Black Moa Mini Pet Growable? - Guild Wars Forums

jkyarr · Nov 07, 2007, 12:15 AM // 00:15

This may be a dupicate question but I searched the forum and didn't find any related threads so bear with me asking...

I just read over Zho's Journal entries on one of the Wiki sites and I was wondering, based off of the pictures (presumably from the Journal) and the descriptions in the journal entries, is it possible, after you hatch your black moa chick, to grow that moa chick into a slightly larger mini pet?

There is mention in the journal of the chick nesting in a box from cantha and eating/using as nesting material, some herb from Vabbi. Could these be reference to some further in-game items that, when combined properly could make the moa chick become a moa fledgling?

This is the source of my questions. http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Zho%27s_Journal
Reading the latter entries and viewing the pics inspired this post.

Monique · Nov 07, 2007, 12:17 AM // 00:17

Branch of Juni Berries from feeding Chuno during the quest Insatiable Appetite out in Marga Coast.

item from NF

You'll need Nesting Material from the collector, Nuwisha in southern Resplendent Makuun for 5 Skree Wings. These Nesting Materials are fragile and cannot be dropped or traded.

nesting material

the box from cantha = incubator kit, btw

*havnt read much of chapters 10 onwards, but it seems to have nothing to do with the hatching process and might actually involve further evolution. my $0.02*

Dante the Warlord · Nov 07, 2007, 01:03 AM // 01:03

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Originally Posted by Monique

Branch of Juni Berries from feeding Chuno during the quest Insatiable Appetite out in Marga Coast.

item from NF

You'll need Nesting Material from the collector, Nuwisha in southern Resplendent Makuun for 5 Skree Wings. These Nesting Materials are fragile and cannot be dropped or traded.

nesting material

the box from cantha = incubator kit, btw

*havnt read much of chapters 10 onwards, but it seems to have nothing to do with the hatching process and might actually involve further evolution. my $0.02*

I don't think hes talking about hatching the bird, he means if it will grow.. The answer is no for now. I too believe that possibly one day the minipet will maybe grow big, maybe you need to have the bird in the same storage slot in your inventory for a year or so? Who knows...

Saraphim · Nov 07, 2007, 01:05 AM // 01:05

Worth noting that the Black Moa Chick is the only mini name not prefixed by the word "Miniature", either in your inventory or in the Hall of Monuments.

I wondered whether it would grow, but probably not. It's certainly classed as a mini by the HoM or it wouldn't go on the "Devotion" monument.

N E D M · Nov 07, 2007, 11:27 AM // 11:27

it will be grown up in GW 2,when it is 200yrs later, lol

Mournblade · Nov 07, 2007, 02:44 PM // 14:44

Maybe in one year we'll start to get little surprises in our inventories...

nechronius · Nov 08, 2007, 01:25 AM // 01:25

Little surprises? What, like bird droppings?

Gore · Nov 08, 2007, 02:26 AM // 02:26

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Originally Posted by nechronius

Little surprises? What, like bird droppings?

Read the book carfully. It was so confusing at first all where thinking it was a ranger pet.

Will we be able to let him fight with us once it grow ?

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Onarik Amrak · Nov 08, 2007, 03:09 AM // 03:09

I'll hazard a guess that the Black Moa Chick enables something Black Moa related in GW2.

Quaker · Nov 08, 2007, 04:38 PM // 16:38

It does seem as though it's meant to grow when you read the Journal, but the items used to "grow" it are the same as those needed to get it in the first place, and they only seem to be mentioned once, so......

Dante the Warlord · Nov 08, 2007, 06:23 PM // 18:23

I think its just that we have to keep our moa for a long time. A lot of people have just sold their pets for money, so i think the ones who actually hatched, kept, and used their mini moa get rewarded with an evolved moa...

