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Comment by gilroykilroy

As of 8/20/14 the plan is still locked even after getting this achievement.

Comment by Longeria

Nice to know that most pets you want to catch in the wild have in the secondary line up critters. Bring on your Spiders (like and use Brittle Webbing (petability=382) for more damage to them when they cast Stampede or Swarm :D

Comment by Baldulf

Do we know yet if this must be 500 wild pet and/or tamer battles in Draenor, or do PvP battles for which one queues while one's toon is in Draenor count?

Comment by Thorgadis

Defeating wild pets while in Draenor, Draenor trainers, or the daily opponent inside your garrison count towards the achievement, and matches won on different characters also add to your total.

Comment by DeathMaster

A nice way to build up the achievement is fighting the Rat found in your Garrison's mine.

This is the only pet found in Draenor that doesn't come with any backup, so it's a very fast battle. It can't really be farmed however, for its alone and takes a few minutes to respawn. But just remember this when you're close. And at least you're keeping your mine rodent free.

Comment by 921362

I am grinding out this particular achievement in Frostfire Ridge. Alliance Players: it is definitely worth the flight - the mobs are very dense in this area.

My grind spot of choice is the wooded area near the neutral flightpath. There are quite a lot of pet spawns there and they seem to come back quickly. Any of the rock formations protruding from the ice plains seem to also have quite a lot of pets to battle as well, so this is a good central area to work.

The 3 main pets you tend to find around here are Beast/Critter/Flyer, pretty evenly spread out between initial pets and followers. For this reason, I am using Electrified Razortooth with the skills Rip, Blood in the Water, and Devour as my mainline fighter. The main benefit is zero pet switching, which makes for faster kills. Rip and Devour make quick work of any critters you come across, while Rip/BitW drop any other pets down into devour range very quickly. Some of the crocolisk pets do this exact same thing, but they are aquatic and the flyers you encounter will hurt them pretty heavily. Since Razortooth is elemental, that is not an issue here.

You can tear apart several teams before your Electrified Razortooth meets its end, but it should be far enough apart that you can use your free battle pet res and continue grinding without incident.

Happy Hunting!

Comment by barjunkie

I did this in Shadowmoon Valley with a Nexus Whelpling P/P using Arcane Storm Mana Surge + Tail Sweep against all the flying pets sometimes you can kill the entire enemy team with just 2 moves i would recommend using a pet that can heal also just to have no downtime

Comment by WeazelGames

So I've found one of the most amazing dailies in my garrison towards this achievement.
takes about 20-30 seconds per fight and it's an amazing way to grind the 500 pets.
I'm talking about the fight vs the 3 Flyer types:
Jahan
Samm
Archimedes
They get blown to tiny bits with this team comp

What You'll Need:
1. Sunreaver Micro-Sentry
Abilities:
Laser
Extra Plating (you won't use it)
Supercharge

2. Dread Hatchling
Abilities:
Shadow Talon
Call Darkness
Nocturnal Strike

3. Viscidus Globule
Abilities:
Ooze Touch
Poison Spit (you won't use it)
Expunge

Strategy:
Jahan is up first so start by using Laser until it dies, if you get lucky it'll stay alive for when Samm follows, just spam Laser until the last hit, if you are left with alot of health try to use Supercharge again so you can follow with Laser after the failsafe initiates.
Once he dies bring up Dread Hatchling and spam Shadow Talon it should go down fairly quick, if there's an opening you can try and change the weather by using Call Darkness I usually use it right when Archimedes enters, since he does a none harmful ability it's good because it'll make Archimedes miss his spells sometimes.
Anyways, if faithful little Dread Hatchling hasn't killed everything in it's path, bring up Viscidus Globule for the clean up with his mighty Expunge.

I've found this method to work like a charm with a stable master right there for the pet heals and spamming pet battles like crazy, so make sure to note when you have these guys up. (had them on a Friday.)

Location for the pets:
1. For Sunreaver Micro-Sentry
Drops from the rare elite Haywire Sunreaver Construct on the Isle of Thunder, questing area introduced in 5.2. The mob roams around the west side of the beach, south of Ihgaluk Crag.

