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Comment by hezec

This critter is kinda cute, but unfortunately it makes a constant flapping noise that can become quite annoying in the long run. It's really a shame.
Of course, if you just listen to your own music while playing it isn't a problem. Some people (like me) just have too slow computers for that. =/

Comment by 65022

In patch 2.4.3, numerous flying non-combat pets have had their flight height modified to no longer skim along the ground. This includes captured firefly, dragonhawk hatchlings, moths, owls, parrots, phoenix hatchling, spirit of summer, sprite darter, and tiny sporebat.

Comment by Fuumu

I'm so glad this is droppable now! As a hunter I could honestly care less about most companion pets but this one was really pretty, and i loved having it fly around my Alliance character. Now my main is Horde and I could only watch on in envy...until now!

Happy hunting.

Comment by 81413

To anyone posting that it dropped for them, fine, we get it, it dropped, you either got unlucky, or lucky.

Please stop. Unless you have tested 10+ egg drops, and all statistics are fairly similar, you simply had good/bad luck. Saying "I got this drop on my first kill, it's clearly not a .5% drop" is stupid, and I have one word.

Luck

So please, enough with the repative posts saying "I got this in XX kills, this MUST mean it's <insert rarity here>"
It's a rare drop. No one has consistently tested the drop rate yet, and the WowHead database is skewed, any comments on the rarity are completely stupid without solid testing.

If you want to post your drop rate, sure, go for it. This will add to the collective whole, but please don't speculate on the rarity based on 1 drop chance.

Comment by 81413

Props to whoever submitted the pic of this in Gadgetzan

Comment by Dugroka

Not sure if anyone has picked up on this, or if I'm even right, but I speculate that the posted droprate on Wowhead is so low, despite peoples' claims of very quick drops, is because this pet was added as a drop to the Darters in 3.1. These mobs have been in the game since vanilla (I believe), and so THOUSANDS have been killed, meanwhile not so many since 3.1, thus making the drop percentage a bit skewed.

Comment by Pappi

Got this pet without even knowing it existed on my Paladin while lvling in Feralas. I've tried to get it on other characters, and havent had any luck. Respawn rate on the Darters is very fast and with some AoE, you can probably easily farm this pet. Too bad not many of my alts have good AoE :(

Comment by 524134

Started doing Feralas quests for loremaster meta and was doing Zukk'ash Infestation and had this drop from Zukk'ash Wasp. Funny too I came to this page to look at the drop rates again and received it unknowingly.

Comment by 716418

Grimtotem Marauders have an incredibly fast respawn rate

Comment by 716512

I have received a confirmation from a Game master today, that the pet still drops from the Sprite Darters. I suppose that in addition, it can now drop off any (or most) mobs in Feralas.

Comment by 729288

So, if alliance get this pet,...Do they have to go through some long chain quest? o__o If so, which one..?

Comment by Arikan

As of Cataclysm the quest chain has been removed. The item has been changed to a random zone drop and is now the only way for Alliance characters to get the sprite darter pet.

Edit: Didn't see the BoP status. I can has brain?

Comment by SnowyIVu

As of Cataclysm, it seems most of these now "zone-drop" pets are now looking at 1 in 10,000 chances, confirmed by most of their wowhead pages.

(Azure Whelpling, Black Tabby, Crimson Whelpling, Hyacinth, Razzashi Hatchling, Sprite Darter)

Trust me, I've been farming -_-

Edit: Why the downrates? Even if you think that the wowhead droprate is so low because "they kept all the pre-cata data" (Which they didn't.), you can see that only 45 eggs have been found from over 70,000 sprite darters - and the droprate certainly wasn't 1 in 10,000 pre-cata.

The droprate is much lower than 1 in 1,000.

Comment by 836708

Kikibean told you he got it 2 months ago, that was 4.0.3 and the droprate was alot better.

However I came to bring up my own experience, I have been farming those for something like 20 hours+ and I got it on 30/05/2011 as of version 4.1.0.
I don't know what's the best way, but i would highly suggest you stick to grimtotems, with their huge spawning rate.
I made a few equations that ended me to this : you can make a round in New Thalanaar, a total round is something like 50 grimtotems. If you are good you do this in around 3min, that is 1000 mobs an hour. You can expect to get it between 10k and 25k kills, and if you don't well ... just stick to it.
What you have to keep in mind is, if you have something better in game to do, go ahead, maybe the droprate will be reviewed soon, if you don't, just queue to dungeons or battlegrounds, and stay farming these instead of doing nothing around Orgrimmar / Stormwind auction house.

A few tips to improve your farming would be :
Getting a spec which has a movespeed increment ( I'm druid and my 30% feral movespeed was a huge boost )
Getting a boots enchant with a movespeed bonus
Both of these will reduce your farming time GREATLY, since you cannot afford to mount between packs ( especially for horde which will be in fight status because of the nighelves NPCs )

Think about which spell suits the best for this, as a druid moonkin i chose to respec to feral and use the cat swipe, which damages a huge aoe around me, without having to target mobs individually or an area.
The equivalent for mages is arcane explosion, for priest sacred nova, and so on.

