How to Get a Pet in World of Warcraft

Last Updated: March 10, 2023

So, you see other wow hunters with their pets and you don't have one or even know how to get your first pet? Obtaining a pet and taming it is one of the coolest things about being a hunter in World of Warcraft. A pet can be tamed to grow and fight with you and you also have the chance to change your pet during your game play.

Steps

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Stop worrying. In this short article you will see how to get a pet in World of Warcraft.
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To be able to get a pet, you need to be at least level 10 hunter. So, if you are not, level yourself until you are. The steps below are for both the Alliance and the Horde sides of the game:

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Accept the Taming the Beast Quest from your local Hunter Trainer.
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Take the Taming Rod. The quest needs you to tame 3 pets.
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You need to tame each one and then return to the quest giver to get the second task.
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Find a Barbed Crawler (Alliance) or An Adult Plainstrider (Horde) and use your Taming Rod.
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Do not attack the animal. You just need to wait and keep yourself alive until the animal is tamed.
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Take the pet to the trainer and abandon your pet by right clicking on it.
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Use the taming rod on Greater Timberstrider (Alliance) or a Prairie Stalker (Horde) and wait until it is tamed.
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Take the pet to the trainer and get the third task.
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Use the taming rod on a Nightstalker (Alliance) or a Swoop (Horde) and tame the animal.
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Take the pet back to the trainer and he will ask you to go and talk with Ganaar (Alliance) or Holt Thunderhorn (Horde) so that you will be taught the basics necessary to care and train your pets from now on.
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You can now choose your future pets and train them.
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Make sure to check the sources mentioned below for more valuable information.