2. For Dread Hatchling
Unfortunately this one forces you to buy or upgrade the WoD Collectors Edition, which I highly recommend, since he's one of my most used and best pets to have around. If not you can try to find a Dragonkin type with the Shadow Talon Ability, which should work just fine.

3. For Viscidus Globule
It drops off Viscidus in Temple of Ahn'Qiraj Kinda annoying to kill because of its weird mechanic, but very doable once you get the hang of it. What I did is buy 2 Simple Dagger and enchant them with Elemental Force, this way you can trigger the freeze on the boss when they stack to 3/3. Right when it happens you have 30 seconds to hit it with a melee 30 times. I've managed to down him just fine with some trinkets that spawn more mobs to help as a Monk or Warlock or Warrior. As a mage I didn't need the daggers since you have enough frost spells to trigger the 3/3 freeze or as a Death Knight where you could just army to victory.

I've found a superior way by far- a P/P Nexus Whelpling pretty much soloes them.
Just
Arcane Storm Followed by Mana Surge and watch them die. If they didn't, any backup will do. No need for a 3rd pet.

Hope this helps,

Good Luck and Happy Grinding :P

Comment by TheCrosshare

Worth noting that the pet menagerie level 2 daily battle counts towards this achievement and even after you've done the daily if you defeat the mobs again you will recieve credit.

For example when the three birds arrive you can defeat them all with just one nexus whelp.(storm+barrage, you know the deal) There's also pet healing two steps away.

Comment by Aliandrin

Here are a few quick facts to help you maintain your sanity:

While using Lesser Pet Treat, Pet Treat, and Safari Hat:

1. The number of battles required to raise a level 2 pokemon to 25 is eighteen. The halfway point is level 19, which you will get after nine battles. Levels your leveling pokemon will obtain by battle (assumes you fight groups of three and they are all 25):

Battles - Level
_____________

0 - 2
1 - 7
2 - 10
3 - 12
4 - 14
5 - 15
6 - 16
7 - 17
8 - 19
9 - 19
10 - 20
11 - 21
12 - 22
13 - 22
14 - 23
15 - 24
16 - 24
17 - 24 (so close!)
18 - 25

Raise a level 1 to level 2 by fighting a single battle with a wild pokemon in your capital city. One Stormwind Rat or Spiny Lizard will give you the fifty experience you need to be level 2, take you all of ten seconds, and it will save you a lot of headache later. Do this for each lowbie you plan to level in Draenor.

2. The number of pokemon you will be raising to 25 (from level 2) for each 100 battles is six. The number of pokemon you will be raising to 25, using these buffs, to receive the entire achievement, is thirty. This is a really good way to march toward the goal. Pick out your thirty, and when they're all maxed, the achievement will be yours.

A few things:

1. Frostfire Ridge will get you the most battles the fastest, but you won't catch anything worthwhile. Just miles and miles of ravagers. Also, you will get 23s and 24s as well as 25s, diminishing experience. For just a little extra travel time, you can farm a rare, of the right breed, of every species you desire while you work toward this achievement. And it's not quite as boring. Finding a rare peachick of the perfect breed breaks up the monotony and personally helps me grind longer.

2. If you're using a Feline Familiar with Devour or something with Ravage, be careful when trying to eat ravagers. They will spam Body Slam and spitefully kill themselves so you can't eat them. If they're rare, they will spitefully suicide to prevent you from catching them.

3. Frogs and their bubbles kind of aren't worth it, because they make the battles take so long.

4. Flying stones are the best, and you'll never see a peachick as a secondary, so prioritise any peachick battle before someone else comes and takes it. Bugs like waterflies, twilight flies, amber wasps, wood wasps, royal moths, and bloodsting wasps also yield flying stones, in addition to both kinds of toucans.

5. Last but not least, using pet treats in this manner is technically wasting them. Instead of leveling three per hour by doing a round of Pandaria dailies, you will be leveling closer to two per hour. It's still a good investment since pet treats are cheaper now, and seeing extra progress will save some sanity here.

