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Comment by Sware

In Arathi Basin at the farm there are ton of these little critters, warriors usually build up rage by killing them. So when the opposing force comes they'll have a full rage bar.

Comment by 4821

The troublesome rats have always been a nuisance to mankind; they even made their own presence on Azeroth! Rats may be found on both continents, often found in dark and dirty places. The rats may even be insightful and educational for a novice adventurer!

If you are an alliance member, Monty, the rat exterminator, may even offer you a quest to capture the Deeprun Rats that has infested the Deeprun tram station! For this quest, Monty needs a hero to capture 5 Deeprun rats alive. If you accept his request, he will give you the rat catcher's flute. By blowing into the flute, the rats would be mesmerized by its sound and follow you obediently. Be careful though, these pesky rats are pretty fast, and may run off before you can charm them into submission!

If you complete the quest, Monty will give you a carton of mystery meat. He will then request for you to bring the carton to his brother Nipsy. If you bring the carton to Nipsy, Nipsy will reward you with some Deeprun rat kabob! Yum! You have not only gained an easy 900 exp (at level 10) but become a honorable rat exterminator!

If you are a horde, while traversing through the barrens, if you ever find yourself hungry, you may visit Grub, who is east of the crossroads, for a quest to hunt for some dig rats (However Grub will not offer you the quest unless you are somewhat of a decent chef). These meaty dig rats may be found in Bael Modan, in the southern parts of the Barren. (You know you are at the right place if you see lots of dwarves huddling together).

By completing this quest, Grub rewards you with 5 dig rat stew, and the recipe to make the actual stew. In addition, you gain 190-1850 exp plus a pretty decent pair of apothecary gloves so that you don't burn yourself while cooking the stew! For completion, you may honestly consider yourself a seasoned adventurer!

I don't know about you, but oftentimes I would find myself lacking the levels in certain weapon skills. Rats are actually a great source for leveling that weapon skills you may have not have stayed on par with all of your other weapon skills!

Whether you are an alliance or a horde, Go out and prove yourself by killing some rats today!

Comment by Gunhaven

Their health is actually not 1, but 7-8, I whacked one with a level 1 mage, still alive.

Comment by 96912

There is a very small chance when a rat spawns that it will be an albino rat(but the name is exactly the same)

Comment by 102859

70 Undead Mage (10/48/3). Scarlet Monastery. Casting Pyroblast on Rat... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... Resisted.

Comment by 112926

Has anyone else noticed that sometimes a rat will have a cast bar? It vanishes too fast for me to see what they're casting. Wondering if anyone else has noticed this or if they know what the sneaky rat is doing.

Comment by 126940

It's not displayed on the map above, but you can find a Rat, Roach, and Spider all from Gjalerbron (Howling Fjord 38,10 - around the "O" on Gjalerbron) for the 3.0.8 Pest Control achievement.

Comment by ImperialVermin

Part of the new achievement Pest Control. Kill it for credit =D

Comment by 231396

Here's the jist on this guy.
Another critter needed for the achievement added in 3.08 Pest Control (at the time of this post, it's not in database).
They're everywhere. From instances, to BG's, even near some of your home towns. An easy way to snag this guy, is to include him in your Naxxramas 10/25 package of Rat, Maggot, Larva, and Spider.

Helpful macro for the achievement:

/tar Adder
/tar Devouring Maggot
/tar Fjord Rat
/tar Larva
/tar Moccasin
/tar Rat
/tar Scorpion
/tar Spider
/tar Zul'Drak Rat
/tar Crystal Spider
/tar Fire Beetle
/tar Gold Beetle
/tar Maggot
/tar Mouse
/tar Roach
/tar Snake
/tar Underbelly Rat

Helpful macro for finding the Larva:
/tar Larva
/stopmacro
/tell (YourCharacterName) > %t <

Remember to replace YourCharacterName with, well Your Character's Name.

Going to repost this on the others.

Comment by 31064

add the following:

/stopmacro
/tell YOUR NAME HERE > %t <
/stopmacro
/run
/run RaidNotice_AddMessage(RaidBossEmoteFrame,"THERE IT IS! KILL IT!", ChatTypeInfo)
/script PlaySoundFile("Sound\\interface\\RaidWarning.wav")

to the end of the search macro to make it much more obvious when you come across one

Comment by 207575

I've noticed that as well, but on various other creatures too. As far as I can figure, if you were just running by a mob casting a spell or were fighting something that was casting, the next creature you run past will have a cast bar with the same spell for a split second. Suspect it's either some weird form of lag or a bug somewhere in the files. I'd thought I was the only one seeing that :-)

Comment by 241026

Rumor does have it that some are albino, others are just plain scary. They also have more health than the average critter.

Some priests have even been able to mind-control them and wipe themselves out :)

Comment by 321111

Easiest for Alliance (not sure about Horde). In the alleyway next to the AH in Stormwind, there are always at least 3 rats running around.

Comment by 327262

Fun to torture!

...on my Death Knight, I would cast Strangulate, followed immediatly by Chains of Ice. While it was still rooted to one spot, I would over-kill it big time by using Death and Decay.

Pleasure.

Comment by 445357

I ONE SHOT DA RAT!

Comment by Zerkz

Rat is for Cat droodz eat.

Comment by 536759

Its kinda creepy how when i looked up rat, there were 18 comments. its kinda funny at the same time.

