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Comment by hypnoticbob

New "cat" in Krokuun, Argus (level 110). It does not appear to be tameable as of yet, at least not initially. 5.73M HP (scaled to my 910 ilvl).

Comment by FoxxJade

>tries to tame Panthara Apex
"Panthara Apex shimmers as it fades into its surroundings."
yeah, nope, not happening right now

Comment by ThreePipes

There is a lot of instructional comment on how to tame these cats but nearly all of them fail to mention that you need to be behind or to the side of them to not aggro them, even in Camo; if you try to get close enough to put the meat right on top of them and they are facing you there is a good chance you have aggroed them again. That's been my experience anyway. And also, you want to tame quickly after seeing the bleed effect on them so remember you will still need to target them again before using Tame Beast. A simple macro is good there: /tar Panthara Apex /cast Tame Beast for example.

Comment by mannex

0. Obtain a Fresh Talbuk Meat. This appears to be a 1-5% drop rate from Talbuks of any variety. It can also be traded between players and bought on the Auction House.
1. Throw Freezing trap.
2. Feign Death to remove aggro.
3. Camo and approach carefully. (Try to come from behind if possible!)
4. Throw meat FROM STEALTH.
5. Hit tame!

Notes:
- They do not need to be sleeping.
- It's best to have multiple meat on standby in case of errors!
- If you think its aggroed, do not throw your meat. BE CERTAIN IT IS NOT AGGROED!*

Credit goes to the lovely folks of WoW General Secret Finding Discord and Petopia.

Instructions for taiming obtained from other pantheras in Argus.

Comment by ksquared6000

This wouldn't be a crappy tame if the Talbuk meat wasn't such a rare drop. I only had one drop on a non-hunter toon, only for it to be wasted on a failed tame. Seriously Blizz...aren't there much better ways for hunters to have challenging pet tames other than a puzzle-tame exercise? Especially for a non-spirit beast?

I'd like to spend my play time actually playing the game as opposed to having ALL my toons farm for a rare meat drop. This is about as unimaginative as you can get!

Comment by Norsheeni

COPY/PASTING my original comment on the Fresh Talbuk Meat page.

NEW tame in patch 7.3.5:

Red Panthara (Ancient Duskcloak)
Location: Grove of Naroua, Krokuun.

It is the only panthara of that color and it is not a rare spawn. It spawns several yards behind the Naruoa spawn point. Taming it will require the same process as the rest of the pantharas pre-7.3.5. 15-60 minute respawn timer.

As of 01/18/2018 I have tamed 7/7 color variations of the Argus Pantharas.

These are the things I learned and some advice for people looking into farming the Fresh Talbuk Meat:

-Best Faming Area: Mac'Aree.
-This item can drop for ANY of your characters that has access to Argus.
- It can take anywhere from 1-250 (or more) kills before you can even get one to drop.
- Farm this item on a character that has skinning. Why? You'll probably end up with with several Primal Sargerites, stacks of Fiendish leather, Fossorial Bile Larva, and other items based on your shoulder enchantment before you even get one piece of Fresh Talbuk Meat. You'll also get Rank 3 on Fiendish Leather in the process.
- Do yourself a favor and make sure you farm at least 2 per Panthara that you're looking into taming.

I spent roughly 8 hours (not consecutively) of farming so far and I've only gotten 6 meats.

If you still have 0 luck but have the gold, check out the AH.

Taming Tips:

-TURN OFF YOUR FOLLOWER. Take your time and go to the Vindicaar to un-assign your follower.
- Find a spot where you'll be alone during the taming process. My first attempt ended in failure when a random Warrior used Heroic Leap trying to get out of fel lava. It's better to be safe than sorry.
- Try and avoid uneven terrain. I lost two meats because of how the panthara was positioned on a slope. It wouldn't eat the meat even though it was thrown directly on top of it.
-Have both Feign Death and Freezing Trap out of cool down before you tame. You have a small window time to re-adjust the trap, attack, feign death, and tame just in case you make a mistake.
- Do not rely/wait/expect some kind of animation or sound. They also did not get any debuffs on any of my taming attempts.
- It is not necessary to create a taming macro for the spefic panthara you want to tame. Feel free to create one to help with targeting the panthara after you Feign Death.

AS OF 7.3.5 THE RARE PANTHARAS THAT DROPS THE FEL SPOTTED EGGS ARE NOT TAMEABLE. You may verify this using Beast Lore.

Order of instructions:

0. Obtain a Fresh Talbuk Meat.
1. Throw Freezing trap.
2. Feign Death to remove aggro.
3. Camo and approach carefully. (Try to come from behind if possible!)
4. Throw meat FROM STEALTH.
5. Hit tame!

Notes:
- They do not need to be sleeping.
- It's best to have multiple meat on standby in case of errors!
- If you think its aggroed, do not throw your meat. BE CERTAIN IT IS NOT AGGROED!

Credit goes to the lovely folks of WoW General Secret Finding Discord and Petopia.

A few other things you should know:

- Some of the Silver-Blue (Duskcloak Alpa/Shadowstalker) pantharas in the Petrified Forest are scripted to attack the un-targetable talbuks close to them.
- Some of the Fel-Green (Trench Stalker) pantharas outside of the cave won't eat the meat thrown at them. Best to avoid taming the ones outside of the caves and the ones next to the lava.
- There are several Purple & Yellow (Panthara Shadowfang) pantharas sleeping by themselves outside of the Umbra Hollows area.
- You can no longer tame the pantharas inside Seat of the Triumvirate without using any meats.

Comment by Phlynch

It should be noted that the Apex is usually sleeping, and therefore it's hard to get it to notice the meat.

It's much easier to get the nearby Panthrara Stalkers, who are more alert and have the same coloring.

Comment by PepsiJedi

Glitched as of today. I've tamed 10+ of the special tame cats. Spent 10 different meats trying to tame just one of these (I wanted a pair). Did it the same way I've done the other 10 to 15 of these cats. (Different colored) These... just wouldn't work. Not sure if they changed something or what.

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Panthara Apex

This NPC can be found in Krokuun (8).

Panthara Apex

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