Free Runner · Nov 08, 2007, 06:31 PM // 18:31

I doubt the Black Moa Chick will grow. Its classed as a miniature by the game. The journal is just providing some interesting back story to Zhos history, how she got Onyx and the origin of the Black Moa. I'm not even sure why you would want it to grow

It will probably as Onarik said unlock something Black Moa related in GW2.

theblackmage · Nov 08, 2007, 06:53 PM // 18:53

Also, I'm pretty sure that stuff mentioned in the OP was in Zho's journal to tell you what to get and whereabouts to get it, as it is required for hatching the egg. I guess we can take it as, in a roleplaying sense, they weren't needed to hatch the egg, they are there to nourish the chick, and that stuff didn't just *poof* when the chick hatched, instead the chick still lives in/around the incubator. The icon just shows what's inside.

x-stunt-x · Nov 09, 2007, 06:12 AM // 06:12

you can just charm a full grown moa to fight by your side why wait for this one to grow if it even does but then it wouldn't be a mini pet
it would just be a pet

Quaker · Nov 09, 2007, 04:26 PM // 16:26

I was just reading a blurb about Guild Wars 2 where it mentioned that you may get some items/equipment/skills depending upon what you have in your HoM. Perhaps there will be some particular item or pet available if you have a BMC in it.

Saphatorael · Nov 09, 2007, 04:33 PM // 16:33

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Originally Posted by Gore

Read the book carfully. It was so confusing at first all where thinking it was a ranger pet.

Nah, some people spotted a dev with a then unknown mini pet. The items started appearing then, so it wasn't too hard to spot a relation between the 2 events.

Free Runner · Nov 09, 2007, 04:34 PM // 16:34

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Originally Posted by Quaker

I was just reading a blurb about Guild Wars 2 where it mentioned that you may get some items/equipment/skills depending upon what you have in your HoM. Perhaps there will be some particular item or pet available if you have a BMC in it.

The very least we will probably get is a GW2 version of the Black Moa Chick.

Milea · Mar 08, 2008, 07:57 PM // 19:57

i wondered this as well, i doubt it will grow either until much later or when ANet decides to make the moa chicks growable. Perhaps GW2 will reveal a bigger version of the moa!

xiaotsu · Mar 08, 2008, 09:54 PM // 21:54

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Originally Posted by Milea

i wondered this as well, i doubt it will grow either until much later or when ANet decides to make the moa chicks growable. Perhaps GW2 will reveal a bigger version of the moa!

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Black_Moa There already is one. This thread is pretty old, but at least you apparently searched before posting.

**cosyfiep** · Mar 08, 2008, 10:07 PM // 22:07

still it would be cool if it did change somehow....we can always speculate!

(need to go and cap my big black moa so I have the set too!!)

Nov 07, 2007, 12:15 AM // 00:15	#1
jkyarr Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Earth, mostly Guild: Hotties Of Ascolonian Rule Profession: Mo/Me	Black Moa Mini Pet Growable? This may be a dupicate question but I searched the forum and didn't find any related threads so bear with me asking... I just read over Zho's Journal entries on one of the Wiki sites and I was wondering, based off of the pictures (presumably from the Journal) and the descriptions in the journal entries, is it possible, after you hatch your black moa chick, to grow that moa chick into a slightly larger mini pet? There is mention in the journal of the chick nesting in a box from cantha and eating/using as nesting material, some herb from Vabbi. Could these be reference to some further in-game items that, when combined properly could make the moa chick become a moa fledgling? This is the source of my questions. http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Zho%27s_Journal Reading the latter entries and viewing the pics inspired this post.

Nov 07, 2007, 12:17 AM // 00:17	#2
Monique Banned Join Date: Oct 2007	Branch of Juni Berries from feeding Chuno during the quest Insatiable Appetite out in Marga Coast. item from NF You'll need Nesting Material from the collector, Nuwisha in southern Resplendent Makuun for 5 Skree Wings. These Nesting Materials are fragile and cannot be dropped or traded. nesting material the box from cantha = incubator kit, btw havnt read much of chapters 10 onwards, but it seems to have nothing to do with the hatching process and might actually involve further evolution. my $0.02 Last edited by Monique; Nov 07, 2007 at 12:29 AM // 00:29..

