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Crimson Whelpling

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Crimson Whelpling
Crimson Whelpling
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Drop: World Drop

Zone: Wetlands [20-25]

Approximate Drop Rate: 1 in 8,000

Tiny Crimson Whelpling
Tiny Crimson Whelpling
Binds when used
Use: Teaches you how to summon this companion.
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Hailing from the Wetlands, this young dragon is just learning how to hunt, breathe fire, and go on cute destructive rampages.
Rare
Yes
Neutral Neutral
Air (flies alongside flying mount)

Flutters about and spins around.

Wing flutter (constant); vocalizations (on-click)

None
3 allowed
April 1, 2007

Prior to The Shattering, this whelpling dropped from the Red Whelp, Flamesnorting Whelp, and Crimson Whelp. These creatures have since been removed.

As of Patch 4.0.3, the Tiny Crimson Whelpling is now a zone drop from the Wetlands.

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Quality
Breed:Learn about breeds 
Level 0: Health 0Power 0Speed 0
Breath
Requires Pet Level: 1

90% Hit Chance 

 

Overwhelms the enemy with draconic breath, dealing 472 Dragonkin damage.

Vs. Magic
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Tail Sweep
Requires Pet Level: 10

95% Hit Chance 

 

Deals 354 Dragonkin damage.

 

Deals 137 additional damage if the user is slower than the enemy.

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Healing Flame
3 Round Cooldown
Requires Pet Level: 2

Restores 394 health plus half of the last hit taken by the user.

Scorched Earth
3 Round Cooldown
Requires Pet Level: 15

100% Hit Chance 

 

Scorches the ground, dealing 492 Dragonkin damage and dealing 78 Dragonkin damage to all active pets each round for 9 rounds.

 

During Scorched Earth, all pets count as Burning .

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Lift-Off
4 Round Cooldown
Requires Pet Level: 4

80% Hit Chance 

 

Fly up high, becoming unattackable for one round.

 

On the next round, you attack, dealing 689 Flying damage.

Vs. Aquatic
Vs. Dragonkin
Deep Breath
Requires Pet Level: 20

85% Hit Chance 

 

Takes one round to breathe in deeply.

 

The next round the user unleashes a devastating breath attack, dealing 985 Dragonkin damage.

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Dragonkin

Passive:

Dragons deal 50% additional damage on the next round after bringing a target's health below 25%

Damage Taken:

50% from Humanoid abilites.
33% from Flying abilites.
Wetlands — Eastern Kingdoms
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Site MVPLadyHryaeda 
Rating: +16   [Report]
Be careful farming for this little guy; mixed among the Crimson, Flamesnorting, and Red Whelps are Lost Whelps. They are shadow-immune whelps with no chance to drop the pet, and as far as I've seen, they don't share spawn locations with the other three.

The farm path is large, but it's not too tedious for anyone of decent level to handle them. Stop by the cave to the east for the Razormaw Matriarch spawn as well!
Sep 27, 2009 at 4:08am | Edits: 0 | Thrall-US | Pets: 136 Compare collections | Score: 0
Onysablet 
Rating: +6   [Report]
90 Kills
Red Whelp Dropped pet
Coords 63.6, 54.3
20-30 mins of farming the area

Happy hunting, large area, avoid Lost Whelps, not a lot of downtime between spawns/travel
Oct 27, 2009 at 3:22am | Edits: 0 | Mannoroth-US | Pets: 194 Compare collections | Score: 0
Site MVPGwenolyn 
Rating: +3   [Report]
This site is what prompted my Whelp collecting. I saw the "Got Whelp?" shirt, and thought, "Oh noes, I got no whelps." So I went to farm this red one, which I got pretty quickly the first night. So I thought, I better do a hard one next to not get too complacent. So I went to the Emerald prepared for a long grind (didn't drop from adolecents then). Got it the next night. The Dark took 2 days, but then I got the Azure the same night I got the Dark one. So 4 days: 4 whelps! Got Whelp? Yeppers!
Oct 20, 2009 at 10:16pm | Edits: 0 | Winterhoof-US | Pets: 550 Compare collections | Score: 2790
Agatharoia 
Rating: +2   [Report]
Finally! Somewhere along the lines of 35k+ mobs killed for this pet. Can't give an entirely accurate count because I didn't get an addon until I'd been at it for a good 10 hours. I averaged 1k mobs/hour farming on the road where the dragonkin and orcs fight each other. First day I tried after aoe looting dropped I got him in 45 minutes. With aoe looting my average was about 1800 mobs/hour. If you're someone who is very unlucky like me, silently thank bliz for aoe looting and get back to it!
May 2, 2012 at 1:20am | Edits: 2 | Gnomeregan-US | Pets: 371 Compare collections | Score: 1715
Oroko 
Rating: +2   [Report]
I found the perfect spot to farm for this guy, and I had mine within an hour of finding the spot. Follow these directions and you will have a red whelp of your own;

