Training the Beast
Speak to Jocaste in the Cenarion Enclave, in Darnassus.Description
You now have the power to tame a pet, but you must also gain the skills to train it.Travel to Darnassus. There you must speak to one of our most revered hunters, Jocaste. She will give you the ability to train your new pet, so make haste.
While Jocaste may seem stern, she is always pleased to see another hunter rising through the ranks. Treat her with respect and she will return in kind. Good luck, <name>.
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You will learn:| Training Lesson |
Gains
Upon completion of this quest you will gain:- 420 experience ( 2 52 at max. level)
Do the taming quests before training.
You do not have to use all 3 rods, one sucessful tame and if you open your quest window you will see the completed notation, travel back you your npc and get the next quest. For the elves the 3 tames were spider, bird and cat. The type of spider you need can be found right outside of Dolnaar, the cat and bird however are found closer to the gates of Darnassus, I found mine right outside the gates.
Be at full health when you begin your tame, no one can assist you, heal you or touch the animal being tamed or it fails. That was my biggest problem, everyone was trying to be helpful, lol repeated the first one 5 times before I figured out I had to hide from the other helpful players around me who kept trying to kill the bad spider that was eating me or heal me, lol.
When you finally finish this, and it's not nearly as bad as it sounds, mine was done in about 20 mins. It'll be time to pick your first new friend. A word of caution, choose a pet 1 level under you. Make sure there are no "helpful" people around. Do not move while you are taming or attack in any way.
Choose your pet based on what is available to you by way of food for your pet, nothing is worse then a pet you can't find food for in your zone. Birds only want fresh meat, cats however will eat meat and fish. You will need to feed your pet immediatly,until you have a green smiley face or he will have a mind all his own. Have his food in your inventory and ready for him immediatly after you tame him. FYI they will not thank you for offering them bean soup :P Keep them fed up to the green smiley face level and they will quickly gain loyalty and be the companion you hoped for.
And yes, they do level up with you, you do not have to throw away pets every time your level goes up. Keep in mind the type pets that at one time delivered the worst butt whopping to you, and it's a good bet you'll get a nice pet out of one.
FYI for some reason the cats in the beginning do not hold aggro as well as say a bird or bear, I'd say you can consider your kitty more a rouge then a tank for you, so choose based on what you want your pet to be able to do.
Good luck :) and Chester the kitty and I wish you happy hunting :)