Beast

This article is about the creature type. For the boss in Upper Blackrock Spire, see The Beast.

Most standard animals in World of Warcraft are beasts, such as bears, wolves, raptors, etc.

Characteristics in World of Warcraft

• Nearly all beasts can be skinned, with the exception of intelligent beasts, most birds, and some insects.
• Some beasts can [Stealth], have diseases, poisonous attacks, or great speed; a few have more exotic attacks.
• Trolls have a [Beast Slaying] racial trait that gives them bonus attack power against beasts.
• Enchanters can enchant weapons with Beastslaying, which gives the player bonus attack power against beasts, and also causes their weapon to glow red.
• Not all are hostile. Some will only attack if you attack them or another nearby creature first.
• Can be polymorphed by mages.
• Most can be hibernated by Druids.
• Most can be tamed by Hunters, making them the player's pet. Can also be tracked, scared, and learned about.
• Druids who shapeshift into [Bear Form], [Cat Form], [Travel Form], [Aquatic Form], [Flight Form] or [Swift Flight Form], and Shamans who cast [Ghost Wolf] are considered beasts.

List of beasts

Amphibian Crawg Frog Toad Arachnids Blood tick Scorpid Amber scorpion Arcane scorpid Scorpion Spider Bone spider Crystal spider Lava spider Tarantula Venom spider Birds Albatross Axebeak Buzzard Chicken Bush chicken Condor Crane Crow Dread raven Eagle Falcon Firehawk Hawk Hawkstrider Voidstrider Kaliri Owl Pandaren phoenix Parrot Peacock Penguin Raven Roc Sand piper Seagull Skytalon Swoop Tallstrider Teroclaw Turkey Vulture Windroc Crustacean Crab Crawdad Hermit Crab Spider Crab Feathermanes Cloudstrider Gryphon Hippogryph Larion Owlcat Wyvern Wolfhawk Fish Carp Eel Fathom ray Frenzy Grouper Kraken Puffer fish Ray Seahorse Tidestallion Shark Giant remora Great white shark Hammerhead shark Sawtooth shark Thresher shark Whale shark Wolf eel Insects Bee Beetle Carrion beetle Butterfly Caterpillar Cricket Firefly Glimmerfly Krolusk Kunchong Larva Carrion grub Moth Ravager Ravager larva Ravager wasp Roach Sand reaver Silithid Silithid colossus Silithid larva Silithid reaver Silithid scarab Silithid wasp Silithid worker Wasp Water strider

Mammals Carnivorans Bears Black bear Bramblebear Brown bear Gray bear Grizzly bear Polar bear Panda Canines Coyote Dogs Corgi Mastiff Pug Golden Retriever Fox Gargon Quilen Vulpin Wolves Frost wolf Timber wolf Worg Draenor wolf Garn Cats Cat (Metal/Gem/Stone) Cheetah Cougar House cat Jaguar Lion Lynx Panther Saber cat Dreadsaber Frostsaber Mana saber Nightsaber Snow leopard Thornclaw Tiger Ferret Hyena Lion seal Otter Raccoon Skunk Cetaceans** Dolphin Orca Primates Gorilla Monkey Proboscideans Elekk Mammoth Rodents Beaver Ground squirrel Marsuul Mouse Porcupine Rat Snooter Squirrel Ungulates Bovids Clefthoof Cow Gazelle Goat Musken Sheep Ram Shoveltusk Talbuk Yak Camelid Alpaca Camel Deer Caribou Elk Moose Stag Equine Horse Mule Unicorn Zhevra Giraffe Rhino Riverbeast Hippo Swine Bloodtusk Pig Boar Armadillo Bat Dredbat Rabbit

Mollusc Helsquid Leviathan Octopus Sea slug Snail Reptile Basilisk Crocolisk Dinosaur Ankylodon Brutosaur Devilsaur Diemetradon Direhorn Platysaur Pterrordax Raptor Ravasaur Skyscreamer Stegodon Threshadon Hydra Kodo Mushan Sabertusk Saurolisk Snake Etherwyrm Sea serpent Serpent Wind Serpent Thunder lizard Turtle Dragon turtle Sea turtle Worms Bloodworm Bone worm Carrion worm Rockworm Jormungar Lava worm Sand worm Tidal guardian {{bfa-inline Worm Other Arcane wyrm Celestial Steed Chimaera Dragonhawk Mana wyrm Nether Ray Rylak Snapdragon Warp Stalker Winged Guardian Wolpertinger Spirit Beast Spirit Bear Spirit Crab Spirit Leopard Spirit Owl Spirit Saber Spirit Wolf Spirit Saber Worg Spore beasts Spore walker Sporebat