Wailing Critters - The new Pet Battle Dungeon

Patch 7.2 hit the PTR today and it brings the pet battle dungeon that was hinted at during last BlizzCon!
I tried it out and want to provide a little preview. If you want to go into the pet dungeon with 7.2 unspoiled - stop reading now! :-)


The dungeon quest starts in Dalarans pet shop at Serr'ah for Horde players and Lio the Lioness for Alliance. After picking up the breadcrumb quest from her you are being sent to the Southern Barrens to meet Muyani, right above the Wailing Caverns instance. She will give you the followup quest Wailing Critters and also sends you into the scenario of the same name.

The scenario has 7 stages and takes quite some time to complete!
Here is a step by step description of the whole thing:

• Stage 1: Deviate Dangers

You need to defeat the following three critters:

Deviate Smallclaw
Deviate Chomper
Deviate Flapper



All three are common (white) with around 1000 health points and the "Elite" buff, taking 50% reduced damage.
They come with two backline pets which are randomized among the three, so you might face three times the same Deviate, or different ones. There do not seem to be any other random pets in the instance apart from those three.

• Stage 2: Son of Skum

Next up is the Son of Skum, an epic beast with the "Boss" buff, which means he can't be dealt more than 35% of his health in one hit, and taking 50% reduced damage. No Iron Starlette easy peesy here ^^

• Stage 3: Legacy of Fangs

Once you beat the Son of Skum you will traverse a bit deeper into the caverns to face three serpents:

Vilefang
Dreadcoil
Phyxia


These are all uncommon (green) beasts with around 1200 health and again the Elite buff. They are accompanied by a random selection of the deviate enemies from stage 1 and are only a little bit more dangerous than the previous enemies, but not too special either.

• Stage 4: Call of the Serpent

Like before, you are now facing a single, epic quality opponent with the "Boss" buff. This time it is Hiss - Lord Serpentis' Companion, another snake.
This one doesn't do much else than the previous snakes, but hits a lot harder.

• Stage 5: Ectoplasmic Growth

When Hiss is defeated, a pathway opens up which you need to travel along. On the way you will encounter two Growing Ectoplasms, which need to be defeated.



These are Magic pets of rare (blue) quality, once more accompanied by deviate pets from Stage 1.

• Stage 6: A Shadowy Figure

Once you reach the highest platform in the instance, you will see a sleeping, shadowy figure. Approach it and it will give a tiny little back story on what's going on here. Maybe I'm exaggerating that a bit ^^ You'll see, it's funny!



There's nothing more you need to do to and the next phase begins.

• Stage 7: Everliving

Last but not least you face the Everliving Spore. A legendary Elemental pet with 2231 health points and the Boss buff:



It does a nasty AOE, but can also be defeated without much hassle.[/li][/ul]
At the end, you can jump back down to the entrance and are being rewarded with an Ultimate Battle-Training Stone and a follow-up challenge: Hard mode!

In the first run you can heal and revive your pets at any time, making it quite an easy experience. The hard mode challenge adds the Celestial Tournament restriction: no healing or reviving. Should you succeed, you will receive a new pet supply sack which can contain a few new pets.

That's it for now, but of course we will provide you with proper strategies before 7.2 hits the live servers!