WoW Forever Mystmane Location and Taming Guide
Mystmane is a new rare in WoW Forever: a level 13 owlbear-like bear on Zephras Isle, the Skyborne starting zone. It is the only bear a Hunter can tame with a fast attack, 1.6 seconds instead of 2.0, and it comes with Swipe, which hits up to three enemies at once.
It is also one of the hardest early tames. It knocks you down during the channel, it shares its spawn with ordinary bears and another rare, and players camp it for anything from twenty minutes to a whole day. Below you will find where it spawns with a map, what seems to trigger it, the level you need, how to stop the knockdown from breaking the tame and whether it is worth the wait.
Mystmane has the owlbear-like Ursera model of Zephras Isle.
Mystmane at a Glance
Mystmane is a bear for the pet trainer. What sets it apart from the ordinary bears on the island is the speed and the ability it already knows.
| Detail | Mystmane |
|---|---|
| Level | 13, rare |
| Pet family | Bear |
| Zone | Zephras Isle, east of the temple at the edge of Shadowgale Forest |
| Coordinates | 60.0, 33.5 (spawn point), then it walks south to about 59.3, 37.3 |
| Hunter level to tame | 13 or higher, 14 to 15 is safer |
| Known abilities | Swipe Rank 1, Faster Attack II |
| Attack speed after the tame | 1.6 (2.0 base, 25% faster) |
| Diet | Bears eat almost anything: meat, fish, bread, fruit and fungus |
| Respawn | No fixed timer, usually 1.5 to 3 hours, sometimes much longer |
| Faction | Hostile to both, tameable by Horde and Alliance Hunters |
Where Mystmane Spawns on Zephras Isle
Mystmane spawns at a single point, 60.0, 33.5, east of the temple ruins where Shadowgale Forest meets the Ruins of Ban'aethal. From there it walks: a little north first, then south, and then west along the big fallen tree on the hillside. Hunters have tamed it anywhere between 59 and 61 on the first coordinate and 32 and 37 on the second.
Mystmane spawns at point 1 and walks south toward the fallen tree at point 2.
It uses the same model as the ordinary Shadowgale Ursera bears and the rare Den'dralass, so the look alone will not tell you which one is up. Den'dralass is level 12 to 13 and is not the pet you want. Check the name with a macro before you start.
How to Get to Zephras Isle
Skyborne Hunters start on the island and reach the spot on foot. Everyone else takes the skyship: Horde players board at Skywatcher Plateau in Mulgore and Alliance players at the landing in Dalaran, in the Alterac Mountains. The island is a sanctuary, so there is no open-world PvP, but players of both factions still kill the rare.
Mystmane Respawn Time and What Triggers It
Nobody has found a fixed timer, and this is where most of the frustration comes from. In the beta Hunters saw it again after 1 hour 15 minutes, 1 hour 47 minutes, 2 hours and 3 hours. Since the launch most reports are around 3 hours, but some players camped for 5, 9 or 20 hours and one Hunter tamed it after about 25.
Two theories explain the spread, and neither is proven:
- The Ursera rotation. The ordinary Shadowgale Ursera spawn at the same point every 12 to 15 minutes. Some players think each cycle has a small chance, around 10%, to bring Mystmane instead.
- One rare at a time. Several Hunters saw Mystmane appear a few minutes after they killed another rare on the island: Den'dralass, Tel'Daeor the Stormspeaker or Galemender Delanea. Their idea is that the island only allows a limited number of rares at once, so killing the others makes room.
In practice, kill the Ursera at the spawn point when they come up, and if you see one of the other rares alive, kill it too. One Hunter saw Mystmane three times shortly after Galemender Delanea died. Layers matter as well: two Hunters camping together got split onto different layers and one of them never saw it.
What Level Do You Need to Tame Mystmane
You need to be level 13, the same as Mystmane, because a Hunter cannot tame a beast above their own level. Level 13 works, but it is risky: a Night Elf Hunter at 13 died a moment before the tame finished, and players at 14 said the bear almost killed them. Hunters at 14 to 16 had a much easier time.
At level 20 you can also use Freezing Trap, which makes the tame far safer. Mystmane joins you at level 13 whatever your level.
