Who is Loque'Nahak? Or better yet, What is Loque'Nahak? Well as you can tell from my title, it has to do with World of Warcraft. LOL.
Loque'Nahak (Mate of Har'koa) is a rare elite Spirit Beast that roams the jungles of Sholazar Basin. When the term "Rare" is used, it means that once it is killed or tamed it won't show up for another 3-6 hours, possibly longer. So thus begins my journey in finding this kitty kat that moonfires it's enemies.
First off, why am I looking for this cat? Do I want to kill it for the achievement [Frostbitten] where you have to kill all the rare spawns in Northrend? I would love to add that to my list of kills, but no that is not why I am looking for this cat.
I want to tame it! But wait, aren't you a warlock, Jrose? Yes I am. I actually want to tame it for Mr. Man's hunter.
He told me that he wanted a new exotic pet for his hunter and what better than a pretty looking one that moonfires! So he went about and did his research to find out where it spawns and what it takes to tame it. He google'd Loque'Nahak to find out spawn points, respawn timers, etc.
Loque'Nahak's confirmed spawn points
When Mr. Man first started searching for this rare cat, he had seen it show up a couple of times. The first time he saw Loque, he was in the middle of taming it when a horde enemy showed up, killed him, then killed the cat and Mr. Man got the achievement [Northern Exposure] for killing his first rare in Northrend. Anyways, he then logged out and thought to try again at a different time.
He logged in yet again, only to find Loque's dead corpse on the ground underneath his feet. The last time he tried looking for this cat was early in the morn. It was about 6:45AM last Saturday and as he flew around for a little bit, he saw Loque in all her glory.
But Mr. Man fumbled to hit the correct keys to frost trap it and tame it and he got killed a couple of times. When he finally realized what he was doing, another horde enemy saw the opportunity and took it. He killed Mr. Man and then killed the cat.
Mr. Man came into the room to wake me up to tell me of his sad story. I felt bad for him and that is where my search comes in. I learned of the spawn points, installed SilverDragon (an addon that detects rare spawns in the game) and proceeded to camp this kitty kat for my hunniebuns.
Our camp sites and path I take to patrol Loque'Nahak
So basically for the last week I've been helping Mr. Man camp this beautiful looking rare elite. I would have 3 computers on (if you haven't seen my "dining room turn computer room", check it out here - although it's been updated a tad bit since this picture was taken). In the above map the bottom two spots are where I would camp Mr. Man's hunter and my oldest son's warrior. Then I would patrol the other spawn points and sometimes going off track to gank some hordes, lol.
While patrolling the other spawn spots, I would spam my targeting macro:
/tar loque
/tar king
/tar aotona
Anyways, I've noticed the same folks, both alliance and horde either farming ore or other hunters patrolling. So that just tells me that the other hunters patrolling the same spots are probably either looking for Loque or the other 2 rares in this zone.
I started camping Loque myself last Saturday. That was the morning that Mr. Man could have had him. But didn't!
Loque'Nahak spawned at around 6:45AM. Then when I started looking for him, my SilverDragon addon popped up at around 9:30AM, but we couldn't actually find him. Then around 12:15PM King Krush (one of the other rare spawns in Sholazar Basin), showed up and we killed him. Ever since that, we haven't seen her spawn or the other rares. It's starting to feel like we are looking for a phantom cat!
Some helpful tips for other hunters camping this cat
- There are a total of 3 rare spawns in Sholazar Basin: Loque'Nahak, King Krush and Aotona
- Only one of the three rare spawns can be alive at a time.
- Respawn timer is 3-6 hours
- There are 7 known spawn points/areas (seen in map above) that Loque will show up.
- Once Loque is dead, it will take about 10 minutes for the corpse to despawn if it is not skinned.
I think that's all the important info that I can think of... Now back to my search! Wish me luck! And of course, if we should happen to be so lucky as to tame this pet, be prepared to see a post about it for sure!!!
