Beast

This article is about the creature type. For the boss in Upper Blackrock Spire, see The Beast.

Most standard animals in World of Warcraft are beasts, such as bears, wolves, raptors, etc.

Characteristics in World of Warcraft

• Nearly all beasts can be skinned, with the exception of intelligent beasts, most birds, and some insects.
• Some beasts can [Stealth], have diseases, poisonous attacks, or great speed; a few have more exotic attacks.
• Trolls have a [Beast Slaying] racial trait that gives them bonus attack power against beasts.
• Enchanters can enchant weapons with Beastslaying, which gives the player bonus attack power against beasts, and also causes their weapon to glow red.
• Not all are hostile. Some will only attack if you attack them or another nearby creature first.
• Can be polymorphed by mages.
• Most can be hibernated by Druids.
• Most can be tamed by Hunters, making them the player's pet. Can also be tracked, scared, and learned about.
• Druids who shapeshift into [Bear Form], [Cat Form], [Travel Form], [Aquatic Form], [Flight Form] or [Swift Flight Form], and Shamans who cast [Ghost Wolf] are considered beasts.

List of beasts

Amphibians Frog/Toad Crawg Arthropods Arachnids Arachnathid Blood tick Scorpion/Scorpid Amber scorpion Arcane scorpid Sea scorpion Spider Bone spider Crystal spider Lava spider Tarantula Venom spider Crustaceans Crab Hermit crab Spider crab Crawdad Trilobite Insects Bee Beetle Carrion beetle Caterpillar Moth Ardenmoth Glimmerfly Corpsefly Firefly Gorm Krolusk Kunchong Larva Carrion grub Maw roach Ravager Ravager larva Ravager wasp Sand reaver Silithid Silithid colossus Silithid larva Silithid reaver Silithid scarab Silithid wasp Silithid worker Wasp Water strider Birds Albatross Axebeak Bush chicken Crane Crow Storm crow Eagle Falcon Firehawk Hawk Hawkstrider Kaliri Owl Owl scout Lunarwing owl Pandaren phoenix Parrot Penguin Raven Dread raven Roc Deathroc Seagull Skytalon Tallstrider Teroclaw Cloudfeather Vulture Condor Windroc Feathermanes Cloudstrider Gryphon Hippogryph Larion Owlcat Wolfhawk Wyvern Fish Carp Eel Frenzy Grouper Kraken Puffer fish Ray Fathom ray Seahorse Tidestallion Shark Giant remora Great white shark Hammerhead shark Sawtooth shark Thresher shark Whale shark Wolf eel

Mammals Armadillo Bat Dredbat Shadowbat Vampire bat Carnivorans Bears Bramblebear Canines Coyote Fox Vulpin Dogs/Hounds Darkhound Helhound Mastiff Alterac brewhound Retriever Shadehound Nian Wolves Dire wolf Fel wolf Frost wolf Garn Timber wolf Worg Void wolf Cats Cheetah Jaguar Jeweled panther Lion Lynx Mountain lion Panther Saber cat Dreadsaber Frostsaber Mana saber Nightsaber Snow leopard Tiger Hyena Seal Lion seal Sea lion Thornclaw Primates Gorilla Monkey Rodents Marsuul Mawrat Porcupine Ungulates Bovids Clefthoof Cow Gazelle Goat Oxen Musken Shoveltusk Tauralus Yak Sheep Ram Talbuk Camelids Alpaca Camel Cetaceans Dolphin Orca Deer/Stag Caribou Elk Moose Runestag Equine Donkey Horse Sinrunner Mule Unicorn / Cloudrunner Zhevra Giraffe Rhino Riverbeast / Proboscids Elekk Mammoth Swine Bloodtusk Boar / Dire boar Helboar / Quilbeast Pig

Mollusc Gastropods Sea slug Snail Sea snail Kraken Octopus Reptiles Basilisk Crocolisk Dinosaur Ankylodon Brutosaur Devilsaur Direhorn Platysaur Pterrordax Skyscreamer Raptor Falcosaur Ravasaur Saurid Stegodon Threshadon Dragonkin beasts Cloud serpent Dragonhawk Drakeadon Hydra Lizards Diemetradon Sabertusk Saurolisk Snapdragon Scalehides Kodo Mushan Shardhide Thunder lizard Snake/Serpent Arcane wyrm Mana wyrm Sea serpent Wind Serpent Etherwyrm Turtle Dragon turtle Fire turtle Sea turtle Warp stalker Voidstalker Worms Bloodworm Carrion worm Jormungar Lava worm Rock borer Rockworm Sand worm Bone worm Tidal guardian Other Chimaera Flayedwing Rylak Core hound Fel beast Jellyfish Helsquid Gromit Mana ray Necroray Nether ray Panthara Razorwing Seeker Shadow serpent Soul eater Spirit beasts Stone hounds Gargon Quilen Spore beasts Spore walker Sporebat Wilderling

See also

• Undead beasts
• Shale beasts
• Mechanical#As a hunter pet

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