And most of all, just keep it cool. You should definitely get it, in 3 or 4 days if you really are going for it, its about 20 hours of farming if you stick to this method ( around 20k mobs killed ), and remember, queuing up for dungeons / battlegrounds, doing Tol Barad when its available and such things should help you stay relax !

Good luck !

Comment by 836708

Yeah so did I think, I should have gone for that pet when the droprate was around 1/200 but well just consider you are using the time you would usually spend doing nothing in a capital into farming your pet. When you have something else to do, just go for it. When you are waiting, like in queues or battlegrounds, just farm some and you will get it. Just don't loose faith, you will definitely get it ;)

Comment by Limez

So the posts above are extremely discouraging and silly; be open-minded when you start to farm this.
It took me a few hours to farm this companion along with a lot of music---- roughly around 1k kills.

Since the pet is a zone drop, there is a 1/10,000 chance of dropping off any mob in Feralas.

Best grinding area: New Thalanaar -- (This is to the East of Feralas)
Mobs to kill: Grimtotem Marauder

This is the best grinding area because the mobs respawn extremely fast allowing you to do cycles without stopping.
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Be prepared to have a lot of bag room because the silk cloth will accumulate extremely fast. Keep this cloth because I was actually surprised that a stack sold for 25g on my server on weekdays--- so I was able to get a long of side change while farming for this pet allowing me to essentially buy another pet (BoE).
As a side note, farming for pets is total RNG. I sent out a ticket to a GM to find how loot works, whether loot was predetermined when the mob spawned or whether it was randomly selected as you loot. The GM informed me that loot is randomly selected as you loot. Therefore, feel free to take a break every 20-30mins so you don't mindlessly fall asleep on your keyboard or get frustrated.

******Sprite Darter******
Flap, flap those magnificent wings,
So small in size but in such demand.
Those evil green alien eyes make me melt,
But then again what doesn't?
Determination and willpower prevailed for now you are mine,
And on to the next pet I go.

-Limez of Lightnings Blade
Hope you found this helpful and my stupid poem amusing~

Comment by 617196

if you have this pet out and mount up on a flying mount, this little guy will follow you and fly with you. :)

Comment by cephadex

Is it no longer possible to do this quest chain after Cataclysm? This was a favorite of mine :(

Comment by 880036

One of the prettiest and best sprited (sic!) pets IMO. And absolutely adorable!

Got him while doing my quests there, without even looking for him. God, I was so happy!

Comment by nerz

As they drop also from Noxious Whelp, you should farm them there. Fast respawn and a chance to drop Tiny Emerald Whelpling (which has become pretty rare these days)

I use the following macro that makes them much more visible and easy to track:
#showtooltip MainAttack
/tar Noxious Whelp
/script SetRaidTarget("target",0)
/script SetRaidTarget("target",3)
/startattack
/cast MainAttack

Comment by 872290

Feralas - Noxious Whelp drop both of these.

Sprite Darter Hatchling
and
Tiny Emerald Whelpling

Comment by nerz

WoW Armory has a list of vendors for this pet.

http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/item/11474#tab=vendors

Checked one of them (Xon'cha), but he does not sell it (yet?)
If they added this list only recently, it probably means we won't need to farm it anymore! :)

Comment by 866741

I think they should put the quest back in, but make it available to both Horde and Alliance. A few Night Elves won't mind some Hordies helping them to save the Sprite Darters, come on.

Comment by Inserrection

Oh man.. after approximately 18k total Feralas kills, and over 20 hours of farming, I finally got this pet. To anyone who wants this pet: Be prepared to spend a LOT of time trying to get this. Who knows, you might get lucky and get it within your first 200 kills, but none the less, be prepared, and make sure to take breaks every few hours.

I also found watching Netflix movies and shows on my other monitor helped with that initial boredom milestone.

Now to start farming for the Gundrak Hatchling!

Comment by 823636

After an above commenter (timbal_t) said he bought it off of a stable master, I decided to submit a ticket to ask a GM. The GM responded that he was unable to confirm or deny that they are sold by stable masters, but that randomly spawning vendor items were a possibility and that it may be worth my effort to continue checking them.

I think I'll just take my chances in Feralas. =/

Comment by BlackRabbit

Got it in 5 min on my Warlock :D

Did 5 runs on my mage to no avail...
(killed everything I saw)
-> Run #1: 2h30; mainly Sprite Darter & Frayfeather Stagwing
-> Run #2: 1h; mainly Frayfeather Stagwing
-> Run #3: 1h; mainly Frayfeather Stagwing
-> Run #4: 1h; mainly Sprite Darter & Frayfeather Stagwing
-> Run #5: 3h; litterally everything. Went around the entire area twice... got 5 elites along the way T_T & the quest achieve.

In the end, my mage had to fly out of Feralas avoiding the pitchforks and torches from PETA activists.

Comment by sugarstick

i hope to someday get this little guy he is so cute been framimh for him for a long time but still no luck :) good luck grats if u get him

Comment by cybermusen

Got my Sprite Darter Hatchling today after 5805 kills.

I was farming after it in Feralas, at New Thalanaar there are alot of Grimtotem Marauder´s the respawn super fast so you can keep running in circles.

