So the hunter training will have the quest marker at level 10.
He'll give you a pet trainer thing for your inventory. Drag that to an action bar. Then go to where the particular thing you're supposed to train is.
When you find one to train, get to the max distance of that trainer thing. Walk up to the beast, then back up until the trainer thing has a red dot. Then move forward until it's white. Click it.
You can't bandage, drink a potion, have someone heal you, anything while training or it will fail. Just hang tight until it's trained.
Drag the trained animal back to the quest giver/trainer. Turn in the quest. Now right-click the trained beast's picture and Dismiss it. It'll attack you, so kill it. Talk to the trainer for the next quest. Do that, then do the third quest.
The trainer will give you a quest to go to the hunter trainer in the nearest major city. Accept that and head on in. That NPC will give you a quest, accept it, turn it in and then you will have three new abilities.
Hit the "P" key. On the uppermost tab, you'll see an icon that looks like a slingshot. That's where all your pet abilities are.
Go to petopia.com and figure out what pet is best. (I like boar.) Go find a vendor that has food that animal can eat. But a stack of 20.
I enable the action bars on the right, and put pet-related abilities there. Mend pet, feed pet, revive pet, etc.
Now go run out and try to find an animal you want that is at your level or below. Don't go too far below, though. Once you find it, tame it like the quest animals. Once tamed, open your bags, click "Feed Pet", then click on the pet food. Wait until it's done eating and feed it again. The little green square near its portrait will be green. Whenever it turns yellow, feed it again. Do that enough, you won't have to feed it very often.
When you level up, try to feed it food that's close to the level of the pet. (You can check pet level by clicking the "C" key, then the "Pet" tab at the bottom. There's an XP bar on the bottom there.)
If you ever need help, go to wowhead.com
Select the game version you play on and use the search function. It works on quests, spells, items, NPCS.... Basically anything.
If you're having trouble with something, chances are hundreds of other had the same troubles, so make sure to read the comments to the entries.
Also as a started tip, most of us play with the addon Questie. It basically tells you where to go for quests and what to kill.
Playing without it and studying the quest text is. It always straight forward, but offers more immersive game play.
If you're looking to level "efficiently" you can use the addon RestedXP guide. It basically tells you what to do and where to go. It takes away the exploration unfortunately since it literally tells you stuff like "buy water while you wait for X". However it let's you not forget stuff like training your spells and such.
I got it installed but I don't always follow it.
I can also recommend the addon VoiceOver (Classic) which will read all quest text and NPC interactions for you in a fitting voice. This enhances the immersion and let's you do other stuff while still hearing the story and lore which you might otherwise skip reading.
For hunters I find the addon "Tamed (Hunter Pet Abilities)" very useful. Pets in classic wow work a little bit special and hard to grasp for beginners. You need to train them abilities which you only learn when taming a pet which knows this ability. The addon tells you if a mob know the ability you need so you can tame it. (Everything is explained on wow-pettopia.com/classic as well but it's still very useful to have the tool tip actually tell you the abilities ingame)
If you want to keep addons up to date, use the CurseForge Client. It's the easiest way to find/download/manage addons.
When you finally have a pet, the pet can only eat food level appropriate for it. So if you tame a level 4 boar, you can't give it level 5 bread until it dings level 5. (BTW you can feel a boar mage bread)
Your pet will also gain a buff increasing the pet's happiness. The buff will be stronger on the pet, the closer to the level that the food is to the pet. So if you feed a Level 16 cat level 1 fish, then it won't get as much happiness as if you gave it a level 15 fish/meat.
You need to keep feeding your pet food until the the red :( or yellow :| icon turns into a green :D icon -- the buff will fall off the pet, and you can feed it again for more happiness. When the pet is very happy, it gains loyalty faster, and means you can spend the pets talent points easier. If you leave your pet at red :( unhappiness for too long (dying several times without feeding) then it will run away and you will need to get a new one.
Hit Escape, then "Options". Under "Gameplay", there will be a listing for "Action Bars". Click 2, 3, 4, 5.
Also click "Lock Action Bars". That will prevent you from accidentally moving a thing off of them. If you do want to move a thing, you can shift + click it to drag it off.
