Swift Windsteed
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- Swift Windsteed
- Binds when picked up
- Mount
- Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. The capabilities of this mount depend on your Riding skill and location.
- Requires Level 10
- Requires Apprentice Riding
The Swift Windsteed is one of Pandaria's rarest and most majestic beasts.[1] Darting across the heavens on a silver cloud, it is said that good fortune will follow the rider. Sky-goat cavalry, mount up!
Source
This item was available for purchase from the shop or the In-Game Store for $25 or €25. It was released on 8 January 2013.[1] With the See You Later Bundle on 20 December 2018, this mount was available at a discounted price with other items and has since been removed from the store as it entered hibernation in the Blizzard Archive as of 19 January 2019.[2]
Since then, it has been available for a limited time on multiple occasions:
- In 2022, it was given out as a reward to viewers of eligible Twitch streams who watched for at least four hours from December 9-13.[3]
- It was later available as an Amazon Prime Gaming offer from 26 December 2023 to 30 January 2024.[4]
Mount Journal
One of Pandaria's most elusive creatures, said to bring good fortune to its rider.
Cavort among the clouds on this wind-running wonder.
Ride like the wind - Charging from the heavens like a bolt from the blue, the Swift Windsteed gallops high over the battlefield, carrying you to the time and place of your next victory. Airborne cavalry, mount up!
Players are mailed this mount by Mei Francis:
<Name>,
It should come as no surprise that the mist-shrouded lands of Pandaria are host to a wild array of exotic beasts, a rare few of them suitable as mounts.
Behold, one of the very rarest and most majestic...
Mei Francis
Exotic Mounts
Dalaran
Notes and trivia
- The Swift Windsteed's appearance is based off of the qilin (麒麟, qílín), a Chinese mythological creature which somewhat resembles a cross between a horse and a dragon, and which is often referred to as a "Chinese unicorn". The similarly-named quilen in World of Warcraft bear little resemblance to the mythological qilin and are instead based on Chinese guardian lions.
- No creatures use this model, it is uniquely used by the Swift Windsteed alone.
- During the Shadowlands alpha, the cloudstriders of Bastion originally used the same model as the Windsteed, but later in development they were changed to a unique model.
- The Windsteed uses the horse skeleton with the
/mountspecialtwirl.
Patch changes
Patch 5.1.0 (2012-11-27): Added.
References
- ^ a b Swift Windsteed – Exclusive Mount Now Available
- ^ Save Big on Pets, Mounts, Helms, and More During Our Holiday Sale. Blizzard Entertainment (2018-12-20). Retrieved on 2018-12-21.
- ^ Dragonflight Twitch Drops: Earn Rewards as the Race to World First Heats Up. Blizzard Entertainment (2022-12-07). Retrieved on 2022-12-07.
- ^ Prime Gaming Loot: Get the Swift Windsteed Mount. Blizzard Entertainment (2023-12-26). Retrieved on 2024-01-09.
External links
- Purchase
Blizzard Store World of Warcraft® Mount: Swift Windsteed (US)- Blizzard Store World of Warcraft® Mount: Swift Windsteed (EU)
- Item
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