World of Warcraft Rarest Mounts, Ranked
Mounts are a really big part of the collecting side of World of Warcraft. There’s an impressive variety of mounts available in the game that are obtainable through questing, reputation grinding, dungeons, raids, and through certain promotions. Plenty of players collect them just so they can say they have the rarest mounts in the game.
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Some of the vintage content is even solo-able for players to go back and try to obtain older mounts from the previous expansions such as The Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King. Mount farming in the game gives a lot to do for players waiting for the next content drop or expansion or to take a much-needed break from raiding or dungeon grinding.
Updated on December 19, 2022, by Kristy Ambrose: Azeroth keeps changing, and both the Classic and retail incarnations of the MMORPG had expansions drop earlier this year. Classic WoW is currently having some fun with the Wrath of the Lich King, and the more recent Dragonflight for retail is enjoying a positive reception from both players and critics. The vintage editions of the game have a few of the rarest mounts in WoW, even a few that are now unavailable, but occasionally they’ll appear on the modern Auction House for game-show level prices. With more expansions, there are always more mounts to find, buy, and show off.
20 The Sea Turtle
For players that have never gone fishing in Northrend, this mount is a rare sight, but for those that spend time grinding the most important secondary profession, it’s one of the easiest to get. This unique mount is only available from fishing nodes in Northrend, and it’s a random drop, so the only way to find it is to go out into the wild and bait a hook.
There are a few guidelines to follow to make it easier to find this mount. It’s only found in schools of fish, not open water, and players have an equal chance of finding it in both fresh and salt water.
It’s a slow mount no matter what the character’s Riding skill level, but it’s extra fast in the water.
19 Gorestrider Gronnling
Available only to Horde players who have managed to complete one of the game’s longest and most complicated achievements, players who have the Gorestrider Gronnling have earned it. Every single requirement in the «Glory of the Draenor Raider» achievement involves completing a quest attached to either the Blackrock Foundry or Highmaul raids.
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There are a total of 17 achievements on the list, and they not only include surviving the raid but always come with some other condition, such as defeating the boss Kargath Bladefish without destroying any of the surrounding fire pillars. That makes it one of the rarest mounts in WoW that’s still available in the game.
18 Sinrunner Blanchy
While owning stats is not yet easily available for Shadowlands mounts, Sinrunner Blanchy takes some complex item gathering and several days of a continuous effort to unlock, making it one of the rarest mounts from the new update.
To get this horse of the damned, players must collect eight handfuls of oats, one grooming brush, four sturdy horseshoes, one bucket of clean water, one comfortable saddle blanket, and three Dreadhollow apples. Players then give each set of items to the horse, in order, over six days. If they befriend the undead beast, they may help Blanchy ride once more.
17 Prestigious Midnight Courser
Part of the rarity of this mount came from changes to the Honor system in-game. It takes 250 Honor to unlock the Prestigious Midnight Courser and when some players were essentially reset to lower levels many weren’t interested in grinding to unlock this rare mount a second time.
Any players with a penchant for PVP may want to hunt this one down as it’s an impressive ride indeed, along with being one of the rarest mounts in the game.
16 Swift Shorestrider
It’s been seven years since the end of the World of Warcraft TCG. While Hearthstone is now quite the beloved title, the game doesn’t include special codes to unlock in-game content.
Neopets may have done it first but these special cards are part of what drove sales of the game.
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The Swift Shorestrider was originally only available if players had the Wasteland Tallstrider card from the Throne of the Tides expansion which is part of its rarity today. A special card for the mount was also released at Blizzcon 2019 but with prices on eBay averaging over $400 for an unscratched card, the mount is likely to remain one of the rarest in the game.
15 White Riding Camel
This is an extremely rare mount because it’s only obtainable through a rare card from the trading card game, Hearthstone. The card game uses the same lore and famous figures as World of Warcraft and there’s a lot of crossover between the two.
The White Riding Camel was released back in 2012 and can still be bought online or in-game by other players.
Out of the other camel mounts in the game, this may be the best-looking one but not the easiest to obtain.
14 Swift Zulian Tiger
A guild breaker from back when that was a new concept, this handsome mount is only available in the 20-man raid Zul’Gurub. It very occasionally drops from High Priest Thekal and it’s coveted for several reasons, not the least of which is that it looks so badass, but also because it’s one of the rarest mounts in WoW.
It’s not just a name. The Swift Zulian Tiger is extra fast, it’s the only tiger mount in the game, and it’s the only big cat mount available to Horde players. In the current version of Classic WoW, these are rare, but unheard of, and it’s possible to tell who’s been grinding their Zandalari Rep and wearing their 3rd-tier armor sets.
