Hi! So I am a level 20 Panderan, I chose alliance as my faction and then was brought to Stormwind. Now I need to go back to Pandaria and I can’t figure out how. I went to the portal room in Storm wind at the Mage tower, and I can see the portal but I cannot interact with it. I also went to the panda area in storm wind with the hot air balloon and the mount trainer but there is no portal for me there either. Do I have to do something to unlock those?
That wasn’t Pandaria, it was the Wandering Isle and we can’t return there.
At level 80 you’ll be able to quest in Pandaria though, until then you can level through the Eastern Kingdoms or Kalimdor until around 60, then Outland and/or Northrend. You can check your Adventure Journal (J) if you need suggestions, or use one of the Hero’s Command boards near the banks in Stormwind and other capitals.
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Oh! Wow that makes sense, thank you. You can’t ever go back to the wandering isle??
Nope, after you left it wandered away.
Goblins have a similar issue as their starting zone gets destroyed and Worgen abandon theirs.
Aw! That’s a bummer but thanks so much for telling me it was driving me crazy lol
Yeah, I missed collecting the available hunter pets there on my first Pandaren hunter. Rolled another one there just for the ability to collect pets that would not otherwise be available for 60-70 levels.
BM used to be able to tame exotic pets immediately and there is a stable master on the second floor balcony of the central tower where you can park them.
Besides the cool looking tigers, notable pets in that zone that you could tame earlier than in any other zone were:
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- Water striders which give you the water walking ability
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- Cranes - the model of the white cranes found eating frogs in the level 5 pool is bugged. Once you tame one, it reduces to battle pet size - not hunter pet size. Cool having a hunter pet that is only knee high to a panda.
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- Quillen - there’s one guarding the steps leading up to the plateau where the sprites are running around. As you cannot return to that area once you take the balloon out, i used to spend a level or so grinding sprites to become high enough to tame the quillen.
Yeah I was literally trying to go back to tame a tiger to use in dungeons since the dragon turtle is too tank-y. And I think the coyotes and wolfs are not as nice looking.
My recommendation would be a kodo at your level.
They are a ferocity pet but have a leech which returns part of their damage in health to both you and them. They are actually a hardier pet than most tank pets but don’t have the threat grabbing abilities that make tanking pets bad in dungeons.
Once you get the Exotic pet ability at level 65, go with either a rhino/clefthoof or a corehound when questing for much the same reasons. Many like a spirit beast as well as it has a heal than can be used on itself or party members.
Easiest kodo to tame at low level is just outside Rachet in the Northern Barrens. As you leave rachet, there’s a gallows on the left. Up the hill from there is a kodo that;s available starting at level 13.
The disadvantage to kodo is that the are big but as they almost never die, you soon learn to appreciate them. They have a slow attack speed but compensate for it by hitting very hard so their dps ends up being the same as other ferocity pets.