In World of Warcraft, it is well known that one can spend wonderful years chasing a rare mount drop. Or you can do it like a father and his two sons.
Which mount are we talking about? Since a certain Baron Aurius Ravencrest from Stratholme drops his death knight steed, heroes from Azeroth have been chasing this rare drop. In the oldest post on wowhead.com from December 2006, it says:
“It is a great mount if you are lucky enough to see it drop. It is definitely something to admire. And it definitely has one of the lowest drop rates in the game at the moment. UD-Strath run number 141. Still no mount!”
In tribute to their father, a WoW player moved the community to tears:
Who had the big drop luck now? On Reddit, Fat_Cat_Rudy writes that a family reunion of a rather different kind took place recently. After a few years break, his brother and father returned to WoW to explore Azeroth together again.
Clearly, they also paid one or two visits to Stratholme (via timewalking). Just two weeks after the return of the two relatives, the trio was able to take a screenshot of themselves each riding their own death knight steed from Ravencrest. But see for yourself:
How does the community react to this? On one hand, with more than 1,350 upvotes so far. On the other hand, of course, with many comments. Among them, there are also some speculations about the drop rates of the mount in certain situations.
- Androza23 wonders on Reddit: “I wonder if there’s a built-in increase in drop chances for returning after a long break. When I returned at the beginning of TWW, I got 4 rare mounts in a row and a bunch of cards for the deep things while my friends still hadn’t found a single card.”
- tdy96 celebrates the family on Reddit: “This is really totally sweet. Please adopt me into your WoW family.”
- knightsandsounds noticed a detail (via Reddit): “Please tell me your dad is the Brewmaster Brewmiester.” Spoiler: Yes, he is!
- No-Lion54 remembers on Reddit: “A shout out to the druid who traded me the reins a few days ago (he already had them)! I’m glad I was able to reciprocate with a toy that dropped in the timewalking run immediately after. WoW can truly be a feel-good place.”
- Infamous_Koala6468 is still farming (via Reddit): “I’m jealous! I farmed the area and only saw the reins drop once. It was right the first time I started repeating Stratholme runs. I didn’t get it, but was glad to see it drop for someone.”
Currently, there are more than 1,220 mounts in World of Warcraft. A passionate collector from Azeroth was able to achieve the milestone of 1,000 riding and flying animals in September 2024, which was celebrated extensively by the community. MeinMMO editor Karsten Scholz, on the other hand, has … a lot less. More on that: 408 attempts for grave stalkers, but that’s just one mount of 1,000 that a player has after 20 years of WoW
