469 pets
Black Tabby Cat
(69.7%)
Binds when used
Use: Teaches you how to summon this companion.
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Neutral
Yawns, sits, and lies down.
Pit-pattering footsteps; vocalizations (on-click)
Chased by Stinker.
This pet was formerly known as 'Maine Coon'. Prior to The Shattering, this pet could only be looted by horde as they dropped from the Dalaran Spellscribe, a rare mob that was friendly to alliance. Horde also had a chance of obtaining it from a Dalaran Shield Guard, Dalaran Theurgist, and Dalaran Summoner in the Alterac Mountains. These mobs have since been removed.
After Patch 4.0.3, the Black Tabby was relocated to Hillsbrad Foothills as a zone drop, making it more accessible for alliance.
If Stinker the skunk is nearby, he will fall in love with the Black Tabby and chase it around.
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A black tabby makes an excellent pet for a rogue — they share many of the same traits: stealth, flexibility, agility, an appetite for small rodents... wait... scratch that last one. Unless perhaps you're a worgen rogue.
For those who are trying, or want to farm this, I recommend npcscan. Just go into the interface and input a custom npc. Dalaran Spellscribe's ID is 1920. Good luck.
Edit: As of Patch 4.0.3a, The Spellscribe is no more. I hope my input helped for those trying to get it before the patch. Apparently the tabby is now a zone drop in Hillsbrad Foothills as relayed from Wowhead info.
Farming 1 min ....in AH....60 g :))))
I started killing bears by Azureload mines for the Infested Bear Cub. This cat dropped on 2nd bear kill. >.< Only uncommon though. :P
Found it yesterday in the AH for only 350g!
I though i would never get this one....I suggest to check often the AH, insted of farming it!
Never give up! Your kitty might just be on your next loot!
I notice Warcraft Pets updated this pet from droprate 1-1000 to 1-8000 :/
I talk to GM who say... "The kitty is indeed very rare and hard to get. But still obtainable"
Well, AH? Nope, more fun to get i by my self ;)
1 thing i know for sure, never to give up, next kill i am sure i get it ;
FINALY, after 14 hour, 14 201 kill it drop (Rarity 94.16%) :))
Finally found this cute little kitty after several hours of farming. Farmed Murlocs for 2 hours with no luck, then decided to farm the wild horses between Tarren Mill and Durnholde Keep down at the river. Dropped from the 3rd Wild Horse I killed.
Got him! Farming for about 15 minutes when the server shutdown started 15 minute countdown. Was going to stop and thought ...just a couple more, and then there it was. Wild horse near the river.
Just found this on the AH for 160g so, of course, I bought it straight away no more killing the horses for me :)
Oh my lord is all I can say about this grind..My rarity addon said 15:42 hours and 9987 mobs killed with percentage 84% however before I got that addon I already had 3500 on killtrack.
Anyway my main mobs were murlocs and gnolls and I would swing around to look for the 8 horse pack. On way back to the gnolls I said to there is a lonely horse grazing,swoop down and killed And BANG thing popped up: found cat carrier. I immediately learned and upgraded to rare...god he deserves it
so annoying that they've stopped the instant respawn for the wild horses.. as if this damned cat wasnt hard enough to get! Oh, well, 4700 loots and no cat so back to the beach and killing murlocs for me :(
If you intend to use wild horses for this, be aware that as of patch 5.1 the spawnrate for the horses is 5+ min between respawns.
The average that I noted was around the 7 minute mark. Early days so others might get a more accurate timing, but in any case it is no longer instant respawn as it has been in the past.
Catbalu: 9000+ kills no cat. Not happy, not happy at all.
After weeks of farming for this cat, I finally looked on the AH.
And there it was, a lvl 7 black tabby, for only 1,000 gold.
So of course I bought it :D
after 18,000 kills then quiting it for several months i came back only to find horses are no longer instant respawns :( ...
Never mind though, just found it on ah for 1.4k :D
Farewell Hillsbrad.