Appearance Buffed Pets -- A Complete List

[Dialga]

Since the method to tame pets with buffs seems to phase in and out of being accessible to players, I thought I may as well compile a complete list of which mobs do and don't have permanent, fragile, or not-quite-a-buff buffs. I'll be putting in pictures and other information intermittently. Please post if I have left any out!

And to clarify for anyone new -- a permanent buff means the buff will not be lost upon death if the creature dies in the wild or as your pet. A fragile buff will (or if you die with the pet out!).

ALL BUFFS WILL BE CLEANSED IF A PET IS TAKEN INTO AN ARENA OR A RATED BATTLEGROUND.

Permanent Buffed Pets

Armored Battleboar - Retains fire across its body if hit with a torch from a Tauren starting quest.

Mining Monkey - Carries a pickaxe (Dungeon pet)

Consumed Thistle Bear - Purple glowing aura.

The Lone Hunter - Sword through the head.

Angered Arakkoa Protector - Blue mist.

Oiled Fledgeling - Black, thick, oily coat.

Oil-Stained Wolf - Black, thick, oily coat.

Kung Din - Rotating chain around his neck.

Grainhunter Hawk - Can be tamed with dull skin. It can also be tamed holding a bag -- the bag is fragile and will be lost upon death, but the dull skin will be retained.

Corrupted Crane - Sha effect around its feet and a dull body.

Ik'thik Terrorclaw - Sparkling, smoky Sha effect.

Coldbite Matriarch - Grey body, sha streaks come out of her eyes.

Amberscale Basilisk - Grey.

Furious Goat - Has the murky ground effect of the Sha tigers, coupled with sha 'spirals' that frequently float around it. Roam in packs, Sha must be up near the burlap trail, on the spawn point next to the hozen camp. Best advice is to hide behind him and trap a goat as they ride around -- you can kill the riders atop the goats without aggroing them. (Thank you Amber and Qi!)

* It should also be noted, as some have asked, that the Sha buff on the goats is NOT a damage or health buff in any sort of way. I've checked in triplicate, both on wowhead and in practice. He, frankly, probably hits for less that some of my other pets.

[Dialga]

Fragile Buffed Pets (WIP)

Akkarai Hatchling - Shadowform
Ashmane Boar - Blue mist
Deviate Plainstrider - Two sparkle rings around its body
Duskstalker - Shadowform
Felscale Crawler - Fel green aura
Fern Feeder Moth - Tiny golden moths hover around
Fire Roc - Flame effect on its wings
Fluttering Moth - Tiny golden moths hover around
Ghostpaw Runner - Same skin as Karoma/Grimtotem Spirit Guide
Grainhunter Hawk - Can be tamed with dull skin and bag in its claws
Horrorscale Scorpid - Has shiny sparkles trailing after it
Icehorn - Rhino with icy feet (rare spawn)
Icepaw Bears - Icy effect on paws
Infested Bears - Keeps disease cloud + buff, not the eggs
Ivory Starling - Subtle sparkle effect
Princess - Pink bow on shoulder
Rabid Worg - Skull aura effect
Searing Roc - Flame effect on its wings
Seething Fleshripper - Sha effect
Sha-Haunted Tigress - Sha effect
Sha-Haunted Crane - Sha effect
Sha-Infested Prowler - Sha effect
Silt Crawler - Bottle in its claw
Spiteflayer - Golden glow, flamey ball above head (rare spawn)
Spirit Worg - Very translucent, blue-mist
Vicious Teromoth - Dark misty aura effect

*Veiled Basilisk - Veiled Basilisks in Towlong Steppes can be tamed with their camo-buffs. But they only appear camo'd for the first ~10 seconds when you call the from your stables, then they don't appear to camo again until you resummon them. (Thanks Mousie!)

[Dialga]

Untested Pets (Dungeon) (WIP)


These pets are found in dungeons where it is impossible to duel, and thus making it very difficult to attempt taming as of 1/4/13 due to the nature of the current taming method. It can still be done, it is just considered harder.

Starving Hound - Gains a sleepy buff when finished eating their master. Also comes with a damage buff that increases damage when near other 'hounds', but it's unclear if this would matter when tamed and out in the world.

Angry Hound - 'Chained' Buff

Mutant War Hound - Noticeable green buff, diseased skin underneath

Giant Cave Bat - Black coat (confirmed to keep after death -- thanks Phyress!)


Not-Buffed Pets

Any pet that is holding/attached to a separate NPC (such as a rider)

ex: Twilight Firebird, Trained Jibberwing, Bullmastiffs with the foxes in their mouths, Thieving Wolves with sheep in their mouth.

Because there are two separate NPCs, the rider or extra will not be able to be tamed with the pet.


