Argent Warhorse - This mount, sold for 100 Champion’s Seals from the Argent Tournament, is available to both the Alliance and the Horde, being the only (except for paladin chargers) LIVE horse the horde can acquire. You must again be a Crusader, exalted and a champion of all five cities, [...]]]> World Events

The Argent Tournament

Argent Warhorse - This mount, sold for 100 Champion’s Seals from the Argent Tournament, is available to both the Alliance and the Horde, being the only (except for paladin chargers) LIVE horse the horde can acquire. You must again be a Crusader, exalted and a champion of all five cities, as well as exalted with the Argent Crusade and the Silver Covenant (Sunreaver’s for Horde) to purchase the horse. Similar to the Argent Charger, the horse itself is a grey, with burnished metal/silvery grey skirted horse armor, with the Crusade emblem on each skirt flap around the horse’s legs. There are no shields or spikes on this armor.

Argent Hippogryph - a hippogryph open to both the alliance and the horde. It costs 150 Champions Seals. It is white with brown feathers, talons, beak and wing tips. The body is flecked with black spots.

Brewfest

Brewfest Ram - the previous incarnation of the Brewfest ram, this mount is a plain brown furred ram with brown horns. The model is now shared with the rams you ride in the dailies. THIS MOUNT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE IN GAME.

Great Brewfest Kodo - this mount is one of two that have a chance of dropping for you once per day if you defeat Coren Direbrew, the Brewfest daily boss. It has a 4% drop rate which makes it one of the more common drops – much more common than the headless horseman! The unique thing about this Kodo is that it is rideable by Alliance as well as Horde, making it the only cross faction kodo. Visually it’s the same as the other armoured kodos, with a dark black/grey skin and red/orange/gold horned armour.

Swift Brewfest Ram - a ram that previously was buyable from vendors is now a drop chance mount from Coren Direbrew, identical to the Kodo. It also has a 4% drop rate. The unique thing about this Ram is that it is rideable by Horde as well as Alliance, making it the only cross faction ram. Visually it is brown with dark brown horns and chocolate brown armour, studded with green gems.

Darkmoon Faire

Darkmoon Dancing Bear - the dancing bear costs 180 darkmoon faire tickets. He is a basic brown bear with an armoured saddle etc with the Darkmoon Colours, as well as a Darkmoon Faire emblem hovering above its head. Doing the command /mountspecial (or pressing space bar) will cause the bear to rear up on his hind legs, identical to the way a druid bear dances.

Swift Forest Strider - this awesome mount costs 180 darkmoon faire tickets. It’s the only strider mount in game and is in the Darkmoon colours, with a mostly bright purple body with bright green neck and belly. It’s been reskinned on top of the hawkstrider model which means when it runs its neck goes REALLY far forward. It’s an awesome mount with excellent animations and excellent colouring. Well worth the buy.

Hallow’s End

Headless Horseman’s Mount – this amazing flying horse is identical to the mount ridden by the Headless Horseman himself during the event. There is a 0.5% chance it will drop from the Loot-Filled Pumpkin you can collect from the boss each day.

Love is in the Air

Big Love Rocket - this incredibly innuendo filled “love rocket” is a very rare (0.16%) drop from the Love is in the Air holiday boss. It is similar in model to the other rocket mounts and is neon, bright pink. It has a zebra print seat.

Swift Lovebird - the second tallstrider added to the game – although not available yet (as of 25th January 2012) – this mount is a tall pink tallstrider probably identical in skin to the Mulgore Hatchling pet from the Argent Tournament. You will need 270 tokens to purchase it.

Noblegarden

Swift Springstrider - a fourth tallstrider added to the game, with a grey/green colouring all over. This one will be available from vendors during Noblegarden and will cost 500 chocolates.

The Opening of the Gates of Ahn’Qiraj

Black Qiraji Resonating Crystal / Battle Tank - Now completely unobtainable in game (as the gates to Ahn’Qiraj are automatically open on any new realm, not that new realms are ever launched anyway), the Black Qiraji Battle Tank was a reward from “banging the gong” and opening the gates after the War Effort and incredibly long quest line that preceeded the opening of the gates. Only one person on any server would in theory ever hold the mount and title that came with it (Scarab Lord). It’s the only epic mount in game. THIS MOUNT IS NOT OBTAINABLE.

Professions – BoP (can only be used by the person with the profession)

Archaeology

Fossilized Raptor - one of the most common “epics” in Archaeology, the Fossilized raptor comes from Fossil (funny, that) dig sites, which unfortunately do not accept Keystones, making your grind a little longer. It does only require 100 fragments though, and with each dig site dropping 5+ fragments now, it’s speedy. The raptor is the same in model and animations as the other raptors, however purely skeletal, made of old, grubby bone. What with being a fossil, it has no armour, just a small saddle and set of reins.

Ultramarine Qiraji Battle Tank - this is one of the most rare archaeology finds and mounts in game. It is a Tol’vir find, which is rare enough in itself, and then it is a very rare find within the Tol’vir anyway. In model it is identical to the other qiraji battle tanks, but is very interesting in colour as it is an – as is stated in the name – bright ultramarine blue. Unlike the other battle tanks, it can be used anywhere in the world and is not restricted to Ahn’Qiraj.

Engineering

Flying Machine – this chopper is BoE but only usable by engineers. Engineers need to be 300 to make it and it requires 2 Fel Iron Casing, 20 Elemental Blasting Powder, 20 Handful of Fel Iron Bolts and 8 star wood.

Turbo-Charged Flying Machine – this chopper is BoE but only usable by engineers, similar to the flying carpets of the Tailors. Engineers need to be of level 375 to make it and it requires, 4 Adamantite Frames, 8 Khorium Power Core, 8 Felsteel Stabilizers and…a Hula Girl Doll.

Fishing

Sea Turtle - this mount is identical in model to the Riding Turtle mount but with blue skin and a green shell. One of the best things about this mount is that the /mountspecial command is to jump into the air and suck all legs and head into its shell, then pop out again. Fishing up this turtle nets you an achievement, and it can be fished from pools across Northrend and Cataclysm zones.

Tailoring

Flying Carpet – this carpet that requires a tailoring level of 300. Colour wise it is green with yellow trimmings and patterns. To make it you need 6 bolts of Netherweave, 5 Heavy Silken Thread, 4 Arcane Dust and 4 Golden Draenite.

Frosty Flying Carpet – one of the options for tailors, this mount requires 4 frozen orbs, a moonshroud, an ebonweave and a spellweave. It can be crafted by those that have 425 tailoring and although it is BoE, it can only be USED by tailors, which is why I have put it in this section. Visually it is blue with darker blue patterns and edging.

Magnificent Flying Carpet – this tailor-only (BoE but only usable by tailors) flying carpet requires 12 bolts of imbued frostweave, 4 monarch topaz, 4 red dye, 2 yellow dye and 4 iceweb spider silk. It can be crafted by tailors of level 425 and above.

Professions – BoE (can be bought by anyone)

Alchemy

Sandstone Drake / Vial of the Sands – this drake is a mount you transform in to that allows you to carry people as well. Visually it is a dark bluey/green with yellow crystals. To get this mount you can either buy it off the AH – for between 35k and 40k – or have it crafted for you. Alchemists must first discover the recipe – a rare drop from the rare archaeology find “Canopic Jar” – and then craft it using a complex mix of materials.

Engineering

Mechano-Hog / Mekgineer’s Chopper - This mount – usually between 10 and 15k gold on the AH, roughly 10 – 11k gold with mats alone – was introduced in Wrath of the Lich King and is BoE – so you can find it on the Auction House. The engineer needs to be exalted with their Northrend-home faction to buy the pattern, but the person who wants to own the mount does not need to. The hog and chopper are similar in visuals. To craft it you need 12 Titansteel bars, 40 handfuls of cobalt bolts, 2 arctic fur, 1 salvaged iron golem parts (450 engineering to buy), 8 goblin-machined piston (450 engineering to buy) and one elementium-plated exhaust pipe (450 engineering to buy). The engineer needs to be of level 450 to craft it. It was one of the first ever 2 person mounts in game and can carry a passenger.

