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Beasts of Fable

Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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NefariousNinja+114via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Coordinates for those that use TomTom

/way Valley of the Four Winds 40.54 43.67 Lucky Yi
/way Valley of the Four Winds 25.29 78.54 Greyhoof
/way Krasarang Wilds 36.23 37.34 Skitterer Xi'a
/way Jade Forest 57.04 29.12 Nitun
/way Jade Forest 48.42 70.96 Ka'wi the Gorger
/way Kun-Lai Summit 67.87 84.69 Dos'Ryga
/way Kun-Lai Summit 35.18 56.17 Kafi
/way Townlong Steppes 72.26 79.78 Ti'un the Wanderer
/way Vale of Eternal Blossoms 11 71 No-No
/way Dread Wastes 26.18 50.27 Gorespine

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perculia+99via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I flew around a while on PTR and found all of the elite pets. I'll leave the coordinates and spawn info to Ozlem, but here's some new ability information.

Abilities can be found by looking up the pet in the pet journal via the NPC's menu. However, you can not pull these elite battle pets up in the pet journal by opening up the journal and typing in their name:

Greyhoof <Calf of Darkness>, by Nesingwary, Valley of the Four Winds

  • [petability=377]

  • [petability=493]

  • [petability=347]

Ti'un the Wanderer, Townlong Steppes

  • [petability=419]

  • [petability=297]

  • [petability=310]

Skitterer Xi'a, Krasarang

  • [petability=626]

  • [petability=118]

  • [petability=360]

Ka'wi the Gorger, Fox Grove, Jade Forest

  • [petability=507]

  • [petability=631]

  • [petability=541]

Dos'Ryga, Inkgill Mere, Kun-Lai Summit

  • [petability=782]

  • [petability=513]

  • [petability=123]

No-no, western wall, Vale of Eternal Blossoms

  • [petability=424]

  • [petability=564]

  • [petability=325]


Gorespine, Venomous Ledge, Dread Wastes

  • [petability=315]

  • [petability=119]

  • [petability=803]

I've also uploaded pictures of the pets as you see them in the wild, before you engage them.

Edit: I found one more!
Lucky Yi, [lightbox=map zone=5805 pins=400420]The Heartland, Valley of the Four Winds[/lightbox]. Level 25 Critter: [petability=563], [petability=576], [petability=252].

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Ozlem+84via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Elite battle pets are easy enough to spot as they have a YELLOW paw print instead of the standard green paw print. They are also named and when targeted have a golden elite dragon around their portrait.

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PTR 5.3 notes of interest:


  • Protection for bad luck streaks have been added to Battle-Stones from pet supplies bags and wild battles. Each bag or battle that does not provide a stone has a progressively better chance to award a stone to the player.

  • Beasts of Fable daily quest has been broken into three separate chapters. Players can now choose to do any or all of the chapters each day. Rewards have been modified to include a new consumable that will boost battle pet XP for a limited time.

  • All Pet Battle daily quests on Pandaria, Beasts of Fable and Spirit Tamer quests will now award experience, valor, and Lesser Charms of Good Fortune.

  • All Pet Battle quests will now award experience.

  • Increased the difficulty of elite pets on the Beasts of Fable quest.


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Things to know:


  • Beasts of Fable quest will become available from Sara Finkleswitch or Gentle San once Aki the Chosen has been defeated.
  • Defeating all of the fabled beasts will award the new Red Panda pet. Once completed the daily quest will open up which allows the chance to receive one of the other panda pets in the daily bag ( [item=94207] I can only hope it is rustling and not my imagination!).

  • The elite pets are orange legendary quality, not purple epic.

  • There is only one elite more than one elite pet per zone, but not all zones (see spoiler for locations). It's been confirmed, there are 10 elite pets total.

  • A lost battle doesn't cause the elite to despawn (well it despawns but respawns within seconds) and you can not kill it (thank goodness).

  • They are a instant respawn so spawning is not a issue.

