Mists of Pandaria Beta: Beware of Darkmoon Rabbits
by Matthew Rossi 
Apr 2nd 2012 at 8:00PM
Effectively, what we have here is a tiny, rodent-shaped world boss, folks. A world boss the potentially drops itself as a pet.
If you're dying to solo him, DeGei reports that pets don't get the debuff, so it's feasible for a warlock or hunter to pull it off ... but that 72 million health means you should bring something to read if you intend to attempt it.
Huge, sharp teeth, people. You have been warned. Speaking as a man who has a rabbit, you do not trifle with them.
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 4)
Ad134 Apr 2nd 2012 8:34PM
I think you'll find that Monty Python did it first :P
RetPallyJil Apr 2nd 2012 8:14PM
It's way past time this classic was acknowledged in-game!
(Tangent: Still misses the gnome Tyrion from "The Missing Diplomat" chain)
Revynn Apr 2nd 2012 9:34PM
People always forget about this one.
http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=2773
monotype Apr 2nd 2012 8:22PM
I'm not a pet person, despite maining a hunter, but...do want.
Mostly to flip at the AH, but. You know. Do want nevertheless.
Chris Gonzalez Apr 2nd 2012 9:02PM
They should make this available to players just to kill this mob: http://www.wowhead.com/item=44807/indalamars-holy-hand-grenade
Alas, it will not be so.
mgrayrose Apr 2nd 2012 8:44PM
I bet The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch will be necessary to kill it:
...And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, "O LORD, bless this Thy hand grenade that with it Thou mayest blow Thine enemies to tiny bits, in Thy mercy." And the LORD did grin and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats and large chu....First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin, then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it."
Wiedmaier Apr 2nd 2012 8:47PM
"One, Two, FIVE!"
wowsitemail Apr 2nd 2012 9:03PM
Actually that's not a bad guess; this item is in the beta files: http://mop.wowhead.com/item=80237
It's BoP and has the heirloom color, so it's probably just another one of those artifacts that we'll never actually see (http://www.wowhead.com/items?filter=qu=6). Still, it would be pretty cool.
morncreek Apr 3rd 2012 12:34AM
(Three, sir!)
mheatleyadams Apr 2nd 2012 8:44PM
Wonder if we can use the Holy Grenade on it?
Puntable Apr 2nd 2012 8:46PM
Is anyone expecting a new engineering item to counter this foul beast?
[Holy Hand Grenade] Automatically crits darkmoon Rabbit.
Domintal Apr 2nd 2012 9:02PM
Better have a three second casting time. With a yell emote of "1.. 2.. 5!"
Chetti Apr 3rd 2012 12:42AM
That would be *SO* awesome!
musicchan Apr 3rd 2012 12:40PM
All jokes aside, if this does go to live (instead of being a beta joke, which would be sad!), I expect that you'll be able to purchase a grenade of some sort from the Faire itself and use it to solo the rabbit. All of the Faire events have been for solo players and I'd be a little disappointed if they made a raid encounter for the faire. I really want this to be connected to a game or something you buy with tickets!
Skizzit Apr 2nd 2012 8:53PM
A Monty Python reference and a companion pet? This is right up my ally!
Now I just have to talk the rest of my guild into helping me slay this mighty beast.
"What's he do? Nibble your bum?"
"He's got huge sharp... He can leap about... Look at the bones!"
LLCoolJoke Apr 2nd 2012 8:55PM
April Fools?
jfofla Apr 2nd 2012 9:01PM
How can you tell he's a Hero of Azeroth?
He hasn't got shit all over him.
Ametrine Apr 2nd 2012 9:38PM
Considering all the poop quests, I rather doubt that point-of-measure is accurate anymore.
seragoth Apr 2nd 2012 10:52PM
but rabbits aren't rodents, they're lagomorphs
clundgren Apr 2nd 2012 9:28PM
This is awesome, but they need to tweak the ability so he kills pets if they are tanking him and latches onto ranged as well. No one should be able to solo a world boss at level.