Where to find battle pets

When you've chosen a wild pet you would like to battle, right click on the critter and it will take you into a unique Pet Battle UI. You can't engage a Pet Battle if you are in combat, and any attack from a player or nearby creature will remove you from the Pet Battle.

For the duration of the fight, creatures in the immediate area will not be visible to you but they may still attack you if they wander too close.

Keep in mind that other players will still be able to see you and attack you if you are eligible for player vs. Other players will also be able to view your pet battle in real time, including the pets involved as well as their health as the match progresses.

The Pet Battle combat UI will show you your active pet's abilities, your opponent's health, stats, quality and abilities, and there will be options for you to switch pets, pass a turn, capture a pet or forfeit the match. The golden border and the 'speed' mini-icon surrounding a pet's portrait indicate its initiative i.

Initiative is based on a pet's speed, and if this stat is higher than your opponent's, you will be designated to go first.

Each pet has 3 abilities it can use during a battle, but a total of 6 to choose from. They will also have a total of 3 active spell slots that show which abilities can be used during a Pet Battle.

The first spell slot will already be unlocked, but the second and third will only become available once the companion has reached a certain level. Other spells will also unlock after reaching higher levels.

Each slot has two spell options, and you can switch abilities in each, but only before and after your pet battles—not during. To switch an active ability, click on a pet's active slot in your Pet Journal, and a select which ability you'd like your pet to use from the drop down menu. When hovering over an ability, the tooltip will tell you whether or not that attack is weak or strong against certain pet types. Additionally, you can hover over the opposing team's pets and view their attacks during combat.

You can take your time to determine which spell to use next. Some pet abilities have multiple round cooldowns, while others can do extra damage if certain conditions are met. Be creative and have fun testing which combination of attacks works best against different wild pets! If your pet's health gets too low or its attacks aren't very effective against a certain combatant, you can always switch out your current pet with another companion on your team. Only pets that are considered active i.

Once the match is over, you can always change up your active pet team, which is useful if one of your pets is low on health or dead. Each battle that you win will yield experience for each pet that participated. However, deceased companions will not receive any experience so make an effort to keep them alive by swaping in a different pet.

Experience gains are based on your pet's level compared to the wild pet. Defeating a higher level opponent will grant more experience than a much lower level one, but be ready for a tough fight! Higher level wild pets are often accompanied by more than one critter in battle.

Only after beginning the battle will you be able to see any accompanying pets on their team. To win the battle, you will need to defeat or capture all of the opposing battle pets, even the newly joined ones. But if any pets on your team are severely low on health, or worse The Revive Battle Pets spell icon pictured at left will be the primary way to heal your companions and resurrect them.

Clicking it heals and resurrects all of your pets in your Pet Journal, including your active team. This ability can only be used out of combat and has an 8 minute cooldown, so use it wisely. If a companion dies during the battle, it will need to be resurrected before it can participate in another encounter or be summoned as a traveling companion. Get that pet a medic! Or in this case, a Stable Master. Stable Master NPCs can heal and revive your pets for a small fee, and there is no cooldown on the Stable Master's heal.

Heal spell on cooldown? Can't seem to find a Stable Master? Well, you're in luck because there's yet another way to heal your companions! The Battle Pet Bandage is the third way to heal and resurrect your pets. It functions in the same fashion as the Revive Battle Pets spell, but it doesn't have a cooldown. Each pet is categorized into a group or family type.

Every pet family has its own strengths and weaknesses, as well as a passive bonus. This information is helpful to know so you can plan stronger attacks against pets who are vulnerable to them, and defend against pets whose attacks are strong against your pet type. The table below shows which pets families are strongest or weakest versus other families.

The chart below created by Khlammy provides a make-shift "cheat sheet" that includes the info in the table above. Each family conveys a passive bonus to pets of that type. These bonuses can have a significant impact on the outcome of a Pet Bettle under the right circumstances. Along with general families, pet abilities are also categorized by type. In most cases, a companion will have spells that correspond with its family type, but some pets will have unique abilities that fall under a different group.

For example, the Azure Whelpling belongs to the Dragonkin family. However, it has Beast, Magic, and Elemental abilities in addition to a Dragonkin attack. Different attacks are strong and weak against different family types. Having a diverse spell selection might increase your chances of being prepared with a strong attack against an opposing team.

The infographic below created by Dargno offers another handy visual of strong vs. Most of the PVE battle pets you face in the wild can be can be captured. Note that using this will take up your turn for the round. In addition, you may only capture one companion on a team of wild pets, so choose wisely! Not all the pets that join a wild pet's team will be capturable.

However the majority of them can be trapped. The best way to determine whether or not a pet can be caught is by checking for it in the Pet Journal. If the pet isn't listed, it likely can't be captured. There is always a chance that your trap will fail. I especially love the Effectiveness table, it's much fancier than mine. Mind if I link your guide in mine , giving all the proper credits?