Go to the wetlands. If you go over to the area that leads to the giant gates which leads to Grim Batol, you will see several broken down wagons. There is 3 groups of battles, 1-2 dragonkin and 2-3 dragonmaw orcs fighting. If you kill the mobs who are fighting, they will respawn within seconds of their death, giving you tons to loot!
Dec 30, 2011 at 7:35pm | Edits: 0 | Skywall-US | Pets: 446 Compare collections | Score: 1965
Deepset 
Rating: +2   [Report]
I can confirm that the Level 24 Ebon Whelps do drop the tiny Crimson Whelpling. After many days of killing them and having 16 Dark Whelplings drop, I finally got this guy. There are two rows of 7 Ebon Whelps in the Wetlands that have a very quick respawn rate with a lot of others spread around that have slower timers. So killing the Ebon Whelps was almost continuous. It was still a very long grind. Good luck (and congrats) to those who get this in far less kills. Its worth it.
Apr 26, 2011 at 2:31pm | Edits: 0 | Hellscream-US | Pets: 151 Compare collections | Score: 0
Huggles 
Rating: +2   [Report]
Whelplings are toughies when it comes to farming, and when you begin to attempt this grueling task, having a very large supply of snacks nearby may help a little. Trust me, farming for these lil' guys is definately worth it. Dragon whelps are so cute!

P.S. I highly suggest farming these cuties before Cataclysm strikes...they might go extinct!
Sep 26, 2009 at 11:45pm | Edits: 0 | Shattered Halls-US | Pets: 307 Compare collections | Score: 0
Nicoleigh 
Rating: +1   [Report]

woot, just got him for 255g on the aggramar alliance AH...I'm just so happy I had to let the world know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mar 8, 2013 at 5:58pm | Edits: 0 | Aggramar-US | Pets: 433 Compare collections | Score: 1914
Alicynwonderland 
Rating: +1   [Report]

Currently leveling this little guy right now... totally worth the 8k gold I spent on it. The self-heal is magnificent and this pet deals a fairly nice amount of damage.

Feb 17, 2013 at 3:47am | Edits: 0 | Proudmoore-US | Pets: 445 Compare collections | Score: 1836
Site MVPZhia 
Rating: +1   [Report]
I FINALLY got this today. I have farmed for this whelp for months. 1 out of 10000 is about right.. Keep at it! Make sure to farm on a skinner. I made great $ by selling drops and skins. And if your guild doesn't have the skinning achievement 'Skinnin for a livin' this is great grinding for that.
Jun 29, 2012 at 10:27pm | Edits: 0 | Earthen Ring-US | Pets: 215 Compare collections | Score: 0
Shimerz 
Rating: +1   [Report]
I've been trying to get this pet for months. I decided to leave it and get some loremaster achieves done instead. Grinding quests in Wetlands, lo and behold...the pet drops from the first Dark Iron mob I kill.
Jun 2, 2012 at 1:29am | Edits: 0 | Saurfang-US | Pets: 448 Compare collections | Score: 1784
Heartcaster 
Rating: +1   [Report]
Finally got this little fella today after weeks of farming for an hour or so at a time. Logged on in the Wetlands and he dropped from a Whelpstealer in less than 15 kills! I'll feel sad not to be evening out the playing field between the Dragonkin and the Whelpstealers though. Poor Dragonkin are outnumbered 2 to 1!
Feb 23, 2012 at 5:56pm | Edits: 0 | Akama-US | Pets: 202 Compare collections | Score: 889
Natallia 
Rating: +1   [Report]
After several days of heavy duty farming in Wetlands, and after an OBSCENE amount of gold made on the AH (selling cloth and leather), I FINALLY got this little guy. And now, my collection of dropped whelplings is complete. :)

