A hah! Figured it out! Oil Stained Wolf Tame!

[Kyonarai]

As a side note, the reason I had to use haste(well, didn't 'have too, but made it easier for me) is that my hunter wasn't 80 or high enough for freezing arrow. I couldn't get close enough to the wolf without face-pulling to have him run into the trap before he started to eat. It was just easier for me to use haste, but by no means necessary.

[Siliverin]

like you said haste an help but not needed

eh i dont think it should be kept a secret i mean, i guess when it comes to pets on wow im not one for the whole " omg keep it a secret" bit. Plus i dont think there are to many people who want to take the time to do it and if they are horde, taking the time to find someone to help them who will take the time to help them

[Marenie]

If anyone on Antonidas - US has this quest it would be most appreciated. I unfortunately did it a long long time ago.

Also, I finally broke down and registered here instead of just stalking.

[Kyonarai]

MWAHAHAHA!!! JOIN US!!!! *cackles*

but anyways, best of luck to everyone still working towards their wolf.

[Yssa]

If there's anyone available to help a horde hunter on Drenden - US, I'd appreciate it! I love worgs, both the old and skinny Northrend versions.

[Ezmode]

My Voidcore has disappeared.

Zoned into a dungeon, he was there for a minute or two as far as I noticed, but after a few pulls he was gone. Tried to call pet. You do not have a pet to summon. His stable slot is empty...

I've put in a ticket but I doubt he will be restored to me in all his oily glory. I just want to know if this happened to anyone else, or if I am the unfortunate victim of an ordinary bug.

Till then, I guess it's back to the oil fields...

EDIT: Managed to get another one, this time after about 5 tries. Hopefully this one will last.. :\

[Tilo]

@ Ezmode - interesting... fluke? Anyone else having theirs vanish maybe it's after the fact it dookied & ran off, that it finally vanished?

Still lookin' for Steamwheedle Cartel-US, & can help on Ysera-US

[zedxrgal]

Just checked mine and he's perfectly fine. I will test him and see. what happens. When I tested the model before I encountered 0 problems.

[SpiritBinder]

If there be anyone on Aman'thul US, I'd be ever so happy if you could help. I have a few ally friends but, they have all seemed to have done the quest already

[xanthore]

any alliance on blood furnace - US willing to help?

[azurelith]

I really want to give this a try. Unfortunately my ally have already completed the quest so i guess i will need help but my stable is filled with loque, slime, hydra, haarka and soriid so it would be a difficult decision which one i could spare but I have a hordie with a free slot on Bronzebeard-US if anyone would be able and willing to help me.

[smashfanDS]

Yesssssssssss!!!! Thanks for informing us on how to tame the pet

Just got a friend of mine to do the quest and after many trial and error, he got a feel of when to use the item to turn the wolves to neutral and end the tame just as the wolf despawned and it worked!!!!

[Niobe]

I can offer help on Steamweedle EU and Nagrand EU.

[Zeilla8]

I did 5 instances yesterday to level mine for raids tonight and didn't have a problem with him at all. No despawning, or vanishing. Hopefully that was just a weird fluke. I'm sure he'll die a bit tonight on our Hallion 25hc pulls, so fingers crossed he comes back!

I still have the quest if someone needs help on Ravenholdt, EU.

[Slickrock]

Hmm... if the despawn is the key, then that may indicate that there is no way to get the oil-covered raven..

I'm not a big fan of the wolf, but would love to have the raven for pvp...

[azurelith]

I'm not sure if this will help those without the quest but, i noticed that the 55-D collect-a-trons that walks around the area occasionally will remove the oil from a wolf and then it runs away and despawns like if you threw it the meat. Maybe it would be possible to use this to tame one if you don't have any meat. I don't know if the oil removal process or aggro from the bot would cause trouble.

[Renle]

Yay! I finally got my wolf today. I had to run out to Borean on my baby paladin and ask around in general to get someone to help me out, but I found a really nice guy leveling his lock. He said his main was a hunter too, so he understands the love of hard to get pets ;P



Just a note, on the last try I did to tame my wolf, it looked like the tame beast had finished before the wolf despawned at first, and the wolf seemed to turn normal before disappearing. However, when I called pet to dismiss him, he came out all black and oily ^_~

[Curumor]

Got him today after about 5-6 tries.
Just offered 500g to anyone who hadn't done the quest yet and what I was trying to do when I found one.
After paying attention to the timers, I found the trick was to time how long was left when he started to run off and just go from there.

Think I'll name him Slick...

[Pent]

So... as a L.71 hunter with no haste points at all... in what order do I need to try and do everything?

Set ice trap in the spot I think the wolf will run to after I throw the meat at him?
Move back a little.
Throw meat.
The aggressive wolf will run towards me and hit the trap.
When the ice trap only has 6-7 seconds left I start to tame.
When the trap ends (correct me if I am wrong) he'll turn neutral and "eat" the thrown meat.
Then the wolf will turn around and run off to disappear... and hopefully the tame will end right when it disappears (or a split second later).

Did I put everything in the right order? Do put the trap in the right place?

Remember I am not using the speed potion on the above order.

If I was to actually use a haste/speed potion at what point do I need to use it? Right before I start the tame?

Curumor, how did you time how long it took after he ran off?

[Azunara]

I did it with two different hunters. These were at 70 and 80.

Serendipity, the level 70 hunter, had a lightning speed elixir. That's it.

Firewing, the level 80 hunter, had roughly 100 or so haste (Just run of the mill quest gear, that happened to have haste.) Also that's it.

S's tame time: 18 seconds.
F's tame time: 19.5 seconds.

The timing was vastly different. Firewing took three tries or so, at roughly 6ish seconds. Seren was always early, and was at 7 seconds or so.

Thereby, if you have little haste, I recommend about 6 seconds or so.

Also, Pent. The strategy you're using should be fine. If you're using pots, I'd make a macro.