Comment by osobalvarro I can't find the Magical Crawdad in your list. Am I missing something? In my journal it's listed as aquatic, but not sure if it's categorized as a Profession or Drop pet.

Thanks for making this great guide! Comment by This guide is fantastic! I plan on using it like a lifeline once MoP comes out. Not that that is a bad thing. Its worked relatively well in balance , and I don't see why Blizzard can't add it as a fun addition. Maybe they can even learn from the mistakes Game Freak did. Comment by Khalipso hey, if you still need pics, i have a few of the ones you don't have. Horde side.

Comment by Thror Holy hell, a lot of effort has gone into this piece of beauty. I am absolutely loving it. The type chart is a nice homeage to the pokemon type chart on Serebii. My hat is off to you, Drahken, and you have more than earned your 5 stars from me. Comment by Arby69 You should really emphasize, that the table of effectiveness does not only depend on the involved pet's classification.

Each skill a pet can use is classified itself and, needless to say, these classifications can differ from the pet's class. In fact, the attacking row covers the spell a pet uses against another pet, the defending column stands for the class of the defending pet as the table pretends. Comment by hjp Wanted to note the Jade Crane Chick is only sold to Pandaren of either faction, by their respective vendors. Comment by argogruelin what I'd like to see added is a zone map by level ex.

Terrokar Forrest - Critter, Beast - level 19 what I'm looking for is a power leveling guild to speed quickly into grabbing some of the high level MoP pets.

I've been semi successful up through the beginning of BC. Using beasts to cap critters, critters to cap undead, undead to cap humanoid. Stepping up 2 levels at a time.

Comment by opalexian Thumbs up for Jiji reference! RIP Phil :. Comment by Elarink While most of your information is correct, your information on the voodoo figurine is not. On my main character, Elarink From Darkspear US , has obtained it from his archaeology at exactly skill. Your guide, however, says it will nor appear until skill.

One of my friend's characters, Clarlar Also from Darkspear US found the fossilized hatchling at only 78 skill. I believe that this has nothing to do with skill, but there is just a small chance that you will get it. Comment by I'd just like to add Lofty Libram to your list. Comment by r8dj Great job on the match-up table. Very handy quick ref. Comment by TuppuP Terrible turnip is not a zone drop, you have change to get it every time you harvest a crop.

Comment by Thanks for the guide bro! Comment by bombblowup i need your help plz. Im sad I didn't stock up now. Still a great reference, keep it up! Comment by cheethawolf There should exist an achievment called "Raptor madness" based in collecting all the raptor B pets in Azeroth. Guaranteed to save you several hours of farming for rare spawn pets! Once you get picked up you transfer to that server If not leave group and re-que for a different group.

Took me times before finding a server that has the the rare spawn pet or world rare spawns. Eazy as pie Tip: to speed up the que time enter a high item level in comments you get picked up in less than 40 secs. Also the above method works for rare world spawns Comment by Anyone know if there is a guide like this out for mounts?

Comment by Ellebora Good guide but there already is a guide about battle pets but i think this one may have gone into just as much or maybe even more detail than the last thanks dude! Comment by SashaNekosune This guide needs to be updated. Its the dread hatchling from the WoD DD edition preorder. Comment by protonsinhedark Who wants to sit and watch a kite battle a balloon?

Comment by crusader i like this Comment by Moegadisue was looking for a raptor and your guide was excellent for finding the little bugger, might want to double check the abilities you have listed tho. Comment by idiotix Not sure if its been mentioned before, but I think there are two undead squirrels, one is mentioned here, the one not mentioned here is Blighted Squirrel, found only in Sliverpine.

But still it is an excellent guide. Thanks a lot! Comment by BruceNesbitt Nice info, thanks. Comment by rnsulli I love this guide. Comment by BrokeBastid Love the guide.

Please update so we can keep loving it. Comment by Linus Terky is obtainable now! If i remember correctly it was north of borean tundra in northrend on an island. Comment by autummyst There is one pet "Pebble" that is obtained from getting the achievement called Rock Lover in DeepHolm. You might want to add it to the list.

Rock Lover screenshots. Comment by Lunarestia Great guide. Please keep the following in mind when posting a comment: Your comment must be in English or it will be removed.

Unsure how to post? To simplify the list, these additional pets are listed below. Gamers can find a host of rare battle pets on each map in the Shadowlands. Below are all of the rare battle pet drops and where to get them. There are a total of eighteen battle pets that can be acquired from chests or in events in Shadowlands. To simplify this list, all pets that can be found in chests will be denoted with the correct island and coordinates. Below are all of these battle pets and where to find them:.

Gamers have even more battle pets to unlock in Shadowlands. Players that want to catch all of the pets in Shadowlands will have to invest a little more time to get the following pets. There are nine additional battle pets in Torghast, all of which do not yet have defined locations. While players have reported spotting these pets, more information is needed to detail their exact locations. Each of the pets is listed below:.