User:Jiyambi/Rare pet

This article defines a rare pet as possessing one or more of the following:
 * A rare or unique skin (appearance). In this case, rare or unique means the skin is only possessed by one or a very few difficult to find or acquire mobs.
 * A special ability unique to a pet of it's level (example: Kresh is the lowest level turtle who possesses the Shell Shield ability)

Since pet stats have been normalized, every pet of a particular type (i.e. cat, boar, bear, etc.) will have exactly the same movement speed, health, and attack speed. There are a few rare "caster stat" pets out there which have low strength and high intelligence, making them very poor pets, but primarily pets of one type are all the same as far as stats go, though some pets will possess special abilities when tamed. For more pet details and information on taming pets, see Pet (Hunter).

Though some of these pets are difficult to acquire, some hunters consider having a unique or especially good looking pet to be a big part of their enjoyment of the class, and go out of their way to get the perfect one.

Bats
The only rare bat pets are the two white bats, both rare spawns, in Tirisfal Glades and Razorfen Kraul.

Bears
For the most part, bears have generic skins. However the diseased bears of the Western Plaguelands have a unique, decayed look to them.

Boars
There are several unique boar skins, particularly those from Razorfen Kraul.

Carrion Birds
The only rare skinned carrion birds are the two-headed variety found in some Outland zones.

Cats
Another very popular pet, there are several extremely rare and striking skins for cats. The white lions are very difficult pets for Alliance players to get, since they can only be spawned by Horde quests.

Crab
There are currently no unique crab pets available.

Crocolisk
White crocolisks such as the Deviate Crocolisk and Deadmire deserve mention, though normal white crocolisks can now be tamed at high level in the Netherstorm in Outland.

Dragonhawk
Dragonhawks are rare creatures in and of themselves. The only ones available to low level adventurers have undesirable caster stats. There are general mob dragonhawks in Shadowmoon Valley, and a more difficult to acquire skin in The Botanica and Tempest Keep.

Nether Ray
Unfortunately, most species of nether ray have inferior caster stats. In addition, they can only be found in scattered parts of Outland. Non-caster nether rays are located in the instances Slave Pens and Underbog.

Gorillas
There is only one rare gorilla skin, and that is Uhk'loc from Un'Goro Crater.

Hyenas
The only rare hyena skin is from the Scarlet Monastery

Owls
There are a few owls which can only be found in Outland dungeons.

Raptor
There are quite a few distinct raptor skins, though most can be found on typical mobs. Outland raptors have quite a sinister appearance. They are fairly easy to get once you reach the zone they are in, so they haven't been included here.

Ravager
Ravager skins are widely varied, seldom with more than one mob for a particular skin. However, there are as of yet no rare spawns or particularly difficult to find ravagers, so each is about equally "rare".

Scorpid
There are currently no unique or rare scorpid pets available.

Serpent
Serpent mobs are fairly rare. Most only appear in instances, and are elite. There is only one type of "normal" serpent, found in Shadowmoon Valley in Outland.

Spiders
There are a lot of spider skins, but only two rare ones.

Sporebats
There are only three sporebat skins currently in game, and only one of those (Sporewing) is unique.

Tallstriders
There are three rare Tallstriders, all with unique skins and all rare spawns or special named mobs.

Turtles
There aren't any unique turtle skins. However, the turtle Kresh from Wailing Caverns is notable for being the lowest level turtle available with the Shell Shield ability.

Warp Stalker
Like some other expansion-only pets, the Warp Stalker is hard to obtain simply because it can only be found in Outland. Most warp stalkers come from Terokkar Forest (though beware of the species actually called "warp stalker", as these have caster stats). However there is a species with a different skin available in the Netherstorm.

Wind serpents
Wind serpents are another type of pet which often has caster stats. Because of this, a few skins that are common are in reality quite rare, since only a few rare spawns have normal pet stats. When looking for a winderserpent pet, check the Wailing Caverns - many non-caster versions of this pet can be found in this instance.

Wolves
Wolves are a popular pet and there are many skins. However, only a few of these skins are unique.