Zed's Guide

Today, I wanted to take a look at the various pet’s Engineer’s can make and where you get the schematics to make them. Making these pets can be lucrative because the schematics aren’t necessarily easy to obtain. For those of you that like the idea of selling vanity pets Engineering is the best profession for you to be in.

Pets from World Drop Schematics: The Mechanical Squirrel Box and the Lifelike Mechanical Toad Schematic are World Drops. That is they are random drops from a variety of different things, and you can’t farm for them. However, you can buy the schematics in the Auction House. Any player can get the drop so you generally come across plenty of Mechanical Squirrel Box Schematics, but not so many Toad Schematics as the drop rate is much lower for that one. The Mechanical Squirrel Box only requires an engineering skill of 75 and the materials are dirt cheap and easy to obtain so it can be a real profit maker on the right realm. Indeed the Mechanical Squirrel Box is the most profitable pet for me to craft on my realm. I can always find the mats in the auction house for less than 3-4 gold total and I these sell on the right realm for more than that. The Mechanical Toad requires an engineering skill of 265 and the materials needed to make it are more difficult to obtain.

From Drops in Gnomeregan:
The schematics for Lil’ Smokey and Pet Bombing both drop in Gnomeregan. The Pet Bombing Schematic drops from Mekgineer Thermaplugg which is the final boss and the drop rate is very high. I got it on my first run at the lowest level I was eligible to do this (26). Lil’ Smokey is a random drop from the Crowd Pummeler 9-60s, the Peacekeeper Security Suits or the Arcane Nullifier X-2s. The drop rate on Lil’ Smokey is much lower and it will probably take you a few runs to get it. I had to go back and solo Gnomeregan at level 70 to get it. Both Lil’ Smokey and Pet Bombing require an engineering skill of 205 to craft. These can also be lucrative to make on the right realm.

From a Quest Chain in Winterspring: You obtain the training to make the Mechanical Yeti by completing the quest chain that starts with Umi Rumplesnicker in Everlook. Note: to get her to give you that quest you are going to have to start the series of quest that start with Lilith the Lithe. I had to do her quest and then complete the one Kilram (standing next to Lilith) gave me before I could obtain the quest Are We There, Yeti? from Umi. All in all it took me about an hour to complete the quest chain including the pre-quests.

From Profession training at profession level 475: At this level Gnomish Engineers can learn how to make the De-Weaponized Mechanical Companion and Goblin Engineers can learn how to make the Personal World Destroyer from any Engineering trainer.