Comment by 493392

confirmed 7-8 hp. My rogue hit i with a dagger and half of it's hp went down.
Also, rats can be feared, sloed, put to sleep, and stunned. Stormwind rats (maybe all rats?) seem to have a leash. They cannot be taken outside of trade district

Comment by 855055

In north east Stontalon, There are some night elf ruins and a lake. There are three rats inside the lake in a triangle formation. Anyone have an Idea as to why?

I visited later and three roaches were there instead of rats.

Comment by XylanTrueheart

Several new locations for the Rat. One is Arathi Highlands. You'll find them in the caves there namely Boulderfist Outpost, Boulderfist Hall and Drywhisker Gorge. Plus there are some in Stromgarde Keep.

Comment by burningglove

Rats can also be found in Tirisfal Glades at 80,72 near the Bulwark.

Comment by BroncoAvsFan

In Ghostlands, the spawn points randomly create 1 of 3 critters, Larva, Rat, or Spider. If the critter you are looking for isn't the one there, kill it and maybe the respawn will be the one you want.

Comment by captbat

If you're trying to get 50 rats for "The Gift of Cheese" try Stormwind.
This is what i could find:

-3 in the alley behind the trade district Auction House
-2 in the end of the canal between Trade District and Old Town
-2 in the middle of old town in behind the central buildings
-2 in the basement of the tavern in old town.
-8 in the Harbour
* 33.1, 12.6 (North end up on the battlements)
* 30.2, 14.1 (North End down on dock level)
* 36.0, 28.2 (up on the ramparts)
* 35.4, 32.1 (below in between the ballista (spelling?)
* 42.7, 44.2 (behind the cart next to the stairs)
* 40.0, 51.6 (to the left of the big arch coming into the harbour, same level as the rest of the city)
* 30.6, 51.2 (behind the ancient)
* 33.2, 38.8 (Next to Supply Seargeant Graves)

-3 in the basement of the slaughted lamb in the mage quarter (not the normal tavern near the mage tower, the one further to the back of the Mage Quarter.

Once i've grabbed those up, i basically fly out of the stormwind gates, to make them despawn from following me, then go back and grab them again.

Edit for more finds

also, add a macro to your bar with "/tar rat" in the macro to help you out with your search

Update: Since 10.2.5, i'm not sure if it's the same before you reclaim Gilneas, but after you reclaim Gilneas, there's Rat's all over the city, and especially heaps of rats in Catherdral Square!

Comment by dreamgarden

I used captbat's information for the 50 rats for The Gift of Cheese for the coordinates below. Twenty rats per run, or maybe some of them you don't feel like bothering with every time.

With a bunch of rats following you, it might become hard to find the rat you want. After you feed a rat, it gets bigger and carries a piece of cheese (awwww, so cute!). So the ones you want are smaller and cheese-less.

You can run out of Stormwind to get the rats following you to despawn, but you still might have to wait a minute or two for new hungry rats to spawn in town.

In some places there will be a Stormwind Rat next to a Rat. These are not the same animal. You want the plain Rat for the achievement.

/way #84 60.7 69.0 (3) Alley behind Auction House
/way #84 72.1 68.5 (2) Canal between Trade District and Old Town
/way #84 73.7 59.2 (2) Central Old Town
/way #84 77.3 53.1 (2) Basement of Pig and Whistle Inn (Old Town)
/way #84 33.1 12.6 (Harbor) North end battlements
/way #84 30.2 14.1 (Harbor) North end dock
/way #84 33.2 38.8 (Harbor) Near Supply Sergeant Graves
/way #84 35.4 32.1 (Harbor) Between ballistae
/way #84 36.8 26.8 (Harbor) Near rampart cannons
/way #84 42.7 44.2 (Harbor) Behind cart
/way #84 30.6 51.2 (Harbor) Near the Ancient of War
/way #84 40.0 51.6 (Harbor) Top of wall under tree
/way #84 40.1 84.5 (3) Basement of Slaughtered Lamb (Mage Quarter)
/cway

Comment by bonavox

For any Horde looking to easily finish this achievement, portal to Orgrimmar and fly over to the Dor'Danil Barrow Den in Ashenvale /way #63 75.80 75.40 Dor'Danil Barrow Den

I managed to get all 50 rats for the achievement in about 30-40 minutes of running up and down the den, without having to stop and wait on respawns. The rats share a spawn with cockroaches so I killed any roaches I came across and fed the rats. Occasionally I used /tar rat to see if any were nearby. Overall it was much easier than hopping from zone to zone!

Comment by kelloggs9

For Horde players pursuing The Gift of Cheese achievement, I strongly recommend going to Ashenvale. Using the NPC pins at the top of this page, I was able to complete the achieve in ~5 minutes.

Good luck!

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This NPC can be found in Dalaran (25), Howling Fjord (25), Ashenvale (23), Ghostlands (13), Nagrand (22), The Culling of Stratholme (16), The Hinterlands (22), Gilneas City (21), Darkshore (20), Desolace (17), Drak'Tharon Keep (19), Drustvar (19), Hillsbrad Foothills (19), Loch Modan (19), Tanaan Jungle (19), The Lost Isles (19), Arathi Highlands (18), Dire Maul (12), Sethekk Halls (18), Sunken Temple (18), Arathi Basin (17), Gilneas (16), Spires of Arak (16), Swamp of Sorrows (16), Nagrand (15), Stormwind City (13), The Deadmines (11), Terokkar Forest (12), The Shattered Halls (12), Deathknell (11), Tirisfal Glades (11), Tirisfal Glades (11), Highmountain (9), The Cape of Stranglethorn (8), Azshara (7), Scarlet Monastery (7), Karazhan , Scholomance , and Naxxramas .

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