Can't Tame a surf Crawler
Mark B Reinhold
And it seems no matter what I do, I can tame a surf crawler for the
ten minutes needed. Getting one is easy, but keeping him for 10
minutes without him getting scared, or me dying seems to be
impossilbe.
Any advice would be appreciated greatly
Mark B Reinhold
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Darin Johnson
> And it seems no matter what I do, I can tame a surf crawler for the
> ten minutes needed. Getting one is easy, but keeping him for 10
> minutes without him getting scared, or me dying seems to be
> impossilbe.
Ten minutes?? You only need to tame for 10-20 seconds (can't
remember which). After that you feed it. If you really meant 10
seconds, then you can try using a freezing trap to immobilize
it while you're taming it.
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>And it seems no matter what I do, I can tame a surf crawler for the
>ten minutes needed. Getting one is easy, but keeping him for 10
>minutes without him getting scared, or me dying seems to be
>impossilbe.
Huh? What's this 10 minutes thing? All I can think is that you're not
feeding him and he's running away. *
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like corkscrews.
Ovak
uhm are you just now doing your hunter quest to learn taming?
Otherwise just feed it as soon as you tame it and tada!
Valdesta
> Well I am now a level 20 Hunter, almost a 21.
>
> And it seems no matter what I do, I can tame a surf crawler for the
> ten minutes needed. Getting one is easy, but keeping him for 10
> minutes without him getting scared, or me dying seems to be
> impossilbe.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated greatly
Have you finished your Hunter pet quests all the way through? The 10
minute timer sounds like you haven't.
>From your comment about having tamed a Surf Crawler, it sounds like
you're Horde side - Trolls and Orc Hunters get sent to Origrimmar after
taming a boar, a surf crawler and an armored scorpid in a three-stage
quest from the Hunter trainer in Razor Hill. When you go to Origrimmar
you learn the "feed pet" functionality and at that point you're done
with your Pet quest.
Once you've finished the quests and have the ability to Tame, Call,
Feed and Revive your pet, you should be able to tame beasts, feed them,
and keep them around quite easily.
Once you've finished the quests, the only time your pet will disappear
(other than when you release it/send it away) is when it dies and you
walk out of range of the corpse, or when you're running and your pet
gets into a fight (ie: defensive mode, peeling aggro off of you) and
you continue to run out of minimap range of your pet. If the pet dies,
you need to revive it. If the pet disappears because you run it out of
your minimap view, then you just have to call it again.
Good luck!
Valdesta, 60 Troll Hunter
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Mark B Reinhold
>>From your comment about having tamed a Surf Crawler, it sounds like
>you're Horde side - Trolls and Orc Hunters get sent to Origrimmar after
>taming a boar, a surf crawler and an armored scorpid in a three-stage
>quest from the Hunter trainer in Razor Hill. When you go to Origrimmar
>you learn the "feed pet" functionality and at that point you're done
>with your Pet quest.
Yes, that would me, an Orc Hunter.
I suppose to train it for 10 minutes. I cant seem do it. I see level
19 hunters with a pet so I am getting frustrated.
Others said to feed it. that is not a problem when I hit with a wand.
the problem is trying to make sure nothing scares it during the time
or that it does not bite me to death.
I have done this about 50 times, and am still trying
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When you start a taming, you should see 'hearts' floating above the
tamee, and there should be a channeling bar indicating how much longer
you have to tame.
If you get to the end of the channeling bar without interruption, then
the pet has a kind of ethereal experience and you now 'own' the pet.
Be sure to feed it at this point so it 'gains' happiness (anywhere from
3-6 feeds).
If you don't see the hearts and the channeling bar, then you are not
starting the taming correctly (click on 'taming wand', then click on
beast).
Interestingly enough, during the first three training quests, you don't
even need the animal. All you need is the 'completed' quest. You
don't need to hunt with it, or explore with it or anything. Once it is
tamed, just head back to the hunter quest giver.
Christian Stauffer
> On 11 Jan 2007 12:49:33 -0800, "Valdesta" <vald...@eminem.com> wrote:
>
>>>From your comment about having tamed a Surf Crawler, it sounds like
>>you're Horde side - Trolls and Orc Hunters get sent to Origrimmar after
>>taming a boar, a surf crawler and an armored scorpid in a three-stage
>>quest from the Hunter trainer in Razor Hill. When you go to Origrimmar
>>you learn the "feed pet" functionality and at that point you're done
>>with your Pet quest.
>
> Yes, that would me, an Orc Hunter.
>
> I suppose to train it for 10 minutes. I cant seem do it.
Did you read Valdestas post? I don't know what those "10 minutes" should
be, there's nothing about 10 minutes when taming, so you're doing
something wrong.
The level 10(!) hunter quest works like this: The trainer sends you to
tame 3 different animals. After you tamed them, you have to bring them
back to the trainer and get the next quest to tame the next beast.