Comment by cheffner

While waiting for Gorok to spawn at his north spawn, I discovered an Icespine Hatchling with an instant respawn. I made a ton of progress on Draenic Pet Battler while waiting for him. The instant respawning pet is at (62, 16): /way Frostfire Ridge 62, 16 in Frostfire Ridge, right at the base of a mini-mountain along the shore. I haven't tested it on any other servers or if any other factors affect it, so I'm not sure if it works universally. Try it out and let me know in the comments below!

Icespine Hatchlings often spawn with critters and occasionally they have a flyer or two. I personally used Son of Animus with 111 and Xu-Fu, Cub of Xuen with 212. My third slot I kept open for leveling pets. Don't forget your Safari Hat!

I think it's close enough to the Gorok spawn to see him if he appears at his north spawn point - it's about 250 yards away. However, I you won't see Gorok's vignette on your minimap if he spawns, so you'll need a macro or NPCScan (don't forget to add him as a custom mob!) if you're multitasking.

Comment by Dragmarion

I recommend doing pvp battles. 1 pvp battle count for 5 achivements: Brutal Pet Brawler (which gives you pet), Legendary Pet Brawler, Legendary Pet Battler and Draenor Pet Brawler (but only if you do it outside garrison, cause so far it's bugged and doesn't count any fight in garrison) and this one.

Comment by 1076302

The requirement for this achievement has changed to 150 battles. The tooltip will be updated in the next patch.

https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/539853873263804416

Comment by wilosoft

So I spent 2 whole days battling, battling & battling to get the 500 battles achievement to be nerfed to only 150? that's not fair from Blizzard at all!

Comment by DarthEnder

The best way to do this is to simply wait until the Menagerie daily is a team you can practically faceroll.

The NPC to heal your pets is right next to the battle area, and is free. So you just crush that team over and over again.

I did it againt the Manos, Hanos, Fatos team, since the Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling and a couple other dragons will curbstomp that team quite easily.

Comment by clarkeyboy

Found a nice option for those who don't have bandages and want to grind levels as I still haven't found a stable master near pet spawns.

You will need a Lil XT and Magical Crawdad (or any pet with Wish) and then a third slot for your levelling pet.

Open with XT using Heartbroken and Tympanic Tantrum, switch to levelling pet, win.

After a few rounds, open instead with Magical Crawdad, use Wish, switch to XT, heal to full, continue. Can also throw in a Renewing Mists at the start before casting Wish to keep your levelling pet topped up too,

This gives you enough healing between free Heal Battle Pets to keep rolling through the Icespine Hatchling near the flight point in Frostfire Ridge.

Comment by ODTSDog

One of the fastest and easiest way to complete this achievement (at least for me :p) was using the managrie in my Garrison

You can just keep battling the pets in the managrie and it will count towards the achievement as long as you have the right pets for the certain pet brawl.

Reasons why this is more efficient
1. You don't have to move
2. The Battle Pet Master in your managrie provides Free Healing For Your Pets!
3. Takes Less Time! :)

The Down Sides To My Strategy
1. You're going to need different pets at level 25 depending on which Pet brawl you get in your Managrie
2.If you don't feel like leveling the pets to be able to defeat the Pet Brawl in your Managrie then the other option is buying the pets

Note:The achievement only requires you to get 150 wins. It's no longer 500! It still says 500 because they didn't update the tool tip yet but you only need 150 wins.

Comment by Kurasu

If you do this with wild pet battles, remember that battles across your account count toward it. As such, doing it with someone who isn't max level will get you some XP toward their leveling.

Comment by AveryZan

This is the absolute best way I have found of completing this achievement. When you have the Pet Battle Daily in your garrison for Eleanor the Undead Goat. I completed this achievement very quickly after I found a strat that works for her.

After many frustrating strats and failings vs this undead goat I found an incredibly easy way to beat it in a few moves with pretty much 2 pets and any back up.

