World of Warcraft at Ten Ton Hammer

Gamers are dreamers, and since we first set foot in Azeroth we have dreamed of flying through its skies as free as wyverns and gryphons. While The Burning Crusade expansion gave us our virtual version of Kitty Hawk, it wasn't until Cataclysm that the skies became truly friendly and we were finally free to move about without limits.

Like almost every other aspect of WoW, flying mounts are a progression based affair and if you wish to use your mount in the most possible locations you will need to have all expansions enabled, meet various level requirements and have appropriate amounts of gold to purchase both the skills and the steeds.

Name	Cost	Speed	Grants	Requirments
Expert	250g	150%	Standard Flight	Level 60
Artisan	5000g	280%	Epic Flight	Level 70
Master	5000g	310%	Mach 3 Flight	Level 80
Cold Weather Flying	500g		Flying in Northend (WotLK)	Level 68 & Expert
Flight Master's License	250g		Flight in Old World (Cataclysm)	Level 60 & Expert

With patch 4.0.1 all flying mount speed was modified to match the top skill level of its user.

Regular Flying Mounts

Standard Flying Mounts for the factions are Gryphons for the Alliance and Wyverns for the Horde. Vendors sell both the rare and epic versions.

Gryphon Vendors -

•  Brunn Flamebeard  at Wildhammer Stronghold in Shadowmoon Valley.
•  Grunda Bronzewing at Honor Hold in Hellfire Peninsula.
•  Mei Francis in Dalaran.
•  Tannec Stonebeak in Stormwind City.

Tannec Stonebeak

Found on the walkway overlooking the lake, next to the Flightmaster.

Wyvern Vendors -

•  Dama Wildmane  at Shadowmoon Village in Shadowmoon Valley.
•  Bana Wildmane  at Thrallmar in Hellfire Penninsula.
•  Mei Francis  in Dalaran.
•  Drakma in Orgrimmar.

Doras has a Wyvern with your name on it.

Found on the upper level, next to the Flightmaster.

 

Crafted Mounts    

Player crafted mounts have been around since The Burning Crusade and were once restricted to Engineers and Tailors, but with the release of Cataclysm has expanded to allow alchemists to join the party. There are several interesting differences between the Alchemist mount and those of the other two professions - most notable is that the end result is tradeable and that it also requires Archeology to discover the recipe.
 

Name	Profession - Skill Level
Flying Machine Control	Engineering - 300
Flying Carpet	Tailoring - 300
Turbo-Charged Flying Machine Control	Engineering - 375
Magnificent Flying Carpet	Tailoring - 425
Frosty Flying Carpet	Tailoring - 425
Vial of Sands	Alchemy - 525 (and high level Archeology)

Faction Reward Mounts

Faction grinds come in all shapes and sizes, but some of the best are ones that grant those of exalted status a shiny new flying mount.

Name	Cost	Faction
Cenarion War Hippogryph	2,000g	Cenarion Expedition
Netherwing Drakes	200g	Netherwing
Nether Rays	200g	Sha'tari Skygaurd
Red Drake	1,600g	Wyrmrest Accord
Silver Covenant Hippogryph	150 Champion's Seals	Silver Covenant
Sunreaver Dragonhawk	150 Champion's Seals	Sunreavers
Drake of the West Wind	200 Tol Barad Commendations	Hellscream's Reach / Baradin's Wardens

Achievement Mounts

As if the coolness of those achievement points weren't enough (ok, lets face it, they are meaningless) you can also get some pretty wicked looking flying mounts if you keep your nose to the grindstone.

Name	Achievement
Blue and Red Dragonhawk Mounts	Mountain o' Mounts
Reigns of the Albino Drake	Leading the Cavalry
Red Proto-Drake	Glory of the Hero
Violet Proto-Drake	What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been
Rusted Proto-Drake	Glory of the Ulduar Raider (10)
Ironbound Proto-Drake	Glory of the Ulduar Raider (25)
Bloodbathed Frostbrood Vanquisher	Glory of the Icecrown Raider (10)
Icebound Frostbrood Vanquisher	Glory of the Icecrown Raider (25)
Volcanic Stone Drake	Glory of the Cataclysm Hero
Drake of the East Wind	Glory of the Cataclysm Raider
Drake of the Dark Phoenix	Guild Glory of the Cataclysm Raider

Other Notable Mounts

Name	Source
Ashes of Al'ar	Kael'thas Sunstrider - Tempest Keep: The Eye
Azure Drake	Malygos - Eye of Eternity
Black Drake	Sarthirion 3D (10) - The Obsidian Sanctum
Blue Drake	Heroic Oculous Cache
Blue Proto-Drake	Skadi - Heroic Utgarde Pinnacle
Bronze Drake	Infinite Corrupter - Heroic Culling of Stratholme
Drake of the North Wind	Altarius - Vortex Pinnacle
Drake of the South Wind	Al'Akir - Throne of the Four Winds
Green Proto-Drake	Cracked Egg (Random reward from Oracles faction vendor)
Invincible	Heroic Lich King (25) - Icecrown Citadel
Mimiron's Head	Yogg-Saron (Zero Keepers) - Ulduar
Phosphorescent Stone Drake	Aeonaxx - Deepholm (rare elite)
Time-Lost Proto-Drake	Time-Lost Proto-Drake - The Storm Peaks (rare elite)
Twilight Drake	Sarthirion 3D (25) - The Obsidian Sanctum
Vitreous Stone Drake	Slabhide - The Stonecore
X-53 Touring Rocket	Refer-a-Friend Program

Stay tuned as more mounts are added to the game, and if you find any noteable ommissions - let us know in our forums.

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