Panda

Panda
Affiliation	Not specified
Type	Charmable animal
Level(s)	5, 20
Campaign	Core

This article is about the charmable animal. For the collector during Farewell to Gaile, see Panda (collector).

The Panda is an animal companion raised in the Zaishen Menagerie. Like other bears in the game, it deals slashing damage.

Locations

• The Battle Isles
  • Zaishen Menagerie Grounds (levels 5, 12, 15, and 20, depending on unlock progress)

Notes

• They are not charmable in the wild. Instead, they can be unlocked by presenting an Imperial Panda License to Emryd the Tamer.
• Alternatively, they can be unlocked by Helena (Zaishen Keeper) like any other pet by paying their Prestige, Exotic Unlocking cost:
  • 15 plus 100 or
  • 80,000 Balthazar Faction
• There is a rare miniature version of this animal.

Bug.When the panda is viewed through a semi-transparent surface, like water, it disappears.

Trivia

• The panda was removed as an animal companion from Factions just before its release in 2006; it was reintroduced in the February 9, 2012 game update, as part of the conclusion of Winds of Change.
  • According to ANet, the pet was removed because China did not allow depictions of a dead member of an endangered species.
  • Previously, the only panda in the game was Ling Wong, who appears only during The Red Frog.
  • There was also a Panda that acted as a collector at the Farewell to Gaile in Shing Jea Monastery.

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