Boar

Boars (aka wild boars) are a common, usually furry, cloven-hoofed, four-legged beast that is the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.

Background

Most boars are neutral when approached and are generally omnivorous. They start at around large dog-sized and get larger from there. Some boars are minions of the quilboars and are revered within quilboar culture, and particularly large and tenacious ones are seen as a favor from Agamaggan. Boars are found in Dun Morogh, Loch Modan, Elwynn Forest, Redridge Mountains, Durotar, Mulgore, Blasted Lands, Razorfen Kraul, Razorfen Downs, Westfall, Eastern Plaguelands, and Teldrassil. Boars are often killed early on for their food ingredient drops.

Named

•  Agathelos the Raging
•  Bellygrub
•  Grunter
•  Hogzilla
•  Huffer
•  Imported Mottled Boar
•  Lo'Shall
•  Keensnout Potbelly
•  Princess
•  Snorts
•  Targol
•  Tusker

Types

Ashmane Boar  Barrens Boar  Blackbelly Forager  Bristleback Assault Boar  Crag Boar  Darktusk Boar  Dire Mottled Boar  Elder Mottled Boar  Goretusk  Hulking Goretusk  Docile Island Boar  Longsnout  Mature Swine  ottled Boar  Mudbelly Boar  Quilbeast  Razormane Boar  Rockhide Boar  Savannah Boar

Scarred Crag Boar  Shard-Hide Boar  Small Crag Boar  Stonemaul Swine  Stonetusk Boar  Tamed Battleboar  Thistle Boar  Twin Peaks Boar  Young Battleboar  Young Goretusk  Young Thistle Boar  Wild Mature Swine

Armored

There are three types of armored boar (the Agam'ars) that dwell in Razorfen Kraul; despite appearances, they are tamable by hunters.

•  Agam'ar
•  Armored Battleboar
•  Boar Spirit
•  Raging Agam'ar
•  Rotting Agam'ar

Helboar

Main article: Helboar

There are also a demon variety of boars called Helboar, which, despite their unconventional appearance, can be tamed.

•  Deranged Helboar
•  Domesticated Felboar
•  Dreadtusk
•  Helboar
•  Hulking Helboar
•  Felboar
•  Shard-Hide Boar
•  Starving Helboar

Undead

•  Battle Boar Horror
•  Plagued Swine
•  Withered Battle Boar

Figurine Boars

Guardian Boars created by Jewelcrafting figurine

• Felsteel Boar
• Khorium Boar
• Phantom Boar
• Truesilver Boar

As a hunter pet

Levels	Type
1 - 71	Tenacity
Diet
Abilities
Basic	Special	Bonus

Boars are a family of Tenacity pets and are tamable by hunters starting at level 10. Orc hunters start with a Young Boar at level 1. Boars, through use of their [Gore] ability, can cause the target to take 30% additional damage from bleed effects for 15 seconds. This makes them a fair choice in raids when player-provided debuffs such as [Mangle] or the [Hemorrhage] effect is not available. A Marksman hunter with [Piercing Shots] can also use a boar pet to boost their own damage.

There are fourteen different skins available for boar pets. Most unique of mention are the demonic helboars which feature huge spikes, horns and bright coloring. Players have always been fond of the armored boars found in Razorfen Kraul, as well. Undead hunters may also prefer the ghastly, eyeless  Plagued Swine found in the Eastern Plaguelands. Boars are also the default starting pet for Orc Hunters.

Boars were one of the very few pets easy to feed, a feature that appealed to many hunters. The only other pets capable of eating all types of foods are the bears, dogs, and porcupines.

Patch changes

• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Helboars are now tamable.
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Bonuses equalized.
  

Damage had no bonus and now has +5% bonus.
Health had a 10% bonus and now has a +5% bonus.

• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Major changes.
  

Charge removed as a learnable skill.
Armor had a +9% bonus and now has a +5%
Health had a +4% bonus and now has +10%.
Damage had a -10% penalty and now has no penalty.

RPG

This section concerns content exclusive to the Warcraft RPG and is considered non-canon.

Though not carnivores, these wild swine are bad tempered; they usually charge anyone who disturbs them. A boar is covered in coarse, grayish-black fur. Adult males are about 4 feet long and 3 feet high at the shoulder. A boar is such a tenacious combatant that it continues to fight without penalty even while disabled or dying.

External links

• Wowhead

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