Zandalari Anklerender: Move list Hunting Party, Black Claw
Any Rabbit 311+ speed: Move list Scratch, Dodge, Claw.

Move 1: Black Claw
Move 2: Hunting Party
Raptor will die Swap to rabbit

Move 1: Stampede
Should be dead but if not just Scratch.

Was surprised how effective this was. One thing I want to mention is you can repeat this even after you turn in the daily. This will count towards Your Achievement Draenic Pet Battle Pet battle Achievement.

You can also rez your pets for free by talking to the lady at your stables. Fastest way I have found of beating this fight and completing that achievement for rank 3 Menagerie.

Hope this helps and Good luck!

Comment by icortesi

You can track all achievements related to level 3 blueprints with this script:

/run AddTrackedAchievement(9129)
/run AddTrackedAchievement(9406)
/run AddTrackedAchievement(9429)
/run AddTrackedAchievement(9453)
/run AddTrackedAchievement(9454)
/run AddTrackedAchievement(9462)
/run AddTrackedAchievement(9463)
/run AddTrackedAchievement(9468)
/run AddTrackedAchievement(9477)
/run AddTrackedAchievement(9487)
/run AddTrackedAchievement(9495)
/run AddTrackedAchievement(9523)
/run AddTrackedAchievement(9526)
/run AddTrackedAchievement(9527)
/run AddTrackedAchievement(9565)
/run AddTrackedAchievement(9703)

You can run it by split it in 3 macros or using the addon "paste".

Comment by SilentLucidity

Well apparently people whined enough or something, and Blizzard babied us yet again and lowered the requirements without saying anything. I was working on this last night, and as soon as I hit 150, I got the achievement and unlocked the blueprint.

Comment by Toontang

How I got this in very short order.

I did this all at my Garrison doing the pet battle daily over and over, no need to run around hunting pets.

Pet Battlers- GO!

For those that are new to pet battles and do not have a ... drum roll please .. "Menagerie of pets" Wait for the three birds (Archimedes, Samm, and Jahan) to be the daily and use 1 Nether Faerie Dragon on them, One moonfire followed by spamming them with Arcane Blast and using Life Exchange at a logical safe moment. Use Emerald Proto-Whelp using Emerald Bite as backup to be safe or another Nether Faerie Dragon . Any second pet that does magic damage would do just fine as it is usually only used for one round if things go poorly. The bird team dies very fast with a high level of reliability.

I timed the average time to walk to Lio the Lioness, Heal, and then start a new battle 1:07. So, how many do you have to go? That's about how many minutes it will take you to get this.

NOTE: S/S Nether Faerie Dragon is by far the best to use, total team destruction.

So there you go, easy to get pet, easy battle, anyone can have it.

To track your progress type:

/script AddTrackedAchievement(9463)

As for pet battlers, we will probably be exploding a ram with a 3 pet combo.- just because it never gets old.

Comment by Narzul

Draenic Pet Battler EZ mode:

1. Use Son of Animus.

2. Kill Icespine Hatchling mobs around the rock @ 54.21 in Frostfire Ridge. It's near the neutral flight path so alliance can easily access it too. These mobs spawn as fast as you can kill them, and SoA kills them in 3 moves with 100% HP.

3. Keep Extra Plating up, use Siphon Anima and an attack of your choice (I use Batter).

I've done the achievement in one sitting using only SoA, tossing him a heal every once in a long while to be on the safe side, but it wasn't necessary .

Enjoy :-)

Comment by typ0

Another Archimedes, Jahan and Samm tip. If you don't care about leveling pets while doing this achievement you can finish the fight while only having used 2 buttons. Use Nexus Whelpling, start of with Arcane Storm (yes, even though it's just been used by Jahan). After that use Mana Surge and the game is won. This will one-shot Jahan and Samm and most likely Archimedes aswell. If not, you still have enough health to blast off another spell, which will kill him.

Comment by Gelli

The waygate at Frostfire Ridge has a lot of Icespine Hatchlings as well, so for Alliance players I highly recommend farming it with a character who has a mage tower.