13 X-51 Nether-Rocket
Once again the trading card game holds a mount out of the reach of many players. Anyone could find the X-51 Nether Rocket card in the Servants of the Betrayer expansion but only 1% of total players still have it to this day, making it one of the rarest mounts in WoW.
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Ironically, the card also gave a second mount hilariously named the X-51 Nether-Rocket X-TREME which a total of 3% of the player base still has to this day. The less extreme mount is the rare one? Strange times indeed.
12 Tyrael’s Charger
Tyrael’s Charger goes back a long way, to the release of Diablo 3 and the Mists of Pandaria Expansion in 2012. Ten years ago, players received it when they bought the limited-time offer WoW Annual Pass, which included a year’s worth of game time along with a few other goodies.
Extra gifts along with the extended subscription included a free copy of Diablo 3, guaranteed access to the beta test version of MoP, and Tyrael’s Charger. This otherwordly and rare mount became sought after by Paladins and Priests, but when the Annual Pass went away so did this mount. It popped up again in the Taiwan Battle Shop in 2017 when Blizzard offered the same deal there.
11 Heavenly Onyx Cloud Serpent
The cloud serpent mounts are some of the most impressive mounts in the game, and the Heavenly Onyx Cloud Serpent is proof. The black-and-white glow gives it a unique look, and it looks even better when flying around. It is, however, a pretty difficult mount to obtain, as the player will have to farm the Sha of Anger which is only lootable once a week.
The best way to do this is to have multiple characters kill the Sha of Anger every week. It is worth noting that it is an extremely low drop chance, which is why this is one of the rarest mounts in the game.
10 Thundering Cobalt Cloud Serpent
Grab the strongest weapons around, because it’s time to do some raids. Thundering Cobalt Cloud Serpent is a gorgeous mount but only drops upon defeating Nalak. Not to mention, the drop rate is only 0.6% for this rare WoW mount.
Even with a Mogu Rune of Fate, the odds don’t get that much higher. Players also must become good friends with the Order of the Cloud Serpent to be given the spell necessary to ride.
If they manage to meet these requirements players will be cruising in style.
9 Silent Glider
With an estimated drop rate of only .58%, it’s no wonder the Silent Glider remains one of the rarest mounts in WoW. Still, who doesn’t want to ride around on a hardcore spiky fantasy game manta ray? It also flies gloriously through the air.
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Players will need to take down rare Soundless in hopes of getting this mount. These enemies only drop loot once per day, making the grind an extreme test of patience, but a worthy task once players can show off this awesome ride.
8 Son Of Galleon
Have 20,000 gold or more to hopefully buy the saddle needed to ride this mount? Have enough time to watch the Black Market for bidding to begin? Have the guts to take on the Galleon? Any players that said yes to all these questions will have a chance to get in on the fun of having this rare mount for themselves.
This bulky dino boy is perfect to saunter around the game in, especially since so few other players can do the same. It’s a great way to show off.
7 Solar Spirehawk
Solar Spirehawk is visually gorgeous yet so rare to see in the game. Players have estimated it has a .03% of dropping as loot from Rukhmar in the Spires of Arak, which may explain why so few are seen riding this glorious avian.
Still, with the dedication to take down Rukhmar enough times, players can look amazing on this fiery bird as they soar through World of Warcraft.
6 The Polar Bear
There are two polar bear mounts in the game, and one is still available while the other can only be purchased in certain places online. The Polar Bear mount players can still get today is one of the random possible drops from the Hyldnir Spoils, which is the reward for completing the daily quest in Brunhildar Village. This daily quest has to be unlocked via the Sons of Hodir quest chain so it takes some work just to get to this point.
The only other polar bear mount in the game was rewarded to players who bought a long-term subscription to World of Warcraft in 2008 when the Wrath of the Lich King expansion was originally released. Some players kept their reward and never redeemed the code for it, and today these can sell for high amounts of real-world cash.
5 Deathcharger’s Reins
This could be the rarest mount in Classic WoW with a drop rate of less than one percent making it notorious among mount collectors. Unlike other rare mounts that can only be found in raids or as high-level PVP rewards, this mount is a rare drop from the boss at the end of Stratholme, Baron Rivendere.
It’s the only undead horse mount available to Alliance players, making it the mirror-universe version of the Swift Zulian Tiger. Historically, this is one of the rarest mounts in WoW and still holds one of the titles.