Black War Bear (Alliance) / Black War Bear (Horde) – these mounts are the reward for completing the “For the Alliance / For the Horde” achievements – killing each [...]]]> Achievement Rewards

Albino Drake – this drake, a creamy white with turquoise edging along the wings and claws. It is the reward for collecting 50 mounts.

Black War Bear (Alliance) / Black War Bear (Horde) – these mounts are the reward for completing the “For the Alliance / For the Horde” achievements – killing each of the opposing faction’s leaders. This has become noticeably harder in Cataclysm and the leaders now need a lot more concentration and coordination to complete. Visibly the fur is a dark, deep brown colour, and as with other bears, the Alliance armour is blue, the Horde armour is a rusty brown.

Black Proto-Drake – this gorgeous proto-drake was implemented as a reward for those that completed Glory of the Raider in Tier 7. Unfortunately, and without warning, Blizzard removed these drakes without warning when Ulduar was patched in. This certainly caused uproar in the community and as of the 26th January 2012, they haven’t done this with any of the other meta achievement raid drakes. Visually it is a dark brown with paler brown edging/wing tips etc. THIS MOUNT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE IN GAME.

Bloodbathed Frostbrood Vanquisher – this frost wyrm, with red tips and drips over it, is a reward for completing the 10 man version of the Glory of the Icecrown Raider.

Blue Dragonhawk – this is the Alliance only reward for completing the 100 mounts achievement. It is the only non-TCG dragonhawk that is available to the Alliance. Visually it is a stunning mix of purples, blues and greens.

Blue Drake – similar to the Azure Drake, this mount can drop from Malygos on either 10 or 25 man. It is a bright, turquoise-y blue with white wing tips and talons. It used to, during Wrath of the Lich King, drop from a special bag that was offered to people who completed the instance using the dungeon finder. Now it ONLY drops from Malygos.

Corrupted Egg of Millagazor / Corrupted Fire Hawk – this gorgeous fire hawk – a reskin of the fire hawks/protodrakes – is a reward once you have completed the Glory of the Firelands Raider meta achievement. It is a bright, neon purple in colour and moves on both land and in the air.  It has intricate purple armour with dark metal edging.

Crusader’s Black Warhorse (Horde) / Crusader’s White Warhorse (Alliance) - This mount, a black/white armoured horse very similar in model to those of the Argent Horses, used to be a reward for completing Trial of the Grand Crusader on 25 man without a single wipe AND without a single person dying in any attempt…so pretty hardcore stuff!!! It’s a lovely mount but essentially almost identical to the other skirted horses. The alliance version of this is that it’s skirts are very bright white with the Argent Crusade emblem on the skirt flaps and white armour throughout. THIS MOUNT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE IN GAME.

Drake of the East Wind – this drake, a model shared by 4 drakes introduced in Cataclysm, is a reward for the individuals who complete Glory of the Cataclysm Raider. Visually it is a pinky red colour with green wing flaps and lightning coursing across its body.

Drake of the North Wind – this drake, a model shared by 4 drakes introduced in Cataclysm, is a rare drop from the boss Altairus in Vortex Pinnacle. It has a 0.8% drop rate. Visually it is a grey colour and also has lightning coursing across its body.

Drake of the South Wind – this drake, a model shared by 4 drakes introduced in Cataclysm, is a rare drop from Al’Akir in the Throne of the Four Winds raid. It has a 0.7% drop rate. Visually it is a dark purple/blue with lightning covering its body.

Flameward Hippogryph – this mount is a reward for completing the “unlock the areas” achievement for the quest hub within the Molten Front in Mount Hyjal. The bird is a normal hippogryph in model but with an interesting skin of oranges, reds, purples and yellows with glowing blue eyes. The base of its wings are flaming and fiery as is its tail. When it is flying, sparks of fire fall through the air and off its wings.

Icebound Frostbrood Vanquisher - this frost wyrm, which glows with an eternal icy blue light, is a reward for completing the 25 man version of the Glory of the Icecrown Raider.

Ironbound Proto-Drake – one of my favourite proto drakes in game, this is a reward for completing Glory of the Ulduar raider on 25 man. Visually it is black wtih icy blue edging and shiny bits.

Plagued Proto-Drake - this gorgeous proto-drake was implemented as a reward for those that completed Glory of the Raider in Tier 7. Unfortunately, and without warning, Blizzard removed these drakes without warning when Ulduar was patched in. This certainly caused uproar in the community and as of the 26th January 2012, they haven’t done this with any of the other meta achievement raid drakes. Visually it is shares the model with the plagued drakes in Icecrown. THIS MOUNT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE IN GAME.

Red Proto-Drake – this proto drake is the reward for completing the Glory of the Hero 5 man achievement for the Wrath of the Lich King heroics.

Red Dragonhawk - this is the Alliance only reward for completing the 100 mounts achievement. It is the only non-TCG dragonhawk that is available to the Alliance. Visually it is a stunning mix of orange, yellow and red.

Rusted Proto-Drake – another proto-drake for completing a Glory meta – this time the 10 man meta achievement. Visually it does what it says on the tin – it’s rusty brown with runes.

Twilight Harbinger – this is another reskin of Alexstraza, but with a purple colour. It is a reward for completing the Glory of the Dragon Soul raider.

Vicious War Steed - this is an unusual mount as it is a reward for three achievements – and becomes BoA so can be sent, once you receive it the 2nd and 3rd time, to other characters that you have. It is the reward for winning 75, then 200, then 300 rated battlegrounds. Skin wise the horse is black furred, with heavy heavy armour. You cannot see the mane but the horse has a pale brown tail that has been bound in to sections. The armour is blue metal with silver edging and red cloth extras, and there is an orc skull hanging from the back of the saddle. The foreleg armour has a large alliance emblem embossed on it. It is only available to the alliance.

Vicious War Wolf - this is an unusual mount as it is a reward for three achievements – and becomes BoA so can be sent, once you receive it the 2nd and 3rd time, to other characters that you have. It is the reward for winning 75, then 200, then 300 rated battlegrounds. This large wolf, definitely slightly different in model to the normal wolves, is a pale grey with darker grey points and a knotted tail. The armour is wooden with metallic plates and a large metallic mask, with alliance (presumably human) skulls hanging from the back of the saddle. The panels on the armour are sewn together pieces of red leather.

Violet Proto-Drake – this is the reward for completing the “long strange trip” meta achievement which is for completing every single holiday achievement. The drake is a deep purple with black touches.

Volcanic Stone Drake - this stone drake, coloured a deep purple with orangey-red crystals and blue wing flaps, is a reward from the meta achievement for completing all the achievements required for the Glory of the Cataclysm Hero achievement.

Guild Achievement Rewards

Dark Phoenix – this mount, a reskin of the golden Ashes of A’lar mount, is a reward for the guild (buyable once you are exalted) once they have killed all Tier 11 bosses.

Golden King - this mount, alliance only, is available once your guild reaches Level 25. You must be exalted with your guild in order to buy the mount and it costs 1,500g. It is a lovely reskin of the normal lions in game with a lovely brown fur and luscious mane, and will always carry a banner that matches your guild tabard/icon.

Kor’kron Annihilator - this mount, horde only,  is available once your guild reaches Level 25. You must be exalted with your guild in order to buy the mount and it costs 1,500g. This mount is a scorpion, a very very large version of the scorpions in game that are mobs/critters. It has a dark brown skin with black claws and, as with the lion, has a banner with your guild icon.

Quest Rewards

Abyssal Seahorse - this seahorse is a reward for everyone who completes the first few quest lines in Vash’jir. Unfortunately this mount can only be used IN Vash’jir, so if you want a universal water mount, get ready to farm Poseidus (mentioned in the World Grinds section)

Crimson Deathcharger - this very special, very rare mount is a reskin of the death knight mount. This mount is available upon completion of the Shadowmourne legendary, which awards you several quests to hand items in and reap rewards – one of which is this horned, red armoured mount. This mount is BoE, and therefore sellable (I have one myself that was a gift!), and can go for a huge amount of money.

