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Comment by Kalx

Obtained from the quest Egg Wave, you have to choose between this and the Blue Mini Jouster.

Comment by 125795

I bet that if two players take this pet(any mini jouster) out at the same time, they will charge eachother. Somewhat like the clockwork robots does, only they fire rockets at eachother.

Comment by Felsir

It looks like this is a tribute to the Joust arcade game; judging by the screenshot of the pet. It looks exactly like the main character from that game. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joust_(video_game)

Comment by Toldry

This pet can not fly.

Comment by Tropix

At the moment it's not possible to obtain both pets. You can only choose one of the two pets from the last quest in the chain.

Comment by 442279

This pet is summoned with a very noticeable red flash (more so than the pet itself). I don't know about the blue version, though.

Comment by anansier

It's really too bad that the minipet doesn't fly like bird minipets do; it's a ground-based model. Sad.

Comment by 378260

While some claim that this pet's inability to fly is a glitch, I don't believe this is the case.

After all, the pet is based off of the game Joust, and that character's bird couldn't fly very well now, could it? I think it's cute that Blizzard kept it ground-bound.

.... Though it would be even cuter if it was a stuffy doll on a mini ostrich instead.

Comment by 709104

Unique Features
The Gold Mini Jouster is not a unique companion pet because it shares the same model with the Blue Mini Jouster. This pet has pretty generic animations and shares the animations that in-game condors have. When this pet is summoned, the owner will /cheer and a flash of gold light will appear.

How to get it
This pet is a reward from the quest Egg Wave in Mount Hyjal. You have the option between picking this pet, or the Blue Mini Jouster. Be confident with the color of mini jouster you want to have as your companion as once you complete the quest and accept your reward there is no way to change your choice.

Source: Warcraft Vanity

Comment by Scunosi

As of this patch it's a level 80 minipet whereas most others (likely all but the other one) are level 1.

Miniwing had this issue and was once level...96? I believe, could be fixed in a future patch.

Comment by mooop

From now this pet is not ground only :) They fixed it and now it's flying.

Comment by craigbenting

I can confirm as of 4.1.0 this companion is flying with me on my flying mounts.

Also just noticed that it is level 80 with 30,951 health compared to all my other companions that are level 1 with 42 health.

Has anyone else noticed if this was this way before or if it changed? Maybe it's possible for your jouster to fight with other player's jousters now?

Comment by Muspel

As of patch 4.2, you can get this pet even if you chose the Blue Mini Jouster by completing The 'Unbeatable?' Pterodactyl: BEATEN..

Comment by Faedeyssara

The Gold Mini Jouster is a pet reward from Egg Wave
You have the choice between Blue Mini Jouster and Gold Mini Jouster

After completing the daily Vigilance on Wings 10 times, you will be awarded with the achievment The 'Unbeatable?' Pterodactyl: BEATEN. which will reward you with Chirping Box (this will allow you to collect the mini jouster that you didn't pick in the initial quest)

Comment by mooloz

Once added to your pets collection, you can have a maximum of 3 Gold/Blue Mini Jousters, which cannot be put in cages.

Found this out once I got the 4th one while leveling my druid. Guess it'll be destroyed, 1 free bag space is worth it :)

Comment by IcecrownEth

TomTom waypoint for those wanting to do the daily for Achievement purposes:

/way Mount Hyjal 38.8, 58.6 Joust!

For the older WoW heads out there, this quest might remind you of lining your quarter in the queue on the glass and waiting your turn. Ah the memories!

Comment by quvalek

So I already had the Blue Mini Jouster, completed the achievement The 'Unbeatable?' Pterodactyl: BEATEN. expecting to get the Gold Mini Jouster, and instead got another Blue Mini Jouster. So I went to Kaestrasz (Stable Master) in Valdraken and just bought it from him. After buying it, he no longers sells it.

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Gold Mini Jouster

Item Level 1
Binds when picked up

Use: Teaches you how to summon this companion.
Right Click to summon and dismiss a Gold Mini Jouster.
Requires level 1 to 80 (80)

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This item can be purchased in Frostwall (39), Lunarfall (12), Dalaran (6), Thunder Bluff (6), Shattrath City (5), Blade's Edge Mountains (4), Isle of Thunder (3), Orgrimmar (3), Thunder Totem (3), Amirdrassil (2), Deepholm (2), Desolace (2), Dragonblight (2), Hallowfall (2), Krokuun (2), Kun-Lai Summit (2), Nagrand (2), Nazjatar (2), Nazmir (2), Searing Gorge (2), Silithus (2), Silverpine Forest (2), Thaldraszus (2), The Cape of Stranglethorn (2), The Ringing Deeps (2), The Veiled Stair (2), Tiragarde Sound (2), Uldum (2), Valley of the Four Winds (2), Vol'dun (2), Abyssal Depths , Ardenweald , Ardenweald , Ashenvale , Azj-Kahet , Bastion , Blasted Lands , Boralus , Borean Tundra , Dalaran , Dornogal , Dread Wastes , Dun Morogh , Durotar , Dustwallow Marsh , Elwynn Forest , Emerald Dream , Fall of Shan Bu , Grizzly Hills , Highmountain , Icecrown , Isle of Dorn , Isle of Quel'Danas , Krasarang Wilds , Maldraxxus , Mount Hyjal , Netherstorm , Northern Barrens , Ohn'ahran Plains , Revendreth , Ruins of Gilneas , Shadowmoon Valley , Southern Barrens , Stormsong Valley , Stormwind City , Swamp of Sorrows , Tanaris , Terokkar Forest , The Azure Span , The Hinterlands , The Jade Forest , The Storm Peaks , The Waking Shores , Tirisfal Glades , Townlong Steppes , Uldum , Valdrakken , Vale of Eternal Blossoms , Western Plaguelands , Wetlands , Zangarmarsh , Zaralek Cavern , and Zuldazar .

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