Celestial Steed

Celestial Steed grounded

The Celestial Steed is a stellar warhorse mount that is capable of flight.

Sources

Celestial Steed in flight

It is available in the monthly Trading Post rotation for 900x [Trader's Tender], first appearing in February 2023.

Originally, it was available from the Battle.net Shop or the In-Game Store for $25 or €25. It was released on 15 April 2010 along with [Lil' XT], and remained in the shop until 2 January 2023.^[1] It was the first mount ever to be released in the Battle.net Shop.

Mount Journal

A beacon of hope; a guiding light in the darkness.

In-Game Store

Saddle up the stars on this supernatural flying mount.

Blizzard Shop

Light up the night skies of Azeroth – Freshly born from the Twisting Nether, the Celestial Steed flying mount lets you travel in style astride wings of pure elemental stardust. So saddle up, because this supernatural warhorse will fly as fast as your riding skill will take you.

Mail

Prior to Mists of Pandaria, players who purchased this mount received it through the mail sent by Mei Francis:

Celestial Steed

<Name>,

I'm told you've been searching for a -truly- exotic mount.

How about one that'll have you seeing stars?

At last, your search is over. Enjoy!

Mei Francis
Exotic Mounts
Dalaran

Named

Twinkles

Notes

At the time of release, those using old graphics cards or using fixedFunction would sometimes see odd graphics on the model for this mount.^[2]

Videos

Celestial Steed Mount - World of Warcraft

Patch changes

Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): No longer requires you to remount to enable flying when riding out of a no-fly zone.
Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): Added.