Ever since
my time in Pandaria kicked off I have been absolutely addicted to hunting
Rares. It started with rare pets for my hunter whilst I was levelling through
Northrend and Cataclysm. Every day before I start anything, I would check known
locations of any pets I wanted. Now in Pandaria they have added Champions of
Pandaria – rare spawns (if they can even be called that) that have shorter
spawn timers than we’re used to, that drop a random piece of blue gear and have
a chance to drop a rare item. For some rares its a 85-87 epic item (BoE epic
pants for Krasarang Wild Rares and BoP Epic weapons for Jade Forest). For
others it’s a Bag of specific Materials (i.e. Lon the Bull’s Bag of Herbs will
contain all types of Pandaria Herbs, all Townlong Steppes rares drop a type of
Bag). For the remainders its a vanity item of some sort.
Well, now
that I have been 90 for a couple of weeks now, I have finally completed the
Achievement associated with these rares (Glorious!) – I have killed all the
rares found in Pandaria. Granted, this cannot be compared to Frostbitten! Or
any of the previous Rares achievements – those required some dedication. But
then my mission wasn’t just to kill these rares, I wanted the rare items that
they dropped as well. Now suddenly this task looks a little bit harder and
requires quite a bit more dedication. Anyone can go and kill 30 odd rares on a
known spawn timer. It takes a little more to persuade them to do it over and
over again until their special drops are collected.
So far I’ve
collected about half of the items on offer. As per usual some items are more
sought after than others, and I certainly have my own favourites. But first a
few tips for those that are interested in getting this achievement or these
rares.