4 Ashes of Al’ar
A glorious phoenix that drops from the last boss of The Eye, Kael’thas Sinstrider, and according to the lore was his loyal pet.
The drop rate is only a bit better than the Deathcharger, which means it hovers near 1% making it one of the rarest mounts in WoW.
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This isn’t just a stunning and rare mount, however. It’s also a unique in-game memorial dedicated to Ezra Chatterton, a World of Warcraft player who also helped Blizzard designers create a Tauren NPC called Ahab Wheathoof.
3 Obsidian Worldbreaker
In 2019, World of Warcraft celebrated its 15th Anniversary, and along with several events and prizes, a new achievement was created. It was called «Memories of Fel, Frost, And Fire» and it required the player to complete a series of quests and bosses inspired by Chromie’s Memories of certain previous expansions.
It’s not an easy thing to do, either. Each challenge is divided into three different 25-man raids with an iconic figure from lore at the end. After the 15th anniversary event, the achievement was discontinued and the mount went with it.
Some are still available via the in-game Black Market but prices are high.
2 Vicious War Croaker
This mount has a few restrictions attached to it, which is one of the reasons it’s one of the rarest mounts in WoW. It’s only available in retail for those that have invested in the latest expansion, Dragonflight, to Horde players, and they have to win it through Arena and Battleground PvP battles. Keep in mind this is retail, however, so after a Horde character gets this mount, all of the other characters on the same account also have it.
There are several mounts that Deathguard Netharian keeps in his inventory, and the Vicious War Croaker is the only one that has a battle cry, or at least it appears that it does. It’s strictly a ground mount and moves as fast as the players riding skill allows.
1 Black Qiraji Resonating Crystal
Now that the scepter has been rebuilt and the old battleground in southern Silithus has been reopened, this infamous mount is once again unobtainable.
The Black Qiraji Resonating Crystal is only available during the Scepter of the Shifting Sands event and is never obtainable again after the Gates of Ahn’iraj have been opened.
Other versions of this mount exist in blue, green, and the more elusive red, but players can only find and use them in Ahn’Qiraj. It’s handy to have a mount in this expansive instance, which encompasses a ruined city and decrepit temple.
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World Of Warcraft Rarest Mounts In Wrath Of The Lich King & How To Get Them
Out of all the sparkly accessories you can collect in World of Warcraft the mount is probably the one that most players like to collect and show off. Developers caught on to the popularity of mount collections, and by the time the Wrath of the Lich King expansion was released, there were a wide array of unique mounts for the player to collect and enjoy.
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The new continent in WotLK, Northrend, had a cold-weather aesthetic, some of the rare mounts in this expansion are Arctic and Ice Age animals. This is also when the proto-drake mounts were introduced as a way to one-up the nether drakes of Outland, and they’re available as drops, rewards for killing world bosses, or given in completion of certain achievements. The upcoming mounts include a few from the vintage days along with newer ones that players can get for Achievements or as PVP rewards.
Updated on September 7, 2022, by Kristy Ambrose: It might be that nostalgia moves on a wheel as opposed to a linear timeline. The classic version of World of Warcraft has been running parallel with the Retail version for a few years now and The Burning Crusade expansion was released to considerable fanfare in 2021. Players enjoying the vintage experience of Classic: WoWare already noticing a lot of changes connected to WotLK pre-patch action and that includes prep for the mounts, both old and new, and other details like new training methods.
Before having the ability to fly in Northrend, players have to train for Cold Weather Flying. This skill is available to both factions but characters have to be level 77 and already be trained in Expert Riding. The price of the training book is slightly restrictive at 1000g and players can buy it as early as level 75. Players are not required to train for flying mounts in Outland before getting Cold Weather Flying for Northrend.
13 White Polar Bear Mount
Storm Peaks is a lonely zone without a lot of NPCs or quests, but it has some interesting geography, and the daily quests are worth doing. After completing them, players are awarded a sack of Hyldnir Spoils, and once in a while, they contain this rare mount.
Collector or not, the White Polar Bear is one of the mounts that’s easy to obtain just through doing dailies, with no camping or tagging required. Legend has it that there’s also a Brown Polar Bear in the game, but that one is so rare it is impossible to say where it drops or how to get it.
12 Grand Ice Mammoth
This isn’t a mount that’s hard to find, but it has to be earned through a Reputation grind and a big stack of gold coins, so it’s still fairly rare. Some of the most sought-after mounts in The Wrath of the Lich King were attainable through certain factions and this is one of the most popular.