Venomhide Ravasaur - this is the Horde equivalent of the Winterspring Frostsaber, a reward from a 20 day long quest line where you nurture your raptor. Visually it is quite attractive, a chocolate brown back and head with paler brown underbelly and neck and neon green stripes.

White Polar Bear - this mount can drop from the quest reward bag when you complete the Hyldnir Spoils quest in Icecrown. There is a 3% chance it will drop from the bag, and actually a 0.3% chance it might drop from your Satchel of Exotic Mysteries as well. The bear is identical for horde and alliance, and is white (logically), with a chocolate brown armour matching the design of the other bears’. He has greeney-blue glowing eyes. This is probably, because LK is a past expansion now, one of the rarer mounts you’ll see around.

Winterspring Frostsaber - this mount is Alliance only and is a reward for completing a series of daily quests for 20 days, growing your wintersaber cub in to an adult. This mount does reward a Feat of Strength because the mount *used* to be incredibly difficult to get – it took a very very long grind. Model wise it is similar to the other unarmoured sabers but without the large teeth. It is pure white but with pale purple stripes.

Recruit A Friend

Swift Zhevra - this mount which was replaced by a 2 person rocket some time ago, was the second in game “unicorn”. It was a zebra, with a single brown horn. It was a reward for completing several steps of the “recruit a friend” program. THIS MOUNT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE IN GAME.

X-53 Touring Rocket – this mount, an awesome two person rocket with a grinning face painted on it, is available for those that complete the full recruit a friend process. It replaced the zhevra mentioned above.

Blizzard Store

Celestial Steed – the first mount ever to be sold on the Blizzard Store, the celestial steed (or sparkle pony as it was known) caused a huge amount of drama and forum QQ and whatnot. It is automatically generated on every new character you create, and is a winged, flying horse made similar to the constellation mobs and statues of Ulduar. It has purple and gold armour along the head and back.

Tyrael’s Charger – I’m putting this here because you do essentially pay Blizzard for it, but for a brief time if you subscribe for the Annual Pass you will get access to the Diablo 3 beta and this mount, which is absolutely gorgeous. Visually the horse is a dark, blue grey gorse with stunning golden armour and see through, shining, translucent wings. His hooves are white on the underside. and look to me (although it may just be perspective) to be much large than a normal horse. Like…it’s a bit like the Clydesdale of the WoW horse world.

Winged Guardian – this was the second mount to be introduced to the Blizzard store and is a sphinx like dark blue lion with golden trimmings and edgings. It can walk and fly and will be sent to all your characters. In the air it will flap its wings leaving streams of gold underneath it.

Blizzcon / Invitational

Big Blizzard Bear - this ground mount came from those who attended the Blizzcon Invitational in Paris in 2008. You can pick this up for £200 plus and it’s an extra special mount because it is a white unarmoured bear with a little tiny murloc carrying a flag sat on its head. It’s very very cool.

Armoured Blue Wind Rider - a Horde only mount available from Mei Francis in Dalaran for 2,000g. It has a blue skin with heavy purple armour consisting of “elbow” pads, a thick mask and tail spikes. The [...]]]> Vendor Bought

This section covers mounts bought from a vendor with no specific faction allegiance or pre requisites.

Armoured Blue Wind Rider - a Horde only mount available from Mei Francis in Dalaran for 2,000g. It has a blue skin with heavy purple armour consisting of “elbow” pads, a thick mask and tail spikes. The Alliance have a snowy equivalent.

Armoured Snowy Gryphon - an Alliance only mount available from Mei Francis in Dalaran for 2,000g. It is very pretty, with pure brilliant white feathers and body and blue and gold embossed Alliance armour and a blue beak. The Horde have a wind rider equivalent.

Armoured Brown Bear (Alliance) / Armoured Brown Bear (Horde) – Both these bears can be bought by their factions for 700g from Mei Francis in Dalaran. Both are identical in fur colour – pale brown. The Alliance mount has blue armour that runs from his face mask upwards, the Horde mount’s armour is Brown.

Black War Mammoth (Alliance) / Black War Mammoth (Horde) – these mammoths – with different coloured armour edging and reins depending on faction (blue for the Alliance, red for the Horde) – are available for 2,000 honor points from a vendor in Wintergrasp.

Blue Wind Rider – this wind rider, Horde only, is blue skinned with a dark blue mane and wings. It costs 50g.

Ebon Gryphon – this gryphon, Alliance only, has a red body and is covered in dark grey/green/blue feathers. It costs 50g.

Golden Gryphon – this gryphon, Alliance only, has a golden body with a white head and brown wings. It costs 50g.

Green Wind Rider – this wind rider, Horde only, has a pale green body with a deep purple mane and edges. It costs 50g.

Snowy Gryphon – this gorgeous gryphon, Alliance only, has a white body with blue/grey edges and black talons. It costs 50g.

Swift Blue Gryphon – this gryphon, Alliance only, has a white body with brown wings and blue and gold armour. It costs 100g.

Swift Green Gryphon – this gryphon, Alliance only, has a white body with brown wings and green and gold armour. It costs 100g.

Swift Green Wind Rider – this wind rider, Horde only, has a tan body and dark brown mane, with green armour. It costs 100g.

Swift Purple Gryphon – this gryphon, Alliance only, has a white body with brown wings and purple and gold armour. It costs 100g.

Swift Purple Wind Rider – this wind rider, Horde only, has a tan body and dark brown mane, with purple armour. It costs 100g.

Swift Red Gryphon – this gryphon, Alliance only, has a white body with brown wings and red and gold armour. It costs 100g.

Swift Red Wind Rider – this wind rider, Horde only, has a tan body and dark brown mane, with red armour. It costs 100g.

Swift Yellow Wind Rider – this wind rider, Horde only, has a tan body and dark brown mane, with yellow armour. It costs 100g.

Tawny Wind Rider – this wind rider, Horde only, has a tan body with white wing flaps. It costs 50g.

Traveler’s Tundra Mammoth (Alliance) / Traveler’s Tundra Mammoth (Horde) – this mammoth costs 20,000g from Mei Francis in Dalaran and is special because it is *both* a three person mount and a vendor mount. When you mount up, if you are alliance it will have a mecha-gnome and a spacegoat on it – the gnome will repair you and the spacegoat is a normal vendor. If you are horde, you will have a goblin repair NPC and a troll reagent vendor.

Wooly Mammoth (Alliance) / Wooly Mammoth (Horde) – this mammoth costs 2,175 Justice Points and can be bought from Mei Francis in Dalaran. It has tan fur and similar to the others the reins and armour change colours depending on your faction – blue for the Alliance and red for the Horde.

Reputation Mounts

These mounts all require you to have a specific reputation in order to buy.

TBC

Cenarion Expedition

Cenarion War Hippogryph – this hippogryph matches the model and colour of the hippogryphs ridden by anyone travelling from a night elf hub across Azeroth. It costs 2,000g and requires exalted with the Cenarion Expedition. It has an interesting colour scheme with a turquoise and blue body, black tail and green and red wings.

Kurenai / Mag’har

Cobalt Riding Talbuk - this talbuk can be bought once exalted with the Kurenai/Mag’har for just 10g (7g at exalted!) It has dark blue/black legs with a purple sheen. The difference between the riding talbuks and the war talbuks – the riding talbuks don’t have armour. The Alliance and Horde talbuks are identical in skin but have different labels because they are bought from different vendors.

Cobalt War Talbuk - this talbuk is available for 70g from the Kurenai/Mag’har faction. It is different to the riding talbuks due to the fact it has more armour. It has dark blue/black legs with a purple sheen.  The Alliance and Horde talbuks are identical in skin but have different labels because they are bought from different vendors.

Dark Riding Talbuk - this talbuk and it’s dark war brother are much harder to get. To grind this talbuk out you must collect 70 battle tokens (one is received everytime you kill someone – not a NPC, a player – in Halaa) and 15 research tokens (grind 20 crystal powder out to get one token).

