm doing something wrong, or I'm bugged :(
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Im a night elf as well and have the same problem. No pet abilities. Wonder if I missed a quest or something that was supposed to grant them to me? Kinda like the pet taming quest?
From a post a few under this one:
http://www.goodintentionsguild.info/hunters.html
http://www.goodintentionsguild.info/hunters.html
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Generally Cats = cower, bears = claw, wolves = bite. These are the most common animals, but not by any means the only ones that have the abilities. Capture a pet and use it to kill a few mobs (less than 10 kills usually). You will get a message that you have learned a new pet skill. There are a few sites out there that list all the mobs, and the lvl you and your pet need to be to obtain the skill. The lvl 1 skills however can all be learned at lvl 10.
If you don't Bite, and catch something with Rank 4 Bite, can you teach it to your pet even though he doesn't have Rank 1, 2, or 3 Bite?
the link above is excellent i have used it before. It tells you exactly what creatures have what skill and at what level. It makes it very easy.
I have found that i will usually learn the new skill in a few kills.
No, you do not have to teach your pet lvl 1 in a skill if you have level 4, you can teach him directly lvl 4. I can confirm this as i have claw 2 and i don't have claw 1 and i taught my pet and he uses it fine. (now claw 3).
Using the above link will save you an incredible amount of time. I stable my pet head off to find that mob and tame it, learn the skill, abandon and head back. Got two skills the other day in about 10 minutes.
Koramong
I have found that i will usually learn the new skill in a few kills.
No, you do not have to teach your pet lvl 1 in a skill if you have level 4, you can teach him directly lvl 4. I can confirm this as i have claw 2 and i don't have claw 1 and i taught my pet and he uses it fine. (now claw 3).
Using the above link will save you an incredible amount of time. I stable my pet head off to find that mob and tame it, learn the skill, abandon and head back. Got two skills the other day in about 10 minutes.
Koramong
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okay...where pet abilities are concerned:
You must first learn a pet ability in order to train your other pets in that ability. The easiest way is, of course, to tame a pet with said ability. Most beasts IF they have an ability, will have only one; bite, claw cower, etc.
Currently there are only 4 pet abilities that hunters can use; Bite, Claw, Growl, and Cower. Growl, thus far, is the ONLY trainer taught one, look for the pet trainers near the hunter trainers. growl can be taught to you every 10th Level, therfore by the time you get beast taming at level 10, you can learn Growl 1 and 2. Your pet however, can learn skills on every 8th level. therefore a pet that has Bite, can learn Bite 5 at level 32, (but won't get Growl 5 until you can learn it at level 40).
Some pets cannot learn ALL abilities, my Scorpid can't learn Bite, my Wolf can't learn Claw. Beasts also conform to the every 8 levels, so...since most Spiders have Bite, it's reasonable to assume that a level 32 Spider will probably have Bite 5; of course until you tame one, you won't really know, unless it conforms to a known list somewhere (like the above link). Once you see a beast with the ability you want, stable your usual pet and tame the other. Once you've tamed the beast, go kill stuff with it until you get the text (default yellow) "You have learned a new skill: Bite (etc)". You can then abandon that pet and get your original pet out of the stable. IF your pet is of sufficient level, and has enough TP, you can train them in that skill, provided of course they are able to use the skill.
Pet skills appear in you pet bar. To toggle them on/off, right click on them. You don't wanna have both Growl and Cower on at the same time, they'll basicly cancel each other out. You may also want to decide, if your pet is able to use both, whether to have both Claw AND Bite on at the same time.
Hope that helps
Ironfoot
Edited, Mon Dec 27 16:27:22 2004 by Trixzy
You must first learn a pet ability in order to train your other pets in that ability. The easiest way is, of course, to tame a pet with said ability. Most beasts IF they have an ability, will have only one; bite, claw cower, etc.
Currently there are only 4 pet abilities that hunters can use; Bite, Claw, Growl, and Cower. Growl, thus far, is the ONLY trainer taught one, look for the pet trainers near the hunter trainers. growl can be taught to you every 10th Level, therfore by the time you get beast taming at level 10, you can learn Growl 1 and 2. Your pet however, can learn skills on every 8th level. therefore a pet that has Bite, can learn Bite 5 at level 32, (but won't get Growl 5 until you can learn it at level 40).
Some pets cannot learn ALL abilities, my Scorpid can't learn Bite, my Wolf can't learn Claw. Beasts also conform to the every 8 levels, so...since most Spiders have Bite, it's reasonable to assume that a level 32 Spider will probably have Bite 5; of course until you tame one, you won't really know, unless it conforms to a known list somewhere (like the above link). Once you see a beast with the ability you want, stable your usual pet and tame the other. Once you've tamed the beast, go kill stuff with it until you get the text (default yellow) "You have learned a new skill: Bite (etc)". You can then abandon that pet and get your original pet out of the stable. IF your pet is of sufficient level, and has enough TP, you can train them in that skill, provided of course they are able to use the skill.
Pet skills appear in you pet bar. To toggle them on/off, right click on them. You don't wanna have both Growl and Cower on at the same time, they'll basicly cancel each other out. You may also want to decide, if your pet is able to use both, whether to have both Claw AND Bite on at the same time.
Hope that helps
Ironfoot
Edited, Mon Dec 27 16:27:22 2004 by Trixzy
Good info Trixzy
Generally i use only one of the other. But if i know i will be fighting one mob at a time, i willl turn on both for extra damage.
I find that my pet runs out of focus halfway through the first link with growl, claw and bite activated. This is usually enough to maintain aggro. If not easy to clean up with melee.
If I might be fighting 3 or more at a time i will use only Growl And bite.
I although the impact is rather minimal on damage, so usually i run with growl & bite just in case of multiple adds.
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You may also want to decide, if your pet is able to use both, whether to have both Claw AND Bite on at the same time.
Generally i use only one of the other. But if i know i will be fighting one mob at a time, i willl turn on both for extra damage.
I find that my pet runs out of focus halfway through the first link with growl, claw and bite activated. This is usually enough to maintain aggro. If not easy to clean up with melee.
If I might be fighting 3 or more at a time i will use only Growl And bite.
I although the impact is rather minimal on damage, so usually i run with growl & bite just in case of multiple adds.
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