Comment by eyalonn

I'm using Junglebeak P/P with Rain dance and Nocturnal strike, and Death Adder Hatchling, very efficient vs those critters, also Lil' Bling is amazing vs beasts.

Comment by 1451772

Hi, WoWhead! First comment. I've found the best way (In my opinion!) to farm this achievement. This is easily achieved using one pet, the Nether Faerie Dragon ( Level 25 works best!) with Arcane Blast, Life Exchange, and Moonfire. Wait until your pet menagerie's daily is The Beakinator. Start the fight and cast Moonfire on turn one. Then Arcane Blast, followed by a Life Exchange and two more Arcane Blasts. Your Nether Faerie Dragon will end with full health and you can repeat this as much as you'd like. To recap: Moonfire -> Arcane Blast -> Life Exchange -> Arcane Blast -> Arcane Blast. You'll get the achievement in no time!

Comment by Volleynova

Got this in about 2 hours (already had 62/150) just went up and down the coastline north of the Temple of Karabor in eastern Shadowmoon Valley, starting at 66, 28. Lots of spawns and fast respawns. Got the rare crab, moonfly, and spider several times to boot.

Comment by angorashi

If you've got an alt that has not yet completed Pets versus Pests(the quest to unlock the tier 1 menagerie), this will go extremely quickly for you. .The way I got this achievement was by picking up the quest, defeating each pet, abandoning the quest, rinse and repeat. Each full circuit(pick up at lio, defeat pets and end up back at lio) took approx two minutes and twenty-two seconds and yielded credit for three wins. Each of these pets is, now, extremely soft and has no backup!

Fluxfire Feline's prowl+claw 1shots the rat.

Mirror Strider can 4shot Carrotus Maximus using two full Pumps.

Tainted Moth can two- or three- shot the aqua pet using mothball and alpha strikes.

This went MUCH more quickly for me than battling moths with my nexus whelp in shadowmoon valley, although I do recommend that as a secondary option should this quest be unavailable :)

Tip: If you have a mage tower, place your first speed boosted amp construct by lio and your second by the third pet you defeat. I was tempted to build a mage tower just for this reason as it would cut down valuable seconds running!

Comment by Cedor

I did this mostly leveling pets, and like volleynova, my favorite spot was the NE coast of Shadowmoon Valley against the Moonshell Crabs. My lineup was:

Moth (Alpha Strike, Cocoon, Moth Dust)
Leveling Pet
Darkmoon Tonk (Missile, Shock and Awe, Ion Cannon)

The tonk is great for beasts, which are often secondary pets, and has big hitters for the other pet types. Save Ion Cannon for the killshot against the 3rd pet so you don't waste rounds recovering.

Start with the moth - Moth Dust followed by Alpha Strike will defeat the crab almost all of the time. Use Cocoon first against the next pet for a little damage and to save health, and then swap in the leveling pet, or the Tonk, depending on the types of secondary pets. Only danger is if you're facing a spider here with Sticky Web. If your leveling pet gets trapped with this you could be sunk, but it's usually easy to avoid.

Comment by Dewsseldorf

Quickest way I've found...

Wait for the Beakinator daily pet battle. Use a level 25 Sprite Darter Hatchling (mine was S/S). Open with Moonfire > Arcane Blast x3 > Moonfire > Arcane Blast. Beakinator is dead. Repeat, opening with Life Exchange to restore your health to full. 6 rounds max per fight, no need to heal between battles or even leave the ring. Don't bother with carry pets, the xp isn't worth the swap.

Comment by MoarHeroisms

As Alliance I chose Gorgrond to grind battles, east of the Highpass flight point. It's easily accessible after unlocking the drill machine at your garrison. Most enemy teams consist of flyers and critters so I level pets with an Emerald Proto-Whelp (212) and Flayer Youngling (212). The main downside is the spawn rate being not as good as the higher-rated suggestions.