Dark War Talbuk - this talbuk and it’s dark war brother are much harder to get. To grind this talbuk out you must collect 100 battle tokens (one is received everytime you kill someone – not a NPC, a player – in Halaa) and 20 research tokens (grind 20 crystal powder out to get one token).

Silver Riding Talbuk - this talbuk is available for 7g from the Kurenai/Mag’har faction. It is different to the riding talbuks due to the fact it has more armour.  It has a white upper body with black legs. The Alliance and Horde talbuks are identical in skin but have different labels because they are bought from different vendors.

Silver War Talbuk - this talbuk is available for 70g from the Kurenai/Mag’har faction. It is different to the riding talbuks due to the fact it has more armour. It has a white upper body with black legs. The Alliance and Horde talbuks are identical in skin but have different labels because they are bought from different vendors.

Tan Riding Talbuk - this talbuk is available for 7g from the Kurenai/Mag’har faction. It is different to the riding talbuks due to the fact it has more armour.  It has a tan and white upper body with black legs. The Alliance and Horde talbuks are identical in skin but have different labels because they are bought from different vendors.

Tan War Talbuk - this talbuk is available for 70g from the Kurenai/Mag’har faction. It is different to the riding talbuks due to the fact it has more armour. It has a tan and white upper body with black legs. The Alliance and Horde talbuks are identical in skin but have different labels because they are bought from different vendors.

White Riding Talbuk - this talbuk is available for 7g from the Kurenai/Mag’har faction. It is different to the riding talbuks due to the fact it has more armour.  It has a pure white (with a couple of black spots on his haunches) upper body with black legs. The Alliance and Horde talbuks are identical in skin but have different labels because they are bought from different vendors.

White War Talbuk - this talbuk is available for 70g from the Kurenai/Mag’har faction. It is different to the riding talbuks due to the fact it has more armour. It has a pure white (with a couple of black spots on his haunches) upper body with black legs. The Alliance and Horde talbuks are identical in skin but have different labels because they are bought from different vendors.

Netherwing

Azure Netherwing Drake – this azure drake is buyable once you are a exalted with the Netherwing. The colours are a luminescent blue and green. The way this faction works, you can choose to receive one drake as a reward for hitting exalted, and then you can purchase the rest. As all are named, this one is named Suraku.

Cobalt Netherwing Drake - this cobalt drake is buyable once you are a exalted with the Netherwing. The colours are a luminescent black and blue. The way this faction works, you can choose to receive one drake as a reward for hitting exalted, and then you can purchase the rest. As all are named, this one is named Jorus.

Onyx Netherwing Drake - this onyx drake is buyable once you are a exalted with the Netherwing. The colours are a luminescent black and grey. The way this faction works, you can choose to receive one drake as a reward for hitting exalted, and then you can purchase the rest. As all are named, this one is named Onyxien.

Purple Netherwing Drake - this onyx drake is buyable once you are a exalted with the Netherwing. The colours are a luminescent purple, green and blue. The way this faction works, you can choose to receive one drake as a reward for hitting exalted, and then you can purchase the rest. As all are named, this one is named Malfas.

Veridian Netherwing Drake - this veridian drake is buyable once you are a exalted with the Netherwing. The colours are a deep olive green, black and grey. The way this faction works, you can choose to receive one drake as a reward for hitting exalted, and then you can purchase the rest. As all are named, this one is named Zoya.

Violet Netherwing Drake - this violet drake is buyable once you are a exalted with the Netherwing. The colours are a deep purple and black. The way this faction works, you can choose to receive one drake as a reward for hitting exalted, and then you can purchase the rest. As all are named, this one is named Voranaku.

Sha’tari Skyguard

Blue Riding Nether Ray – this nether ray can be bought once you are exalted with the Sha’tari Skyguard. It is cream with black fins and blue armour shells along the back, stripes along the fins and the tail.

Green Riding Nether Ray - this nether ray can be bought once you are exalted with the Sha’tari Skyguard. It is grey with black fins and green armour shells along the back, stripes along the fins and the tail, and a central green glowing “section” in it’s body.

Purple Riding Nether Ray - this nether ray can be bought once you are exalted with the Sha’tari Skyguard. It is dark blue with black fins and purple armour shells along the back, stripes along the fins and the tail, and a central purple glowing “section” in it’s body.

Red Riding Nether Ray - this nether ray can be bought once you are exalted with the Sha’tari Skyguard. It is a reddy orange coloured body with dark blue/grey fins, shell, tail and armour.

Silver Riding Nether Ray - his nether ray can be bought once you are exalted with the Sha’tari Skyguard. It has a silver coloured body with yellow stripes and dark coloured fins.

WotLK

The Oracles

Green Proto-Drake - although this also involves a lot of grinding (you must buy an egg, once every three days, and wait for a 5% drop), the green proto-drake is reputation based on the Oracles, as you need to be revered with the Oracles in order to purchase the egg in the first place. Visually it is neon green with purple edging and wing tips.

Silver Covenant

Silver Covenant Hippogryph – this Alliance only mount is a gorgeous white hippogryph with blue feather tips and blue edges. You will need 150 Champion’s Seals to buy it and to be exalted with the faction.

Sons of Hodir

Grand Ice Mammoth (Alliance) / Grand Ice Mammoth (Horde) - this mammoth, coloured a grey/black with faction matching reins/armour (red for Horde, blue for Alliance),  can be bought from the Sons of Hodir quartermaster for 10,000g. It has no vendors on it (unlike the one purchasable from Mei Francis in Dalaran) but space for 2 player passengers. You need to be exalted with the Sons of Hodir to buy this mount.

The Sunreavers

Sunreaver Dragonhawk – this is the Horde reward for the Argent Tournament faction. You will need 150 Champion’s Seals to buy it and be exalted with the faction. The dragonhawk itself is red with dark grey wing tips.

Wyrmrest Accord

Red Drake – this basic red drake can be bought once you reach exalted with the Wyrmrest Accord. It costs 2,000g.

Cataclysm

Baradin’s Wardens

Spectral Steed - this mount is beautiful! You need to be exalted with the Baradin’s Wardens faction to buy it, making it Alliance only. There is a horde wolf counterpart. The model is the same as other horses, but the skin is unique. It matches the spectral horse mobs in Tol Barad, and is a translucent white/see through body with what looks to be quite heavy blue shimmering armour. It costs 165 Tol Barad Commendation marks.

Drake of the West Wind - this drake is the only one of the four new ones in Cataclysm that can be bought. You can buy it from the Baradin’s Wardens quartermaster for 200 Tol Barad Commendation marks. Visually it is green with maroon edging, and has lightning coursing across its body.

Hellscream’s Reach

Spectral Wolf - this mount is a fair bit less attractive than its Alliance counterpart…but the same in all other ways – heavy blue armour and a translucent skin. It is horde only as you need to be exalted with Hellscream’s Reach to buy it. It costs 165 Tol Barad Commendation marks.

Drake of the West Wind - this drake is the only one of the four new ones in Cataclysm that can be bought. You can buy it from the Hellscream’s Reach quartermaster for 200 Tol Barad Commendation marks. Visually it is green with maroon edging, and has lightning coursing across its body.

Ramakhen

Brown Riding Camel - this mount is one of two buyable once you are exalted with the Ramkahen faction, based in Uldum. This camel has brown fur and a slightly darker brown goatee/neck hair, quiff and tail. One of the best things about the camels are their movements/momentum – and the way they jump. ESPECIALLY if you jump them sideways… It costs 100g.

Tan Riding Camel - this mount is one of two buyable once you are exalted with the Ramkahen faction, based in Uldum. This camel has tan fur and a slightly darker brown goatee/neck hair, quiff and tail. One of the best things about the camels are their movements/momentum – and the way they jump. ESPECIALLY if you jump them sideways… It costs 100g.

