Before the Timeless Isle opened up on the PTR I knew their'd be some rares waiting. Using my eagle eye I could spot three or four of them from a distance, and nothing excites me more in game than new rares! Well now that the Isle is open I've done a lot of exploring and would like to share some of the rares I've come across so far - and there's quite a few!
While running around on the Isle if you pay attention to your mini-map you can see where these rares are. There are elite and non-elite ones, and each type will show up differently on your mini-map. Non-elite rares will show up as a little skull, and elites will show as a skull with little orange triangles around it.
So far looting them seems similar to the Rares on the Isle of Thunder, where anyone who tags them can loot.
As your looking through these screenshots, please remember that these are from the PTR and what you see here may change before going live. As always, you can click on the pictures for a larger, more detailed view.
I was sad when I found out I couldn't tame this guy. :'(
I'm pretty excited about this guy though. If he still has this same look on live he will be the newest unique tamable rare! :)
When I first came upon this fellow he was tucked into his "Conspicuously Empty Shell".
I thought this rare was quite interesting...it's a whole pirate ship! The skeleton crew fights back with cannons.
When the ship is killed it sinks and can be looted.
This guy spawns in after helping out some ghost pirates battle over a sunken ship.
This guy is tamable. After taming him he could still be seen as a rare on my min-map (and everyone else's - this confused quite a few people!)
This guy circles around the Isle - VERY quickly.
This wiggly worm looks exactly like Bombyx, unlike Bombyx he is not tamable.
Huolon circles high in the sky on the south-eastern side of the Isle.
He spawns at the Firewalker Ruins...
...and just a short ways away is this guy.
This big guy appears in the water when you talk to the Pandaren fisherman Fin Longpaw.
This tough little bugger can be found by a tree on the Blazing Way. He has a lot of little angry friends with him.
This fellow spawns toward the front of the Cavern of Lost Spirits.
Much further down in the same cavern resides this guy.
This kitty has his own den just below the area where the bridge to Ordon Sanctuary should be.
This guy can be found off of the most southern part of the Isle.
Every now and then a giant barrel of "Really Skunky Beer" shows up in Old Pi'jiu. When all 10 of the skunky leaks are killed Zhu-Gon will appear.
Cinderfall was standing on the bridge leading into Ordon Sanctuary right before the break.
The remaining rares I had to use an item called the "Gleaming Crane Statue" to get to. This item gave my character wings and the ability to land across the broken bridge at Ordon Sanctuary.
This rare I had to use my Eagle Eye to see. He was located in a red pool far above Ordon Sanctuary.
And finally, my favorite of these new rares that I've come across so far:
This dude is awesome. He's a rare vendor that's lookin' stylish and riding a snail! So far it looks like he sells stuff to make your perky pugs look even MORE adorable! He spawns occasionally on the outer edge of The Celestial Court.
I'm sure this isn't all of them, as a matter of fact I seem to recall seeing a ginormous rare snake as well but I guess I forgot to take a screenie of him. Definitely expect a much more detailed post on this when 5.4 gets closer to live.