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The Storm Peaks, a relatively small and central location in Northrend, looks empty at first but tenacious players can find the Sons of Holdir faction and their quartermaster, Lillehoff. Not only does the player have to grind to Exalted with this faction but there’s also a question chain to complete, so even all that grinding and gold isn’t enough.
11 Azure Drake
The Eye of Eternity has a 10-player raid that consists of killing one boss, the dragon Malygos. This is a fairly challenging fight that takes a few phases, similar to the Onyxia battle of Classic WoW.
Malygos drops two rare mounts, the Blue Drake and the Azure Drake, along with an impressive loot table that has something for every class. The Azure Drake has a slightly lower drop rate at 3%, with the Blue Drake at a slightly better ratio of 4%.
10 Grand Black War Mammoth
Not to be confused with the War Mammoth that’s a PVP reward, the Grand Black War Mammoth is the rare drop from Archavon the Stone Watcher, a boss within the battleground of Lake Wintergrasp. He’s only accessible when your faction controls the battleground, which is just one hurdle to jump if you hope to get this mount.
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Archavon has both a 10 and 25-player mode and both drop Tier 7 armor pieces. However, only the loot table for the larger group contains the mount, and players have the roll against each other to get it.
9 Time-Lost Proto-Drake
As far as rare world drops go, this might be one of the most difficult mounts in the game to acquire. Time-Lost Proto-Drake drops from a world boss, players have camped for years waiting for this mount to fly past them.
There are guides and posts galore on the internet from numerous players describing their own individual quests to acquire this coveted mount, which is a must for any collector. That hasn’t changed very much since 2008 when the WotLK first dropped.
8 Black War Bear
One of the most difficult to obtain, and therefore the rarest of the mounts that were added in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion. The Black War Bear is a ground mount that required players to complete a PvP achievement that had nothing to do with Northrend or the Lich King.
Raids on other cities will happen in WoW occasionally, especially on PvP servers, but it’s fairly difficult for a player to take part in a raid that not only attacks one of the opposing factions’ capital cities but also kills the faction’s ruler. There are four on each side, all of them are in Old Azeroth, and very heavily guarded.
7 Violet Proto-Drake
Not all rare mounts are drops from dungeon bosses or only obtainable from certain world bosses. Some are given in recognition of certain achievements.
In World of Warcraft, there’s an official list of Achievements that players can work towards, and one of the most difficult is called, «What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been.» It’s connected to the achievements of the official WoW holidays, such as Children’s Day and the Lunar Festival, and there are about 70 of them in all. This rare mount is not the only reason many players take on this challenge, as it also comes with different titles that the user’s character can show off in front of their nameplate.
6 Bloodbathed Frostbrood Vanquisher
The Bloodbathed Frostbrood Vanquisher is another mount that is awarded for an achievement, but this one is all about raiding. «The Glory of the Icecrown Raider» consists of 16 different achievements that people can complete in the various 10-player raids in WotLK.
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Some of them are simple, just killing all of the bosses in the raid, for example, but others are much more difficult. For example, one of the achievements of the Icecrown Raid is «The Orb Whisperer,» which consists of defeating the Blood Council without anyone in the party taking more than 23,000 spell damage.
5 Crimson Deathcharger
This mount doesn’t fly, which makes no sense for a beast that’s housed in Icecrown Citadel which is only accessible via flight. However, this is an account-wide mount and it’s rideable at lower levels, which means that all of a player’s ‘toons can use it. It’s fast, too, with a speed boost of 100%.
People can only obtain this mount after killing Arthas Menethil, the boss at the end of this raid. Players also have to be in possession of Shadowmourne, a legendary weapon that can only be carried by a Warrior, a Paladin, or a Death Knight. They also need to have a Friendly reputation with the Ashen Verdict faction to get the quest Mograine’s Reunion, which rewards this mount.
4 Big Blizzard Bear
This mount is only available in the Retail version of WoW, at least so far, but that could change in the future if more of them appear. This might be one of the rarest mounts in the whole game, available only via a promotional code given to attendees of Blizzcon 2008, the year when the original expansion was released.
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According to internet lore, many of the people who were rewarded these codes anticipated how valuable they would be and never redeemed them, opting instead to sell them. The mount looks like a polar bear but extras include a murlock hood-ornament who holds a BlizzCon flag.
3 Mimiron’s Head
Sure, it’s weird, but it’s nice to have something different. Not only is Mimiron one of the few mechanical mounts in the game that isn’t constructed by an engineer, but it’s also a reference to Norse mythology, along with most things in Northrend.
