Quilen

Quilen (pronounced "kwai-lin") are canine-leonine creatures that are native to Pandaria and serve as the favorite companions of the mogu. Mogu sorcerers create them by breathing life into stone using an ancient, secret magic. Loyal and fearless, these stone hounds know no mercy and can be quite skilled at blending into their surroundings. The mogu use them as guard dogs, in war, and to track their enemies. There are three variations of quilen: organic, stone, and adorned stone.

During the brief reign of Emperor Kang, the mogu experimented with binding quilen servants in small stone statuettes. The experiment was abandoned as the quilen thus bound were greatly diminished in power and therefore deemed unworthy.

Notable

•   Beast of Jade
•   Dagou (removed)
•   Dam'ren <The Frozen Sage>
•   Gasaran (removed)
•   Guardian of the Elders
•   Mu'Shiba <Kuai the Brute's Guardian>
•   Portent
•   Ro'shak <The Molten Flare>
•   Quet'zal <The Stormcaller>
•   The Stone Guard
•   Wulon <The Granite Sentinel>
•   Yachi
•   Yao

Types

• Ancient Guardian
• Bronze Quilen
• Buried Quilen
• Enormous Stone Quilen
• Guardian of Sacrifice
• Granite Fragment
• Granite Quilen
• Grave Guardian
• Gurthan Iron Maw
• Gurthan Quilen
• Jade Quilen
• Jade-Trapped Quilen
• Korune Guardian
• Mercurial Guardian
• Quilen Guardian
• Quilen Statue
• Quilen Stonemaw
• Quilen Watcher
• Reanimated Quilen
• Ruined Guardian
• Sleeping Guardian
• Spectral Guardian
• Stone Guardian
• Stone Quilen
• Stone Watcher
  • Frenzied Stone Quilen
• Stonebound Quilen
• Stonebound Watcher
• Terracotta Defender
• Terracotta Guardian
• Untrained Quilen

As a mount

Main article: Quilen mounts

•  [Imperial Quilen] is rewarded from the Mists of Pandaria Collector's Edition as well as the Digital Deluxe Edition.
•  [Qinsho's Eternal Hound] is a rare drop from Island Expeditions.
•  [Xinlao] drops from Anh-De the Loyal in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.
•  [Ren's Stalwart Hound] drops from Houndlord Ren in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.

As a companion pet

•  [Jade Defender] is a rare drop from  [Rajani Supplies].
•  [Lucky Quilen Cub] is rewarded from the Mists of Pandaria Collector's Edition as well as the Digital Deluxe Edition.
•  [Celestial Gift] is a rare drop from Elegon in Mogu'shan Vaults.
•  [Stoneclaw] is a rare drop from The Stone Guard in Mogu'shan Vaults.

As guardian pet

•  [Quilen Statuette] is a rare mogu Archaeology artifact.

As a hunter pet

Main article: Stone hound#As a hunter pet

Quilen are tamable by hunters as part of the stone hound family. The family was originally named "quilen", but was renamed and expanded to include gargons in patch 9.0.1.

Patch changes

• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Family renamed to stone hounds.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): New special ability added, [Stone Armor].
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Added.
  

Trivia

• The in-game icon for  [Lucky Quilen Cub] and an unreleased mogu mob named Mogu Quilin Master use the spelling "quilin".
• The name of these creatures seems to be derived from the qilin (麒麟, qílín), Chinese mythological creatures often referred to as "Chinese unicorns". Warcraft's interpretations more closely resemble Chinese guardian lions, or shishi, also known as "Foo Dogs" in the West.
  • A creature based on the qilin would be introduced later in Mists of Pandaria's patch cycle in the form of the  [Swift Windsteed] mount.

Gallery

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  Quilen concept art

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