This section includes:

- [...]]]> Faction Specific Mounts

These mounts are all ONLY available to the faction they are purchased from – ie, nothing under the blue Alliance tag can be bought by a horde vendor, and vice versa. This is where mounts differ so much from companion pets – so many more are faction specific.

This section includes:

- original slow/fast mounts from the home faction

- the original PvP mounts that cost 2,000 Honor Points each

- the faction/champion linked Argent Tournament mounts that cost Champion’s Seals

- the classic “vanilla” mounts that are no longer obtainable and were removed from the game in early Vanilla.

Alliance

For alliance racial mounts, any race except your own you will have to reach Exalted reputation with before you can purchase their mounts. The mounts are:

Darnassus

Spotted Frostsaber - a night elf saber which is white with black spots all over his body and legs.

Striped Frostsaber - a night elf saber with a beige skin covered in black stripes, with a white underbelly and socks.

Striped Frostsaber - another night elf saber which is white with black stripes over its body.

Striped Nightsaber - a final slow night elf saber which is deep grey with white points, covered in black stripes.

Swift Frostsaber - this night elf mount, 10g for those that are exalted with Darnassus, is white furred with silver armour embossed with big green gems.

Swift Mistsaber - this night elf mount, 10g for those that are exalted with Darnassus, is grey with a white underbelly and legs with silver armour and turquoise gems.

Swift Stormsaber - this night elf mount, 10g for those that are exalted with Darnassus, is  blue coated with black spots saber, which has a white underbelly and paws. It’s armour is a greeney-gold with large turquoise gems in the panels.

Exodar

Brown Elekk - this is one of the classic slow mounts for spacegoats and those exalted with the Draenei. Its skin is a dull greeney-brown colour with a brown saddle and purple saddle cloth.

Gray Elekk - a second slow unarmoured elekk, this one has a grey skin with brown saddle, green saddle cloth and blue reins/girth.

Great Blue Elekk - one of the “epic” speed mounts, this is available for 10g to those exalted with the spacegoats / Exodar. It has grey skin with dark blue armour which has light blue edging.

Great Green Elekk - one of the fast riding mounts of the Draenei, available for 10g to those exalted with the Exodar. It has grey skin with a pale grey armour which is has bright green bits.

Great Purple Elekk - one of the fast riding mounts of the Draenei, available for 10g to those exalted with the Exodar. It has grey skin with a pale purple armour with deeper purple sections.

Purple Elekk - another slow Exodar mount, this elekk has a purple skin with a brown saddle. dark purple saddle cloth and brown girth and reins.

Gilneas

Mountain Horse - the first new Gilnean mount, this horse is an unarmoured, unsaddled brown horse  with a dark brown mane and tail and white socks.

Swift Mountain Horse - this horse, added very recently, is one of two Gilnean mounts added to the game to even the balance in comparison to the goblins. They are only basic horse mounts, but with absolutely no armour. This swift steed is black with a white blaze and socks.

Gnomeregan

Blue Mechanostrider - this basic gnomeregan mount is a plain metal with blue paintwork and springs. It costs 1g.

Green Mechanostrider - another basic strider, this is plain metal with an olive green paint job.

Red Mechanostrider - a third basic strider made of plain metal with red paintwork and yellow edging.

Swift Green Mechanostrider - this gnome mount, 10g for those exalted with Gnomeregan, is metallic/white colour with neon green edging and paintwork with yellow streaks.

Swift White Mechanostrider - this costs 10g and is available once you are exalted with the gnomes, and is white metal all over, with a couple of red splotches and joints.

Swift Yellow Mechanostrider - the third swift strider, this costs 10g once exalted with the gnomes and is white metal with yellow edges and stripes.

Unpainted Mechanostrider - cop out city. Mechanostrider with no colouring or paintwork at all. 1g for those exalted with the gnomes.

Ironforge

Brown Ram - a slow riding mount for Ironforge, this ram has tan fur with white socks and beige/cream horns.

Gray Ram - a second slow riding mount for those exalted with the dwarves with pale grey fur all over and beige/cream horns.

Swift Brown Ram - a fast riding mount of Ironforge, this costs 10g. It has tan fur with pale grey horns and deep purple armour and pale purple gems.

Swift Gray Ram - this ram, dark grey in fur with dusky green/grey horns and grey gems, costs 10g for those who are exalted with Ironforge.

Swift White Ram - this ram is totally white, with brown horns and a deep green armour with yellow/green gems. It is also 10g once exalted with Ironforge.

White Ram - a lovely unarmoured white ram with gorgeous bright white fur and grey horns.

Stormwind

Black Stallion - this slow Stormwind mount costs 1g. It is almost fully black, black furred with a black mane and tail. It has white socks.

Brown Horse - this is another 1g slow Stormwind mount. It is a pale brown horse with white socks.

Chestnut Mare - a third Stormwind mount, chestnut in colour with bright white socks and a dark brown mane and tail.

Pinto - the final slow Stormwind mount, this is Pinto in colour (what a surprise). Pinto horse are a dark brown in body with white patches and freckles, and white socks.

Swift Brown Steed - one of the Stormwind epic mounts, this costs 10g. It is a chestnut mount with dark brown mane and tail, glowing purple eyes and silver armour. The chest cloth is blue and are the leg straps.

Swift Palomino - another Stormwind epic mount which costs 10g for those that are exalted, this gorgeous horse is a palomino pale with a paler mane and tail) with silver armour and blue chest cloth and leg straps.

Swift White Steed - another horse for those exalted with humans, this horse is white with silver armour, green eyes and blue cloth straps and legs.

Both factions also have 6 of their own PvP mounts, 5 racial related and 1 generic. The Alliance versions are:

Black Battlestrider - This mechanostrider, the gnome version of the PvP mounts, is identical to other swift Mechanostriders but with a black tint. He can be bought from the mount vendor outside the Hall of Champions for 2000 Honor Points.

Black War Elekk - this Elekk costs 2,000 honor points. It has black skin with purple and red armour, with yellow/gold panelling.

Black War Ram - this armoured ram with massive horns is available for 2000 Honor Points. Colour wise, it is a deep grey with a black tint with glowing greeney blue eyes and red armor and reins. The red armor is embossed with gold symbols and threading.

Black War Steed Bridle - this gorgeous horse is identical in model to the other swift horse mounts in game. It has black hair and a black mane and tail, with glowing pink eyes. It has lower legs wraps of a royal blue and a neck cloth of the same colour, and its armor is a burnished metal.

Black War Tiger - this is the Darnassian PvP mount. It’s not black at all, but a deep grey on his back, along his head and tail, with a white underside and belly. The armour is intricate, with gold edging and embossing and large purple gems.

Stormpike Battle Charger - this Ram is related to the Stormpike battleground faction – those you fight alongside as Alliance in Alterac Valley. It costs 2,000 Honor Points and visually is a mix of dark and light greys with red and gold armour and glowing purple eyes.

The Argent Tournament, a daily quest hub added in Wrath of the Lich King, offered a huge number of achievements, mounts and pets to collectors. Those that are not faction specific are listed in the “world events” section, however many were only open to your faction. The Alliance ones are:

Darnassian Nightsaber - one of my favourite saber skins in game, this is saber is armoured, identical in model to the other armoured sabers, but with a different skin. He has glowing neon purple eyes and a lovely deep purple/black fur, which lightens around his face and belly. He has a huge pair of fangs, and his armour is embossed silver with an orange gem in the headpiece. It can be bought for 100 Champion’s Seals, once you are a champion of this faction – Darnassus.

Exodar Elekk - this Elekk, never a particularly attractive species, costs 100 Champion’s Seals once you are a champion of Exodar in the Argent Tournament. He is grey skinned, with gold and purple armour and huge tusks. Of all the elekks, this is probably one of the most extravagant.

Gnomeregan Mechanostrider - this mechanostrider is identical in model to the other swift mechanostriders in game. Its colouring is the typical silver metal, but with purple tints and copper edges throughout – colours to match the colours of Gnomeregan! This mount costs 100 Champion’s Seals and is available once you are a champion of the gnomes in the Tournament.