I used the guide posted by Limez ty for a great guide to farming it :-)

Comment by 749662

Yuck is all i can say...
The quest for the gorgeous pet no longer exists in game.
2 of the top dropping mobs are also friendly and not attackable...
They are the Sprite Darter and Frayfeather Stagwing. So don't bother.
You now have to grind mobs for hours in order to get the drop / pet.

Best place i found is at New Thalanaar, Far west of Feralas.
The mobs there are called Grimtotem Marauder and spawn rate is quick.
Been here for 2 hours now and still no drop. I have 50 stacks of silk and glad i also have a trav tundra mount :P
Have read up alot on this and they are telling me it is a zone wide drop...fingers and toes are crossed.

Blizz stuffed this one up, really. Such a gorgeous pet should have stayed part of a quest line, a long quest line it was, which is fair for a pet like this one. Doing quests as that is one of the reasons i play, at least there was an end, the pet :) But grinding for it, what a drag, not a stranger to grinding as i am "insane". But not fair to do it for this pet.

{EDIT / UPDATE} 3 hours of mindless grinding and still no pet...Further reading has lead me to the top of Feralas where the Emerald whelps spawn...They drop more blues, patterns and possibility of the Emerald whelp pet also...Fingers crossed. :P

Comment by Darksolder

Thank god I can cross this one off my list.

I Was farming this and the Emerald Whelpling at the same time, got it 23 kills after I got the Emerald and then moved to New Thalanaar.

Was using a combo of the addons Rarity and Bunny Hunter. I was tracking both this and the Sprite Darter at the same time.

According to the addon:
It's a 1/10000 drop chance
Median loots is 6931
I got it after 1979 kills which is I guess equivalent to having a statistical chance of seeing it of 17.96%.

Comment by 769573

I have been hunting the noxious whelp for the emerald whelpling and i got this today after my 181 kill, i have killed over a thousand about 2 months ago and i was really happy to get this guy. I hope i get the emerald whelp next.

Comment by 962713

I farmed these for 10 hours a day for a good 8 months to get my drop. I worked towards this since I was level 34, and I was 85 before I saw a drop. I was determined, but I got one. It's not always the case of "Oh all these people got lucky, maybe I will too!". Be.. prepared for a long farm, it's a lot less disappointing then getting your hopes up.

Cutest little pet though. I always use him to tag along with my troll hunter now. Funny thing is, I didn't even get it from a sprite darter, mine dropped from one of the woodpaws. Talk about lucky.

Comment by 751444

Does any one know if these are dropped inside the Dire Maul instance? So far I have not found anything to suggest yes, but it's more of a hopeful question.

Comment by 274168

CONFIRMED DROP from Noxious Whelp - proof: image link.

I have grinded alot of items in WoW but this is by far the worst grind ever.

I am well aware aswell that it's all about luck considering the RNG but I can imagine that alot of people doubt the drop from the whelps!

But this grind earned me alot of gold aswell as I got 9 and yes you heard me - nine, Tiny Emerald Whelplings

And 8 rare drops, and this is the most frustrating part as they can't drop any epic world drops. (I did loot 3 Kaleidoscope Chain aswell, consider it's a world drop.)

Tip: engineers can you use a Loot-A-Rang to make it a little bit easier!

This took me over a month to farm, over 11 000 whelps and I do know my image says 10 000 but MobInfo crashed a few times and did not save my info and around 13 500+ in total mobs in Feralas.

Hang in there, eventually you will see it drop and then you will know it's worth the time!

Good luck farming this!

Comment by Bonellia

Just got one today at Ruins of Ravenwind in Feralas. Just to make sure people who still trying to farm these it still drops. Happy farming, good luck! :)

Comment by 991302

ive been farming sprite darters and the noxious whelps on and off for the past 2 weeks, either i'm really unlucky, or i'm doing something wrong. i'll bet with all my farming tons have people have gotten sprite darters on their first try. "sigh" i'll keep trying and keep you posted. if anyone knows of any other good farming places please let me know, i'm going on 2000 kills.

Comment by LaneyLune

All the other zone drops companions are BoE, Azure Whelping, etc. It would be nice if this one was too, instead of BoP.

Comment by Cantralian

This is just a note for anyone farming this in 4.3. Don't give up; it does still drop!

It took me 11124 Grimtotem Marauder kills across two days--around 17 hours total--to get this guy. I also ended up with over 8000 silk cloth, which I just started vendoring, around 250 greens (including some full transmog sets), several blues and the Fiery war axe.

I strongly suggest installing the Rarity add-on; even if you don't care how many mobs you have to kill to get the egg, it lets you know loudly and visually that you finally have it. Without the add-on I would have missed its drop entirely (was zoning out pretty hard by that point).

A portable mailbox/vendor helps a lot, so if you can find one to bring it's worth it. If you're not a hunter or other class with a speed boost, bring one if you can find one or find another way to up your speed. I popped my hunter alt on follow with aspect of the pack - made it quicker and gave me someone to pass loot to.

Good luck and it was totally worth it; this little bugger is adorable.

Comment by Naxius112358

I found the Rarity addon really helped me with farming this pet.

I'm one of those people who have a hard time farming for things without constant reward (like a rep increase). So this grind was especially scary because of the extremely low drop rate.

