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Core Hound Pup

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Core Hound Pup
Core Hound Pup
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Promotion: Authenticator Account Link

Core Hound Pup
Core Hound Pup
Binds when picked up
Use: Teaches you how to summon this companion.
Want it Want it | Got it | Exclude — Community: 77.8% have it
Found in the Firelands and the Molten Core, core hounds can trace their lineage back to the alpha male, Magmadar.
Rare
No
Neutral Neutral
Ground

Hops around and rolls over, rears up on hind legs, and fights over a bone.

Fiery blaze (on summon); pit-pattering footsteps; vocalizations (periodic and on-click)

None
Special promotion.
1 allowed
December 9, 2009

This pet is received via an in-game mail sent to all characters (current and future) on all accounts tied to a Battle.net account that has been linked to a Blizzard Authenticator. If the authenticator is removed from a Battle.net account, the Core Hound Pup will disappear from the collection of all of characters associated with the account. If an authenticator is reattached, the pet will be re-mailed to all characters. If you switch authenticators while in-game, the pet will remain intact.

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

95% Hit Chance 

 

Scratches the enemy, dealing 433 Critter damage.

Vs. Undead
Vs. Humanoid
Thrash
Requires Pet Level: 10

100% Hit Chance 

 

Wildly flails at the enemy 1-2 times, dealing 197 Beast damage per hit.

 

Hits an additional time if the user is faster than the enemy.

Vs. Critter
Vs. Flying
Howl
3 Round Cooldown
Requires Pet Level: 2

100% Hit Chance 

 

A distant howl frightens the target, increasing the damage they take by 100% for 2 rounds.

Dodge
4 Round Cooldown
Requires Pet Level: 15

Increases your chance to dodge an attack by 100%.

 

Lasts 1 round.

Burn
Requires Pet Level: 4

90% Hit Chance 

 

Blasts the enemy with fire, dealing 472 Elemental damage.

Vs. Mechanical
Vs. Critter
Burrow
4 Round Cooldown
Requires Pet Level: 20

80% Hit Chance 

 

Burrow under the ground, becoming unattackable for one round.

 

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

Vs. Critter
Vs. Flying
Elemental

Passive:

Elementals ignore all weather effects.

Damage Taken:

50% from Aquatic abilites.
33% from Mechanical abilites.
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Ravenhull 
Rating: +16   [Report]
"You'd better be telling the truth, you two-faced dog."

"I can get you one of them, actually. Very good guard dogs. They can watch the back and the front door at the same time."
Dec 9, 2009 at 11:56am | Edits: 0 | Whisperwind-US | Pets: 323 Compare collections | Score: 0
Shadow 
Rating: +15   [Report]
I would like to point out that this is the 150th pet added to the database.

Gotta catch 'em all???
Dec 10, 2009 at 1:42am | Edits: 0 | Whisperwind-US | Pets: 454 Compare collections | Score: 1786
Site MVPAeonesti 
Rating: +14   [Report]
This pet is almost continually doing its active idle animations (yes I note the irony). If it isn't up on its hind legs begging, it's digging for a bone, fighting over said bone, or rolling over. Basically, it's just REALLY excited to be your pet.

Oh and like KT, and some of the other newer pets, he is GIGANTIC on pet biscuits. This can lead to targeting issues, especially if you are a tank and he's doing his begging animation.
Dec 9, 2009 at 8:12am | Edits: 0 | Icecrown-US | Pets: 322 Compare collections | Score: 1444
Shalura 
Rating: +10   [Report]
The authenticator uses Kerberos security. Kerberos is also the 3-headed hound that guards the gates of Hades.
Dec 9, 2009 at 12:43pm | Edits: 0 | Anvilmar-US | Pets: 411 Compare collections | Score: 1772
Site MVPFrixee 
Rating: +5   [Report]
Once again, my heart melts for a miniaturized version of a raid boss. Oh Blizzard, how many more tiny (fiery) bundles of love must you drop into my lap? My romantic soul cannot handle having so many adorable critters in my stores yet being able to use only one at a time. It's cruel, I tell you! CRUEL!
Dec 9, 2009 at 12:37pm | Edits: 0 | Wyrmrest Accord-US | Pets: 73 Compare collections | Score: 0
Suzi 
Rating: +4   [Report]
A FAQ about the Core Hound Pup is available at the bottom of the Battle.net Mobile Authenticator FAQ page.
Dec 9, 2009 at 11:05am | Edits: 3 | Nesingwary-US | Pets: 284 Compare collections | Score: 1163
Phaedra 
Rating: +2   [Report]
Since you only get this little guy if you have an Authenticator tied to your account, some guilds are using him as a security feature on the guild bank: people don't get access until they show their Corehound Pup pet.
Feb 12, 2010 at 10:56pm | Edits: 0 | Gilneas-US | Pets: 520 Compare collections | Score: 2388
Top RaterGirliciousgamer 
Rating: +1   [Report]
I think its awesome that they decided to add this little one as a "reward" for getting the Authenticator.
Mar 28, 2012 at 4:53am | Edits: 0 | Lightbringer-EU | Pets: 255 Compare collections | Score: 1066
Ringo 
Rating: +1   [Report]
Although they've moved away from achievement pets for every 25 pets learned, it's nice to see Blizzard using pets as a carrot for things they want players to do. This pup is much better than Mr. Chilly (sorry, Chilly), who's pretty boring. This guy is as interesting as any pet in the game, and a definitely five-star one.

