Given that Blizzard discontinued the TCG back in 2013, you can imagine how rare it is to see a Swift Shorestrider these days. In order to get the mount in-game, you first needed to get the Wasteland Tallstrider, a card that was notoriously difficult to acquire even when the expansion was in full swing.

Instead, the mount was introduced as part of the Throne of the Tides expansion for the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game. The Swift Shorestrider was the first tallstrider mount added to World of Warcraft, however, it was never possible to obtain it by simply playing the game. Also, we’re not ranking the mounts by how difficult they are to acquire but by how many players actually have them in the game. We might do a separate list of Classic mounts in the future, however, there are far fewer to choose from there. If you do come across one, it’s usually extremely expensive.īefore we get things started we also want to point out that we’re going to be looking at rare mounts for retail World of Warcraft. It’s worth noting that although it’s possible to buy WoW items that are very rare, including quite a few mounts, the ones found on our list are almost never for sale.

With that in mind, today we’re taking a look at the top 10 rarest WoW mounts of all time to see how you can (or were able to) obtain them. While most of us will probably never get the chance to ride the incredibly rare mounts found in the game, we can at least admire them from afar. A good portion of these mounts can’t even be acquired anymore, so spotting one out in the wild is akin to taking a trip back in time. That’s because you can easily spend thousands of hours in the game without ever catching a glimpse of the top rarest WoW mounts.

Could these be temporary mounts only used for the duration of the event? Or with the changes happening to Silithus in 7.3.5, could Call of the Scarab be converted into a permanent holiday, leading to these mounts as permanent rewards? There's certainly a lot of content related to AQ and the scepter questline which could serve as inspiration for a full-fledged holiday.Ĭheck out our Call of the Scarab Guide from last year and a look at the Ahn'Qiraj Loot - there's tons of distinctive gear/weapon models, so it would make for a great Timewalking event.Wondering the world of Azeroth and randomly seeing a player riding an extremely rare mount is almost like stumbling across a unicorn. Historically micro-holidays do not have permanent rewards.

Source: World Event: Call of the Scarab.

The Qiraji War Tank has only been seen recently during the Call of the Scarab, could this hint at a resurfacing of the deadly creatures?.

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