Sprite Darter Hatchling

The above was written while I was still under the impression that the Sprite Darter Egg dropped from killing Sprite Darters only, at a chance of about 1/200 (patch 3.2). I have since learned that it is a rare zone drop and changed my farming methods.

At this point in time I have killed 26, 253 mobs in Feralas. Most of those have been Grimtoten Marauders (about 19k), but I also re-did all the quests in Feralas, and I make occasional sweeps of Yeti caves and Ogre camps (due to high population and spawn rate.

Somewhere around 10k kills in the zone, I ticket a GM and addressed the concerns found recently on this page that Horde characters have not been able to obtain this pet since patch 4.1. The following points are derived from our conversation:

1) The Sprite Darter Egg still exists as an item in the game
2) It is a "extremely" rare zone drop in Feralas
3) It is equally obtainable by both Horde and Alliance players
4) There are no mobs in Feralas that DO NOT have this item on their loot table. The exact quotation was, "If it drops loot at all, it has a chance to drop this item."

Seeing as I have killed nearly as many Grimtotem Marauders as the Wowhead database has records for, I am starting to get very discouraged and skeptical of the GM's assurances. In 27k kills, Wowhead reports finding this item SIX times. I have killed 20k and have found this item ZERO times. If I reach 30k kills, still without the egg, I will petition a GM and demand a review of the loot table, availability, and fairness of this item.

So consider yourself EXTREMELY LUCKY that you got this pet after 3,256 kills. I am so frustrated. I can't believe my luck!

I didn't see anyone mention how upsetting it is to slaughter dozens of these adorable little things in order to get the pet... It took me about 2 hours, and many tears shed over the corpses of the fallen for it to finally drop. It's been over a year since I got it though and it's still one of my absolute favorites to bring out!

As of patch 3.1 this pet also has a small chance of dropping off of Sprite Darter mobs. Note that only Horde players can attack the mobs.