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__NOTOC__{{NPC infobox
| image = [[File:Black Moa.jpg|200px]]
| type = Charmable animal
| affiliation = Echovald Forest wildlife
| level = 5, 20
| campaign = Factions
| map1 = [[File:Black_Moa_Map.jpg|150px]]
| map1-text = Location of the Black Moa
}}
{{otheruses|the charmable animal|the collector during Farewell to Gaile|Black Moa (collector)}}

The [[Black Moa]] is a fearsome subspecies of [[Moa Bird]] and its only carnivore. It appears in the [[Echovald Forest]], assaulting many of the locals and evading hunters such as [[Zho]] and [[Nehdukah]]. It is feared, respected, and legendary among the [[Kurzick]]s, who once thought it merely a mythical beast. The tales of vicious Black Moa attacks are told to scare [[Cantha]]n children to make sure they behave.

== Locations ==

* [[Core]]
** [[The Battle Isles]]
*** {{NPC location|Zaishen Menagerie Grounds}} (levels 5, 12, 15, and 20, depending on unlock progress)
* [[Factions]]
** [[Echovald Forest]]
*** {{NPC location|Ferndale}} (level 20; southwest from [[Aspenwood Gate (Kurzick)|Aspenwood Gate]], if at least one party member has completed or nearly completed [[The Beak of Darkness]])

==Quests==
'''Quests involved in:'''
*[[Echovald Forest]]
**[[The Beak of Darkness]]

== Notes ==
* The Black Moa is one of three ''rare pets'' with their own statues in the [["Fellowship"]] monument in the [[Hall of Monuments]]. The others are the [[Phoenix_(pet)|Phoenix]] and the [[Black Widow]].
* Black Moa deal [[slashing damage]].
* After [[The Beak of Darkness]] has been completed by any party member, you can return to [[Ferndale]] to [[Charm Animal|charm]] a single Black Moa. Alternatively, although the quest says you must kill the Black Moa, charming the Black Moa will also complete the quest.
* Outside the [[Sunspear Great Hall]], [[Nehdukah]] and his friends there run away if your party includes a Black Moa (since they have a [[Hog Hunt#Dialogue|reason to fear it]]).
* [[Zaishen Menagerie Grounds/Service costs|Unlocking cost ''(Prestige, Cantha)'']]:
** 3{{zgold}} plus 100{{gold}} ''or''
** 30,000 [[Balthazar Faction]]

{{anomaly| The Black Moa will appear if at least one party member meets the requirements.}}
{{bug| The Black Moa's name will not change if you attempt to change it while you are still in Ferndale after charming it. It will also not automatically use the name you gave your previous pet (i.e. if you had released a named pet before charming the Black Moa). The next time you appear in an [[instance]] with the Black Moa, its name will change to the most recent name you gave it or your previous pet, and its name can now be changed.}}

== Trivia ==
* There is no Black Moa [[miniature]], but there is a [[Black Moa Chick]].
* In the [[Zaishen Menagerie]], the Black Moa chicks use the skin from the [[Black Moa Chick]] miniature, unlike all other animals whose chicks use scaled down versions of the adult.
* Prior to the introduction of the Menagerie, this animal could only be found in the wild and at level 20.
* [[w:Moa|Moa]] is the name of a flightless bird in New Zealand that was hunted to extinction by the local Maori. The Guild Wars version resembles the [[w:Phorusrhacidae|Phorusrhacid]], a predatory, flightless bird that once inhabited parts of South America during the [[w:Cenozoic|Cenozoic Era]].

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