  • They are for fighting only, not capturing.

  • Read Perculia's comment post regarding abilities (can also be found HERE.)

  • Once you have the right team they are not impossible to defeat. I've found having a set of pets that counter the elite's family with spells that are specifically strong against that family group to be the most effective. E.G If faced with a Aquatic elite I make sure my team are flyers &/or who have strong flying spells/abilities against Aquatics.

  • They do not move around, as of right now they're all stationary, just like trainers and Spirit tamers.

  • They're really cute and you will wish they were capture-able! I love No-No and will just hang out under the umbrella with her because she is so darn cute!


After spending time just on these guys I haven't found them to spawn anywhere else but in the following locations:

Spoiler

  • Ka'wi the Gorger LVL25 [critter] Jade Forest (Grub) - Find him in Fox Grove close to where Chibee roams.

  • Nitun <The Midnight Plunderer> LVL24 [Critter] Jade Forest (Masked Tanuki) - Find him south of Sri-La Village, (if looking at the map he is south of the flight path of Sri-La behind a mountain.) I found him at 12:43am, unsure if he is a night time only spawn.

  • Dos'Ryga [Aquatic] KL Summit (Fish) - Find him sitting down on the shoreline of Inkgill Mere.

  • Kafi LVL25 [Beast] KL Summit (Summit Kid) - Find him overlooking Winter's Blossom on a cliff.

  • No-No LVL25 [Aquatic] Vale (Golden Civet) - Head to the far far far SW corner between Dread Wastes and the Vale. Near gate of Setting Sun sitting under a umbrella chair.

  • Ti'un the Wanderer LVL25 [Aquatic] Townlong Steppes (Turtle) - This one is hard to explain as it's not in a named area and I don't have access to co-ords right now. If you fly to Gao-Ran Battlefront he is NW from the flight path. Just a few short steps away. Upper Sumprushes is above the location but if you move NW from the flight master you should see the yellow paw print almost instantly.

  • Gorespine LVL25 [beast] Dread Wastes (Porcupine) - Venomous Ledge, right on the cliff edge.

  • Skitterer Xi'a LVL24 [Aquatic] Krasarang Wilds (Water Strider) - Along the eastern shoreline of Krasarang River up near Krasari Falls .

  • Greyhoof <Calf of Darkhide> LVL23 [Beast] 4Valley (Mushan) - South of Darkhide under a tree in the Wild Plains.

  • Lucky Yi LVL25 [Critter] 4Valley (Marsh Fiddler) - Direct north of Wika-Wikia in The Heartland.

REGARDING PET EXP
5.2 live battling pandaria tamers have been designed to award good XP boosts while the beasts of fable have been designed so you have a better chance of getting a stone:
While addressing a pet collectors concern, Mumper Tweeted:

It's all about options. If you want great XP, hit the Pandaria tamers, if you want rare battle-stones, hit the Elites.


For me at least this rings true. When I started PTR pet battling the XP was great, I could powerlevel, but that got nerfed, however in PTR and live I have yet to open a bag that hasn't had a stone, a pet or a pet and a stone (love those days.) So if one of your pet collecting goals is to make your pets all blue, definitely hit the beast of fable daily for those stones!

GETTING STUCK IN A FIGHT?
For those having difficulties just make sure your three pets have strong spells against the elite pet, for example all aquatic battles I use my crow, guarding cub and chicken, all beast fights I use all mechanical pets (2x tonks and a robot chicken) and for all critters I use all beasts (my cheetah cub, fjord worg and random spider.) Using this method I rarely need to use that last pet in the fight.

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Quest facts

Quest ID32603

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(32603))

What to do

WhereVale of Eternal Blossoms, The Jade Forest, Dread Wastes, Valley of the Four Winds
StorylineBattle Pet Tamers, step 17 of 18
RewardsRed Panda, 28g 9s, 9,500 XP

Description

Have you ever read the great Pandaren book of fables? Pandaren pass these stories on to their cubs - stories of the cricket and the hawk, or the slow-moving turtle - to teach them lessons that they will find useful in life. What few cubs know is that these creatures exist, here, in Pandaria! Though the stories of their travels are made up, they are powerful denizens of this world. Should you happen upon them in your travels, you may test the might of your pets against their storied statures.

