Guide to Weekly Mount and Pet Farming (Dungeon and Raid Edition)

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Guide to Weekly Mount and Pet Farming (Dungeon and Raid Edition)

Posted by Seppun Wednesday, November 13, 2013 0 comments

There are a myriad of different mounts and pets to be found in Azeroth, the most prestigeous of which are hidden within raids and dungeons. Grab a friend or two and use this guide to head out and farm the rarest of companions and mounts. Mileage may very depending on your class, gear, and skill levels but my husband and I have been able to easily two man any of the fights on this list with our Rogue/Hunter combo.

Eastern Kingdoms

Karazhan
1 Mount, 4 Pets

Attunmen the Huntsman: Fiery Warhorse's Reins
Opera Event (Randomly chosen, must be Big Bad Wolf): Little Bad Wolf
The Curator: Menagerie Custodian
Terestian Illhoof: Fiendish Imp
Prince Malchezaar: Netherspace Abyssal

The only bosses that you must kill to gain access to Prince are Moroes (required to unlock Opera), Opera, Curator, and Chess event. You may run in to trouble soloing Chess event so I am including a strategy that works well from user Derpomatic on Wowhead.
1. Speak to your King/Chief to start the event and buff your troops Press 4 before stopping control of the gamepiece. Note: there is a debuff every time you leave a piece that forces you to wait a few seconds before jumping onto the next one. Watch for this and wait until its up or you will be clicking in vain!
2. Move the Pawns in front of the Knights one space forward Press 1. Move the Rooks (elementals/demons at the outer edges of the board) diagonally where the pawns used to be. This brings their AoE within range of the main battle area in the middle.
3. Move the Pawns in front of the King and Queen pieces so that when Medivh cheats, you can move your King out of the fire. Note: always move him unless the enemy King is almost dead.
4. Jump on the Queen piece and melt the enemy King's face Press 3 until the match is over. If he's not within range right away, don't worry he'll come to you soon enough. Typically, you will move your own King out of the fire once and the rest of the time you'll be spamming the single target spell until he's down.

Zul'Gurub
2 Mounts

Bloodlord Mandokir: Armored Razzashi Raptor
High Priestess Kilnara: Swift Zulian Panther

The pets only drop from Heroic, please note that this is higher level content and can be trickier to solo than the rest.

Stratholme
1 Mount

Lord Aurius Rivendare: Deathcharger's Reins

To complete a Baron run you now use the Service Gate (west of the Main Gate) to enter the Undead side of Stratholme. You will have to kill the three bosses that are protecting the spires they are standing in front of. Go inside each spire and destroy the crystal inside. This will unlock the gate to Slaughter Square where Baron is. You will have a fight a boss and clear a small gauntlet like event. The door to Baron will then unlock, good luck, this is one of the lowest drop rate mounts in the game.

Kalimdor

Onyxia's Lair
1 Mount

Onyxia: Reins of the Onyxian Drake

There isn't much to watch for here, don't stand in Deep Breath (50 DKP minus) and go ahead and burn down whelps if she even gets a chance to spawn them.

The Culling of Stratholme
1 Mount

Infinite Corrupter: Reins of the Bronze Drake

Culling of Stratholme is accessed through the Caverns of Time in Tanaris. These drop from an optional boss that is in a alley to the left, just before the final boss. There is a timer on this boss, but you will have no trouble beating it, just don't go AFK or something. Happy guaranteed drop!

Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
4 Mounts (Technically), 3 Pets

Zone Drop: Blue Qiraji Resonating Crystal, Green, Red, Yellow
The Prophet Skeram: Jewel of Maddening Whispers
Viscidus: Viscidus Globule
Emperor Vek'lor: Anubisath Idol

The Resonating Crystal mounts can only be used in AQ, but do count towards your mount total. These are a zone drop and will usually all drop for you within one clear. There is an achievement to obtain the red crystal.

Viscidus requires you to have some form of Frost damage (Frost Bolt, Icy Touch, Frost Shock, etc...) when he goes immune to damage you have to spam Frost damage on him until he transitions over.

Emperor Vek'lor, or Twin Emps as you're most likely to hear him referenced as, is a little tricky if you don't know what the mechanics are. First of all, be sure to kill all of the big Anubis statues wandering around, they pull when you pull the bosses and can get you killed. Vek'lor is immune to physical damage and Vek'nilash is immune to spell damage; they share health so stick to the one you can damage. They will eventually teleport to opposite sides of the room, just be sure to swap with them. When they are next to each other they will heal, but this isn't something to be concerned with current DPS.

Outlands

Portal to Shattrath and make your way to...

Sethekk Halls
1 Mount

Anzu: Reins of the Raven Lord

Sethekk Halls will be found in Auchindoun, east of Shattrath City. Anzu only spawns in Heroic mode, he no longer requires an item that only Druids could obtain. There is no special strategy at this point, just burn him down and move along.

Serpentshrine Caverns (SSC)
3 Pets

Hydross the Unstable: Tainted Core
Morogrim Tidewalker: Shell of Tidecalling
Lady Vashj: Dripping Strider Egg

In the Coilfang Reservoir you will find SSC, The Underbog, The Steamvault, and The Slave Pens. SSC is a level 70 (Tier 5) raid instance and is where you are going to find the 3 listed pets. The only things to watch out for are a boss on the way to Tidewalker named Fathom-Lord, just be sure to clear all the mobs in his room before pulling him, and a mechanic on the Vashj fight itself. Vashj can now be skipped straight to without killing any other bosses. She will transition into a phase two that makes her go immune, you have to collect Tainted Cores from the Tainted Elementals (the green ones that throw sludge) and use them to break her shield. They spawn slowly, but despawn quickly so make sure you get to them fast, luckily looting the Cores no longer roots you. They can spawn anywhere around the bottom of the platform so just watch for when you start seeing sludge being thrown at you and follow it. The striders fear you and the other elementals buff her, so try to burn down the other adds on your way.

If you haven't finished your Sporeggar and Cenarion Expedition rep, I recommend you go ahead and take the time to clear the three instances as well. Keep all Bog Lord Tendrils and Sanguine Habiscus to finish your reps to earn your Tiny Spore Bat pet and your Cenarion War Hippogryph mount.

Tempest Keep - The Eye
1 Mount, 3 Pets

Al'ar: Brilliant Phoenix Hawk Feather
High Astromancer Solarian: Crystal of the Void
Void Reaver: Tiny Fel Engine Key
Kael'thas Sunstrider: Ashes of Al'ar

Tempest Keep (TK) is another level 70, Tier 5, raid. When fighting Solarian be sure to clear all trash first, they will MC you and get you killed. Void Reaver is immune to disease and poison and will frequently silence you. You may want to save him for last and take the staff from the Kael'thas fight to prevent the silence, depending on your class and spec. Kael'thas is a buggy sonofa so be sure to put away pets before fighting him, bring a PvP trinket if you have one, and settle in for a very long, drawn-out fight.

Hearth, port back to Shattrath, and take the portal to the Isle of Quel'Danas.

Magisters' Terrace
1 Mount, 1 Pet

Kael'thas Sunstrider (Yes, it was only a setback): Swift White Hawkstrider and Phoenix Hawk Hatchling

Magisters' Terrace is pretty straight forward at these levels, try to give yourself some space to work on the 3 boss fight (the "PvP" bosses). This instance is also well farmed for the Orb of the Sin'dorei which can drop from any of the bosses.

Zhevra Mounted