This is another mount that drops from a raid boss, and this is none other than Yogg-Saron, one of the most powerful of the Old Gods. Even if someone manages to descend into the depths of Ulduar and succeeds in defeating Yogg-Saron, there’s only a 1% chance that he’ll drop Mimiron’s Head.
2 Green Proto-Drake
Sholazar Basin is a unique place in Northrend, and that’s where players can find Geen, the Quartermaster of the Oracles. This faction stands in opposition to the Frenzyheart tribe, so if someone wants this mount, they have to align themselves with the Oracles.
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Once the player is friends with the correct faction, they have to grind their way up to Revered reputation to buy a Mysterious Egg from Quartermaster Geen. This egg takes three days to hatch and the chance that it drops a Green Proto-Drake is fairly low and totally random.
1 Invincible
This mount was added to World of Warcraft in a patch that preceded the Cataclysm expansion.
It’s similar to the Crimson Deathcharger in the sense that it’s also connected to the last boss of Icecrown Citadel, Arthas Menethil. In this case, however, Invincible is the personal mount of the Lich King himself.
Acquiring the mount also means the player completes a Feat of Strength from the Achievements list. The mount looks different depending on someone’s level and location, and the mount is account-wide so all characters can use it.
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00:00 — Protosynthesis mounts
00:36 — Tarachnid crawler
00:59 — Zhuzha
01:18 — Vespoid Bronzewing
01:41 — Shattered Zereth Runner
01:54 — Forged Sinister
02:08 — Scarlet chelicide
02:27 — Winged hunter of the desert
02:47 — Raptor hunter
03:21 — Golden Bufonid
03:37 — Conjured Creeper
03:53 — Blackened wombat
04:15 — Faithful lupine
04:31 — Vespoid chitterer
First you need to upgrade the talent in the «Cypher Console» called «Understanding Sopranian», after which the task «Finding Tali» will become available in the Pilgrim’s Refuge. After completing the entire chain of tasks and thereby unlocking the protosynthesis of vehicles, you will be able to open locked doors throughout Zereth Mortis.
«Tarachnid Creeper»
The scheme is located in a building on the territory of the «Portal of Horror» at the coordinates /way 62.85 22.01.
«Zhuzha»
The Schematic for creating the Buzz can be pulled from the Smeared Relic, it can be in one of the following places:
/way 42.
01 34.20
/way 53.42 25.81
/way 52.81 45.80
/way 50.35 41.21
/way 64.36 63.43
/way 42.01 34.17
The chance is not 100%, so you will have to look for these relics over and over again, they are located only near the Vespoid nest, this is such an analogue of the wasps from Zereth Mortis.
«Vespoid Bronzewing»
The scheme is located in the building at coordinates /way 4940, the entrance to the building itself is located at /way 50 32
«Shattered Zereth Runner»
The scheme is located on the territory of the «Portal of Horror» at the coordinates /way 60.5 30.6 and just lies on the ground.
«Forged Evil»
The scheme can be found at /way 53.33 25.68.
«Scarlet Helicide»
Let’s start our journey at the coordinates /way 46 8, this is located on the island of the Precursors and use there either the warlock’s portal or the «gates of shadows» of the Venthyr. And we climb up to the coordinates /way 47 9 there and pick up the scheme.
«Winged Hunter of the Desert»
Remember how we climbed up in search of the «Stolen Curiosity»? If not, then watch my video on this topic.
If you continue to move to the next platform, then there will be the scheme we need. Which is located at the coordinates /way 62 43.
«Raptor-hunter»
The scheme can be found in the building located at the coordinates /way 65.74 35.92, the circuit itself is located in a back room that is teeming with elite monsters. The scheme lies on the bench at the coordinates /way 67.42 40.18
«Golden Bufonid»
The scheme can be knocked out of local toads, which are here called Accelerated Bufonids, they live in only two places in Zereth Mortis. The chance is far from 100%, so you will have to arrange a real genocide of the Bufonids before you get the scheme.
/way 50.8, 73.4
/way 75.8, 45.9
«Created Creeper»
The scheme can be found on the visor of the building, it is better to start your journey from its left side. The scheme is located at the coordinates /way 31.5 50.3
«Darkened Wombat»
The schematic is in a hanging cage located at /way 64.13 35.67, it can only be reached from a nearby stone.
«Faithful Lupine»
To get this scheme, you need to kill the Furious Lupine Maw, which is located in the cave in the turn to which it is located at the coordinates /way 51,9, 62.
