Panthara taming puzzle-solving thread

[Funk]

My question now is whether this is actually just very rare, or gated somehow. Rep maybe? I am going to be very disappointed if it's just extremely rare.

[Valnaaros]

I don't think it is gated. Just very rare. Bad enough if we just need one. Will be terrible if we have to farm 10, which is the max stack.

[WolvFTW]

My question now is whether this is actually just very rare, or gated somehow. Rep maybe? I am going to be very disappointed if it's just extremely rare.

its not gated, just extremely rare. a friend tried farming for about 2 hours and only got 3. so yeah.

[Pokcmvmxckm]

My question now is whether this is actually just very rare, or gated somehow. Rep maybe? I am going to be very disappointed if it's just extremely rare.

its not gated, just extremely rare. a friend tried farming for about 2 hours and only got 3. so yeah.

Are there reports of the Meat dropping for non hunters, can it be mailed to alts if needed? If so, I'm going to kill every Talbuk I see when questing on alts.

[WolvFTW]

My question now is whether this is actually just very rare, or gated somehow. Rep maybe? I am going to be very disappointed if it's just extremely rare.

its not gated, just extremely rare. a friend tried farming for about 2 hours and only got 3. so yeah.

Are there reports of the Meat dropping for non hunters, can it be mailed to alts if needed? If so, I'm going to kill every Talbuk I see when questing on alts.

we've had a guy kill over 80 on his paladin, no meat. when on his hunter and farmed for 25 minutes and got 2. so right now we can only assume its a hunter only drop

[Pokcmvmxckm]

its not gated, just extremely rare. a friend tried farming for about 2 hours and only got 3. so yeah.

Are there reports of the Meat dropping for non hunters, can it be mailed to alts if needed? If so, I'm going to kill every Talbuk I see when questing on alts.

we've had a guy kill over 80 on his paladin, no meat. when on his hunter and farmed for 25 minutes and got 2. so right now we can only assume its a hunter only drop

Thanks for the Info.

[Wain]

Wow it looks like we have the solution!! Thanks to those reporting that But urgh, that's a LOT of work for one panthara. I wonder how may it takes to make them sated and tameable :/

[Funk]

*sighs heavily*

Ok...

While I take breaks from murdering innocent talbuks, I have a few more thoughts. Probably just wishful thinking. Maybe I am in denial about the ensuing farm.

I think we are all kinda assuming we chuck ten of these things on a panthara and tame--I know I am.

However, I think it might be worthwhile to be a bit creative still. I'm willing to donate any meat I find to testing before we know anything for certain.

I wonder if these can be used to unlock tames for everyone, temporarily. Let me explain my thinking. What happens if we chuck the things on the boss Pantharas? Naroua etc. Like, maybe the logic is that they end up sucking magic from other panthara because of it. Maybe it causes their deaths to diminish magic in the area (petrified forest and grove for Naroua) or something. Mechanically maybe its a matter of hunters working together to make the cats tamable for all for a little while. Again, possibly wishful thinking. I'm also not sure if the meat even works on Naroua and the likes.

It's just... having to farm ten of these things seems like a lot for a single tame. As I've said, I've been farming talbuks and all skinnable creatures since the patch launched. I have hundreds and hundreds of the new leather. No meat. Maybe panthara are intended to be very rare as pets. It's possible. If not, then having to farm ten of this meat is unreasonable. It may not even require ten, mind you.

[Wain]

I killed a frackton of talbuks in Krokuun on the PTR in order to reset to check colours, yet I've never seen that meat before. I hope we don't need a whole stack. :/

[Funk]

I killed a frackton of talbuks in Krokuun on the PTR in order to reset to check colours, yet I've never seen that meat before. I hope we don't need a whole stack. :/

It's possible that this was disabled during the PTR, though.

I share your sentiment regardless.

[Quiv]

I thought someone here said the talbuk meat was part of some WQ? Guess not if its dropping otherwise.

[Valnaaros]

If it requires 10 meat, and it is this rare, then that is very unreasonable. Would be one thing if it was just for a single mob, but this is for a whole species. I also spent a ton of time in the ptr killing Talbuk on the hunch that the Talbuk Meat could have something to do with it, but I never found a single piece. As Funk said, it is possible that they didn't drop in the ptr (which, if true, is evidence that Blizz can and will prevent us from discovering tames in the ptr).

[Funk]

I thought someone here said the talbuk meat was part of some WQ? Guess not if its dropping otherwise.

There's an Argussian Reach WQ up right now (for NA, at least), but aren't as many killable talbuks near it.

Having them only dropping during certain world quests could explain the rarity but from the sounds of it a world quest isn't needed.

[Hazzal]

It could be that talbuk meat is step one in unlocking the ability to tame the entire panthara group. Like if we tame one successfully we can tame all forever afterward.

[Wain]

Hi all, I wanted to pop in and say that i have been trying this with the wild imp meat from the cave near Illidan in krokuun. We might need to match the meet to the specific breed of panthara?

The imp meat is for making disgusting feasts, which summon Mother Rosula (and she has a chance of dropping a minipet)

[Funk]

It could be that talbuk meat is step one in unlocking the ability to tame the entire panthara group. Like if we tame one successfully we can tame all forever afterward.

This is possible too.

I've not found any meat, still. But if anyone wants me to test specific things, then let me know.

[Valnaaros]

We'll have to wait and see if that is the case. Taming one could give us a passive ability that allows us to tame more in the future. In that case, gathering 10 meat isn't a big deal. Will only be if it is required every single time.

[Valnaaros]

The Imp Meat and Feast were tested in the ptr, and I believe that I saw somewhere that someone tested it on Live with no results.

[Rhaenia]

Can confirm that the meat drops for hunters in game now. I have gotten two drops so far, but I'm reluctant to test them until I have more than 10 or if it is confirmed that we need 10...either way, I'll be grinding Talbuk kills all day. Do you think we'd yield a better result if we had a team of people killing and looting Talbuks? Then we just compile the meat and test it?

[Tomb]

Throwing one fresh meat and then freeze trap did not work.

Side note: Imp meat got nothing to do with the tame. They are for spawning a imp mother rare.