1. Repeatable Trainers

Mar#1286

wrote on 04/03/2020

Looking for Squirt in the garrison, it is friday the 3rd April right now, im on a Oceanic server but understand these things go by LA time? that would mean it is 1:47 am friday 3rd atm but i still dont see Squirt.

wrote on 04/03/2020

oceanic servers reset daily at 15 p.m. and thus do world quests and daily quests

CoJo

wrote on 03/30/2020

The TD script given in the article for leveling pets using Icespine Hatchlings never actually swaps your leveling pet in btw.

To fix this, just add:
change(#3) [self(#1).active]

In a new line right after:
if [enemy(#3).active]

DavidG

wrote on 03/25/2020

Great guide, highly useful when you're trying to power level pets.

While it takes some setup, if you can get the hallows end decorations in your garrison, there's one that causes battle pets to spawn. These pets have the advantage that as soon as you defeat them, they respawn. So you can just stay in one place and fight them over and over.

Also, don't ignore running current pet battle dailies. As of BFA, there are daily battles that pay pet charms. Collect 60 charms and you can level a pet from 1 right to 25 by buying a stone from the vendor in the pet store in Dalaran (Broken Isles). At an average payout of 15 charms, run four battles, mail the charms to a single alt and you're done. Four battles to level a pet from 1 to 25 is fast in anyone's book: faster than using Pandaria and WoD trainers.

quinbouie wrote on 03/20/2020

Sorry, meant to say DragonsAfterDark

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Vapid wrote on 03/14/2020

I understand this is a Powerleveling for battle pets. But those of us who might have their collection all max level 25 - what would the optimal location be to level their alts and the best probable team of pets?

For example with a full heirloom set and the war mode buff, an alt can earn the same amount of XP from a single battle compared with a quest. The added bonus is you do not have to move or do anything besides press a button.

You no longer can do that inside the Garrison (I believe - perhaps I am wrong).

My best find has been a team of 3 level 25 moths and battling the Dancing Water Skimmer in Vale of Eternal Blossoms. There is a small group of 7 that you can complete in a simple cycle in about 8 minutes that lines up perfectly with the free heal. Often under 30 mins a level for 100 to 111, and 45mins per to 120. Obviously the gear ends up being crap on your character, etc.

With small kids who are willing to chill and watch me play - this has worked well for leveling alts instead of trying to stay alive during questing.

Does anyone else have recommendations for spots or teams for this type of alt character leveling?

wrote on 03/14/2020

Icespine Hatchlings in Frostfire Ridge. There's a levelling team mentioned above, but if you're not interested in levelling pets, and you have lots of bandages, then a Blackfuse Bombling and a Twilight Clutch-Sister speed the process up more than somewhat.

I used to do the Aquatics in Vale that you mention, and Critters in the field between Halfhill and Nishi as my character-XP method. Now it's all Icespines.

The downside of both Pandaria and Draenor, of course, is that your alt needs to be an appropriate level.

The other downside of levelling an alt by pet battles, I find, is that my brains start to dribble out my ears after about half a level, and my dry-cleaners are quite firm that they will not accept any more such stains, so I limit myself to finishing off a level now and then when I'm tired.

wrote on 03/14/2020

i don't know how much character xp xou gain from fighting wild pets (i guess it's not a lot) but if you want to use pet battles to also level up your alt then i would do the same thing: find a repeatable trainer listed above and beat them.
i've done that before and this kinda works for leveling (was far too boring for my taste tho) (edited)

Vapid wrote on 03/14/2020

Completely understandable - I mostly do it when my young son wants to hang out with me and I cannot actively level a character. He frequently interrupts and asks questions, so my brain cells don't die immediately lol.

I will look through the repeatable trainers and the Icespine - since I do have a large number of bandages.

For XP reference (from memory of Darkmoon Faire the past week)
I have heirlooms that give 55% xp bonus + Darkmoon 10% buff = 65% extra
100 lvl xp was 16000-17000
110 lvl xp was 18500-19000
119 lvl xp was 23000-24000

Or around that range - I do this again I will do a baseline xp, then heirloom boosted xp for reference.

I looked into AoE vs single target pets for quick wins and it feels like single target is faster. (edited)

Vapid#1520

wrote on 03/14/2020

I did not realize my earlier comments were not with me logged in - apologies,

Vapid#1520

wrote on 03/14/2020

So on my level 100 Mage

Warnode only 10%
7 rounds - 12540xp

Warmode and Heirloom (helm, shoulder, chest, back, leg, one ring)
9 rounds - 17328 xp
6 rounds - 18240 xp

And on my 103 DK

Warmode only
12226 xp

Warmonde+ Heirlooms
9 rounds - 17784 xp and 18720 xp

So there seems to be an increase of about 220xp per level for each battle. (edited)

wrote on 03/14/2020

just let your son level the pets then

wrote on 03/15/2020

*Sigh* I did this exercise and recorded it before, but I can't find it now, so I did it again:

4 battles against Icespines. Level 112 character. No heirlooms. No Warmode.

Time for 4 battles: 3:05
Total XP needed for level: 837,930
Starting XP: 121,017
Ending XP: 165.455
XP gain: 44,438
Average XP gain per battle: 11,109
Average XP gain per hour: 864,272
Average battles/level: around 80
Average Level gain per hour: 1.03

Notes:
1. I used Murkalot/BfB/TCS, which is optimum for speed, but not everyone has Murkalot.
2. Time included bandaging, stepping to next Icespine, engaging
3. Heirlooms do work with pet battle XP, but here I did it without to get a baseline
4. Keeping up that routine for more than half an hour, as I said above, makes me crazy.

Takeaway: levelling this way is competitive with questing on an XP/hour basis.