However, rarity gives me a little bar telling what the chances are that I had seen the pet. Every percent, the bar would fill up a bit, just like a rep bar. It became a great reward to see that bar fill up little by little.

So if you are like me and need some sort of reward every kill, I really suggest the Rarity addon.

Bunny Hunter does the same thing, but the drop rate that Bunny Hunter follows is the old drop rate.

Comment by 986725

Farming tips for this pet:

If you look up Sprite Darter Egg, you'll see that it's dropped from almost any mob in Feralas along with a rare NPC in Swamp of Sorrows, however the drop rates are all 0.06 or less accross the board.

I find the best place to farm this pet is in New Thallanaar (west of Camp Mojache), and kill the Grimtotem Marauders. They arent on the top of the charts as far as the drop rates are concerned, but these mobs have a VERY fast re-spawn rate, I was one shotting them with AoE spells and they were still respawning faster than I could kill them all, so no time was wasted. Not to mention these guys drop Slik Cloth, and they have an extensive drop table of random world drops which could come in handy for transmogrification so you can still be rather productive during the hours you'll spend farming this. I managed to get 921 silk cloth, and 43 different green world drops, and 2 blue ones.

This item is a BoP so make sure you are using the toon you want to have the pet to farm the pet. Also make sure you have plenty of bag space because you'll be killing ALOT of these.

First thing you'll want to do is get the Rarity addon, you can set this to play a sound when the item finally drops. This is rather important because you stand a good chance at missing the drop, and could go on farming for hours before you realise that you've had it in your bags all that time.

If you are Horde, you'll want to set your Hearthstone to Camp Mojache, it's not far from the farming site, and you'll have access to a mailbox, an innkeeper, and a repair vendor.

If you are Alliance, your closest town with the services mentioned above will be Feathemoon Stronghold on the west coast of Feralas, so you'll want to set your Hearthstone there.

It's also advisable to have a bank alt ready to receive your harvests as your bags will fill up rather fast.

The above tips will help to expedite the process as much as possible. It took me about 6 hours using this method, so you'll want to get comfortable. Basically, just grind your best AoE spells to kill the Grimtotem Marauders in New Thalanaar. If you play Horde, avoid targeting and killing the Night elf NPCs in the area because alerts will go off in general chat, and you'll be flagged for PvP. But you can use AoE spells to kill the Marauders without killing the night elves, as long as you don't target and attack them, but once you attack them, your AoE spells will harm them until you are no longer flagged for PvP. However, flagged or not, the Night Elves will still attack you, but it's nothing to worry about because any 85 can withstand the damage they deal, and no 85 ally gaurds spawn in the area.
If your AoE spells aren't effective enough to kill them at a fast rate, then you can use this macro to avoid targeting the night elf NPCs.
/target Grimtotem Marauder
Avoiding PvP is somewhat important because ally will get alerts and you could get ganked which of course can slow down the process. Even if you're on a PvP server, it may help to do this so as not to alert ally players in general chat, and attract allys looking for someone to gank.
Once you've killed enough of these to fill your bags, just hearth to your nearest faction town, send the drops to your bank alt with the mail box, sell your grays to a vendor, and repeat. It also doesn't hurt to return on foot considering the item drops from almost every mob in Feralas.

I would also like to add, that this is a very optimal time to farm for this along with other random world drops. With a new expansion just around the corner, getting gear and stuff is becoming less important, and you really never know what blizzard might decide to do with things like this to make it even harder to get.

Either way, it's worth it, and I'm glad that it's BoP because it shows that you've earned it either through through perseverance or luck (the former being most likely). IMO, this is one of the best pets in the game, and it just goes to show you that the best things that WoW has to offer cannot be obtained with gold, points, or money.

Comment by 996217

27k in swapping between Noxious whelps and Grimtotems. SO MUCH SILK! and plenty of emeralds to hand around!

Comment by SpriteDarterEgg

Just got this little guy at about 23,000 kills. I thought I'd share my experience.

I followed the advice below in Oberheim's lovely post. I used the rarity addon just to keep a measure on exactly how many mobs I'd killed in Feralas. I went to New Thalanaar for a few days on end in order to accomplish this, and I killed Grimtotem Marauder upon Grimtotem Marauder. My total time was around 25 hours of grinding mindlessly, and it took quite some determination to keep going!

The Grimtotems dropped several blues, and even two purples for me (Staff of Jordan and Bow of Searing Arrows), along with several plans (mostly tailoring, and even a blue plan). The rest of the drops are primarily Silk Cloth (an excellent spot for it!), Mageweave, though the stacks are few and far between and limited to one at a time, so it's not a viable spot for it, mana and healing potions and food and drink of the same level. A large quantity of greens drop as well, the most valuable for direct vendoring having a value of about 1 gold 30 silver, and a lot of 'normal' items as well.

I can't emphasise enough how great this place is for Silk Cloth, though. I unintentionally flooded the Silk Cloth market on my server. I'd highly recommend it for any person looking to accumulate the stuff.

