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Comment by 1021044

Seeing as it isn't listed in the pet journal, currently, this pet does not seem to be in-game.

Comment by MMOSimca

This pet was correctly added to the game in Patch 5.1.0.

They spawn en masse throughout the zone at the edge of basically any body of water, regardless of size.

It is also important to note that their respawn is very unusually fast and they appear in very large clusters. You can level Flying pets (or pets with Flying moves) very, very well here because usually all three pets in a Eternal Strider battle will be Aquatic with the occasional Flying pet. It's also sometimes easier to find rare pets of other Vale species just as secondaries by mass battling these.

Comment by 156280

I found a few of these guys at the southwest corner of the circle pond in front of Mogu'shan Palace. I also found a few at the pond east of the Palace.

Also keep in mind that the character hadn't done any of the Vale quests and was still phase to most of the zone.

Comment by Midgetpower

This battle pet is found in pretty much any pool or stream in Vale of Eternal Blossoms.

Comment by Belindra

If anyone is wondering, there are rare spawns of these, took me quite a few striders to finally get mine. :)

Comment by Eillesthis

These will sometimes have Dancing Water Skimmers as secondaries, which are hard to find due to phasing. So there's another reason to kill/forfeit to lots of them!

Comment by 24587

These things are amazing for leveling new (low level) pets!

They generally have 2 different movesets, however, both movesets have non-damaging abilities in the first round.

So, generally speaking, you have a 1-in-3 chance your new level 1 pet will die. Allowing you to jump them to level 4-6 in a single fight fairly easily.

Alternatively, level a pet to about level 3-4, and you can survive the first hit (unless you are working on an elemental or mechanical pet, which *can* take extra, fatal, damage... as "poison spit"'s DOT component is the dangerous part for mechanicals, it can bypass the revive special of mechanical units.

Once that's out of the way, most of the rest of it is same-old. The striders have cleansing rain as a heal -- so not that bad -- and the 2ndary pet might be a flier -- their worst/annoying ability being cocoon strike.

Get your favorite pet for taking out aquatics and fliers as secondaries and go to town.

Due to the slower respawns & occurrences since 5.4, these are not the best for leveling 15+.. but an easy 1*-15 while waiting on SoO raiding

Comment by ilostmahbucket

If you're looking for the P/S breed, the stats in the pet battle may not line up with wowhead's calculator for some reason.

Comment by Endyrz

Since I haven't seen it mentioned... I spent a few days trying to find one of these, no luck. If you see the invasion going on, you'll need to turn back time. Visit Zidormi at 80, 32. Once that is done you can see the Eternal Striders.

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Eternal Strider

This NPC can be found in Vale of Eternal Blossoms (23).

Pet Battle: Vale of Eternal Blossoms

It seems like a trick to the eyes, but the eternal strider can walk across water, its small feet never breaking the surface.

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