Timer-buffed Pets

Pets that have timers on their buffs, such as the Corrupted Bloodtalon in the troll starting zone, will only be buffed until their timer runs out. It will not refresh on your pet.


Damage Buffed Pets

I will not be listing any damage-buffed pets, regardless if these come with a special appearance, as these are clear exploits. These should not be attempted.


Fixed Pets

Garwal, the worgen-worg, is still untameable and highly unlikely to ever be tameable again.

The fire patch pets gotten through Sowing a Solution seem to be still out of reach due to some failsafe Blizzard coded in how the seeds work. These were also fixed due to their unclickable status and even if you managed taming one correctly, it would be a breach of ToS.


Sources

http://forums.wow-petopia.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=19909 (Current taming guide as of 5.1)
http://forums.wow-petopia.com/viewtopic.php?t=7093 (Old Method)

[WildcatTM]

Thought Kung was a fragile pet? I may just have to pick him up on my troll hunter.

[Rawr]

You forgot the mining monkeys in Deadmines with the permanent pickaxes. http://www.wowhead.com/npc=48278

[Dialga]

You forgot the mining monkeys in Deadmines with the permanent pickaxes. http://www.wowhead.com/npc=48278

Thank you!

Thought Kung was a fragile pet? I may just have to pick him up on my troll hunter.

Nope, he is permanent

[Rawr]

In the original post, "It works, Sha aura effect pet", the duel method was not used. The non-duel method, kill/revive, may be the only way to get the 4 instanced beasts. It used to be:

1) tame beast normally of the same kind as the buffed one
2) dismiss
3) start tame of buffed beast, spam revive/abandon glitch macro
4) kill at end of tame
5) log out then back in
6) revive buffed beast

Not sure if this will work, the abandon macro with the new revive/no channel macro but Im willing to try for a few hours on the sleepy dogs.

[WildcatTM]

I mentioned this before, but I'm curious about the Giant Cave Bat in Mogu Place. It's in an instance, though.

[Dialga]

I mentioned this before, but I'm curious about the Giant Cave Bat in Mogu Place. It's in an instance, though.

I'll add it. Can you post a SS? Wowhead is lacking.

[WildcatTM]

I mentioned this before, but I'm curious about the Giant Cave Bat in Mogu Place. It's in an instance, though.

I'll add it. Can you post a SS? Wowhead is lacking.

Next time I'm in there, I will. I'll have to be in an instance group since I can't sneak pass the first encountered. They're basically an all black bat. Similar to the oil wolf.

[Kempera]

In the original post, "It works, Sha aura effect pet", the duel method was not used. The non-duel method, kill/revive, may be the only way to get the 4 instanced beasts. It used to be:

1) tame beast normally of the same kind as the buffed one
2) dismiss
3) start tame of buffed beast, spam revive/abandon glitch macro
4) kill at end of tame
5) log out then back in
6) revive buffed beast

Not sure if this will work, the abandon macro with the new revive/no channel macro but Im willing to try for a few hours on the sleepy dogs.

I was able to tame the tiger and crane while not in a duel. It seems my friend and I had more trouble while dueling for some reason! We just did the exact same thing, but always made sure to lower the mob's health to about 10% to be safe :]

[bluddy]

can anyone post a screen of a tamed chained dog, i'm really curious as to how that would work

[Novikova]

For what it's worth, for a few days, my goat had a friendly to me as Alliance Hozen riding around on him. o_O I got quite a few comments. We sent him to bartending school, though.

[Dialga]

For what it's worth, for a few days, my goat had a friendly to me as Alliance Hozen riding around on him. o_O I got quite a few comments. We sent him to bartending school, though.

Yes, I've seen those goats.Technically the NPC can be tamed, but the Hozen is not -- it just turns friendly and jumps on your goat's back, and will attack what your goat attacks. It will disappear the instant you fly, accept a queue invite, dismiss the pet, change zones on a boat, ect so it's a very, very fragile pet. If your goat is killed, the Hozen will jump off and... sit there. I'm not even sure if he despawns. However since the Hozen is an extra damage source it is sort of a damage 'buff' and a bit of an unintentional, totally-Blizzard's-fault exploit.

[WildcatTM]

I see the giant cave bat was added to the list. Any confirmed tames?

[asajiro]

I think you missed one


This is icehorn, its a rare spawn with Icy effect on hoof.

[Dialga]

I think you missed one


This is icehorn, its a rare spawn with Icy effect on hoof.

Ah, yes, I forgot about him.

[asajiro]

I think you missed one


This is icehorn, its a rare spawn with Icy effect on hoof.

Ah, yes, I forgot about him.

It is rare of the rare, really rare, hard to get.

[Mousie]

He loses his buff when he dies in the wild, probably a fragile buff.

[Dialga]

Updated with the two new finds