Parrot Cage (Hyacinth Macaw)

A Hyacinth Macaw pet.

Parrot Cage (Hyacinth Macaw) teaches you how to summon Hyacinth Macaw, a parrot companion.

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It has an extremely low chance of dropping off any mob in Northern Stranglethorn or The Cape of Stranglethorn.

It also has a chance to be listed on the Black Market Auction House by Breanni, for the opening bid of 1,000.

The jungle trolls train these birds to mimic calls for help in order to lure unsuspecting travelers into traps.

Flying: Gains 50% extra speed while above 50% health.

+50% damage from

-33% damage from

It was the first epic-quality companion obtainable outside of the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game. The second one was [Crawling Claw], which is only obtainable through Archaeology.
- Prior to patch 8.1.5 changing its quality, this item was also the only tradable epic companion.
This pet used to only drop from the various Bloodsail pirates in Stranglethorn Vale. Its drop chance was extremely low—some estimated it to be as low as 1 in 10,000. Because it dropped only rarely from a limited pool of mobs, it was notoriously difficult to farm and could sell for tens of thousands of gold on some realms (new players sometimes mistakenly sold it for a low price on the auction house; it was later changed from common to epic quality to help prevent this). In patch 4.0.3a this companion became a zone drop, presumably making it easier to obtain and lowering its value.

Patch 8.1.5 (2019-03-12): Many items that grant companion pets have been adjusted in rarity, to better match the rarity of the resultant pet. The quality of pets was not changed. Item quality changed from epic to rare.
Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Now a zone drop in Northern Stranglethorn and The Cape of Stranglethorn.
Previously only dropped from Bloodsail pirates in Stranglethorn Vale.
Patch 3.2.2 (2009-09-22): This item was changed from common to epic quality.

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