How to Tame Mystmane Step by Step
The danger is Ravage, a knockdown that stuns you and breaks the 20-second channel. Every method below is about keeping that knockdown away from the tame.
Before It Spawns
- Stable your pet or be ready to abandon it. Do not keep it out while you camp: it attacks the rare and can kill it.
- Make the macro below. It targets Mystmane if it is up and the next bear at the spawn if not.
/cleartarget /targetexact Mystmane /stopmacro [exists] /targetexact Shadowgale Ursera
- Bring defensive help: an armor kit, a Scroll of Protection and Mark of the Wild from a Druid if one is around.
- If you play Horde, get Really Sticky Glue from the quest A Solvent Spirit in Sen'jin Village. It roots the bear for 10 seconds.
The Tame
- Tag it with one hit. On a busy layer, players attack an untagged rare even while you tame it.
- Pick one way to stop the knockdown:
- Let your old pet take it. Send a throwaway pet at Mystmane, wait until the stun debuff shows on the pet frame, abandon the pet and start Tame Beast at once. The knockdown is on cooldown for longer than the channel.
- Wait for a fight. If Mystmane is fighting a shriekling or another mob, start the tame as that fight ends, while its knockdown is still on cooldown.
- Root or trap it. Use Really Sticky Glue, a Druid's Entangling Roots or, from level 20, a Freezing Trap, and start the tame from maximum range.
- Start Tame Beast from as far away as you can and slow it with Concussive Shot before the channel if you have time.
- Feed it right after the tame.
Mistakes That Ruin the Tame
- Trusting the temple ledge. In the beta you could tame from the second floor of the temple where the bear could not reach you. Since the launch some players say it still works in one corner and others say it no longer does. Do not count on it.
- Taming the wrong bear. Den'dralass looks the same. Check the name.
- Coming at exactly 13 without help. If the tame breaks, you fight a rare at your own level with no armor.
- Leaving after one failure. One Hunter died on the first try, ran back and found Mystmane still there.
Is Mystmane Worth Taming
If you want a tank pet, yes. Bears have more health and armor than cats, Mystmane is the only bear with a fast attack, and Swipe lets it hold several mobs, which helps when you pull more than one while leveling.
Do not expect the abilities it had in the beta. Early testers tamed it with Savage Rend, a raptor ability, but the October 8 beta build replaced it with Swipe, and that is what it has since the launch. It also does not keep its name after the tame. The look is the same as every Ursera on the island, so the only reason to camp it over an ordinary Ursera is the 1.6 attack speed.
How much damage that speed adds is not settled. Some players at launch found that pets of one family deal about the same damage per second whatever their speed. A faster pet still lands more hits for threat and for effects that trigger on each hit.
For other rares, see our guides to The Rake, the fastest cat at level 10, and the spirit wolf Coldrasp. All pets are compared in the WoW Forever Hunter Pets guide.
More WoW Forever Hunter Guides
Mystmane is one of several rares worth a trip. Our guides cover The Rake in Mulgore, Ghostfang in Dun Morogh, Coldrasp in Tirisfal and Broken Tooth in the Badlands, and the Hunter Leveling guide takes you from 1 to 60.
Mystmane FAQ
These are the questions players ask most often about Mystmane.
Where is Mystmane in WoW Forever?
On Zephras Isle. It spawns at 60.0, 33.5, east of the temple ruins, and walks south toward a big fallen tree at about 59.3, 37.3.
What is Mystmane's respawn time?
There is no fixed timer. Most reports are 1.5 to 3 hours, but some players camped for over 20. Killing the Ursera at the spawn point and the other rares on the island seems to help.
What level do I need to tame Mystmane?
Level 13. Players at 14 to 16 found it much safer, because the bear hits hard and knocks you down.
Does Mystmane still have Savage Rend?
No. It lost Savage Rend in the October 8 beta build and comes with Swipe Rank 1 and Faster Attack II since the launch.
What is Mystmane's attack speed?
1.6 seconds after the tame. The base speed is 2.0, and Faster Attack II makes it 25% faster.
How do I stop Mystmane from knocking me down?
Let a throwaway pet take the knockdown first, start the tame right after it fights another mob, or root it with Really Sticky Glue, Entangling Roots or a Freezing Trap.
Does Mystmane keep its name?
No. Unlike most rares, it gets a normal pet name after the tame.
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