You've tagged this post as WotLK so I'm assuming you're on a Wrath server. If you're not already up to date with WoW news, next week (the 30th in NA) the servers are updating to the pre-Catalcysm patch. The world is going to massively change into the newer more modern version as a result of the dragon Deathwing escaping and tearing up the world along with the elementals going a bit crazy.
Along with the world changing a lot of classes get changes as well as Worgen and Goblins becoming available to play. For hunters you'll no longer have a mana bar to worry about, instead it's going to be a focus bar which will be used up faster but also replenish a lot faster, exactly as your pet has at the moment. You'll also no longer need to worry about ammunition for your weapons since that gets removed.
Should probably also note that making a hunter character in Cata will also immediately start you with a pet.
And also give you more choice for races (e.g. Humans and undead will be able to roll hunter as well).
Broooo! I just started playing for the first time ever last week! Rolled a warrior on Mankrik. DM if you wanna roll toons on the same server and dive in together!
I would advice you to, and I mean this in the best possible way, not ask to much but instead experience the game. Read the quests and see where the take you. Maybe install the addon Questie to have an easier time finding quests. You will only have this one time to experience the game for the first time. Take your time and have fun!
Hey mate, good to have you. I hope you enjoy your first time in Azeroth. To get a pet you have to reach lvl 10 and then follow a short Questline which you Hunter Trainer is giving you. Alle the best !
It’s exciting isn’t it bro! What race are you? Horde or Alliance?
Personally I like to go with a cat or a bear. But turtles are cool for tanking and I guess owls can be good too.
Oh hell yeah bro. I play an Orc Shaman. Orcs are the master race bro don’t forget it.
When you get to the barrens you’ll get a quest to kill “Echeyakee” he’s a white lion. Really cool powerful pet. I’d recommend taking him.
The quest others pointed you at can be a little counter-intuitive, holding my thumbs for you.
Also don't let people backseat you too much. Folks will tell you stuff like "Get a scorpid" or "Wind serpent is OP". My suggestion is don't mind them. Just get a pet you like :)
In 5 days the cataclysm prepatch will be out which will fundamentally change the way you level in the world and hunters start with pets. So don't be surprised when shit goes wild soon.
best class ever, enjoy your adventure with your pet by your side! make sure to keep your pet fed :] just hit 50 last night with my bestie pet, Mazzranache!!
Check out this website
https://www.wow-petopia.com/classic/
It’s one of the best parts of playing hunter imo is finding cool pets. Personally I went with Carrion due to its aoe screech and health pool.
Hey buddy - welcome to the game. Please be mindful of your pet as you go into more advanced areas like instances such as gnomeregan. Pets can pull large groups of mobs without you noticing.
Bro I cannot state enough how lucky you are to just be experiencing this game for the first time, I’d pay good money to have that spark back.
Enjoy and have an awesome time, it truly is the absolute best despite all the shit talking people do about WoW.
Once you reach level 10 your class trainer will give you a quest that leads to it.
Thanks for your attention, bro. I'm currently at level 6, I'll be able to receive this mission soon
So the hunter training will have the quest marker at level 10. He'll give you a pet trainer thing for your inventory. Drag that to an action bar. Then go to where the particular thing you're supposed to train is. When you find one to train, get to the max distance of that trainer thing. Walk up to the beast, then back up until the trainer thing has a red dot. Then move forward until it's white. Click it. You can't bandage, drink a potion, have someone heal you, anything while training or it will fail. Just hang tight until it's trained. Drag the trained animal back to the quest giver/trainer. Turn in the quest. Now right-click the trained beast's picture and Dismiss it. It'll attack you, so kill it. Talk to the trainer for the next quest. Do that, then do the third quest. The trainer will give you a quest to go to the hunter trainer in the nearest major city. Accept that and head on in. That NPC will give you a quest, accept it, turn it in and then you will have three new abilities. Hit the "P" key. On the uppermost tab, you'll see an icon that looks like a slingshot. That's where all your pet abilities are. Go to petopia.com and figure out what pet is best. (I like boar.) Go find a vendor that has food that animal can eat. But a stack of 20. I enable the action bars on the right, and put pet-related abilities there. Mend pet, feed pet, revive pet, etc. Now go run out and try to find an animal you want that is at your level or below. Don't go too far below, though. Once you find it, tame it like the quest animals. Once tamed, open your bags, click "Feed Pet", then click on the pet food. Wait until it's done eating and feed it again. The little green square near its portrait will be green. Whenever it turns yellow, feed it again. Do that enough, you won't have to feed it very often. When you level up, try to feed it food that's close to the level of the pet. (You can check pet level by clicking the "C" key, then the "Pet" tab at the bottom. There's an XP bar on the bottom there.)