I couldn't tell you how many mobs I killed, but there is a spot where the dragonkins and orcs are battling it out and respawning constantly. Best place to sit and AOE. Boring but efficient.
Oct 20, 2011 at 9:11pm | Edits: 0 | Shadowmoon-US | Pets: 448 Compare collections | Score: 1675
Lenore0484 
Rating: +1   [Report]
I am at (with a cululative 25 hours of farming ONLY killing the Ebon Whelps, approximately 7.5k slaughtered) 1 Crimson and 3 Dark whelplings, and I refuse to stop until I have another Crimson!
This little guy is MAD elusive, but I HAVE seen him drop since patch 4.1, not so far since 4.2....
Good luck to all, and remember, dual purpose farming the Ebon Whelps, gives you little Black Dragonflight spawn to hold for ransom in the AH while you work towards this gorgeous little guy!! ^_^
Aug 4, 2011 at 1:56pm | Edits: 1 | Medivh-US | Pets: 204 Compare collections | Score: 831
Dreamer 
Rating: +1   [Report]
While it is a zone drop now, the drop rate has been decreased from 3 in 1,000 to 1 in 10,000
Feel free to check Wowhead to confirm this ;)

So... yeah, happy farming, it'll take a while now! :(
Feb 24, 2011 at 12:16pm | Edits: 0 | Nordrassil-EU | Pets: 348 Compare collections | Score: 0
Amethest 
Rating: +1   [Report]
On 4300+ kills now and still no whelp. :(

Update: now up to 6100. I think I broke it!

Update: Got it!!! 6874 kills. Then turned around and got a second one after 47 more kills!
Jun 6, 2010 at 1:33am | Edits: 2 | Kirin Tor-US | Pets: 170 Compare collections | Score: 0
Top RaterAnath 
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Dragging herself to the gates of Hammerfall, she fought her way to the Inn and collapsed in bed. Smiling from ear to ear, despite the battered armour and staff, she turned to her side to see a tiny crimson whelping curled up beside her; wings curled and fast asleep. After everything, it had definitely been worth it.
I found that laps around the border of the spawn area worked best, with maybe only 1-2 Lost Whelps in your path. I almost gave up but the 3617th Whelp gave me the pet. :) GL!
May 28, 2010 at 12:06pm | Edits: 0 | Dreadmaul-US | Pets: 403 Compare collections | Score: 1899
Zinzwaz 
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You must be patient with this one. Unlike the other Whelps, these seem the hardest to find. As you may notice, the mobs that drop 'em are the lowest leveled. As Alliance, this will be easier to get, but as Horde, the best route to get to them is to fly to Arathi and run down to the Wetlands.

Overall, they are the most annoying (as Horde) to farm because of the low worth on the leathers and hides. For me, it took me about 5 days to farm, so don't get discouraged and good luck!
Nov 7, 2009 at 4:32pm | Edits: 0 | Gilneas-US | Pets: 106 Compare collections | Score: 0
Serabelle 
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Well, it took more than 20,000 kills between my husband and I, but finally one dropped! I was beginning to get discouraged because it was taking so long, but that constant spawn point is great.  Now on to the Dark Whelping!

May 24, 2013 at 4:34pm | Edits: 0 | Thrall-US | Pets: 220 Compare collections | Score: 925
Bubbles1015 
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Finally had one drop for me after thousands of kills, SO HAPPY. I highly recommend getting the spot around 67,47 (I think thats it, where the orcs and dragonkin are fighting).  The spawn rate is brilliant there, aoe them down and auto loot. There are two small groups on either side of them, I found that if I ran up and quickly got those, the pack in the middle spawned faster and with more of them in one hit. I got into a cycle of left pack, middle, right pack, middle, etc. Good luck!

Apr 28, 2013 at 8:51pm | Edits: 0 | Khaz'goroth-US | Pets: 417 Compare collections | Score: 1750
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Early on in my collecting career, I farmed for this pet for three days straight. Upon summoning it for the first time, I immediately noticed a problem: whelps fly right in my gnomish field of vision! But I wasn't about to farm for it again. So eventually my troll hunter got her own crimson whelp at auction — it only cost 120 gold... and my peace of mind!

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