New WotLK Mounts

WotLK Ground Mounts

Bear Mounts

• Armored Brown Bear - alliance version, horde version
• Black War Bear - Respective horde / alliance version for completing the achievement, For the Horde! / For the Alliance, which requires you kill all opposing faction leaders. black war bear

Mammoth Mounts

Note: all 3 seater mounts have the option of inviting vendors to come on board their mammoth. Prices on all 3 seater mammoths are currently 15,000g, though this could change before wotlk lanches.

• Grand Black War Mammoth - respective horde / alliance mammoth mount, 3 seater.
• Black War Mammoth - respective horde / alliance mammoth mount, single seater.
• Grand Caravan Ice Mammoth - respective horde / alliance version, requires exalted reputation with The Sons of Hodir faction, 3 seater.
• Ice Mammoth - respective horde / alliance version, requires revered reputation with The Sons of Hodir faction, single seater.
• Traveler’s Tunda Mammoth - respective horde / alliance version, 3 seater.
• Wooly Mammoth - respective horde / alliance version, single seater. Purchased with emblem of Heroism x 200.

Engineering Mount

• Mechano-Hog - horde version of the engineering motorcycle mount, requires level 80. Non-engineers can ride this mount, includes a side car that a passenger may ride in.
• Mekgineer’s Chopper - alliance version of the engineering motorcycle mount, requires level 80. Non-engineers can ride this mount, includes a side car that a passenger may ride in.

more information on the new engineering motorcycle mount.

Other Mounts

• Black Warp Stalker

WotLK Flying Mounts

• Winged Steed of the Ebon Hold - death knight only, adjusts to the speed of your current riding skill, 960g.

Flying Carpets

Note: crafted by tailors and may only be ridden by tailors, full list of carpets and skill levels.

• Flying Carpet
• Swift Flying Carpet
• Swift Ebonweave Carpet
• Swift Mooncloth Carpet
• Swift Spellfire Carpet

Drakes

• Albino Drake - You’ll receieve this drrake after completing the achievement Leading the Cavalry.
• Azure Drake
• Black Drake - Drops from Sartharion in The Obsidian Sanctum 10-man raid if you complete the encounter with all 3 adds alive.
• Blue Drake
• Bronze Drake
• Red Drake
• Twilight Drake - Drops from Sartharion in The Obsidian Sanctum 25-man raid if you complete the encounter with all 3 adds alive.

Proto-drakes

• Black Proto-Drake - Complete the achievement Glory of the Raider (heroic mode)
• Blue Proto-Drake
• Green Proto-Drake
• Plagued Proto-Drake - Complete the achievement Glory of the Raider (normal mode)
• Red Proto-Drake - Complete the achievement Glory of the Hero (normal)
• Time-Lost Proto-Drake
• Violet Proto Drake - Complete the achievement What A Long, Strange Trip It’s Been
• Armored Blue Wind Rider
• Armored Snowy Gryphon
• Frostwyrm
• Swift Spectral Gryphon
  

Updated Mounts and Mount Achievement for WOTLK

Now THAT is what I call a money-sink. A few new mounts in WOTLK have been revealed, one of them being the Reins of the Grand Caravan Mammoth. This is a 3-person mount that also carries vendors. That’s right – you no longer would have to go back to a vendor to sell things, since you have your own personal vendor on your mount. Now, the extent of what these vendors sell is unknown, but personally I’m hoping you can pick and choose which type of vendor you want. How nice would it be to have a reagent vendor at your beckon call? Or even your own personal repairer?  Although at 15,000g it seems like nigh impossible for anyone to get, that’s what everyone said about epic fliers.
In other news, a new achievement has been released for WOTLK. The reward of the Albino Drake is obtained by amassing a ridiculous 75 unique mounts. Yes, you heard right. I said 75. Personally, this seems absolutely ridiculous, although I know I’ll be personally shooting for it (eventually….). All I know is that this mount better be the coolest thing in the world, because it will be one of the rarest in the world.

Another interesting development has been brought up by users of the WOTLK Beta Forums. According to Solerius, it is impossible for Tauren to reach the 75 mount mark. Although, to be fair, I have heard from various sources that they plan to implement some sort of way for tauren to obtain this mount, although at this time these plans are unknown.

All in all, this just adds to the hype of WOTLK. With these kinds of money sinks and achievements, gamers all over the world will just have more and more things to obsess over and spend time trying to obtain. I’m especially excited for the Caravan Mammoth, it’s awesome that you will be able to transport low-leveled players around. Who knows, I may start charging for taxi rides all over Azeroth!

Commentary courtesy of Menagus of the Zug Gaming forums. Image from worldofraids.com.