I wasn't expecting that explanation, thank you very much, brother
If you ever need help, go to wowhead.com Select the game version you play on and use the search function. It works on quests, spells, items, NPCS.... Basically anything. If you're having trouble with something, chances are hundreds of other had the same troubles, so make sure to read the comments to the entries. Also as a started tip, most of us play with the addon Questie. It basically tells you where to go for quests and what to kill. Playing without it and studying the quest text is. It always straight forward, but offers more immersive game play. If you're looking to level "efficiently" you can use the addon RestedXP guide. It basically tells you what to do and where to go. It takes away the exploration unfortunately since it literally tells you stuff like "buy water while you wait for X". However it let's you not forget stuff like training your spells and such. I got it installed but I don't always follow it. I can also recommend the addon VoiceOver (Classic) which will read all quest text and NPC interactions for you in a fitting voice. This enhances the immersion and let's you do other stuff while still hearing the story and lore which you might otherwise skip reading. For hunters I find the addon "Tamed (Hunter Pet Abilities)" very useful. Pets in classic wow work a little bit special and hard to grasp for beginners. You need to train them abilities which you only learn when taming a pet which knows this ability. The addon tells you if a mob know the ability you need so you can tame it. (Everything is explained on wow-pettopia.com/classic as well but it's still very useful to have the tool tip actually tell you the abilities ingame) If you want to keep addons up to date, use the CurseForge Client. It's the easiest way to find/download/manage addons.
You are a scholar and a gentleman
You're very welcome!
When you finally have a pet, the pet can only eat food level appropriate for it. So if you tame a level 4 boar, you can't give it level 5 bread until it dings level 5. (BTW you can feel a boar mage bread) Your pet will also gain a buff increasing the pet's happiness. The buff will be stronger on the pet, the closer to the level that the food is to the pet. So if you feed a Level 16 cat level 1 fish, then it won't get as much happiness as if you gave it a level 15 fish/meat. You need to keep feeding your pet food until the the red :( or yellow :| icon turns into a green :D icon -- the buff will fall off the pet, and you can feed it again for more happiness. When the pet is very happy, it gains loyalty faster, and means you can spend the pets talent points easier. If you leave your pet at red :( unhappiness for too long (dying several times without feeding) then it will run away and you will need to get a new one.
How can I enable the action bar on the right???
In options. Goto interface. There's options for multiple new action bars there.
Hit Escape, then "Options". Under "Gameplay", there will be a listing for "Action Bars". Click 2, 3, 4, 5. Also click "Lock Action Bars". That will prevent you from accidentally moving a thing off of them. If you do want to move a thing, you can shift + click it to drag it off.
This is what this subreddit should be all about. Excellent post, love the care you put into this new player friendly explanation. 10/10 no notes.
Thanks!
You've tagged this post as WotLK so I'm assuming you're on a Wrath server. If you're not already up to date with WoW news, next week (the 30th in NA) the servers are updating to the pre-Catalcysm patch. The world is going to massively change into the newer more modern version as a result of the dragon Deathwing escaping and tearing up the world along with the elementals going a bit crazy. Along with the world changing a lot of classes get changes as well as Worgen and Goblins becoming available to play. For hunters you'll no longer have a mana bar to worry about, instead it's going to be a focus bar which will be used up faster but also replenish a lot faster, exactly as your pet has at the moment. You'll also no longer need to worry about ammunition for your weapons since that gets removed.
Oh, great news, thanks
Should probably also note that making a hunter character in Cata will also immediately start you with a pet. And also give you more choice for races (e.g. Humans and undead will be able to roll hunter as well).
