Patch 8.1.5 Pet News!
Patch 8.1 brings us a questline to rescue Hati, new allied races, and changes to the default names of special pets.
New pet features
Existing families with new tameable looks
Changes to the Default Names of Special Pets
As of Patch 8.1.5, a number of specifically-named rare creatures will now retain their original names when tamed. This adds a thematic feel for beasts that were more than just a generic NPC. It also allows those hunter pets to keep names that use characters that are normally prevented by the renaming procedure, like apostrophes, digits, and spaces. Note that you can still rename your pets after taming - you aren't stuck with the name. So far this feature only seems to be applied to a select number of rare NPCs, but hopefully it could expand to all specially-named NPCs.
Saving Hati
Hati is still alive, and he needs our help! During the draining of Titanstrike at the end of Legion, Hati narrowly escaped destruction, but at the cost of his essence being split in two. Patch 8.1.5 introduces a level 120 quest chain that allows you to rescue Hati's fragmented essences and reform him. This allows you to tame him in any or all of six different colours (listed below). See our full guide for the complete details.
New Allied Race Pets
Two new allied races are coming in 8.1.5 : Zandalari Trolls and Kul Tirans. The hunters of both races start with pets that have unique looks.
Zandalari Troll hunters start with a blue-grey stone direhorn. This is the first time a stone direhorn look has been available to hunters, and it's currently restricted to this starting pet, but hopefully all four colours of stone direhorns will become generally tameable in the future. Zandalari Trolls also know how to tame Direhorns by default - they don't need to obtain an Ancient Tome of Dinomancy like other hunters.
Kul Tiran hunters start with a white-spotted tawny falcon. The appearance of this Bird of Prey is also currently unique and unavailable to hunters of other races.
Family: Spirit Beasts
Model: Storm Wolves
The Hati questline unlocks all these different essences of Hati.
Tameable appearances
Family: Blood Beasts
Model: Blood Ticks
Tameable appearances
Family: Birds of Prey
Model: Falcons
This new spotted falcon look is currently restricted to the starting pet of Kul Tiran hunters.
