Yak

Yaks are large, shaggy bovines native to Pandaria and also found on the Wandering Isle, used as draft animals by the pandaren, grummles and yaungol. They made their first appearance in World of Warcraft during Mists of Pandaria.

Overview

These beasts of burden are know to carry over five times their own weight and are capable of lasting several days without food or water. Riding yaks are bred to be slimmer and more agile than their kin.

The bond between yak and Yakrat is a strange one, and what the rat gains out of the symbiotic relationship is a mystery.

A great beast that seems to move and think at a glacial pace, the thick coats of the Ironfur yaks dwarf any ram hide seen in Alterac. Powerful horns give the Ironfur a thrusting attack that can send a full-grown sailor off-balance. The meat of the Ironfur contains more fat, and is more filling, than that of the Windfeather cranes.

Notable

•   Batu
•   Big Bertha
•   Cream <Tallmug's Yak>
•   Esrus
•   Fishbreath <Brother Shallowpond's Companion>
•   Floof
•   Ha-Cha
•   Ironfur Steelhorn
•   Jumoy
•   Mooska <Good Yak>
•   Mundu
•   Niuzao the Black Ox is one of the four August Celestials.
•   Pengsong
•   Reckless Millie
•   Rim-Sim-Sim
•   Ruthers
•   Shaggy
•   Shaggy Longhorn
•   Sugar <Littlebrew's Yak>
•   Tassle
•   Tuffi

Types

Alliance Yak Bataari Battleyak Caravan Yak Clean Yak Escaped Yak Field Yak Grand Expedition Yak Hijacked Yak Horde Yak Kobeyak Long-Haired Yak

Mountain Yak Dead Mountain Yak Nourished Yak Ordo Battleyak Ordo Yak Ordo Yak Calf Prize Shagskin Escaped Shagskin Sturdy Yak Terrified Yak Townlong Yak

Trail Yakker Travel Yak Valley Yak Wasteland Yak Wild Plains Yak Wild Townlong Yak Wooly Yak Young Mountain Yak

As a mount

Main article: Yak mounts

Three different yak mounts are sold by Uncle Bigpocket <Used Yak Salesgrummle> at the Grummle Bazaar in eastern Kun-Lai Summit.

As a hunter pet

Main article: Oxen

Yaks are tamable by hunters as part of the Oxen family, along with shoveltusks and musken.

Trivia

• Yaks were temporarily tameable by hunters in the MoP beta by accident and had the abilities of goats.
• Yaungol greatly resemble humanoid yaks.
• According to an unreleased mount, grummles traveling through Kun-Lai Summit by night prefer to ride the dark-haired Black Riding Yak to remain unseen, though they remove the bells from its caparison first.

Gallery

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  Yak models

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  Concept art of an ox statue