Boar

Updated boar model.

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

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 as well as Feralas. Boars are often killed early on for their food ingredient drops.

In Blasted Lands, there were two types of boars - the ash-mane and the helboar.

Boars can be two feet high and two feet wide.

Boars that can attack with quills are known as quilbeasts.

Biology

Boar meat, snouts, kidneys and livers are all suitable for consumption.

Named

Boars were critters in Warcraft II.

•  Agamaggan the boar ancient
•  Agathelos the Raging
•  Bellygrub
•  Bloody Tusk <Yaga the Scarred's Companion>
•   Brutus
• Chops
•  Coldtusk
•  Fungore <Ribchewer's Latest Companion>
•  Gnasher
•  Gochar
•  Goregore
•  Gutgore
•  Gorok
•  Gnasher
•  Hambone <Explorers' League>
•  Hamhide
•  Huffer <Rexxar's Friend>
•  Imported Mottled Boar
•  Lo'Shall
•  Keensnout Potbelly
•  Krush
•  Princess
•  Puffer <Rexxar's Friend>
•  Razortusk the Untamed
•  Rooter <Hungry Stray>
•  Rukus
•  Severmaw <Yaga the Scarred's Companion>
•  Slogtusk the Corpse-Eater
•  Snoot the Rooter
•  Spike
•  Spike
•  Targol
•  Tusker <Korla's Pet>
•  Varah

Types

Ashmane Boar  Barrens Boar  Blackbelly Forager  Bristleback Assault Boar  Bristleback Battleboar (extinct)  Crag Boar  Dead Crag Boar  Darktusk Boar  Dire Mottled Boar  Docile Island Boar  Elder Crag Boar (extinct)  Elder Mottled Boar  Elder Mountain Boar (extinct)  Goretusk  Great Goretusk

Hulking Goretusk  Large Crag Boar (extinct)  Longsnout  Mangy Mountain Boar (extinct)  Mature Swine  Mottled Boar  Corrupted Mottled Boar (extinct)  Mountain Boar (extinct)  Mudbelly Boar  Penned Squealer  Porcine Entourage (extinct)  Quilbeast  Razormane Boar  Rockhide Boar  Savannah Boar  Scarred Crag Boar

Shard-Hide Boar  Small Crag Boar  Stonemaul Swine  Stonetusk Boar  Swine (critter)  Tame Crag Boar (critter)  Tamed Battleboar  Thistle Boar  Twin Peaks Boar  Young Battleboar  Young Boar (extinct)  Young Goretusk  Young Thistle Boar  Wild Mature Swine

Armored

Armored boar.

There are three types of armored boar that dwell in Razorfen Kraul and into other places ; despite appearances, they are tamable by hunters.

•  Agam'ar
•  Armored Battleboar
•  Battle Boar
•  Boar Spirit
•  Finn's Gambit (rare)
•  Hogzilla (rare)
•  Raging Agam'ar
•  Rotting Agam'ar
•  Scruff (rare)
•  Snorts
•  Swee (rare)

Undead

There are also a undead variety of boars, which sometimes, despite their unconventional appearance, can be tamed.

•  Battle Boar Horror
•  Plagued Swine
•  Unliving Swine
•  Withered Battle Boar

Draenor boars

A new model of boars was introduced with the Warlords of Draenor expansion. These appear to be the predecessors of the helboars seen in Outland.

The great greytusks shed their tusks once a year and are extremely shy until they grow back. Rocktusk battleboars attract mates with their distinctive manes, which resemble mohawks.

Frostboars subsist on a diet almost entirely of frozen berries, though they find slow off-worlders equally tasty. As part of the rite of passage into adulthood, a Frostwolf orc must slay a frostboar and carve their family genealogy as far back as will fit on the creature's largest tusk. Family history and tradition are of great importance to the Frostwolf clan, so the largest frostboars are hunted each season to preserve clan lineage.

Agitated Piglet  Ashmaul Gutwrencher  Bladespire Goresnout  Bloodmaul Dire Boar  Crag Goretusk  Coldsnout Boar  Coldsnout Piglet  Coldsnout Sow  Elder Crag Goretusk  Gorian Battle Boar  Juvenile Razorback  Pack Boar  Pridelands Goretusk

Razorback Hog  Razorback Piglet  Razorback Sow  Rocktusk Patriarch  Shardtusk Boar  Surly Bogwallow  Trained Coldsnout  Bladespire Goresnout  Unbroken Goresnout  Wild Goreger  Wild Goresnout  Wild Goretusk  Young Rocktusk

As a mount

Main article: Boar mounts

As a companion pet

•  [C'Thuffer] is a rare drop from Corrupted Chest in the Vision of Orgrimmar.
•  [Fel Piglet] is sold by Draemus in Dalaran for 200 Pet Charms.
•  [Lifelike Mechanical Frostboar] can be crafted by Engineers.
•  [Ridgeback Piglet] and  [Thaumaturgical Piglet] can drop from  [Pulsating Sac].

As a hunter pet

This section contains information that is out-of-date.

Type
Cunning
Diet
Abilities
Basic	Special	Exotic	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 goats.

Types

• Helboar

Patch changes

• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): [Bristle] added.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Indomitable ability removed.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): [Gore] replaced with [Indomitable].
  
• 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.
  

In the RPG

This section contains information from the Warcraft RPG which 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.

Gallery

• 
  Giant Razorback concept art.
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  This art is a Child of Agamaggan in the TCG, and the art is also used to represent Huffer in Hearthstone.
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  A humanoid being transformed into a boar by Polymorph: Boar in Hearthstone: The Grand Tournament.
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  Boars in Heroes of the Storm created by Rexxar's Heroic ability Unleash the Boars.
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  Elwynn Boar in Hearthstone: United in Stormwind.
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  Duskboar a boar corrupted in Hearthstone: Whispers of the Old Gods.
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  Prepared by blood elves.
• 
  Armored boar model before the 9.1 model update.

Patch changes

• Patch 9.1.0 (2021-06-29): Original model updated.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• Petopia