Since I got a lot of questions from people who visit me and e-mail me some question about the warcraft pets, I would like to share the answer and the questions to you guys too. The answer below is the best I could get for those who just started the game.
1.What is a "Starter Pet"?
In Cataclysm, all hunter characters will start with a pet at level 1. This will be your only pet until level 10, and during those nine levels this pet will behave a little differently than hunter pets normally do.
This is your starter pet.
Each hunter race has a specific starter pet. If you want to start with a white tiger starter pet, for example, you will need to create a night elf hunter.
You can find a list of which race starts with which pet on the Starter Pet Chart .
Go to this link to check the starter pet chart: http://www.wow-petopia.com/cataclysm/starterpetchart.html
2. When do I get my starter pet?
You will see your starter pet beside your character on the character creation screen as you are choosing your race and appearance.
Your pet will be by your side the instant your new character enters the world.
3. How do I control my starter pet?
Your starter pet is a lot more like a guardian pet than a normal hunter pet. In other words, you don't really have much control over it.
Starter pets behave as if they are set to use the Follow and Defensive behaviors: in other words it will follow you around and either defend you if you are attacked, or attack what you attack.
But you do not have a pet control UI. You can't tell your pet to Attack, or to be Aggressive or Passive. And you can't tell it which skills to use or when to use them.
4. What if I lose my starter pet?
Your character starts with the skills Call Pet and Revive Pet in your Spellbook, on the Beast Mastery tab.
If you get separated from your starter pet, use Call Pet to call it back to your side. If your pet dies somehow, use Revive Pet to bring back to life.
You do not learn the Dismiss Pet skill until level 10. And you cannot abandon your starter pet.
5. Are starter pet useful? Can they hold aggro?
Starter pets add a decent bit of damage to your own killing power, and they hold the attention of enemies reasonably well considering that you can't send them in before your first shot. Of course, it depends on the particular kind of pet as well.
In practice, I found that most starter pets can grab agro from enemies about half the time when I open combat with an Arcane Shot or Steady Shot, and more often if I start with an auto-shot.
A hunter with a starting pet is most certainly more powerful than a hunter without one. Unless you have some specific reason, I do not suggest attempting the first nine levels without one.
6. What skills do pet starters know?
At the moment, starter pets know the same skills as their normal family-mates, which are the same skills that hunter pets have on the live realms.
Blizzard tells us, however, that the design pass on pets and pet skills has not yet occurred. So even if starter pets do keep the normal family skills, expect those family skills to change.
7. Can I rename my starter pet?
Yes, you can rename your starter pet just like you would a real pet: right-click on the pet portrait in the upper left of the screen and choose Rename.
As usual, you can only set your pet's name once; after that you'll need to use a Certificate of Ownership to change its name again. And some names are not allowed.
8. Do I feed my starter pet?
No, you do not need to feed your starter pet. Starter pets are always happy.
And it's a good thing - since you don't get the Feed Pet skill until level 10!
9. Does the starter pet level up with me?
Starter pets earn experience and level just like a normal hunter pet: they earn XP only when you kill an enemy and they need 5% of the XP that you do to level.
You really don't need to worry about this, though. So long as you keep your starter pet with you while you play it will keep up with your level without you even noticing.
10. Can I stable my starter pet?
Yes, you can put your starter pet in the stable.
There's no good reason to do so, however, since you can't tame any other pets until level 10 and you probably don't want to make yourself less powerful by adventuring without a pet.
11. What happens to my starter pet at level 10?
At level 10 you can visit the hunter trainer to learn a new skill: Control Pet. You can also learn Tame Beast, Dismiss Pet, Feed Pet, and Beast Lore at level 10.
But Control Pet is the most important. It is Control Pet that gives you the ability to ... well, control pets. In short, Control Pet gives you access to the pet control UI.
Once you learn Control Pet, any pet you tame will behave like a real hunter pet that you can direct and control. In addition, you can use Control Pet to give you full control over your starter pet, turning your starter pet into a real hunter pet.
