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Comment by aquaven

This item is sold by Mardan Thunderhoof at Nesingwary Base Camp in Sholazar Basin.

Comment by Jademalo

I wish I knew why this was a book instead of a Glyph for Feign Death.

I understand that Glyphs are cosmetic now and some Glyphs that used to give abilities are books, but I don't understand why this is a book and not a Glyph.

Comment by Araielle

THIS IS GOOD!

No, seriously. At first, I didn't realize how good it was to have both feign death and play dead separated. I even made a castsequence macro to replicate it... until I noticed 2 things:
1.- Now you don't have to change a glyph from the ones you use for raiding, when you're soloing old content (like a Pandaria boss).
2.-Play dead is usable while you're feigning death! Yes, that's right! First you save yourself, then your fluffy pet, who gave a last "taunt" to the creature that almost killed you :'D

I hope this never dissapears :)

Comment by ZIGMER

This is one of the Hunter Class Books added in Legion. These Class Books have similar effects to traditional glyph's. This puts a new Ability in your Spellbook.
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List of known Hunter Legion Glyphs:

Dire Beast

Flare

Harpoon

Hatchet Toss

Glyph of the Headhunter

Hunter's Mark

List of known Hunter Class Books:

Buy all class books (except the fireworks) from the vendor Mardan Thunderhoof at Nesingwary Base Camp in Sholazar Basin.
Buy the Fireworks from the vendor Bryan Landers in Dalaran.
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Official wowhead video showing all the Hunter glyphs: Legion Hunter Glyphs (Youtube)
Unfortunately the video doesn't include class books.
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Comment by Exystredofar

Learned on accident today that if you're standing between a hunter and their pet, and the hunter has this ability, not only will the pet play dead, but so will you. And it interrupts all casts when it hits. Was trying to teleport to my class hall and ended up playing dead. While you have the 6 minute playing dead buff, you can't move or act, but clicking the buff off works fine and restores your ability to move.

Comment by Gyrospark

Simple macro I made, this macro is set to T. Press T to FD yourself, press Shift+T to play dead, press shift + T again to wake your pet up.

/cast wake up
/cast play dead
/cast feign death

Comment by Zidane3838

#showtooltip
/cast Play Dead; Feign Death

Comment by mybelovedchaos

Can be learned at level 40 but can't get it until 60? That kinda sucks.

Comment by murrlkjljhklrrr

How did I live without this ability? Trying to run away from something, feign death, and mount up.... But I can't because I'm still in combat because of my pets. I would just dismiss my pet which takes a while. This is so good.

Comment by Fatherquinn

HORDE: Pick this up at Lvl 45, you won't regret it as well as the other two manuals. Bring $150G with you, well worth it. To get there w/out dying, take the Zep to Borean Tundra, Head north, and STAY ON THE TRAIL! Make sure you have track beasts on, as at lvl 45 you'll have a pretty big aggro range. When you get to Scholazar Basin, hug the mountains and run through the fighting Wolvars, they won't attack you. This should take you to the Path of the Lifewarden, you're almost there! Beware the Crocs near Nesinwary's camp, FD if you have to, or sacrifice pet. Fetch alone is worth the price, and play dead FTW on your pet! Made it there w/out dying once, hope you have the same luck!

Comment by Mikhala99

FYI,

Running around today and the play dead worked fine, but I could not wake up my pet after the threat left. I had to wait the six minutes for him to naturally wake up. Pressing the Play dead again only reset the 6 minute timer. I had to dismiss and call him back to get him to wake up. Someone on redit suggested a repair of the wow installation. If it occurs again, I will try that.

Comment by sasquatch1955

Purchased this as level 17 Pandaren hunter, unavailable to purchase prior to this level but unable to learn at level 17, 18 or 19. Will update when finally able to learn.

Comment by GothyMage

After Shadowlands prepatch landed, was not learnable until level 47! Its been stealth fixed. I learnt it today at lvl 35, dunno how low its learnable now but its great its a lot better than 47! This also applies to the Pet training Manual - Fetch )

Comment by Nulgar

Edit: By the time of 9.2.5, the level requirement has been fixed to always require level 10, no matter where you buy this item.

Still, I would suggest it is easier, especially without help from others, to acquire this and the other Hunter items from Trueshot Lodge / Highmountain, instead of Sholazar Basin:
Outfitter Reynolds in Trueshot Lodge, the Hunter Order Hall, offers this and two other items, with Lucas Sigmund at Nesingwary's Retreat selling the fourth item, The Art of Concealment.
This does not require Chromie Time, so it works on completely new accounts as well. (You can pick up the Legion intro quest from Warchief's Command/Hero's Call boards after completing Exile's Reach and the initial BfA quests)

But keep in mind, each item does cost 50 gold. If you don't have much gold on your Hunter's server, I suggest farming some of the treasures around Highmountain and the Broken Isles - these drop grey items (former AP tokens) that vendor for 10 gold each. The HandyNotes plugin Legion Treasures can help you find these treasures.

Comment by roadmixer88

For a quick primer on this in 9.0 and above. Now that legion is optional content, but this book really isn't, you have to go through at least one artifact weapon quest to unlock the order hall and buy this book, else you have to make your way to SB to buy it. Now that lower expansions are optional, they need to move things like this to the capital cities, but blizz is too lazy

Comment by Hefalumpy

I just went out to Sholazar Basin with my Level 11 hunter and purchased this from Mardan Thunderhoof. I was able to use it immediately. There was no wording on it that said it was restricted and I wasn't restricted from using it. I DO have a higher level hunter on another server, but I don't think that is needed to obtain this on a new character. I'm not sure when the change occurred, but I started legion for leveling and then decided to just head out and try to see if it was still available. I'm not sure if I attribute it to being lazy and not wanting to progress any further in legion to get it or curiosity..... but either way, I'm glad I checked it out!

Comment by Tintern

Still obtainable and useable in DragonFlight. I have no idea why there isn't an alternative way to obtain this. How in the world are new players even supposed to know this is even an option. One of the best Hunter Utility spells in the game

Comment by oozie

Pet play dead , and pet fetch both available in Pandaria remix event from Nostwin - in paw dan village at alliance starting village or the equivalent for horde at the north end of Jade forest , also fron nostwin - both cost 50 gold each

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Pet Training Manual: Play Dead

Item Level 45
Binds when picked up

Use: Teaches the Play Dead command.
Playing Dead, tricking enemies into ignoring them. Lasts up to 6 min.
Requires Level 10

Sell Price: 12 50

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This item can be purchased in Trueshot Lodge (5), Kun-Lai Summit (2), The Jade Forest (2), Townlong Steppes (2), Dread Wastes , Sholazar Basin , Vale of Eternal Blossoms , and Valley of the Four Winds .

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