EDIT: Taming Buff Pets in 5.1 FIXED
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 7:04 am
As of 01/15/13 (5.1), it is NOT POSSIBLE to tame buff pets
I will keep info in this post in tact as to preserve its special place in pet history...R.I.P. buff pets ;~;
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WARNING: This has a severe potential for abuse, as with any buffed-pet taming method. Taming buff-pets is not an intended part of the game; Should you choose to, you do so at your own risk! Please do not abuse this! We would like to keep this method alive as long as possible.
Well my friend Peach and I were perusing the forums when we found a thread that said taming Sha-infested pets was possible. With some suggestions from the people in that thread, as well as through our own trial and error we found that not only was it possible to tame Sha-infested pets, but also possible to tame most, if not ALL, of the old buff pets.
How to:
This method relies heavily on the old tame-kill-revive method, with a new approach. Pets can be tamed very quickly, often on the first try if you're good enough, using this method.
Requirements:
A person to help (this is the most important part)
Low World Latency
Free time!
Method:
1. Find the pet you wish to tame with a buff (invisible buffs such as Sha-aura effect or collars will work as well).
2. Bring a friend and start a duel. This is very helpful; I have yet to tame a buff-pet while not in a duel.*
3. Have whoever is taming the pet lower the mobs health down to about 1-15%, or until you can 1 hit K.O. the mob. (If you're lvl 90 taming a level 10 of course don't worry about it).
4. When the mob is ready, stop attacking and begin to tame it while your friend stands on top of the mob.
5. Start spamming this macro while you tame: /cast [nochanneling] Revive Pet (Spam like crazy! AHK can help, but I recommend binding this to your scroll wheel as it will work just as well and doesn't break the ToS).**
6. JUST as your tame beast is about to finish, have your friend one-shot the mob (We found 0.3 seconds left on the cast was optimal, with some mobs leaning more towards 0.2. Playing around with the time helps if you're having no luck).
7. Keep spamming your Revive pet macro as the mob dies. If your tame was successful, this is what will happen:
-The mob will die and its corpse will despawn.
-You WILL NOT see a level-ding flash. If you do then it did not work. (If the mob is your level you will not see one regardless, so you can ignore this part in that case.)
-You will get the error message "Your Pet is not dead" from spamming your revive pet macro.
-You will not have a new pet in your slots or your stable.
-You WILL NOT be able to revive your pet.
NOTE: All of these must happen concurrently; having one of the errors but not the rest means it did not work, i.e. "My pet did not ding and disappeared, but I ressed him and he didn't have the buff!" Because he should also not be ressable.
8. If everything happened as it should, all you need to do it log out and in and POOF! Summon him from your slots and have fun with your new buff-pet!
*The reason for this is to bypass the mob becoming friendly too soon. When you tame the pet, it will stay red for your friend meaning you never have to worry about not being able to attack it. This also means this method will not work in areas where you cannot duel unless you get help from a flagged member of the opposing faction.
**The macro doesn't really do anything except prevent Revive Pet from interrupting Tame Beast. Sometimes Revive Pet will cause your Tame Beast to stop channeling and we think it has something to do with having a glitched pet in your slots, but regardless this macro will make it so you never have to worry about it.
Known Pets this works for:
Ambescale Basilisk* (South of Heart of Fear)
Coldbite Matriarch*
Consumed Thistle Bear
Duskstalker
Felscale Crawler
Ghostpaw Runner
Grainhunter Hawk
Ik'thik Terrorclaw*
Kung Din
The Lone Hunter
Oiled Fledgeling
Oil-stained Wolf
Seething Fleshripper
Sha-Haunted Tigress
Sha-Haunted Crane
Sha-Infested Prowler
Old Azeroth Buff Pets in general
Make sure to check this thread. As new buff pets are discovered, this list will likely not contain them right away. If there is a buff pet you have found and it is not on this list nor has been posted by someone else already, please make a post about it.
*These are the only sha creatures that appear to keep their buff upon death.
NOTE: I cannot confirm if this works solo. Many are trying but the only ones who are having success are the ones using the method above. If anyone would like me to help them, you can add me: US-Horde Battletag Shoopy#1307
Thanks & Credits:
Asajiro for posting the original thread.
Peach for helping me tame everything.
Dialga for helping me tame Kung Din.
