Whiskers the Rat

Pets by Family

Critter

Rats and Mice

Whiskers the Rat

Whiskers the Rat

Appearance
2.54 701 votes

Battle
2.50 389 votes

World Event: Children's Week

Quest: A Warden of the Alliance/Horde [10]

Item

Rat Cage
Binds when picked up
Use: Teaches you how to summon this companion.

My Collection

Want it | Got it | Exclude — Community: 1.8% have it

My Rating

Base Quality

Uncommon

Cageable

Yes

Faction

Neutral

Mobility

Ground

Animation

Grooms face, sniffs air, and wanders around. Also flips over and plays dead (rare).
» Video

Sound

Vocalizations (on-click)

Interactivity

None

Pet Journal Limit

3 allowed

Similar Models

Collectible In

Vanilla

Release Info

Patch 1.11.1 | Posted: April 1, 2007

Classic Source

Quest: A Warden of the Alliance/Horde (10)

World Event: Children's Week

Classic Item

Rat Cage

Item Level 1

Binds when picked up

Unique

Use: Right Click to summon and dismiss Whiskers the rat.

Notes

This pet is chosen among four vanity pets as a reward after completing a chain of Children's Week quests. These quests may be accessed by characters level 10+. See the Guide to Children's Week for a detailed walkthrough of this chain. Other rewards for the final quest include Mr. Wiggles, Speedy, and Scooter the Snail. Collecting all four pets on the same character is possible (over the course of four years) since the quests are repeatable each year.

Stat Calculator

Level 25:

1546

273

276

Slot 1 Abilites

Scratch

Requires Pet Level: 1

100% Hit Chance

Scratches the enemy, dealing 293 Critter damage.

Vs.

Undead

Vs.

Humanoid

Flurry

Requires Pet Level: 10

100% Hit Chance

Rapidly strikes at the enemy 1-2 times, dealing 146 Critter damage per hit.

Hits an additional time if the user attacks first.

Vs.

Undead

Vs.

Humanoid

Slot 2 Abilites

Sting

Requires Pet Level: 2

100% Hit Chance

Poisons the target for 87 Beast damage every round for 6 rounds.

Vs.

Critter

Vs.

Flying

Survival

3 Round Cooldown

Requires Pet Level: 15

You endure, preventing your health from being reduced below 1 health until the end of the next round.

Pets affected by Survival will survive an Apocalypse.

Slot 3 Abilites

Stampede

Requires Pet Level: 4

100% Hit Chance

Starts a stampede, causing 131 Critter damage on the first round, 0 Critter on the second round, and 0 Critter on the third round.

Opponents struck by the stampede take 100% increased damage for 2 rounds.

Stampede continues for 3 rounds.

Vs.

Undead

Vs.

Humanoid

Comeback

Requires Pet Level: 20

100% Hit Chance

Deals 146 Critter damage.

Deals 219 additional damage if the user has lower health than the target.

Vs.

Undead

Vs.

Humanoid

Identical Abilities

Passive Modifiers

Critter

Passive:

Critters are immune to stun, root, and sleep effects.

Damage Taken

50% from Beast abilities

33% from Elemental abilities

Sort by Most recent | Highest rated — Leave a Comment »

1-8 of 8

Unknownhand

Rating: 0 [Report]

A fun little rat with a bit more health then normal and a middle of the road attack and speed base. While I don't use him as much in PVP, i do think his animations are quite amusing.

Nov 20, 2015 at 11:49am | Edits: 0 | Haomarush-us | Pets: 965

| Score: 5589

Surathel

Rating: 0 [Report]

I beg to differ, Breanni. Whiskers the rat was the first Children's Week pet I got and I had him out EVERYWHERE. To all pet collectors out there enjoying Winter Veil or any other holiday, Happy Holidays.

Dec 17, 2011 at 10:52am | Edits: 0 | Moon Guard-us | Pets: 414

| Score: 1766

Ellyndria

Rating: 0 [Report]

I picked Whiskers as my first Children's week pet because I used to have pet rats too. :) He has a lot of personality and is fun to have out. And as others have said, he's fun for annoying people in dungeons when they keep trying to kill him and get confused when they can't attack him, lol.

May 14, 2011 at 10:13pm | Edits: 0 | Gnomeregan-us | Pets: 484

| Score: 2198

DeathPet

Rating: 0 [Report]

I noticed today, if you're on your seahorse mount in the deep see, whiskers will start leaving trails behind him or if you stop he'll skid and leave a trail of sand.

Dec 21, 2010 at 10:37pm | Edits: 0 | Kilrogg-us | Pets: 666

| Score: 3621

Francella

Rating: 0 [Report]

On my main, have this pet along wiith the other ones, but this is the only pet I have on my druid. I love how they look together, especially the balck cat and the white rat. I always take out this pet on my druid becuase my druid loves Whiskers! =D

Aug 18, 2010 at 4:23am | Edits: 0 | Emerald Dream-us | Pets: 550

| Score: 3027

TsukiStar

Rating: 0 [Report]

Very adorable, and I noticed that even though its very easy to get at the children's week, its classified as rare, which usually means hard to get. Not many people on this website have this pet, even though it could be one of the cooler one out of Mr. Wiggles or Speedy.

May 29, 2010 at 5:06pm | Edits: 0 | Cenarius-us | Pets: 527

| Score: 2283

Smokie

Rating: +2 [Report]

Whiskers was my very first WoW pet, I had chosen him because at the time I was owned by two real-life pet rats and wanted a similar companion ingame. Would love to see more pet rat models in the future with hooded or spotted markings similar to those of real rat pets, in the meantime this little guy still remains one of my absolute favorites!

Oct 8, 2009 at 5:22am | Edits: 0 | Blackwing Lair-us | Pets: 903

| Score: 5401

Phaedra

Rating: 0 [Report]

Whiskers is one of the most active non-combat pets. He's always wandering around a little, standing up and sniffing, and doing a backflip, missing the landing, and playing dead. Plus, he looks hilarious chasing after druids in kitty form.

Sep 27, 2009 at 12:17pm | Edits: 0 | Gilneas-us | Pets: 1068

| Score: 7117

1-8 of 8