Great Red Elekk - this elekk costs 500g and 5 Champion’s Seals, and you need to be exalted with the Exodar to buy it. It is the same in model but interesting in skin to the other elekks – deep purple skin with bright gold armour with red and orange panelling.

Ironforge Ram - this ram costs 100 Champion’s Seals. It has a pale brown shaggy coat with massive black horns. He has red reins and a red headpiece with gold embossing. You don’t need to be exalted with Ironforge for this mount, but you do need to be a champion of the faction.

Quel’dorei Steed - this mount costs 100 Champion’s Seals and shares a model with most other horses with one exception – IT’S A UNICORN. A white steed with black mane, tail and single horn, you can buy it once you are exalted with the Silver Covenant/Sunreavers.

Stormpike Steed - another beautiful horse, this is a grey horse with a burnished gold armour with polished gold embellishments. The cloth parts of the armour are the royal blue of Stormwind and the horse’s eyes are a glowing blue too. It costs 100 Champion’s Seals and you do not need to be exalted with Stormwind to buy it – just be a Champion of them for the tournament.

Swift Gray Steed - 500g and 5 Champion’s Seals plus exalted with Stormwind will net you this mount, a dark grey horse with burnished silver armour and a brown chest plate and leg straps.

Swift Moonsaber - 500g and 5 Champion’s Seals plus exalted with Darnassus and then you can buy this mount, which is a pale, almost purple-grey saber with white underbelly, with dark silver armour and deep purple gems.

Swift Violet Ram - the 500g, 5 seals Ironforge mount is a deep grey furred mount with pale purple horns and intricate violet armour with gold edging. It has glowing pink eyes.

Turbostrider - this excellent mechanostrider is a maroon red metal with silver edging and one glowing yellow light for eyes. It has has yellow streaks of go faster stripes on its body and “wings”. You need to be exalted with Gnomeregan to buy it and it costs 500g and 5 Champion’s Seals.

Originally in game there were some extra unarmoured mounts. These Vanilla / Old School Mounts are no longer available in game, and owning one gives a Feat of Strength. The Alliance versions of these are:

Ancient Frostsaber - this beautiful saber – an almost totally white with no stripes, freckles or spots model – is unfortunately one of the old classic mounts. THIS MOUNT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE IN GAME.

Black Ram - this Black Ram is identical in model to the other unarmoured rams and in colour to the armoured black battle ram. THIS MOUNT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE IN GAME.

Frost Ram - as above with the Black Ram, this model has now been completely replaced and is no longer available in game. It is simply a white/blue ram with no armour. THIS MOUNT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE IN GAME.

Icy Blue Mechanostrider Mod A - a very rare epic mechanostrider in an attractive blue colour that was patched out in 1.4 - THIS MOUNT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE IN GAME.

Nightsaber - this was another classic night elf mount, with a pure simple panther skin but with the large teeth of a saber. THIS MOUNT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE IN GAME.

Palomino - a beautiful human mount, my favourite skin in game, this palomino horse – identical to real life palomino horses with the darker body and beautiful paler mane and tail. THIS MOUNT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE IN GAME.

White Mechanostrider Mod B - not necessarily an attractive mount, this is simply a plain strider with a black beak. No particular loss of this not being in the game!! THIS MOUNT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE IN GAME.

White Stallion - a real shame this isn’t in the game anymore, this is a white horse with a black mane and tail. He has black edges between legs and socks and is unarmoured. THIS MOUNT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE IN GAME.

Horde

For horde racial mounts, any race except your own you will have to reach Exalted reputation with before you can purchase their mounts. The mounts are:

Bilgewater Cartel

Goblin Trike - this is the slow Goblin trike which is completely made of wood with metal edging and plating. It’s a three wheeled mount with a single light on the front.

Goblin Turbo-Trike - this is the swift version of the Goblin’s motorised vehicles. The trike is made of a mixture of wood panelling and metal, with one small wheel at the front and two massive ones at the back. It has a large exhaust at the back and an engine which is painted with flames, like a dodgy hell’s angel’s motorbike.

Orgrimmar

Black Wolf - this wolf is an unarmoured wolf with a slightly different model to the armoured models. He has black fur with purple points. The saddle is red with a furry white saddle cloth.

Brown Wolf - this is the second unarmoured Orgrimmar wolf with brown back, head and tail with white underbelly, neck and socks. The saddle is red with a furry white saddle cloth.

Dire Wolf - a third unarmoured Orgrimmar wolf essentially identical in colour to the Brown wolf. The saddle is red with a furry white saddle cloth.

Swift Brown Wolf  - this brown wolf – deep brown on the back, head and tail and paler brown on the underbelly, socks and neck. He has a silver spiked neck armour and mask with deep blue leather straps round the paws. He costs 10g for those exalted with Orgrimmar.

Swift Grey Wolf - one of the common wolf skins (ridden by a lot of NPCs) this is pale grey on the underside and dark grey on top, with maroon armour and brown leather straps. He costs 10g to those exalted with Orgrimmar.

Swift Timber Wolf - a pretty wolf skin, this one is pristine white except for a pale grey lining along his back, head and tail. Armour wise he wears a burnished silver spiked neck and mask with brown leather straps round the paws. 10g for those exalted with Orgrimmar.

Timber Wolf - the final slow wolf skin, this is brown all over, chestnut in fur with a white, tinged with brown, underbelly, neck and socks.

Sen’jin

Emerald Raptor - a slow Sen’jin raptor with gorgeous bright green skin with yellow streaks and stripes.

Swift Blue Raptor - this raptor, 10g for those exalted with the trolls, is armoured with a dark green armour with gold streaks and has a bright blue skin with short neon green stripes. The head armour is decorated with golden feathers

Swift Olive Raptor - this is one of the swift raptors that cost 10g for those exalted with the trolls. It is an olive green with purple armour, streaks and headfeathers.

Swift Orange Raptor - this orange raptor (deep orange along his back, a paler orange along his underbelly with large orangey-brown claws) is available for 10g to those exalted with Sen’jin.

Swift Purple Raptor - a fourth raptor, this one is a grey-purple along its underbelly and body, with bright purple claws and a bright purple back which also has neon blue stripes. The armour is a dirty red/brown colour.

Turquoise Raptor - another slow raptor for the Sen’jin trolls, this is turquoise in colour and skin with neon yellow stripes and a pale green underbelly and neck.

Violet Raptor - a final slow raptor, this one is a dirty purple in colour with a dirty beige underbelly and neck with  blue stripes.

Silvermoon

Black Hawkstrider - this mount is one of the unarmoured “slow” hawkstriders. It’s attractive because its a deep black/purple with gold and green jewelled ankle straps, a purple beak and a yellow neck and gold glowing eyes.

Blue Hawkstrider - this mount is a second unarmoured slow strider which has a lovely blue feathered body with green wing tips, with a yellow neck and golden ankle straps studded with green gems.

Purple Hawkstrider - a gorgeous hawkstrider, this is deep purple across all its body, blue wing tips and blue head feathers, with a yellow neck with golden ankle straps and green gems.

Red Hawkstrider - another attractive hawkstrider with a bright red body and head with purple wing tips and head feathers, with a yellow neck and golden ankle straps with green gems.

Swift Green Hawkstrider - this hawkstrider, for 10g for those exalted with Silvermoon, is blue with deep green wing tips and head feathers. He has gold and purple armour, beaks and claws.

Swift Pink Hawkstrider - another hawkstrider, open for 10g to those exalted with Silvermoon, is more purple than pink, almost identical in skin to one of the Argent Tournament birds with golden armour, dull green gems and red and purple feathers.

Swift Purple Hawkstrider - a third strider for those exalted with Silvermoon, this has gold armour with dirty yellow gems and purple and blue wing feathers.

Thunderbluff

Brown Kodo - this kodo is one of the slow Tauren mounts. It has a green/brown skin with deeper brown freckles and spots on its neck, shoulders and haunches.

