Cinder Kitten

The Cinder Kitten is a fiery kitten companion.

Though the Pandaren fire spirit appears to be a vaguely-related cousin to the Cinder Kitten, the two creatures actually share no ancestry.^[1]

Source

This item is available from the shop or the In-Game Store for $10 or €10. It was released on December 4, 2012.^[2]

Pet Journal

A playful, purring pyromaniac. Don't pet these kittens without fireproof mittens!

In-Game Store

This Cinder Kitten will char your face off with cuteness.

Blizzard Shop

If you can’t stand the heat, stop petting it – Combining the cuteness of a newborn cat with the searing magma of the Elemental Plane of Fire, the Cinder Kitten arrives on scene as the year’s hottest companion pet. Get each of your guildmates to get one of their own, and turn every raid night into a fiery feline frenzy.

Battles

Elemental: Ignores all negative weather effects. Enemy pets can still gain the beneficial effects from weather when facing an elemental.

+50% damage from

-33% damage from

Level 1	Level 2	Level 4
[Claw]	[Immolate]	[Prowl]
▲▼	▲▼	▲▼
[Rend]	[Leap]	[Scorched Earth]
Level 10	Level 15	Level 20

Letter

Players are mailed this pet by Breanni:

Cinder Kitten

Somehow I ended up with an entire litter of these playful, purring pyromaniacs.

I'm afraid if I can't find them all homes, my whole shop's gonna go up in smoke!

Thank for helping out, but remember: Don't pet these kittens without fireproof mittens!

--Breanni

Notes and trivia

Blizzard's $2.3 million donation to the American Red Cross

Until December 31, 2012, Blizzard donated 100% of all sales from this companion to the American Red Cross's Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.^[2] Over $2.3 million dollars was raised.^[3]
The Cinder Kitten is the forum avatar of Community Manager Lore.
While idle, it will sometimes chase its tail or sit and groom its face.

Gallery

Artwork for The Cat Pack
Midsummer Fire Festival art print
Holiday Sale 2023 promo art
Summer Sale 2024 promo art

Patch changes

Hotfix (2012-12-10): The Cinder Kitten now haz increased health. It looks like that armor helps a little after all.
Patch 5.1.0 (2012-11-27): Added.
Activated on December 4, 2012.