Thank you all for your success stories, and especially to Oberheim for your great post (if ever you see this). The stories were a much needed source of inspiration during the grind. I thought I might've been doomed to fight Grimtotem Marauders for the rest of my life! To all aiming to get this little faerie dragon - hang in there! I think mine was a more extreme case, and with a bit of luck it would take far less effort for most. The strange thing's that on my final, successful trip, I only killed about 120 Grimtotems before the egg dropped. Random numbers can be funny that way.

So, consider this an additional confirmation that this little pet still drops. Good luck to everyone who tries to get it - it's really worth it. The little thing is just too cute!

Comment by Kameeltje

starting to thik this egg is not going to drop anymore i killed 22600 now and still nothing its driving me crazy

Comment by 998068

This dropped for me off of a Noxious Whelp in Feralas while looking for the Tiny Emerald Whelpling, I was doing laps around the lake above Dreamers Rest.

Comment by Kameeltje

39856 kills and still no egg im so unlucky :(

pffff finaly after 43797 kills i got it :)

Comment by lincpig

i am up to 20k kills so far and yes i am licking the windows now but at least i am making a bit of gold from all the silk that i am farming i hope that i drops soon

Comment by ironskillet

one thing i would suggest, if you also need the emerald whelpling

is to farm the noxious whelps, then you have a chance at getting 2 pets instead of 1.

Comment by 997098

Just got mine after 2442 kills of Grimtotem Marauders, with this only being my second night of farming.

Didn't even realise it had dropped, I was getting bored of the endless farming and so decided to pack it in for the night, so went back to Stormwind, went to put the masses of silk cloth I had acquired on the AH and found this lil' fella in my bag!

Was so pleased to finally see him by my side!

Suppose I was fairly lucky as I know it usually takes a lot longer than this to farm this guy.

New Thalanaar definitely proved the best place to farm, just stick at it! One of my favourite companions, so it was totally worth it for me :3

Comment by 951152

looted after 58 kills of farming heavy leather off the rage scar yetis

Comment by 971744

Still hasn't dropped for me yet, though I've got two blues and an epic to show for my efforts. Grimtotem Marauders really are the best way to go.

Comment by JrekklunHunter

I have reached, and thus far passed 28,000 kills, and I have still not seen this pet. I am worried that I could have done something wrong, though for everything after the first eight thousand kills, I've been using the addon "Rarity" which records kills and will alert me loudly if the pet drops for me. I'm wondering how long I should wait before contacting Blizzard for a potential Bug report.

Comment by SencaAP

Droped for me afther around 1500 kills, sadly on my alt but with panda I hope my main gets it aswell :)
Droped of the Noxious Whelps (all 1500 are those kills)(also 51green, a Ogre Strength pattern and 1 Tiny Green Whelping)

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Comment by 1014296

...Still grinding ...

Comment by ironskillet

i highly suggest the grimtotem farming spot in east feralas suggested by limez, AND doing it with a partner if you can find one.

someone take the docks, someone take the mainland, spend 10 minutes killing instant respawning grimtotem (works best with 2 range heroes) then loot, rinse repeat.

Comment by 365880

Do yourself a favor when farming this and only farm the Noxious Welps at the north end of the map around the Dream Bough. The reason is that these whelps also drop the Tiny Emerald Whelpling pet, which is BoE and typically sells for 5-10k gold. They have a fast respawn rate (you can do nonstop circuits around the lake), and if you're going to be farming for one incredibly rare drop, you might as well farm up another incredibly rare drop that you can sell at the same time.

Oh, and apparently I'm incredibly lucky at having bad luck. The darter dropped for me after about 650 noxious welp kills. Only problem is I already have it and was trying to get the emerald whelpling. Oh well, I'll save the egg until MoP when it becomes sellable and make a small fortune off it from the pet battle crowd. =)

Comment by jhall83

To those of you farming the Grimtotem Mauraders and going crazy.... the egg DOES drop from them. Rarity addon counted 9734 kills for mine to drop. Its a real beating, but the pet is super awesome! Good luck fellow grinders!

Comment by Destian

Can anyone confirm whether or not it will prompt you to verify looting it due to it being soulbound?

I was planning to grind with my fiancee who needs it and I didn't want to accidentally loot it when she needs it, not me.

Comment by 1019048

!
I just got a Sprite Darter Egg while farming for the Tiny Emerald Whelpling! 336th loot. Now that's against the odds. lol (.01% drop chance from Noxious Whelps)

Got my Tiny Emerald Whelpling on my 1936th kill... lol

Comment by Paulosio

Any info on wether this item will become BOE when mists hits ? I just got 1 that I don't need because my main got the pet from when it was a quest reward.

Hope it does become BOE as it will be worth a lot of gold to someone.

Comment by 1023509

I got my sprite darter egg dropped from the grimtotem marauders near New Thalanaar (the ongoing battle with fast respawns) after 12K and a bit kills. Downloaded rarity addon about 2.5K kills before i got it. Was so happy it popped up :D Btw: hated myself for not getting loremaster before patch 4.01 since then it was still available by doing a questchain :s Good luck all ;)

Comment by Invaki

This cute little guy is one of my favorite non-combat pets in the game. I really should've gotten him back when it was easier... /sigh
Oh well, 5k mobs down, who knows how many more to go.

