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Swift Nether Drake

Item Level 30
Binds when picked up
Miscellaneous
Requires Level 10
Use: Learning
Effect: Swift Nether Drake
“Teaches you how to summon this mount. This is a flying mount.”
Not sold on the Auction House

This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.

Not sold on the Auction House Miscellaneous

An Epic Miscellaneous, item level 30, requires level 10, binds when picked up.

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Build history

First seen in build 2.5.6.69795 (The Burning Crusade).

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Other versions
Across game versions

In The Burning Crusade it is item level 70 and requires level 70. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 70 and requires level 70. In MoP Classic it is item level 70 and requires level 70.

VersionItem levelRequired levelQualityBinding
Retail (Midnight)3010EpicBinds when picked up
The Burning Crusade7070EpicBinds when picked up
Wrath of the Lich King7070EpicBinds when picked up
MoP Classic7070EpicBinds when picked up
Swift Nether Drake Game Data

Achievements

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

How Swift Nether Drake Compares

Similar Items

The 10 items nearest to Swift Nether Drake among Miscellaneous > Mount; 5 of them also come from Classic.

ItemItem LevelDetailsLowest Listed Price
Swift Nether Drake (this item)30Not listed
Reins of the Thundering Ruby Cloud Serpent30Use: Learning20,000 gold on 81 realms
Reins of the Crimson Deathcharger10Use: Learning160,000 gold on 80 realms
Reins of Poseidus10Use: Learning2,000 gold on 81 realms
Garn Nighthowl10Use: Learning100 gold on 81 realms
Coalfist Gronnling10Use: Learning130 gold on 75 realms
Turbo-Charged Flying Machine30Crafted with Outland Engineering; Use: Learning10,000 gold on 79 realms
Vial of the Sands30Crafted with Cataclysm Alchemy; Use: Learning37,996 gold on 81 realms
Jeweled Onyx Panther30Crafted with Pandaria Jewelcrafting; Use: Learning91,000 gold on 81 realms
Sky Golem30Crafted with Pandaria Engineering; Use: Learning21,999 gold on 81 realms
Xiwyllag ATV30Use: Learning3,259 gold on 81 realms

The lowest listed price among them is Garn Nighthowl at 100 gold in the US Auction House.

Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.

Where Swift Nether Drake Fits

Items That Share Swift Nether Drake's Icon

Swift Nether Drake uses icon file 132249, which 3 other items also use. The 3 closest by item ID:

  • Merciless Nether Drake ID 34092 · Miscellaneous · item level 30 "Teaches you how to summon this mount. This is a flying mount."
  • Vengeful Nether Drake ID 37676 · Miscellaneous · item level 30 "Teaches you how to summon this mount. This is a flying mount."
  • Brutal Nether Drake ID 43516 · Miscellaneous · item level 30 "Teaches you how to summon this mount. This is a flying mount."

Items Numbered Next to Swift Nether Drake

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 30609 (30604 to 30614) were usually added in the same batch as Swift Nether Drake: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Swift Nether Drake Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 30609 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
200 gold
Unique (max carried)
1
Content tuning ID
872
Flags
0 / 8192 / 0 / 16384 / 0

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.