Alauraa#2331

wrote on 03/12/2020

Omg! I wish I had looked at this guide earlier, everytime when its Pet Battle Weekly I keep running all over the world not knowing your could pet battle the trainers multiple times >.>
This Guide is so perfect for Pet Battle Weekly with 200% Exp extra!!

wrote on 03/04/2020

Another day of running Squirt. I can't imagine what Lio thinks of me, every 2 minutes running over and saying 'my Dragon is dead again, FIX IT!!!!" Good thing we don't have an ASPCA in this game.

I'm telling you people, if you don't have Bronze Whelpling (speed build of 325) and Widget, sink the money into getting them. The strat has been 100% perfect for me.

Lark

wrote on 02/22/2020

Hey all, I like levelling lv1s at Vale of Eternal Blossoms on the Aquatics there (listed above as Dancing Water Skimmer) It's right outside both horde and alliance shrines/towns so easy to access and safe for low level characters.

Three spots fairly close with 3/4 pets each so you can use treats and not run out of pets to fight.

Spots:
/way 74, 57
/way 87, 46
/way 73, 27

Team:
1. Levelling pet
2. Teroclaw Hatchling / Moth
3. Moth

And here is the script I wrote, it'll still run with two moths, but the Teroclaw does double hits and has heals via ravage for the grind sustain. The underwater bit is for the secondary pet Civets who dive, you can attack them as primary over skimmers quite easily.

Script:
use(#1) [round=1]
change(#2) [round=2]

if [enemy.aura(Underwater:830).exists]
use(Dodge:312)
endif

if [enemy.hp<=500]
use(Ravage:802)
endif

use(Alpha Strike:504)

use(Cocoon Strike:506)
use(Moth Dust:508)
use(Slicing Wind:420)

if [self(#3).dead & self(#1).active]
use(#1)
endif

change(next)

(edited)

Amber1019

wrote on 03/14/2020

I made a script for 2 moths, too. I'm going to try yours, but I thought I'd leave mine here, too. (It's for the same areas you mentioned.)
I'm using an Ashwing Moth and a Luyu Moth, with the leveling pet in the 1st slot.
Ashwing Moth: abilities 1, 2, 1.
Luyu Moth: abilities 2, 1, 2
It's the very first pet battle script I've ever made, so it's really sloppy, but hey... it works. lol.

use(#1) [ round=1 ]
change(#2) [ self(#1).active ]
use(#2) [ enemy.aura(Underground:340).exists ]
use(#2) [ enemy.aura(PumpedUp:296).exists ]
use(#2) [ enemy.aura(Survival:283).exists ]
use(#2) [ enemy.aura(Underwater:830).exists ]
use(#3)
standby [ self.aura(Asleep).exists ]
standby [ self.aura(Polymorphed).exists ]
change(#3) [ self(#2).dead ]
ability(#1)

Edit/Update: Dang, that teroclaw hatchling rips through these battle pets. This is awesome. Thank you for sharing your script with us. (edited)

Lark

wrote on 03/19/2020

Right? Plus he self heals so you save bandages ^_^

wrote on 02/19/2020

While I'm not a casual pet leveler, I hadn't done much research. Thus I didn't know how massively awesome Squirt was until a few days before yesterday's arrival. I went in with the bronze whelpling / widget combo, and with a hat, a 50% pet treat and maybe 12 of the 150+ level stones I had for that final one level push, I managed to get 44 more pets to lvl 25 (558, all rares). In 15 more days I'll be prepared to work again, and I can't wait until May when it coincides with the pet leveling week where I can do clean-up on the rest of my pets. (edited)

wrote on 02/13/2020

Something I've been pondering about pet charms and leveling.

When Shadowlands comes out, we'll get a new form of pet charm currency. Do you think it's reasonable to expect that Polished and Shiny charms will be combined into one or the other, and of course all BFA and previous will cost that currency?

I ask because I have a LOT of shiny pet charms. If this were to happen, I could buy all my BFA battle pets after Shadowlands releases. If it has a good chance of happening, my polished pet charms would be better spent buying training stones to turn good pets into rares to boost my dungeon teams.

Thoughts?

Aranesh

wrote on 02/13/2020

Quite likely! Would fit well with how other currencies are treated over expansions. I just hope we'll know well in advance before any actual change :D

wrote on 02/14/2020

i doubt they're going to merge the older charms. my bet is blizz will just implement a newer charm for shadowlands and remove some of the vendor items you were able to buy with the polished charms.
but hopefully we'll see that on the beta/ptr before shadowlands goes live

wrote on 02/15/2020

I could have sworn that when BFA came out, we had a merging of Legion and Warlords pet currency, because suddenly I was able to buy all the Legion content even though I hardly had any charms for that expansion.

I'm figuring on the regular stuff, like the training stones of all sorts, will move to the new currency of course, but the pets will now be old and would be the old currency.

wrote on 02/15/2020

wod and legion had the same currencies because they didn't make a new charm for legion. i guess they didn't bother because there weren't so many new things to buy with the shiny charms in legion as there are in bfa

Hoazl wrote on 01/29/2020

Thanks for the great guide! Small mistake I noticed: The next pet battle bonus event starts at March 11th, not March 13th as mentioned in the "Dates for the Pet Battle Bonus Event in 2020 " section :)

wrote on 01/29/2020

I think you're mistaking the intention of the date, 11th March is when the Week begins in EU, but 13th is when Squirt is up that week.

Hoazl wrote on 01/30/2020

Nope, I'm explicitely talking about the upcoming bonus event dates in section 3.1 - which lists squirt day as start day (13th) while it should be the Wednesday before (11th)

wrote on 02/14/2020

Oh, you're right. I'll poke someone.

Edit: Fixed. Thanks, Shenk! (edited)

wrote on 02/15/2020

:sadping: