Level 10 Blood Elf Hunter Questline Walkthrough

I couldn’t find any quick information on who it is that starts the questline to tame my first pet, so I’m making it. I remembered that for my dwarf hunter, the trainer was not in Ironforge, so I figured that the trainer for Blood elves would not be in Silvermoon. Wrong.

Upon reaching level 10, hunters gain the ability to tame their pets, after completing a questline. The questline starts with Oninath in Silvermoon (84,26). He sends you to Farstrider Retreat to speak with Lieutenant Dawnrunner (60,63).

The kind Lieutenant sends you off to tame a Crazed Dragonhawk. I just ran out the door to the North and tamed one right away. Nice and simple. Run back and complete the quest to pick up a quest to tame an Elder Springpaw. I spotted a level 8 to the West of the Retreat and tamed it. The final taming leg is for a Mistbat. This one took some running. Follow the Dead Scar all the way to the border on the river. Staying on the East side, there are some mistbats on the other shore. I had to settle for a level 10 and tamed it (barely) to finish the questline.

I ran back to the Retreat and went on back to Silvermoon to do some pet training. When I went back out into the world, I tamed a level 9 Elder Springpaw and we can hunt without stopping. He has more HP than me and does about 11dps already.

Update with screenshots:

Due to the vast number of comments on this post and people e-mailing saying that I’m wrong, I re-rolled a hunter again and here is exactly what happens when you hit 10 as a Blood Elf hunter.

At level 10, I ran to Silvermoon and went to the above-mentioned location of Oninath. Lo! There is a ! above his head.
Oninath

He offers me the quest in addition to his normal hunter trainer abilities.

Here is what the quest says to do:

Here is the lovely Dawnrunner at the above-mentioned location:


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Comments

  • Christine said:

    Do you plan on trying a dragonhawk to see the abilities? I wonder what kind of goodies one gets from them, if anything, or even if they are a good pet to have. Perhaps they just look pretty.

  • Gitr (Author) said:

    I just might do that.

    Do any of you recall what that addon is that tells you a beast’s abilities and food preferences before you attempt to tame it? I really need that one again.

  • Excaliber said:

    yeah its called Fizzwidgets Hunter Helper or somethin close to that, great mod. Another is Fizzwidget TrackMenu, trust me,saves u tons of space!!!!!

  • Kinless said:

    My Blood Elf Hunter tamed a Dragonhawk. The fire breath is pretty cool, and it’s an AoE, so it seems like it would be an aggro magnet like Screech is. The Golden Dragonhawk Hatchling is a perfect match for the larger version.

  • Gitr (Author) said:

    LOL. I never got around to releasing my smaller cat last night to tame one. I need to find one closer to my level, now.

    Thanks for the info on its ability.

  • z said:

    Hay the thing that tells you about the animal there is a hunter ability i think for lvl 24 called beast lore here is what it is

    Beast Lore
    40 Mana 40 yd range
    Instant cast
    Gather information about the target beast. The tooltip will display damage, health, armor, any special resistances, and diet. In addition, Beast Lore will reveal whether or not the creature is tameable and what abilities the tamed creature has.

    sorry about the length

  • Gitr (Author) said:

    Thanks, Z. Yeah, I got that 3 levels ago. :) It works just fine, even better than an addon. LOL.

  • z said:

    ok im almost at 10 i made a new hunter for the server the forgoten coast so if your on there my name is animaltrackr and my main a lvl 27 rouge named orida is there two ii think my pet will be a cat from ghostlands then when i can i will teach him prowl check out http://www.thottbot.com/?c=Hunter its a list of moves.

  • z said:

    i think blood elfs got it worst for begining cooking the meet and eggs blood elfs dont get as drops like the taurn and orcs/trolls

  • Jikksta said:

    True, but with BC also came spice bread and the easiest/quickest way to hit 40 cooking evah!

  • Gitr (Author) said:

    No kidding. That was super fast. That and getting the murlocs on the coast of Ghostlands for the clam meat.

  • z said:

    Hay i got a question how do i get addons to work i tried a damage meter it didn’t work im going to try one that gives me more bars now are they safe?

  • Jikksta said:

    Z, I would go to wowwiki.com and check out their addon section, it’ll answer all your questions and more.
    A good site to get addons from is Curse Gaming, and for your purpose of adding more bars I have heard (but haven’t used) good things about Bongos.

  • rhythm said:

    If you study up on that pet youd learn its stats are worthless, the fires cool, but it has very little strength, armor, etc…
    Cant get a good one till your over lvl 60.