Gray Kodo - a second slow Tauren mount, with grey skin and green freckles and spots on the neck, shoulders and haunches.

Great Brown Kodo - this is one of the fast Tauren mounts. It can be bought for 10g once you are exalted with Thunderbluff. It’s a pale brown with…I suppose a pale pink tint to the armour.

Great Grey Kodo - this is another of the fast Tauren mounts. It can be bought for 10g once you are exalted with Thunderbluff. It is grey with a bronze tinted armour.

Great White Kodo - another fast Tauren mounts bought for 10g once you are exalted with Thunderbluff. Colour wise it is a very pale grey (almost white, what a surprise) kodo in skin with silver armour.

White Kodo - a final kodo with white skin and green freckles and spots along his neck and haunches.

Undercity

Black Skeletal Horse - this is one of the “slow” Forsaken mounts. The skeleton is white and the “black” from the name is the mane, tail and socks. It costs 1g from vendors who are exalted.

Blue Skeletal Horse - this is another slow Forsaken mount. The skeleton is white and the blue colouring  is a base cloth armour around the chest and saddle.

Brown Skeletal Horse - another boringly similar Forsaken mount with a white skeleton and brown colouring around the chest and body area.

Green Skeletal Warhorse - a fast Forsaken mount, this skeletal horse has green ragged, skirted armour. 10g for those that are exalted with the Forsaken.

Ochre Skeletal Warhorse - this fast Forsaken mount, 10g to those who are exalted, has an unusual skirt armour which is red/orange stripes with pale yellow stripes. The skeleton of the horse itself is a rusty brown.

Purple Skeletal Warhorse - this fast Forsaken mount, 10g to those who are exalted with the Forsaken, has a lusciously deep coloured purple skirt armour with a white skeletal body.

Red Skeletal Horse - a slow Forsaken mount with a white skeleton and red colouring around the chest and body armour.

Both factions also have 6 of their own PvP mounts, 5 racial related and 1 generic. The Horde versions are:

Black War Kodo - this Kodo costs 2000 Honor Points. It has a black tiny to its skin, with bronze armor coating his knees/elbows (if they have them!), down his neck to his head and down his tail. He also has some plates on his feet.

Black War Raptor - this is the Sen’jin PvP mount which costs 2,000 honor points. It is visually quite stunning, with a black skin with dull orange streaks and deep red armour, with red head feathers.

Black War Wolf - this wolf, black with brutal spiked golden face and neck armour. It has red straps of leather round its feet and glowing green eyes. It costs 2,000 honor points.

Frostwolf Howler - this wolf is the counterpart to the Alliance Stormpike Ram. It is white with lovely bronze and purple armour spikes but a slightly *different* mask to the normal armoured wolves.It has glowing pink eyes. It costs 2,000 Honor points from the Frostwolf faction vendor.

Red Skeletal Warhorse - this warhorse costs 2,000 honor from the PvP quartermaster and has a red skirted armour and also red glowing fel fire round his hooves. The skeleton itself has a deep red tint to it.

Swift Warstrider - this strider fits in with the PvP theme, costing 2,000 honor points, and has black feathers, gold armour with dusky green gems.

The Argent Tournament, a daily quest hub added in Wrath of the Lich King, offered a huge number of achievements, mounts and pets to collectors. Those that are not faction specific are listed in the “world events” section, however many were only open to your faction. The Horde ones are:

Darkspear Raptor - this raptor, available for 100 Champion’s Seals, is a lovely turquoise with reddy-purple armour. The armour is lined with gold, and the raptor is identical in model to other armoured raptors but with an particularly unusual skin. You need to have become a champion of Sen’jin to purchase this mount.

Forsaken Warhorse - this skeletal horse, identical in model to the other skeletal horses, can be bought for 100 champion’s seals once you are a champion of the Forsaken. Colour wise it is simply bone, however it’s skirted armour is complete and unusually for the Forsaken quite bright – the skirt flaps are a mixture of two colours of purple, with matching purple eyes. Over his forelegs are shields of armour embedded with animal/demon (they’ve got horns) skulls.

Great Golden Kodo - this kodo, which isn’t even slightly gold, it’s more a beige colour, has silver horned armour. It costs 500 gold and 5 Champion’s seals. For this mount you need to be exalted with Thunderbluff.

Orgrimmar Wolf - 100 champion’s seals for this mount, which has a pale grey underbelly and darker grey back, with silver and red armour. Interestingly he has a horde stamp on his back leg. You don’t need to be exalted with Orgrimmar for this mount, but you do need to be a champion of the city.

Silvermoon Hawkstrider - the cost for this is 100 Champion’s Seals, which is unusual in colour. It shares the gold slight body armour that a lot of the other hawkstriders have, but is unusual in that its body is a pale, sky blue colour, with some grey mixed in.

Sunreaver Hawkstrider - this strider is heavily armoured in gold with a green gem in the middle of his chest. Its body is a deep purple and its wings and feet are purple too, of varying shades. It costs 100 Champions Seals and you need to be exalted with the Sunreavers to buy it.

Swift Burgundy Wolf - this wolf, bought for 500g and 5 Champion’s Seals, is brown/maroon/burgundy coloured with burnished gold neck brace and mask with black ankle straps. You need to be exalted with the orcs to buy it.

Swift Red Hawkstrider - a hawkstrider bought for 500g and 5 Champion’s Seals, this is one of the more interesting hawkstrider skins. It has very little armour but is studded with giant yellow gems, and its feathers are a bright deep red, with grey wing tips.

Thunderbluff Kodo - this kodo is the 100 Champion’s Seals mount available for those who are Champions of Thunderbluff. Visually it is a grey/green skin with heavy silver armour and glowing red eyes.

White Skeletal Warhorse - this is the 500g, 5 Champion’s Seals mount available for those who are exalted with Undercity. It is striking in that the skeleton is white with a pure white skirted armour with glowing white hooves.

Originally in game there were some extra unarmoured mounts. These Vanilla / Old School Mounts are no longer available in game, and owning one gives a Feat of Strength. The Horde versions of these are:

Blue Skeletal Warhorse - this horse is a basic skeletal warhorse that is same in model to the other skeletal horses. THIS MOUNT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE IN GAME.

Green Kodo - this kodo is a basic unarmoured kodo that is the same in model to the other kodos. Colour wise it is grey with a green tint. THIS MOUNT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE IN GAME.

Ivory Raptor - this raptor is unfortunately no longer available in game. It’s gorgeous, pure white, with glowing pink eyes and thin black streaks down his back. THIS MOUNT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE IN GAME.

Mottled Red Raptor - this is another raptor no longer available in game, with another very attractive skin, with bright orange skin and neon purple stripes, with a yellow underbelly.  THIS MOUNT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE IN GAME.

Red Wolf - this is another of the unobtainable mounts. It is a rusty red colour with white socks and underbelly. THIS MOUNT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE IN GAME.

Winter Wolf / Horn of the Arctic Wolf - this Orc early game mount is pure white and unarmoured. THIS MOUNT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE IN GAME.

Teal Kodo - this kodo is a blue colour. It had no armour but just basic reins and cloth covering. THIS MOUNT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE IN GAME.

Have 9 level 85s – currently on 7, with a priest at 80 and a mage at 25.

Have all professions maxed out – currently just [...]]]> Taking inspiration from the wonderful Cynwise, Tzufit and Aralossien, I’m making my very own bucket list. These are the things I want complete before Mists of Pandaria hits.

General:

Have 9 level 85s – currently on 7, with a priest at 80 and a mage at 25.

Have all professions maxed out – currently just missing Mining (although it’s in the 400s on my priest) and Leatherworking – which is at 480, so pretty close.

Have experienced all Horde starting stories – by which I mean level every horde race to level 20.

Have 50k gold (currently on 30k).

Elsen - 

Level 85, restoration druid.

Always my main, always will be, Elsen is of course the most important character in my roster. She will be the first picked up and levelled when Mists is released.