Comment by Cunderwood

Just completed in Frostfire outside garrison. used lvl 25 Zandalari Toenibbler 1 2 1 Rotation Make sure you have Bloodfang up to heal when you kill.

Carried Mech Dragonling and Zepplin these two went first for 1 round each then Nibbler cleaned house.

Comment by leto504

Like others have mentioned, I farmed on the Moonlit Shore in NE Shadowmoon Valley. There are tons of Moonshell crabs. The teams you will fight are made up of Aquatics, Flying, and Beasts.

The best team I've found BY FAR is:

Jade Owl - 121
Servant of Demidos - 121

The owl takes reduced damage from Aquatic abilities (being a Magic pet) and deals increased damage to Aquatics (all Flying attacks). I start with Lift Off and spam Slicing Wind. RNG will decide if it will take 2 or 3 turns. (Sometimes only once if Lift Off crits)

Demidos completely wrecks the two other pets.

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Comment by Lucilite

Can someone please explain why this page says this achievement requires Ashran?

Comment by SolidSnack

I waited until I got Quintessence of Light in my daily pet battle area in the garrison, then just used a snail to take it out over and over. It takes time, but it also doesn't take effort. I just made my WoW window smaller and played it out while watching videos. (just keep up shell shield then attack over and over)

Comment by Sevxy

I was curious as to whether there was a faster way of doing this that wasn't running black claw combos. I've come up with the following that seems to be faster. The only downside with this is that the composition lacks any sort of healing so it relies on you having a decent supply of bandages to make the achievement fly by.

My area of choice is just east of Stonefang Outpost in Frostfire Ridge and the chosen comp concept is to dot and aoe the enemy team as fast as possible.

Anomalus - x/1/1
Blightbreath - 1/2/1
Anything (leveling pet)

Start with your leveling pet first if you're killing 2 birds with 1 stone here, if not, start with Anomalus.
Switch to Anomalus if you had your leveling pet out first.
Toxic Fumes
Poison Protocol
Swap to Blightbreath
Acid Rain
Toxic Smoke
Dreadful Breath
All 3 enemies will be dead by this point

Comment by Marchenoir

I used a P/P Bloodbeak in Moonlit Shore. Tons of Moonshell Crabs in this area - which you should grab a Rare copy while you're at it. Super easy fights. He would beat all three of them everytime and I barely had to heal since Bloodbeak can heal himself.

Peck / Rain Dance / Nocturnal Strike.

Comment by ToxisvonZero

The strat I'm using and that works flawlessly is waiting for The Beakinator to spawn in the garrison.

Then, just use a Nexus Whelping (rare, PP, X/2/2) and win in record time (around 30") with just 2 inputs.
Just use Arcane Storm followed by Mana surge, and tab out until you here the victory sound.
With this strat I'm able to win around 3-4 battles non-stop before having to heal my pet, aligning almost perfectly with the ress CD. A little breakthrough of each battle:
1) Arcane Storm brings it down to 80%.
2) First Mana Surge gets to 54%.
3) Second one gets him below 50%, thus the enemy losing the speed buff and Whelpling gaining the passive 50% increased damage.
4) Whelping attacks first and Beakinator dies.

The net HP loss after accounting for the victory heal is around -300HP. Depends how lucky you are with crits and Beakinator using Wind-up, of course.

Just in case Whelpling dies in the last fight because of the no-heal greediness, I bring Chrominius and Eldritch Manafiend.
In any case, after I cast Mana Surge I just tab out and see a YT video or something else. The reason I favor Beakinator over low-quality wild pets is that I can chain infinitely without moving and there is no wasted damage nor lost time in transitioning fighting just one pet.

Comment by Katatooo

I managed to complete the achievement within one day with Nexus whelpling against The Beakinator in pet menagerie in the garrison. Start with Arcane Storm, follow up with Mana Surge, in rare case you might need to use Tail Sweep. You can easily squeeze in 2-3 battles before you need to heal your whelpling.

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Draenic Pet Battler

Win 150 pet battles in Draenor.

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	Criteria Type 161 Id 6941 (150)

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	Menagerie, Level 3

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