On December 10, 2025, the content phase “The Thunder King” will launch in WoW: Mists of Pandaria Classic. Included: the new season for the Challenge Mode, the currency of Platinum Coins, and special rewards like a unique mount.
Which mount is it? It’s a gigantic, rideable rooster that you can summon using the item “Magic Rooster Egg”. This epic mount was once introduced with the “Fields of Honor” expansion in the trading card game of World of Warcraft. Additionally, it comes with an unlock code for World of Warcraft.
You cannot simply obtain the “Magic Rooster Egg” by playing but had to draw it from one of the card boosters or acquire it through trade or purchase. The mount is considered rare. Its value is currently listed at wowtcgloot.com at 3,695 US dollars.
Anyone who has ever wanted to ride a rooster…
How can you earn the rooster? However, the price is likely to drop significantly soon. When the content update “The Thunder King” goes live on the servers of WoW: Mists of Pandaria Classic on December 10, there will be a possibility to earn the mount easily.
According to a screenshot from a player on X, the “Magic Rooster Egg” is one of the rewards you can earn in the second season of the Challenge Mode. For this, you need 50 units of the new currency, Platinum Coins. On blizzard.com, the WoW developers describe the currency as follows:
Platinum Coins
Starting with the content update The Thunder King, the Challenge Master achievements will grant Platinum Coins – a new currency with which champions can purchase some new transmog items, toys, mounts, and tabards available in the Shrine of Two Moons and the Shrine of Seven Stars. Additionally, all timed Platinum runs grant an extra Platinum Coin.
Other rewards shown in the screenshot include various versions of the Pandaren Phoenix mount.
What else comes with the update? The Thunder King also brings the popular raid among many veterans, “Throne of Thunder”, the continuation of the legendary questline surrounding Garrosh, the Isle of Thunder, the Isle of Giants, and the two world bosses Nalak and Oondasta.
Finally, a little trivia reminder about Mists of Pandaria: When Chris Metzen announced the Asian-inspired expansion of World of Warcraft at BlizzCon 2011, many MMORPG fans were left in disbelief. One reason was the new playable race. More on that can be found here: There was a time when (almost) all WoW players hated the Pandaren