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Where to go

Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.

Vale of Eternal Blossoms Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Vale of Eternal Blossoms map showing where to go for Beasts of FableTurn-inTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #390 60.8 23.7

The Jade Forest Objective area 1 mapped point
The Jade Forest map showing where to go for Beasts of FableObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #371 48.4 71.0

Dread Wastes Objective area 1 mapped point
Dread Wastes map showing where to go for Beasts of FableObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #422 26.2 50.3

Valley of the Four Winds Objective area 2 mapped points
Valley of the Four Winds map showing where to go for Beasts of FableObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #376 25.3 78.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inVale of Eternal Blossoms 60.8, 23.7/way #390 60.8 23.7
  • Turn-inVale of Eternal Blossoms 86.6, 60.0/way #390 86.6 60.0
  • Objective areaVale of Eternal Blossoms 11.0, 70.9/way #390 11.0 70.9
  • Objective areaThe Jade Forest 48.4, 71.0/way #371 48.4 71.0
  • Objective areaDread Wastes 26.2, 50.3/way #422 26.2 50.3
  • Objective areaValley of the Four Winds 25.3, 78.5/way #376 25.3 78.5
  • Objective areaValley of the Four Winds 40.5, 43.7/way #376 40.5 43.7

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Nearby on the Vale of Eternal Blossoms map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Vale of Eternal Blossoms, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Vale of Eternal Blossoms:

  • Shrine of Two Moons, Vale of Eternal BlossomsHorde · about 60 yards north-east
  • Binan Village, Kun-Lai SummitAlliance and Horde · about 650 yards east
  • Eastwind Rest, Kun-Lai SummitHorde · about 700 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 3,100 yards south-east (on The Jade Forest map)
  • Objective areaabout 4,300 yards south-west (on the Dread Wastes map)
  • Objective areaabout 1,500 yards south-west

Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.

Related
Money28 gold9 silver
Experience9,500 XP

Reward details

Items you receive

TypeMiscellaneous
Item level1
BindingBinds when picked up
UseLearning
EffectRed Panda
Sells to vendors for62 gold50 silver

“Teaches you how to summon this companion.”

Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.

Storyline

Battle Pet Tamers

Part 17 of 18.

Previous: Grand Master Aki · Next: Pandaren Spirit Tamer

  1. 7Battle Pet Tamers: Eastern Kingdoms
  2. 8Grand Master Lydia Accoste
  3. 9Battle Pet Tamers: Outland
  4. 10Grand Master Antari
  5. 11Battle Pet Tamers: Northrend
  6. 12Grand Master Payne
  7. 13Battle Pet Tamers: Cataclysm
  8. 14Grand Master Obalis
  9. 15Battle Pet Tamers: Pandaria
  10. 16Grand Master Aki
  11. 17Beasts of Fable
  12. 18Pandaren Spirit Tamer

Showing steps 7 to 18 of 18.

Also part of: Battle Pet Tamers (part 17 of 18).

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Grand Master AkiLevel 1-90

    You have fought hard and well against the trainers of Azeroth. Even the grand masters have fallen to your cunning tactics. I now await you in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, for you have earned the privilege to face me in battle. Come, <name>, and let us see if you have what it takes to defeat me.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Pandaren Spirit TamerLevel 1-90

    Legend tells of legendary pandaren spirits that roam the lands of Pandaria. Find them and defeat them in a pet battle.

The storyline at a glance

Battle Pet Tamers has 18 steps, from Julia, The Pet Tamer to Pandaren Spirit Tamer.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Vale of Eternal Blossoms (3), Elwynn Forest (1), Westfall (1), Redridge Mountains (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Vale of Eternal Blossoms map

Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.