New Thalanaar is definitely a less time-consuming spot to farm than the Noxious Whelps in northern Feralas. (However, the Tauren don't drop the Emerald Whelpling.) I've tried both places and was able to kill many times more mobs per hour in New Thalanaar (about 500/hr). Those dang Tauren just don't know when to quit...

Edit: After 7,293 Feralas mobs killed, the Sprite Darter Egg dropped off a Grimtotem Marauder in New Thalanaar! Never would've noticed him if Rarity (an amazing addon - get it) hadn't popped up.
I now prepare to be downrated by people who have farmed over 20,000 mobs and have yet to see him drop. However, do not give up hope my jealous friends, for this small darter awaits you to rescue him from his terrible captor(s)!

Blizz better make this a rare-quality battle pet come MoP... Or else...

Edit Edit: Could it be that this pet is now rarer than the Hyacinth Macaw? Do my eyes deceive me? Why Blizz, just why.

Comment by Thottbot

Here's how to get one. In Ferales by the Grimtotem camp, there are 2 NPC Night Elves on the hill across the pond next to the cage holding the sprite darters. First, they want you to assist in freeing some of the captured darters (5 or 6 min. timer). After that, they want you to kill some Grimtotems. Next, you take a Signet ring to High Priestess Tyrande Whisperwind in Darnassus (Temple of the Moon). She does not send you, but report back to the NE's in Ferales, and they send you with a fragile egg to see Quentin in Shimmering flats. He wants you to bring him 2 Elixir's of Fortitude. Next, he sends you to Agnar Beastmaster in Hinterlands (1 hour timer). As you are about to become a parent, Agnar sends you to collect food for your hatchling, 5 Silvermane Stalker Flanks. Once you return with them, You have your Sprite Darter Egg. :)

Comment by Thottbot

It really annoys me,to many things are alliance only.
prairie chicken: even tho it 's possible to get one with the horde by stealing one of a alliance.
That rod that change someone in a furbolg.
and, now they also get a fearie dragon?
it 's really a pain in the butt, i love these fearie dragons and i really looked forward to get one! :(

besides, about the fearie dragons assisting the nightelfs in wc3.
fine.. then we should be able to get a duskbat pet, right?

Comment by Thottbot

Before turning in the elixers, mark your Hearthstone to Airie Peak. Takes the 1-hour time limit out of the picture. I am almost done with this - just need to turn in the elixers - servers messed up all weekend, making travel dangerous at best between continents. Myself and a hunter guildmate breezed through the first parts of this quest (he was 46, I am 47 rogue) and the fighting in the first part is chaotic at best. The wolves you kill in Hinterlands are the ones near the coast that shadow-out, like the shadow catss in STV.

As I am a "pet hor" I have to get this. I have almost one of every pet in the game (including a crimson whelping) and am working on the dark and emerald whelpings. And, the Worg Puppy is NOT a hoard only pet. There is also a spider hatchling in the same area as the worg puppy.

http://www.mrc.soton.ac.uk/lstyles/LBRSWorgPupGuide/LBRSWorgPupGuide.htm

Comment by Thottbot

coordinates: 65,45
Jer'kai Moonweaver and Kindal Moonweaver.. forgot to write the quest name down

Comment by Thottbot

When you get into Lower Wilds in Feralas, go left into that grimtotem camp. Keep left a little. There is a tree near a structure in the camp. To the left of the tree is a very small mountain path, on the edge of the mountain there. Go up it, takes you a lil down, there are the 2 night elves.

Hint: Before starting the first quest, Freedom to all Creatures, clear the area near the sprite darter cage. And when 6 survive, and Kindal survives, it will tell you complete. It won't tell you complete if 6 sprites don't survive, so kill anything attacking them. Then you go back up, wait for her to respawn, and talk to her. Then you talk to Jer'kai. Then you complete her quest.

That's where i am at now. Hope that helps starters.

Comment by Thottbot

I'm a lvl 44 lock doing the quest to get this pet right now. Locks can get pets, i have like 5 already.

Comment by Thottbot

The above comment is correct, except the Night Elves are in Feralas, not Ashara. Other than that following the directions and you'll have your sprite darter.

Comment by Thottbot

I agree with the post above that said "I wouldnt mind not being able to get this pet, if there was some pet that was horde exclusive also." Well being a small pet fanatic in WoW (have pretty much everything except the collecter edition ones, and this), I can tell that you there is no pet in this game that alliance cannot get somehow (either through neutral AH, or some hard quest). HOWEVER, there was 1 pet we (horde) finally had in the latest patch that alliance couldnt get...and that was the tranquil mechanical yeti. Well now blizzard has decided to move that NPC from Org (that obviously attacked ally) to Everlook, how sweet of them. So now alliance in some way shape or from can get any pet they want in this game...While this is 100% impossible for horde since NPC attacks you, and cant be sold in neutral AH cause its BoP. Just thought I would type this so no horde waste his time...

Comment by Thottbot

ANYONE on the Alliance side can obtain one of these, they do not attack, they do not give passive effects, they are the same as every other pet aside the look... Horde can't get one.

Comment by Thottbot

whatz her name?....?

Comment by Thottbot

The quest chain posted her is correct. i did this quests myself and got the stupid pet now :p

Comment by Thottbot

Because the previous posts didn't help me find the quest to start the line for the pet I had to post a new one.

