Black Bear

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Black Bear
Affiliation	Not specified
Type	Charmable animal
Level(s)	3, 5
Campaign	Prophecies
Map(s)
location in Pre-Searing Ascalon

The Black Bear is a charmable animal that can be found in Pre-Searing Ascalon and in the Southern Shiverpeaks.

[edit] Locations

• Pre-Searing Ascalon
  • Regent Valley (pre-Searing)
  • Wizard's Folly
• Southern Shiverpeaks
  • Lornar's Pass
  • Mineral Springs
  • Witman's Folly
  • Spearhead Peak
  • Talus Chute

[edit] Missions

• Southern Shiverpeaks
  • Iron Mines of Moladune
  • Thunderhead Keep

[edit] Skills

• Breaking Charm (monster skill) (only in Pre-Searing Ascalon)
• Brutal Mauling (monster skill)

[edit] Evaluation

• The attack skill that the Black Bear uses is slower than a normal pet attack, causing the Black Bear to have a lower DPS than other pets (including the Polar Bear). However, it can also trigger effects that requires an attack skill to be used, like some Paragon skills provide.

[edit] Items dropped

• Bear Pelt (only in Pre-Searing Ascalon)

[edit] Notes

• The Black Bear is first seen at level 3 in Pre-Searing Ascalon. Despite being at a low level, charming this animal is considered quite difficult. Every fourth attack is a maul attack, a light will shine over the bear just before it happens. With the charmer keeping the bear on the edge of their aggro circle and the other player being attacked, when the light goes off, run away from the bear in the opposite direction and out of the break charm range. Early on in the game, this normally requires a party of 2 to charm the Bear. In the Southern Shiverpeaks the Black Bear will be at level 5 but will be much easier to charm.

[edit] See Also

There is a video on youtube showing how you can charm the bear (in presearing) with these instructions → http://youtube.com/watch?v=ALrem3qe6E8