In order to tame the next beast, you have to abandon the current one
first (right click portrait, abandaon). Once you've tamed all those
beasts, the trainer will give you the ability to train beasts on your
own. HINT: If you're taming with an item (rod) instead of the ability,
you are still on the quest.
When you have the ability to tame pets yourself, BEFORE you go out
and tame a pet, go the hunter trainer in Orgrimmar (your trainer will
send you there, but it's easy to overread it) who will teach you a
few more skills. Like "feed pet" (you need to feed and keep your
pet happy).
> I see level
> 19 hunters with a pet so I am getting frustrated.
The quest to learn taming pets is level 10 and unlike other level 10
quests very easy, so almost every hunter should have a pet at level
10 :-)
But congratulations to levelling so far without a pet, you'll
probably find everything half as hard and twice as much fun once
you finally have your pet :-)
Chris
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Christian Stauffer
>> Yes, that would me, an Orc Hunter.
>>
>> I suppose to train it for 10 minutes. I cant seem do it.
>
> Did you read Valdestas post?
Meh, looks like *I* should learn how to read posts :-/
What do you mean by "scares it during the time"?
If it's a problem that the pet does too much damage, use a freezing
trap or open with concussive shot from maximum distance before
attempting to tame the beast.
But I can't see why those level 8-10 pets from the level 10 hunter
quest should be able to kill you at all, so is it possible you
are taming the wrong kind of animal?
steve.kaye
Mark B Reinhold wrote:
> On 11 Jan 2007 12:49:33 -0800, "Valdesta" <vald...@eminem.com> wrote:
>
> >>From your comment about having tamed a Surf Crawler, it sounds like
> >you're Horde side - Trolls and Orc Hunters get sent to Origrimmar after
> >taming a boar, a surf crawler and an armored scorpid in a three-stage
> >quest from the Hunter trainer in Razor Hill. When you go to Origrimmar
> >you learn the "feed pet" functionality and at that point you're done
> >with your Pet quest.
>
> Yes, that would me, an Orc Hunter.
>
> I suppose to train it for 10 minutes. I cant seem do it. I see level
> 19 hunters with a pet so I am getting frustrated.
>
> Others said to feed it. that is not a problem when I hit with a wand.
The phrases "I suppose to train it for 10 minutes" and "when I hit with
a wand" lead me to believe that you mean the training stick thing that
you get at level 10. If this is the case - forget the surf crawler and
forget the 10 minutes - go back to your tranier and hand the quest in.
I think that the hunter trainer that gave you the quest does suggest
that you tame the pet and fight with it for a while to learn it's
abilities - that is not required for the quest. All that is required
for the quest is to tame the beast. Do the next quests you get from
him and only try to tame a permenant pet once you get the "Feed Pet"
ability.
steve.kaye
Urbin
> On 11 Jan 2007 12:49:33 -0800, "Valdesta" <vald...@eminem.com> wrote:
>
> >>From your comment about having tamed a Surf Crawler, it sounds like
> >you're Horde side - Trolls and Orc Hunters get sent to Origrimmar after
> >taming a boar, a surf crawler and an armored scorpid in a three-stage
> >quest from the Hunter trainer in Razor Hill. When you go to Origrimmar
> >you learn the "feed pet" functionality and at that point you're done
> >with your Pet quest.
>
What wand are you using as hunter? I assume that you mean the wand that is
part of your level 10 (!) hunter quest.
> the problem is trying to make sure nothing scares it during the time
> or that it does not bite me to death.
If I understand you correctly you are using your "taming wand" that is part
of the level 10 hunter quest to tame the animal your hunter trainer told you
to, right?
From what you say, it seems that the pet you are trying to tame kills you
while you are taming it, right? If you are level 20 that is hard to believe,
as this quest is doable at level 10. I can see that the animal attacking you
interrupts the taming, so just restart.
I am not sure what you mean with "nothing scares it", the only thing I could
see is that other players are trying to attack it, this will also interrupt
the taming.
> I have done this about 50 times, and am still trying
What exactly are you doing? Can you describe it a bit more precisely? Your
whole post leaves a lot open to interpretation. For example, you are saying
"when I hit with a wand". I am assuming that you are *using* the taming
wand. If you are actually *hitting* (i.e. attacking) the animal you will get
nowhere (but then you'd most likely kill the pet instead of it killing you
or running away).
Cheers
Urbin, confused, who had his pet since level 10
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One other point: if this is the taming quest, then the first pet you
are supposed to tame is the Mottled Boar (there are many adjacent to
Razor Hill). The second is the Surf Crawler, and the third is the
Armored Scorpid.
Not that many of these critters have similar names; make sure you try
to tame one with the EXACT name listed in the quest.
Jeff
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You are 20 and still working on the level 10 quest? If so be sure you are in
the level 10 zone where you get the quest(s) for pets. You use the wand to
tame it and fight with it then go back to trainer and get next quest. Since
you are 20 you should be able to do this easily. You could have had a pet
since level 10 (real pet that levels etc).