So lots of people have been getting confused mostly due to misconception that you can level your pets to 19 by farming mobs 6 levels under your current level and not get XP But still manage to get XP for your pet. This is incorrect, If you already know this then you still might be unsure on how exactly to tame the 3 ''Main'' Pets (Boar/Serpent/Cat/) and level to minimum of x2 Level 19 and 1 18 (3 lv 19 pets is also possible ! ) and still get Rank 3 Bite and Claw.
Things to note:
- Pets require 25% of the experience that a player would at the same level!
- Your Pets DO NOT get XP from Quest Turn in's and Rested XP is not accounted for Quest turn ins.
- ^ Second part of this note is important because if you stack to much rested XP in the later levels 17-19 you will gain extra unnecessary XP while leveling your pet.
So knowing this, you will mostly want to hold off on turning in quests while your already close to leveling and your pet. So basically make sure your pets are all the same level by mob grinding before turning in quest's.
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The Taming Process:
3 Pets we will be looking at is,
The Rake
Deviate Stinglash
Great Goretusk
Step 1 - At level 10, you want to tame The Rake right away! This will be your only Pet up until Level 16. During this you want to knock out all your BoP's / Needed Quests. So DM Chest,WC Runs,if Horde Trailblazer Boots quests (can be done at 15).
Step 2 - You and The Rake should both be 16, now before you go to Redridge to grab your boar you will want to go out and Tame either a Lv 16 ''Deepmoss Creeper'' or ''Bloodsnout Worg'' this is the lowest lv pet you can tame to learn Bite Rank 3. Tame it, kill a few mobs with the Creeper or Worg using Bite until it says your Learned the ability. Abandon pet then proceed to Redridge for your Great Goretusk. Now level to 17, you can do this via quests since both pets are already 16.
Step 3 - Now after hitting 17, you want to get both your Cat and Boar to 17. Then move onto taming a Pet for Rank 3 Claw, a ''Shore Crawler'' is best for this option as it's easy to access for Alliance and much more easier to get to for Horde then a ''Black Bear Patriarch'' in Loch Modan.
(Note: Black Bears range from 16-17 so an Alliance Hunter can easily knock out both Bite/Claw Rank 3 at level 16)
Step 4 - Now after finally getting both your max rank ability's, it's time to head out to wailing caverns and tame yourself your serpent, a Lv 17 Deviate Stinglash.
These are usually more deeper into the instance, they can be a little tricky to tame and might take a few trys. Keep your Aspect of Monkey up try and hit a concuss and start taming it from max range.
Step 5 - Now your 17 with all 3 Pets, I personally suggest aiming to level serpent and boar to 19 and keeping the rake at 18.
Level yourself to 18 and all your pets to 18. Now At this point you will want to do some needed quests For Alliance ''The Night Watch'' for your Quiver, for Horde SFK Ring and Screecher Belt (Kinda Optional). To minimize XP gain, while doing Quiver or Belt quest you can be in Ghost mode while following around a Higher level killing the mobs for you so you only get XP for quest turn ins.
For SFK You can stand outside the instance/have a 60 clear the instance up until the last boss before you enter to minimize XP gain.
Quiver Quest = 6k~ XP for Alliance Hunter
SFK Ring Quest = 3.3K XP and Screecher Belt = 4.2k XP so 7.5k XP for Horde Hunter.
1 Lv 17 Pet = 4425 XP till 18. Yourself at 18 = 19400 XP needed to 19.
4425 x 3 = 13275. 13275 - 19400 = 6125 XP
So considering you leveled all 3 Pets from 17 to 18. You should have at least 6k~ XP to spare to do the required quests above and not get too much unnecessary padded XP at 19. For a Horde Hunt doing Screechers along with the required SFK Ring it will put you about 1k into 19.
Now you can freely mob grind to get either all 3 Pets to 19 or just 2. 1 Pet = 4850 XP Required.
4850 X 3 = 14550. 14550 - 21300(XP Required to 20) = 6750 XP Left Over.
If you do just 2 Pets you should have about 11k~ XP Left over.
That's pretty much it / clarify's everything about Hunter Pets at 19 I hope, if you notice anything I left out let me know. Wrote this fairly quick meant to be a ''Mini Guide'' but turned out to be a bit bigger maybe. Wanted it mainly just to be straight forward and easy to understand for all.
Edit: Will touch this up later / grammar check etc for grammar nazis.