Everyone in this thread for helping Peach and I: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=19895
Good luck and happy hunting!
~Screenshots for Motivation~
I will keep info in this post in tact as to preserve its special place in pet history...R.I.P. buff pets ;~;
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WARNING: This has a severe potential for abuse, as with any buffed-pet taming method. Taming buff-pets is not an intended part of the game; Should you choose to, you do so at your own risk! Please do not abuse this! We would like to keep this method alive as long as possible.
Well my friend Peach and I were perusing the forums when we found a thread that said taming Sha-infested pets was possible. With some suggestions from the people in that thread, as well as through our own trial and error we found that not only was it possible to tame Sha-infested pets, but also possible to tame most, if not ALL, of the old buff pets.
How to:
This method relies heavily on the old tame-kill-revive method, with a new approach. Pets can be tamed very quickly, often on the first try if you're good enough, using this method.
Requirements:
A person to help (this is the most important part)
Low World Latency
Free time!
Method:
1. Find the pet you wish to tame with a buff (invisible buffs such as Sha-aura effect or collars will work as well).
2. Bring a friend and start a duel. This is very helpful; I have yet to tame a buff-pet while not in a duel.*
3. Have whoever is taming the pet lower the mobs health down to about 1-15%, or until you can 1 hit K.O. the mob. (If you're lvl 90 taming a level 10 of course don't worry about it).
4. When the mob is ready, stop attacking and begin to tame it while your friend stands on top of the mob.
5. Start spamming this macro while you tame: /cast [nochanneling] Revive Pet (Spam like crazy! AHK can help, but I recommend binding this to your scroll wheel as it will work just as well and doesn't break the ToS).**
6. JUST as your tame beast is about to finish, have your friend one-shot the mob (We found 0.3 seconds left on the cast was optimal, with some mobs leaning more towards 0.2. Playing around with the time helps if you're having no luck).
7. Keep spamming your Revive pet macro as the mob dies. If your tame was successful, this is what will happen:
-The mob will die and its corpse will despawn.
-You WILL NOT see a level-ding flash. If you do then it did not work. (If the mob is your level you will not see one regardless, so you can ignore this part in that case.)
-You will get the error message "Your Pet is not dead" from spamming your revive pet macro.
-You will not have a new pet in your slots or your stable.
-You WILL NOT be able to revive your pet.
NOTE: All of these must happen concurrently; having one of the errors but not the rest means it did not work, i.e. "My pet did not ding and disappeared, but I ressed him and he didn't have the buff!" Because he should also not be ressable.
8. If everything happened as it should, all you need to do it log out and in and POOF! Summon him from your slots and have fun with your new buff-pet!
*The reason for this is to bypass the mob becoming friendly too soon. When you tame the pet, it will stay red for your friend meaning you never have to worry about not being able to attack it. This also means this method will not work in areas where you cannot duel unless you get help from a flagged member of the opposing faction.
**The macro doesn't really do anything except prevent Revive Pet from interrupting Tame Beast. Sometimes Revive Pet will cause your Tame Beast to stop channeling and we think it has something to do with having a glitched pet in your slots, but regardless this macro will make it so you never have to worry about it.
Known Pets this works for:
Ambescale Basilisk* (South of Heart of Fear)
Coldbite Matriarch*
Consumed Thistle Bear
Duskstalker
Felscale Crawler
Ghostpaw Runner
Grainhunter Hawk
Ik'thik Terrorclaw*
Kung Din
The Lone Hunter
Oiled Fledgeling
Oil-stained Wolf
Seething Fleshripper
Sha-Haunted Tigress
Sha-Haunted Crane
Sha-Infested Prowler
Old Azeroth Buff Pets in general
Make sure to check this thread. As new buff pets are discovered, this list will likely not contain them right away. If there is a buff pet you have found and it is not on this list nor has been posted by someone else already, please make a post about it.
*These are the only sha creatures that appear to keep their buff upon death.
NOTE: I cannot confirm if this works solo. Many are trying but the only ones who are having success are the ones using the method above. If anyone would like me to help them, you can add me: US-Horde Battletag Shoopy#1307
Thanks & Credits:
Asajiro for posting the original thread.
Peach for helping me tame everything.
Dialga for helping me tame Kung Din.
Everyone in this thread for helping Peach and I: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=19895
Good luck and happy hunting!
~Screenshots for Motivation~