My goals for her pre-Mists are:

Achievement Points:

- have the most achievement points in guild – currently sitting in second, I have about 400 points to go to catch up on the leader. A secondary – highly unlikely – goal would be to hit 13,000 achievement points.

PvP:

- complete my Cataclysmic PvP set – although this will not be 100% possible because I doubt I’m going to hit 2200 to get the heroic versions. Just the basic S11 to the extent I can achieve it will do me.

- hit 1550 in 2v2

- hit 1550 in 3v3

- complete the total Master of Wintergrasp achievement – I’m just missing the 6 minute win and the generic wins.

- complete the total Master of Tol Barad achievement – Here just got a couple of easy enough achievements and then the Veteran to do.

Reputation:

- Max out my Steamwheedle Cartel reputation. I’m sitting at revered with all of them, so time to start grinding some pirates!

- Max out my Hydraxian Waterlords reputation

Achievements:

- mop up and complete the entirety of the Wrath of the Lich King raiding achievements in that tab.

- try my best to finish Salty

- grab Earth, Wind & Fire on 10 man

- net 25,000 Honor Kills

- net 25,000 Valor Points

- try and grab as many PvP achievements as possible (ambiguous I know!)

- finish up LK 5 man tab, and Cata 5 man tab

- finish off the Battered Hilt questline & enough tokens for the Argent Pony.

Pets & Mounts:

- farm up to 175 pets if possible (166 at the moment)

- farm up to 125 mounts if possible (116 at the moment)

A lot of my alts share goals – I want everyone to be transmogged. I want everyone to look good and to look how I’d love them to, and I’d like them all to have titles, however as it’s highly unlikely that some of the events needed (winter veil!) will come around again pre-MoP, some will be rolling goals.

Sapphrina - 

Level 85, Holy/Prot paladin

My human paladin, who is currently capable of healing heroics and has set her foot in raid finder.

Goals:

- gear her up in a holy set that is a maxed out pre-raid & raid finder, with a base 378 iLevel.

- gear her up in a prot set that is maxed out pre-raid & raid finder, with a base 378 iLevel.

- find her a transmogrification set I like and think suits her and her personality. Just one set will probably do to be honest.

- collect her a relevant, accurate title – as a paladin, I like both “the Argent Champion”, “the Elder” (she is grey haired and her back story is that of someone who has been prematurely aged in hair colour by an event that had happened to her, a family tragedy – bizarrely I came up with this WAY before I read anything about Khadgar!!) or maybe just “of Stormwind”.

- finish off the level 80-85 zones that are unfinished, to pick up as much gold as possible.

Baeletha - 

Level 85, Disc/Shadow priest

My first priest, who is currently capable of healing heroics and has set her foot in raid finder.

Goals:

- gear her up in a disc set that is maxed out pre-raid & raid finder, with a base 378 iLevel.

- spec her out and become comfortable with her shadow spec.

- find her a transmogrification set I like and think suits her and her personality.

- collect her a relevant, accurate title – I do like “of Darnassus”, or “the Noble”. She has “the Patient” already, but I don’t feel like this suits a night elf – she is too haughty to be patient!

- finish off the level 80-85 zones that are unfinished, to pick up as much gold as possible.

- max Leatherworking.

Nyoma - 

Level 85, Resto/Elemental shaman

This is my max level shaman and she’s currently untouched.

Goals:

- gear her up in a restoration set that is maxed out pre-raid & raid finder, with a base 378 iLevel.

- find her a transmogrification set I like and think suits her and her personality.

- collect her a relevant, accurate title – as a dwarf, my only dwarf, I feel like it should be “Merrymaker” or “Brewmaster”, or perhaps “Matron”.

- finish off the level 80-85 zones that are unfinished, to pick up as much gold as possible.

- max out her 2nd profession, mining (currently at…1)

Ellenaie -

Level 85, Frost/Blood death knight

This is my max level death knight, and she is currently just in questing gear.

Goals:

- make sure she is correctly specced in both frost and blood – I don’t want to instance on run on her, but I’d like to understand the concepts and the specs.

- find her a transmogrification set I like and think suits her and her personality.

- collect her a relevant, accurate title – this is a hard one. “the Hallowed”, “of Darnassus”, maybe “the Patient” would suit her – but I’m not gonna be running instances!!

- finish off the level 80-85 zones that are unfinished, to pick up as much gold as possible.

Corin - 

Level 85, Marksmanship/Beast Mastery hunter

This is my draenei hunter who is just in questing gear.

Goals:

- fill my stable. I would like to fill up 20 spots with every mix of lovely pets. I want a copy of each spirit beast, and I also want things like a shadowmoon dragonhawk, the rare spiders from the Molten Front, and other funky skinned pets.

- find her a transmogrification set I like and think suits her and her personality.

- collect her a relevant, accurate title – my hunter is bouncy and giddy and in many ways “young” – permanently optimistic in the face of anything. So for her, Merrymaker is perfect.

- finish off the level 80-85 zones that are unfinished, to pick up as much gold as possible.

Issabela -

Level 85, Destruction warlock.

I power levelled this character up really quickly, as Demo spec. However as I read more WoW books and experience more WoW lore I find it very difficult to steady myself with the actual concept of a warlock and the concept of working with Sargeras. On looking at the spec, I believe Destruction to be the LEAST warlockey – so I’d like to respec to this.

Goals:

- respec Destruction and become comfortable with the rotation on target dummies

- find her a transmogrification set I like and think suits her and her personality.

- collect her a relevant, accurate title – will have to be either Flame Warden or the Flamebreaker for her.

- finish off the level 80-85 zones that are unfinished, to pick up as much gold as possible.

- acquire two professions, and max them out. Alchemy (for procs on a different sector to Transmutation) and Herbalism, I think. She’s at 0 and 0 right now!!

Yessika - 

Level 80, Holy/Shadow priest

This is my second priest. She was created because on levelling Baeletha I realised I simply didn’t want to give up shadow – it’s an awesomely fun spec to play.

Goals:

- Level her to 85 and spec her out, correctly, as both Holy and Shadow

- find her a transmogrification set I like and think suits her and her personality.

- Dependent on time, have a bash at healing and getting some gear as a Holy priest, not a disc priest.

- collect her a relevant, accurate title – really not sure. Maybe “the Patient”? She hasn’t really developed a personality yet to be honest!

- finish off the level 80-85 zones that are unfinished, to pick up as much gold as possible.

- max out both her professions – she’s currently at 476 herbing and 450 mining.

Ellucia - 

Level 26, Arcane mage

This is my mage. With her, I’d like to have a bash at each mage spec.

Goals:

- Level her to 85.

- Try out each spec and ensure I have at least 2 proper specs all the way up.

- find her a transmogrification set I like and think suits her and her personality.

- max out her professions – she is currently at 124 enchanting and 176 tailoring.

Sophronia -

Level 41, feral druid

This is my second druid. She’s on a different server to my main so she doesn’t really get touched – I know not a soul on Draenor alliance so it’d be a lonely levelling process. I could transfer her across BUT, if they don’t open up more than 10 slots in Mists, I will be stuck without a space for my Pandaren Monk.

Goals:

- dual spec out my feral druid, so she is a tank and a DPS.

- Level her up, mostly using LFG, as far as I can get her – although 85 would be great she isn’t a priority.

- max out her professions to whatever level bracket she reaches (so ideally 525!), skinning she’s at 215 and Herbalism at 226.

The Horde Project -

A mix of characters, one of my aims pre Mists is to have 1 of each horde race. In a theoretical marvellous world where I have time, I’d like to see 1-85 on a horde character, but for now, the goal is simply to reach level 20 in every race.

I have gone with the following combinations:

Vanaessa - a blonde bombshell of a blood elf warrior.

Shaiina - a feisty goblin huntress

Keeryia - a confident and powerful orc shaman

Phareena - a stoic and kind tauren paladin

Shellie - a quick and cunning troll rogue

Archeeva - a sharp and speedy undead mage

So – that’s my Cataclysm – or to be honest, my 2012 goals – list. It’s long and a bit complicated but…I’m gonna give it a bloody good go!!