Note: You no longer need to complete a quest to learn Tame Beast or any of the other pet-related skills.
1.What is a "Starter Pet"?
In Cataclysm, all hunter characters will start with a pet at level 1. This will be your only pet until level 10, and during those nine levels this pet will behave a little differently than hunter pets normally do.
This is your starter pet.
Each hunter race has a specific starter pet. If you want to start with a white tiger starter pet, for example, you will need to create a night elf hunter.
You can find a list of which race starts with which pet on the Starter Pet Chart .
Go to this link to check the starter pet chart: http://www.wow-petopia.com/cataclysm/starterpetchart.html
2. When do I get my starter pet?
You will see your starter pet beside your character on the character creation screen as you are choosing your race and appearance.
Your pet will be by your side the instant your new character enters the world.
3. How do I control my starter pet?
Your starter pet is a lot more like a guardian pet than a normal hunter pet. In other words, you don't really have much control over it.
Starter pets behave as if they are set to use the Follow and Defensive behaviors: in other words it will follow you around and either defend you if you are attacked, or attack what you attack.
But you do not have a pet control UI. You can't tell your pet to Attack, or to be Aggressive or Passive. And you can't tell it which skills to use or when to use them.
4. What if I lose my starter pet?
Your character starts with the skills Call Pet and Revive Pet in your Spellbook, on the Beast Mastery tab.
If you get separated from your starter pet, use Call Pet to call it back to your side. If your pet dies somehow, use Revive Pet to bring back to life.
You do not learn the Dismiss Pet skill until level 10. And you cannot abandon your starter pet.
5. Are starter pet useful? Can they hold aggro?
Starter pets add a decent bit of damage to your own killing power, and they hold the attention of enemies reasonably well considering that you can't send them in before your first shot. Of course, it depends on the particular kind of pet as well.
In practice, I found that most starter pets can grab agro from enemies about half the time when I open combat with an Arcane Shot or Steady Shot, and more often if I start with an auto-shot.
A hunter with a starting pet is most certainly more powerful than a hunter without one. Unless you have some specific reason, I do not suggest attempting the first nine levels without one.
6. What skills do pet starters know?
At the moment, starter pets know the same skills as their normal family-mates, which are the same skills that hunter pets have on the live realms.
Blizzard tells us, however, that the design pass on pets and pet skills has not yet occurred. So even if starter pets do keep the normal family skills, expect those family skills to change.
7. Can I rename my starter pet?
Yes, you can rename your starter pet just like you would a real pet: right-click on the pet portrait in the upper left of the screen and choose Rename.
As usual, you can only set your pet's name once; after that you'll need to use a Certificate of Ownership to change its name again. And some names are not allowed.
8. Do I feed my starter pet?
No, you do not need to feed your starter pet. Starter pets are always happy.
And it's a good thing - since you don't get the Feed Pet skill until level 10!
9. Does the starter pet level up with me?
Starter pets earn experience and level just like a normal hunter pet: they earn XP only when you kill an enemy and they need 5% of the XP that you do to level.
You really don't need to worry about this, though. So long as you keep your starter pet with you while you play it will keep up with your level without you even noticing.
10. Can I stable my starter pet?
Yes, you can put your starter pet in the stable.
There's no good reason to do so, however, since you can't tame any other pets until level 10 and you probably don't want to make yourself less powerful by adventuring without a pet.
11. What happens to my starter pet at level 10?
At level 10 you can visit the hunter trainer to learn a new skill: Control Pet. You can also learn Tame Beast, Dismiss Pet, Feed Pet, and Beast Lore at level 10.
But Control Pet is the most important. It is Control Pet that gives you the ability to ... well, control pets. In short, Control Pet gives you access to the pet control UI.
Once you learn Control Pet, any pet you tame will behave like a real hunter pet that you can direct and control. In addition, you can use Control Pet to give you full control over your starter pet, turning your starter pet into a real hunter pet.
Note: You no longer need to complete a quest to learn Tame Beast or any of the other pet-related skills.
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