Nov 07, 2007, 01:05 AM // 01:05	#4
Saraphim Jungle Guide Join Date: Mar 2006 Guild: The Hand of Omega [WHO] Profession: E/	Worth noting that the Black Moa Chick is the only mini name not prefixed by the word "Miniature", either in your inventory or in the Hall of Monuments. I wondered whether it would grow, but probably not. It's certainly classed as a mini by the HoM or it wouldn't go on the "Devotion" monument.

Nov 07, 2007, 11:27 AM // 11:27	#5
N E D M Desert Nomad Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Officer's Club Guild: Gameamp Guides [AMP]	it will be grown up in GW 2,when it is 200yrs later, lol

Nov 07, 2007, 02:44 PM // 14:44	#6
Mournblade Furnace Stoker Join Date: May 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Guild: Dawn Treaders [DAWN] Profession: W/Mo	Maybe in one year we'll start to get little surprises in our inventories...

Nov 08, 2007, 01:25 AM // 01:25	#7
nechronius Krytan Explorer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Southern Cali Guild: Herald of the Storm Profession: W/R	Little surprises? What, like bird droppings?

Nov 08, 2007, 03:09 AM // 03:09	#9
Onarik Amrak Forge Runner Join Date: Mar 2007 Guild: Astral Revenants Profession: P/W	I'll hazard a guess that the Black Moa Chick enables something Black Moa related in GW2.

Nov 08, 2007, 04:38 PM // 16:38	#10
Quaker Hell's Protector Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Guild: Brothers Disgruntled	It does seem as though it's meant to grow when you read the Journal, but the items used to "grow" it are the same as those needed to get it in the first place, and they only seem to be mentioned once, so......

Nov 08, 2007, 06:23 PM // 18:23	#11
Dante the Warlord Desert Nomad Join Date: Jul 2006 Profession: W/R	I think its just that we have to keep our moa for a long time. A lot of people have just sold their pets for money, so i think the ones who actually hatched, kept, and used their mini moa get rewarded with an evolved moa...

Nov 08, 2007, 06:31 PM // 18:31	#12
Free Runner Forge Runner Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: GW2G Guild: Knights Of The Sacred Light [KSL]	I doubt the Black Moa Chick will grow. Its classed as a miniature by the game. The journal is just providing some interesting back story to Zhos history, how she got Onyx and the origin of the Black Moa. I'm not even sure why you would want it to grow It will probably as Onarik said unlock something Black Moa related in GW2.

Nov 08, 2007, 06:53 PM // 18:53	#13
theblackmage Academy Page Join Date: Jun 2005	Also, I'm pretty sure that stuff mentioned in the OP was in Zho's journal to tell you what to get and whereabouts to get it, as it is required for hatching the egg. I guess we can take it as, in a roleplaying sense, they weren't needed to hatch the egg, they are there to nourish the chick, and that stuff didn't just poof when the chick hatched, instead the chick still lives in/around the incubator. The icon just shows what's inside.

Nov 09, 2007, 06:12 AM // 06:12	#14
x-stunt-x Banned Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA Guild: death strikers Profession: W/Mo	you can just charm a full grown moa to fight by your side why wait for this one to grow if it even does but then it wouldn't be a mini pet it would just be a pet

Nov 09, 2007, 04:26 PM // 16:26	#15
Quaker Hell's Protector Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Guild: Brothers Disgruntled	I was just reading a blurb about Guild Wars 2 where it mentioned that you may get some items/equipment/skills depending upon what you have in your HoM. Perhaps there will be some particular item or pet available if you have a BMC in it.

Mar 08, 2008, 07:57 PM // 19:57	#18
Milea Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Dec 2007 Guild: Gods Amongst Mere Mortals [GAMM] Profession: D/Me	i wondered this as well, i doubt it will grow either until much later or when ANet decides to make the moa chicks growable. Perhaps GW2 will reveal a bigger version of the moa!

Mar 08, 2008, 10:07 PM // 22:07	#20
cosyfiep are we there yet? Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: in a land far far away Guild: guild? I am supposed to have a guild? Profession: Rt/	still it would be cool if it did change somehow....we can always speculate! (need to go and cap my big black moa so I have the set too!!)