I'm not a BM hunter, but anyone with a core hound pet needs to have this one out full time.
Dec 10, 2009 at 1:44pm | Edits: 0 | Silver Hand-US | Pets: 241 Compare collections | Score: 993
RallyC 
Rating: +1   [Report]
The letter that comes with this little pup is as follows:
[i]Hello!
Please give a warm welcome to your fiery, friendly, core hound pup!
I'm so happy you could give this feisty little fellow a home.
~Breanni[/i]
I believe this pet is as good as the Pandaren Monk or Lil' K.T. pets. His animations are darling & the frequency of them is unlike any pet. Sadly I haven't noticed and special animations linked to actions like /siting /howling etc.
Dec 9, 2009 at 1:23pm | Edits: 1 | Thorium Brotherhood-US | Pets: 260 Compare collections | Score: 0
Site AdminQuintessence 
Rating: +1   [Report]
Unlike its larger predecessor, this core hound is NOT for looting. ;)
Dec 9, 2009 at 11:39am | Edits: 0 | Kil'jaeden-US | Pets: 543 Compare collections | Score: 2759
Florasia 
Rating: 0   [Report]

I love this pet. Everytime I make a char I always couldn't wait to go to the mail box and go get him. Now with MoP out I don't have to go to the mail box anymore but I always try to summon him when someone else has him. I also love all of the emotions that he does it makes the pet more fun and interactive :D Happy Collecting :D 

Feb 19, 2013 at 3:01pm | Edits: 0 | Cairne-US | Pets: 342 Compare collections | Score: 1271
Mueller.kelly87 
Rating: 0   [Report]

With the introduction of pet genders to this site, I have found out that my core hound pup is female. Will now be changing her name to whatever variation of "Flaming B*tch" the game will allow :)

Jan 22, 2013 at 6:30pm | Edits: 0 | Ursin-US | Pets: 304 Compare collections | Score: 1344
Scarydreams 
Rating: 0   [Report]

I love this pet he packs quite a punch. He will be on my main team untill I find another that can woop him like a dog.

Dec 18, 2012 at 10:16am | Edits: 0 | Bladefist-US | Pets: 313 Compare collections | Score: 1433
Aubreebree 
Rating: 0   [Report]
I like the incentive for getting an authenticator. If you think about it, we really cared about getting the pet for our collection and now all our Blizzard games are more protected from hackers.
It really is a great pet too. I use him a lot!
Jun 30, 2012 at 1:38pm | Edits: 0 | Alterac Mountains-US | Pets: 378 Compare collections | Score: 1605
Kyndiaa 
Rating: 0   [Report]
Gave me a headache the first week i had him but hes pretty cute
Feb 2, 2012 at 4:38pm | Edits: 0 | Dalvengyr-US | Pets: 0 Compare collections | Score: 0
Trillasin 
Rating: 0   [Report]
The yapping is annoying but I love his animations!
Jan 14, 2012 at 12:05pm | Edits: 0 | Agamaggan-US | Pets: 48 Compare collections | Score: 0
Chaorz 
Rating: 0   [Report]
awww his sooo CUUUUTE i might be getting him i hope i do i like it when they fight over a bone its a totale lol moment

it woold be funny if that each time you somon him he woold be green, green and yellow or orange/red. because those colors are included in the actuall wild core hounds
Jul 6, 2011 at 1:50pm | Edits: 1 | Balnazzar-EU | Pets: 8 Compare collections | Score: 0
Gnorm 
Rating: 0   [Report]
Honestly, if you're only going to have one pet in your collection, it should be this one.
Dec 7, 2010 at 12:15pm | Edits: 0 | Thorium Brotherhood-US | Pets: 214 Compare collections | Score: 0
Happybunns 
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To me this pet is a bit double-edged for me. While he is a great-looking pet, has good animations, and gave me the final push I needed to purchase an authenticator, he is also overly-noisy. He makes his ghostly, barking noise every few seconds, and this can become a bit annoying if you are not currently basking in the glory of this cool pet. In closing, if you don't have an authenticator, get one. It provides great security which helps make up for the battle.net name being based on your email.
Aug 27, 2010 at 8:58am | Edits: 0 | Undermine-US | Pets: 154 Compare collections | Score: 0
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When I adopted that core hound from Ragnaros, he didn't tell me it was pregnant... or that core hounds have 666 puppies to a litter! Ambitious as I am, I thought it would be fun to teach them to beg, fetch, and roll over, but then they wouldn't stop! You can imagine how many fires were set by 666 flaming puppies rolling around. My shop nearly burned to the ground! Glad I found some nice folks that needed a guard dog — confining my water elemental to fire duty was getting to be a nuisance.

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