Outfits to wear with the Safari Hat.
Desire to look ruggedly attractive: required.
Actually being a dedicated Pet Battling alt: recommended, but not required.
Safari Khakis
Han Ibal’s Epaulettes, Journeyman’s Vest, Arcane Sash, Durable Pants, Riding Gloves* + Marsh Bracers, Walking Boots*, Captain Sanders’ Shirt, Vile Branch
Because it vaguely reminds me of the long khaki vest with many pockets, I’ve had the idea to use this extra-long tunic in a cloth Safari Hat kit for a long time.
Bushwhacker
Shredder-Salvage Spaulders, Shattered Hand Breastplate, Salt-Scorched Girdle, Stonebound Legplates, Riveted Gauntlets*, Grom’gar Plate Stompers, Captain Sanders’ Shirt, Lobstrock Slicer, Portable Lap Desk
This kit may not have been so matchy-matchy to begin with, but after weeks of tromping through dust and mud, everything looks about the same color: dirty.
Crocolisk Hunter
Boulder Pads, Overgrowth Cutter Vest, Batskin Belt, Ranger Pants, Guardian Gloves, Marius’ Soles of Slaying, Deckhand’s Shirt, Beasthunter Dagger*
Between the chestpiece from Draenor and the boots from the Broken Isles, this isn’t a kit that a low-level Pet Battling alt could wear. It’s quite nice for a high-level alt who is finishing out their leveling using Pet Battles, though.
Fortunately, the place where Kelisanna had left off in the Sholazar Basin questline when she was leveling from 70 to 80 was right at the breadcrumb to start the chain leading to the croc-surfing quest.
Safari Expedition
Cloth: Elementalist or Archmage sets; Leather: Expedition or Dragonhawk sets; Mail: Talhide or Netherstorm sets; Rustic Workman’s Shirt
For a dedicated Pet Battling character looking for something to coordinate with the Safari Hat, this style of gear is just about “one size fits all” — it’s available in every armor type except plate. Your character will have to be at least moderately leveled to wear this kit, however, as these sets are Outland drops. Furthermore, each of these sets has an odd piece or two that doesn’t match all the rest, so a complete set will probably have to be assembled using items from both set names.
Big & Little Game Hunter
Lo’ap’s Muck Diving Pads, Veteran Armor Legguards & Gloves, Marksman’s Girdle, Marauder’s Boots, Deckhand’s Shirt, Hemet’s Elekk Gun
A more complete version of the Veteran Armor is avaliable in plate, from quest rewards that were originally mail, but were converted to plate in Patch 7.0.
The pith helmet motif is also associated with explorers (and archaeologists, and paleontologists); any of these outfits would also work quite nicely with the Tabard of the Explorer.
Happy Hunting!
Amazing, I’m definitely going to use several of these on my hunters, and tell Princess to come see this post 😀
(Btw, we are doing a little transmog contest on WoWable, I think it is right up your alley :p )
Thanks! and you’re welcome!
I will have to come check out your contest! Thanks for tipping me off about it!
Genius! I really like this as a theme.
Thanks!
I’ve actually had this idea rattling around in my head since, well, Mists, when Pet Battles and the Safari Hat were introducted.
Sometimes it takes me a looooong time to bring my Mogging ideas to fruition…
Plant the seed, bear the fruit: a tasty idea!
What a unique idea, and a great one too! I like Nesinwary so much, it’s great with an NPC that keeps returning with the same style of quests throughout the game development 🙂
Your transmogs are so neat! I never really noticed that hat and the looks of it in detail; I just put it on and close my eyes, hah 😛
I wonder if that monocle helps them zoom in on their prey…
Thanks for sharing 🙂
Nesingwary showing up somewhere in a new expansion is even more reliable than Zul’Again! (Though in Cataclysm, Nesingwary Sr didn’t show up in any of the level 80 – 85 leveling zones, the original Nesingwary camp in Stranglethorn Vale just got updated) I’m already wondering where Nesingwary is going to show up in Battle for Azeroth, and if he will manage to be simultaneously somewhere on Kul Tiras and somewhere on Zandalar.
It’s such a cool hat! I also love the detail — which I didn’t try to capture in any of my screenshots — of the way your character reaches up with their hands when you activate the toy — as if they’re actually putting the hat on.
These were absolutely great – definitely another area to look at for transmogs. Thanks for sharing and the screenshots were awesome. You always do a fantastic job with mugging and it’s helpful to know where the pieces can be obtained. Thank you. 🙂
You’re welcome!
I’m late, but I’m here! (sorry, doing a bit of catching up)
Uau, those outfits are on point! I specially liked the Crocolisk Hunter one, and that screenshot with your Blood Elf on top of one is awesome!
Thanks!
I was glad a) that I hadn’t done the croc-surfing quest already and b) that I’d already progressed almost all the way to that quest in the zone already when I decided to call that outfit “Crocolisk Hunter”. I wasn’t really excited about doing the zone from scratch if I hadn’t done the quest yet (not that I dislike that zone, just that it would have taken more time than I would have liked), but I would have done it to get the screenshots 😛