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Comment by sunsette

I found mind southeast of the Everbloom wilds flightpath. waypoint 58.32 53.16

Comment by Nimel

Found one (46.93 ; 90.34) at the left of the flying path (Bastion Rise, horde) just near the lake and near a Highlands Riverbeast. (NOTE: not a secondary pet from fighting other wild battle pets.)

Comment by Aliandrin

Very many of these will be underwater and not engagable. The very topmost spawn point on this map (58, 52) (topmost, but not the one to the right) has a shallow pool, in which a Mudback Calf can spawn, and it will be able to be battled.

As already said by another comment, these are indeed rare uniques, meaning they are endemic to this zone (they appear here and only here) and will never be a secondary joiner to a battle.

Comment by Wolfwings

Spawn in pools with larger hippos in Gorgrond. Appear to have a decent spawn time, and seem to share spawn points with the critters of the same name: 'Mudback Calf'. Spent some time killing the critters and eventually had a battle pet version spawn.

If you had a similar experience with the calfs sharing a spawn point with the critters, please reply below.

Comment by ZJPV1

Saw a few of these in the pools just south of Deadgrin (the first Laughing Skull town you see in Gorgrond as Horse.)

Comment by Malersi

Found one at 62,55 - was underwater but still able to engage in battle!

Comment by Rayanna

Found one at 41, 77 in The Fertile Ground. I kept getting the error that that battle area was obstructed despite him being on the shore and not underwater. I followed him around for a bit and kept clicking on him and eventually it let me battle and capture him. So if you get this error, just keep clicking as they walk around.

Comment by Amerelock

Two of these little guys were spawned at coords - 45, 90 in the Tailthrasher Basin.

The great thing about this area is the water isn't too deep and the ones that were spawned in the location were hanging out near the edge of the pool so there were no issues engaging in battle with them.

I had been searching for these for a while - so I got lucky when I found these two. One was a rare spawn; the other was an uncommon.

Comment by enough01

He all

Today I found the cute Mudback calf, he/she was indeed @62.55 underwater. I coudnt battle it underwater I went out of the water and that worked.

I hope this will help you too

Have a nice day and Enough = Enough

GL all

Comment by Volleynova

46,89 beside the pool in South Gorgrond.

Comment by Crusalis

Blizz wanted to troll with this one. Saw no less than 6 non pet battle-able mudback calfs in one pool :(

Comment by eracer71

I found mine today at 40, 76. Above ground at the edge of the pond. Very easy to engage. Good luck everyone

Comment by moskwa1980

had two battle pets in short respawn time at 47, 87 in the pool next to Tarlna the Ageless and was unlucky for many times in other spots

Comment by asloversgo

I decided to camp both Bastion Rise and Wildwood Wash, but to no avail, even after killing off the non-battle pet critters and waiting for spawns. I decided to check Evermorn Springs, and found three right off the bat. Definitely worth checking out.

Comment by Kheffe

Found mine at 47, 87

Comment by 1499473

The Calf I found and battled was in the pool right next to Wildwood Wash Flight Path, on the right middle side of Gorgrond (Screenshot Submitted with Map). It took a few attempts as he roamed close to the shore (As you cannot be swimming to engage) before I was able to click on him and start the battle. Out of the whole area I only saw two calves in that pool next to the FP but as I personally only needed one, it worked. He was of poor quality. Not too far away, next to the stone bridge with the bigger Lazymaw Riverbeasts, there was another Calf that was OUTSIDE of the pools (I sumbitted another screenshot with map).

This pet does not assist other pets in battle, Example: If you battle the Axebeak Hatchling, the Mudback Calf will NOT assist.

Happy Hunting!

Comment by alphaomega16

Why is this thing so blooming hard to find, jesus.

Comment by Evillilith

Just found one at 51, 60 after checking all the recommended areas. He was in the water but i found a spot at the North side of the water hole where i could still stand up in the water and challenge it when it walked nearer to me. It was a rare level 25 pet and a easy capture.

Comment by PleaTheFlea

If you want to find this battle pet quickly... simply realm hop. Found 2 on a low population realm that I stumbled across.

Good luck.

Comment by 884267

One of the very, very few beasts with an aquatic ability. This may be worth the farm. Good luck!

Other beasts with aquatic abilities are:
1. Albino River Calf, which requires reputation farming.
2. Bucktooth Flapper, which is an otter variant, found in the Jade Forest.
3. Sumprush Rodent, similar to the above with a few different moves in the other slots. Found in Krasarang Wilds.
4. Flat-Tooth Calf, found in Talador. Same breeds and abilities, but more green-ish.
5. Periwrinkle Calf, found from the Tanaan pet satchel. Has H/H and HP, and a different moveset. (guaranteed stun+takedown, yes please)

Those are all the ones I could find. They're useful against those turnips and carrots. Enjoy!

Comment by zefyre

Found one after a few realm hops, and it was in the middle of a lake, impossible to be engaged for a pet battle due to a permanently obstructed area.
Cheers blizz.

Comment by embmmusic

I finally found one after a long time wandering around killing stuff trying to get it to spawn. My first pet crit it and one-shot it :(

Comment by DIABRO

/way 41, 77 Mudback Calf

Almost always up at this location

Comment by Liukkari

I spent almost and hour flying all spawn points and killing all critter ones and no luck...
Logged to different char with wm and poof 2mins and found one!
I Suggest using 2 characters one w/o wm and one with wm. :)

Comment by AllianceHead

Caught an Uncommon at 41, 76 today.

Comment by Avra04

Try turning on Warmode if you can't find the mudcalf. I looked for about 2 hours and then after turning on Warmode found one withing 2 minutes.

Comment by incith

Didn't find any for a couple of hours..so I camped out around 47,88 and killed all the critters, all of them, anything I could find. Battle critters and regular critters. After about 10 minutes 2 mudback calfs spawned for my taking.

Comment by Kharlkuhlinayn

The key really is two-fold. Clearing the non-battle versions AND clearing other battle pets in the general vicinity so that when they respawn, there is a chance they respawn in the pools as the calf.

I spent close to 3 or 4 hours total flying from pond to pond and killing all the non-battle versions and they always just re-spawned as the same thing. Once I started killing them and then flying around and blasting the other battle pets since I already had them as rares anyways) the calves started re-spawning as battle pet versions and I had all 3 breeds including a rare version of the preferred H/P breed.

The biggest issue is you have to do most of it yourself because there is rarely anyone in the zone anymore. When I was there, /who showed me noone else in the zone. I would have been happy to help kill battle pets to help the calf spawns if someone else was hunting for them since I had mine. :)

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Mudback Calf

This NPC can be found in Gorgrond (27).

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Surprisingly quick when provoked, but easily calmed with a meal of Nagrand arrowbloom.

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