  • skillz said:

    umm where about is the oniwrath guy in silvamoon could ya plz be more precise ive been lookin for a while and i cant find. plz help me

    ty

  • Jekyl said:

    i just reached lvl10, but i aint able to get the quest from Oninath.he just shows the new abilities and unlearn talents option.Am i doing something wron or should i contact a GM?

  • Gitr (Author) said:

    If you have been to the hunter trainers in SM, then you have where he is. I put up the coords in the post for ya.

  • Gitr (Author) said:

    At level 10, when I got to him, he had an ! above his head to send me to Farstrider Retreat. I just checked some more and found this:

    http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?wquest=9617

    It says it is given by Tana, who is in the same room. Strange.

  • Afro said:

    Hello!

    I have the same problem too. I went to SM to speak with Orinath but he doesn’t have a quest for taming the pet :-(
    Can you help me?

  • Gitr (Author) said:

    No.

    I’m beginning to wonder…are you a Blood Elf? Maybe that’s it. I’ve been through 3 Belf hunters, all the same. We have 3 hunters in the guild over 10 now, all the same. Call a GM if this doesn’t work.

  • Nevaru said:

    Confirmed thanks a ton, I wasted alot of time trying to figure this out by myself being my first time this helped alot. Orinath is in the Silvermoon Hunters Lodge in the Farstriders Square (northern most building, he’s on the right as you go in)

  • Nevaru said:

    Orinath is in the Hunters Lodge northern most building in Fastrider Square. He is on the right as you go in.

  • Xtiin said:

    Awesome, would’ve been wandering around forever without this. As soon as I finished it up, went through the translocator to Undercity and tamed me a Worg!

  • Gitr (Author) said:

    Great, and glad I could help, Xtiin. Thanks for dropping a line to let us know how aweome this is. :)

  • Taitan said:

    umm ok after i tame all three quest beast the NPC sends me to find some one in silvermoon city i cannot find this person help plz.

  • Gitr (Author) said:

    ummm. Sure, I’ll help you, but I feel like having some fun with this.

    First, you need to tell me who so I don’t go spend 5 minutes looking for everyone else.

    “Speak with Halthenis in Silvermoon City.”

    Ok. Go to Oninath. Now look in the opposite corner of the same room. /ahaha!!!!! Lookie there! Who would have thunk there’d be a pet trainer in the same room as a hunter trainer?

    /raises hand

    Sorry for poking fun at you. I feel better now. Thanks for helping the others out with the same question.

  • Taitan said:

    wow it’s ok i wouldn’t have thunk it cause well i was just following the story line XD

  • Gitr (Author) said:

    :)

  • suhgon said:

    yes very nice guide

  • Killerz2000 said:

    Where do i find the Mistbat?

  • Gitr (Author) said:

    Wowhead.com It’s an amazing thing.

    http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=16353

  • vlad said:

    I just helped my daughters boyfriend (he rolled a BE) get to lv10 on his brand new hunter, we went to silvermoon hunter trainer (im also a hunter) I personally had the quest start there, but he did not, so we just went back to farstrider square and there it was.

  • craftsman85 said:

    Your info worked like a charm. The updated comments weren’t even necessary to find the hunter who gave quest. The PPL complaining are idiots and need to learn to read correctly. Thanks for great info.

  • Gitr (Author) said:

    Craftsman,

    You are awesome!! Tell it like it is, brother!! I was beginning to wonder… LOL.

  • opius said:

    Thanks alot, a really helpful little guide :)
    Best Wishes!

  • Ilu said:

    Thanks the info, it help alot! :)

  • Isabelle said:

    Umm… I did what you said and when I tried to tame Crazed Dragonhawk it started attacking me. I didn’t attack back but continued the “taming process”. But when it was done it kept attacking me… I couldn’t attack back (because it was actually my pet) so I died

  • Gitr (Author) said:

    Have you ever tamed a pet before? This is how it is done. What happened here is called a bug, because it’s never happened to me with any of my 7 hunters and hundreds of pets. You got a freak incident if this was your first try.

    This guide stands as correct.

  • Dahunter said:

    which do u think is better to have the crazy dragonhawk elder springpaw or mistbat

  • Dahunter said:

    Are pets easily killed when you first tame them? I mean if they aren’t, I don’t want to be sacrificing myself 100 times and find out that everythings in vain.

  • Blah, blah said:

    I will be the brave one and admit my stupidity and explain why it did not work for some people…we were looking in Silvermoon Ruins, not realizing there was a different Sivermoon City. Looking back it seems dumb, but you may want to add it in you guide to save the dumb blondes like me some frustration. Thanks!

  • Gitr (Author) said:

    Thanks, Blah Blah.

    That would explain it. I will incorporate that note soon.

  • Peter said:

    The addons did not work for me well. I will try again.
    Peter