OK.. ON THE EAST side of Dire Maul there is a camp of guys just north of the road. You will see a small cage w/ several sprite darters in it. If you are facing directly north, to the west there is a little body of water and then west a bit more there is a HUGE tree. West of the tree is a small path headed behind the tree up a big hill and then down a bit to a ledge where the elves are w/ the FIRST QUEST! ...IT IS TIMED... I picked it up and then didn't pay attention that it was timed and had to drop it right away because I was afk for a bit. The quest giver will disappear but then come back.

I'd say the quest is lower than 45+..but im 50 so I don't really care.

Comment by Thottbot

a troll horde was killing sprite darters while i did this quest , after i open the cage the troll went in there and was attacking them , sooner or later the cage closed , hunter inside , GG. She was begging me to let her out , so i had to log over to horde and tell her to hearth cause the key was gone. Pretty funny nevertheless.

Comment by Thottbot

It's a blue chameleon with butterfly wings ... weird pet. But i want one.

Comment by Thottbot

As a collecter of rare pets I was shocked to hear this could be, and ever more shock when I heard it was ally only. Im a Tauren druid and collect pets. Got an owl(ally pet), all 3 welps, the worg, the spider, the ozzeling,and now I want this so bad. Now when I was about 20, I think I saw an Unead with this, and I think someone above said they did too. And I also saw above that horde can get this in Silverpine Forest near SFK from a dalarn person. Can any one conferm or deny this? Any answers would be very helpful.

Guild master of Havok, Unknowdruid
55 Tauren Druid
Thunderlord(PvP)

Comment by Thottbot

I've been wanting this little guy since about ...oh level 15 or so when I saw him. I finally got him 5 days ago and he makes my day brighter! :) Some people might not understand wanting to go through the work to get him, but it's worth it!

Comment by Thottbot

this quest is easy peasy as long as you know what to do...2 parts of the quest chain are timed...actually i think it might be 3 but nontheless... 1 thing i advise before starting the hcain is gettin 2 elixir of fortitude as u will need them for part of the quest chain...but I think its well worth it =)

Comment by Thottbot

Im a night elf druid and i went to kinal moonweaver in feralas and she will not give me the first quest freedom for all creatures.
Why wont kinal give me the quest?

do you need to be exalted with darn

Comment by Thottbot

Ok, since we can do it earlier than the required lvl, what lvl you guys think we should try this quest minimum?

Comment by Thottbot

IT APPEARS you need to be 42 to start quest line, and need to be 46 to do the last part!

1)"Freedom For All Creatures"
Obtained at lev 42
Timed,free darters with key provided
This quest is given from the Night Elves in Feralis near the Tauren camp just east of the Dire Maul entrance. You must go behind the huge tree to the west of the camp up a hill to get to the elves.

2)"Doling Justice"
Obtained at lev 40
Kill Count, kill like crazy

3)"Doling Justice"
Obtained at lev 41
Just go to Temple of the Moon in Darnassus up stairs for reward

THEN BACK TO FERALAS

4)"Unhatched Sprite Darter Egg"
Obtained at lev 41
Sends you to race way in Thousand Needles
BRING 2 Elixir of Fort to Thousand Needles to save time!

5)"A Short Incubation"
Obtained at lev 41
Give him the Elixirs

Off to Hinterlands..Timed, you have 1 hour!

6)"Food For Baby"
Obtained at lev 46
Gotta kill some wolves.. Mostly east side I think, and I hear reports of them being as high as lev 48.

7)"Becoming a Parent"

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I think that is all.. sry I didn't have links for the quests themself but you can look em up easy if you need more info than that. Also the 'obtained at lev' info doesn't make much sence but I just wrote what the quest said.

IF you know your way around the zones of the game and are high enough lev to breeze through this, the whole thing starts in Feralas, just once you end in Darnassus you have to remember to go back to Feralas.

DISCLAIMER-- I may have not wrote everything down exactly right, but if you know how to read quests, you will get the idea. When you start the line just keep in mind the 2 timed parts, and you will need 2 elixirs of fortitude.

Comment by Thottbot

ok i went to the night elf kindal and there is no quest available to get..i am lvl 45 ally and should be able to get it....nebody kno wats wrong?

Comment by Thottbot

That is odd. I am not sure what is wrong if you can't get a quest. Did you double check your log and make sure you didn't already have it and it failed or something? The first part IS timed so perhaps it was failed and you didn't notice. I often pick up quests but don't look at them till later when I prioritize them and then find out it was timed or I was suppose to pick up something by the quest giver first.

Either way, I was pretty sure about what I posted above, perhaps you can contact a GM about it.

Comment by Thottbot

I have ACTUALLY started an online petition over this. To veiw, go to www.petitionspot.com and search SPRITE DARTERS.

Comment by Thottbot

Doesn't Coca Cola own the name Sprite?

Comment by Thottbot

why is it that alliance gets all the quested pets and horde gets none?

just asking

Comment by Thottbot

can horde get 1?