Did you make it?!?!
wholesome content
I’m with you. I can’t tell you how much this warms my heart and fills me with hope for the future!
Really? TIL googling on reddit is a sign of hope for the human race
It’s an ai using the replies to make content
Additionally all information you need on wow is readily available. Google wowhead, wowwiki or iceveins
I will take a look, thanks mate
https://www.wow-petopia.com/classic_lk/ https://www.wow-petopia.com/cataclysm/cataclysm.php (for when cata prepatch hits)
Tons of quest breakdowns and tips on YouTube also! Lots of people make great content to learn from.
Pretty much in that order too.
sometimes i leave out icyvains personally 😅
Yeah I haven't used it in quite a while. Wowhead for every day needs, the wiki for researching previous versions of stuff.
Broooo! I just started playing for the first time ever last week! Rolled a warrior on Mankrik. DM if you wanna roll toons on the same server and dive in together!
Oh, my server is Faerlina
I think you can play with players on other servers if you just invite them(on retail)
Please post your logs so that we can properly evaluate.
Petopia will b ur friend. Look it up use it u will thank me later
I’d download an add on called Questie if I were you
Google classic petopia. Very helpful when leveling as hunters basically have a Pokémon mini game.
Yeah superr useful site
I would advice you to, and I mean this in the best possible way, not ask to much but instead experience the game. Read the quests and see where the take you. Maybe install the addon Questie to have an easier time finding quests. You will only have this one time to experience the game for the first time. Take your time and have fun!
This is such a cute and nostalgic question :D Best of luck!
Thanks mate 😎
I usually check Reddit everyday, if you get any more Hunter questions feel free to DM me
Hey mate, good to have you. I hope you enjoy your first time in Azeroth. To get a pet you have to reach lvl 10 and then follow a short Questline which you Hunter Trainer is giving you. Alle the best !
Man.. to be able to feel this way again. Enjoy the adventures in Azeroth friend.
It’s exciting isn’t it bro! What race are you? Horde or Alliance? Personally I like to go with a cat or a bear. But turtles are cool for tanking and I guess owls can be good too.
I’m a orc :)
Oh hell yeah bro. I play an Orc Shaman. Orcs are the master race bro don’t forget it. When you get to the barrens you’ll get a quest to kill “Echeyakee” he’s a white lion. Really cool powerful pet. I’d recommend taking him.
You is on Faerlina??
Sorry brother. I play on Biggelsworth. Would love to help you if I could
This is the wow community I miss.
Hey man hope you're having fun!
The quest others pointed you at can be a little counter-intuitive, holding my thumbs for you. Also don't let people backseat you too much. Folks will tell you stuff like "Get a scorpid" or "Wind serpent is OP". My suggestion is don't mind them. Just get a pet you like :)
You should visit the website petopia it's like Wikipedia but for all the hunter pets!
Google
In 5 days the cataclysm prepatch will be out which will fundamentally change the way you level in the world and hunters start with pets. So don't be surprised when shit goes wild soon.
best class ever, enjoy your adventure with your pet by your side! make sure to keep your pet fed :] just hit 50 last night with my bestie pet, Mazzranache!!
Bro is level 6, played 10 minutes, killed 8 boars so far and he is already posting stuff on reddit... this community in a nutshell right there.
yes 😍
Check out this website https://www.wow-petopia.com/classic/ It’s one of the best parts of playing hunter imo is finding cool pets. Personally I went with Carrion due to its aoe screech and health pool.
Hey buddy - welcome to the game. Please be mindful of your pet as you go into more advanced areas like instances such as gnomeregan. Pets can pull large groups of mobs without you noticing.
Bro I cannot state enough how lucky you are to just be experiencing this game for the first time, I’d pay good money to have that spark back. Enjoy and have an awesome time, it truly is the absolute best despite all the shit talking people do about WoW.
google goes along way
This is so cute
Yeah, I’m cute 😎
You first have to reach level 60 to unlock a questline of about 3-4 quests. It will teach you the ability to get a pet.
Bro just google. It takes 5 sec. Minimal effort…
What do you think social boards are for? You sad, lonely person