Comment by Thottbot

just got mine today looks so awesome but kinda sucks how its so small and SO hard to get but so worth it to get this amazing pet

Comment by Thottbot

Ok I cannot find this quest giver. I have scoured the area and stayed for a while to see if she wanders or respawns but I cannot find her. I will keep an eye out but even with all the great advice I am having trouble.

lol rite after posting this I found here..shes still there!

Comment by Thottbot

This pet is simply the coolest companion in realm.

Comment by Thottbot

I had the weirdest thing today, my Sprite Darter started to sparkle and I was regening +20 mana very few secs O_o Now I don't have any buffs or items things that trigger this, nor was I in a group.
The mana regen stopped when the darter stopped sparkling... A few minutes later it happend again, so either Ive been glitching two times or this pet has a lot more to it then we think...
Ive submitted a screenshot, I hope it will be up soon.

Comment by Allakhazam

it rulez. easy quest, takes some time though and luckily im an alchemist for 1 part of the quest
not much people have it, while the quest is so easy

Comment by Allakhazam

I'm trying to get all the dragon pets but alas I am horde, I've already got the Crimson, working on Emerald but then I heard about this pet... Is there anyway for a horde member to get this besides Gadget AH, as NOTHING is ever on there and I don't wanna check it each day only to see it up on AH for like 100 g :/

Comment by Allakhazam

I was all happy and ready to farm a second one for either an alt or auction house -most likely auction house- when after about 10 more kills I realized it is bind on pick up. So for you horde pet collectors you will have to farm this one outside of the auction house.

Edited, Apr 19th 2009 8:25pm by rawq

Comment by Allakhazam

i want one on my main horde charactor. too bad alliance can only get them. :( its one of the cutest pets in the game1 ^.^ i have never seen anyone have one. *shrug*
i have the white and siamease cats im thinking of levling my dwarf priest so i can get this lol.

Comment by Allakhazam

I'm a lvl 50 UD Lock, and I got this while grinding Sprite Darters in Feralas. If you're Horde and want one, grind in Feralas, and you may just get one. I didn't realize how rare they were until I looked them up on here.

Comment by Allakhazam

It's Bind on Pickup, so you won't be able to get one as horde no matter what.

Quest rewards are always Bind on Pickup.

Comment by Allakhazam

read.. its bind on pickup.. you won't be seein this lil bugger in AH

Comment by Allakhazam

http://home.tiscali.nl/bruces/sprite_darter_hatchling.jpg

Better screenshot ;)

Edited, Fri May 20 08:56:29 2005

Comment by Allakhazam

I wrote up a complete walkthrough of this series of quests, to go with my other Guides (thanks for all the great feedbacks on them btw)...

http://www.playthingofthegods.com/SpriteDarterHatchlingGuide/SpriteDarterHatchlingGuide.htm

As with the others, it's very graphics intensive, if you're on a modem it'll take a while to load.

Dianius, 60 Night Elf Druid, Terenas (Euro)

Edit: This Guide (and all my others) is also mirrored on my other site...

http://www.playthingofthegods.net/SpriteDarterHatchlingGuide/SpriteDarterHatchlingGuide.htm

Edited, Fri Feb 3 10:11:46 2006

Comment by Allakhazam

The questgiver for the worg pup is a goblin and therefore you may get the quest from him.

Comment by Allakhazam

Please I want that hatchling. Im a lvl 50 pala and I cant see anything above Agnar Beastamer. Is this quest becoming a parent a follow up? If not why I cant see a mark above Agnar? And if it is a follow up were does the quest begins?

Its a cute dagon yeah!

Comment by Allakhazam

this is even more cute than a cat :>

Comment by Allakhazam

This was a fun quest. Note: it starts in Feralas with the quest "Freedom for All Creatures." I recommend if you are going to do it to have your 2 Elixir's of Fortitude handy then you don't have to run to the AH to get them if you can't make them when you get to Quentin's part of the quest chain.

Edited, Nov 19th 2007 5:31am by Ayanti

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Comment by Allakhazam

This pet is available to the Horde if we're willing to grind for it. I got mine today after about 20-odd kills in Feralas, no time at all (80 Hunter on Thrall.) The little sucker is BoP though, so yeah, don't bother checking the AH, gotta farm it ourselves :) Good luck!

Comment by greencatspryte

Hi, you cannot do this from BFA, it has been removed, only on wow classic now. Cheers, Cel

Comment by jaged82

Friend got this today as a drop from a Woodpaw Trapper in Feralas along the river north of Camp Mojache while doing the quest "War On The Woodpaw" with their horde toon.

Comment by Oonaga

I just had one of these drop while farming the Noxious Whelps for the Green Whelpling. Currently in a bit of a bad luck spell with 12,800 killed. I got one whelp and then the Srpite Darter three kills after it. They do still drop, and i think this is probably the best way to farm them as you get the chance of Green Whelp pets too!

Comment by Pneumonia

The exact coordinates for the starting quest are
/way 65.94 45.62

Comment by VeelaMage

I wasn't sure if this would be added until ulduar release considering it was added to the game originally at that time, however, after 20 minutes of farming (approximately) it dropped.
this is during the wrath of the litch king pre-patch. so if anyone wants it you're not wasting your time, keep farming away!

Comment by lovelilith

it dropped for me after 72 kills, took about 15-20 minutes

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