Golden Cloud Serpent
Quest Mount
Golden Cloud Serpents are a treasure to be enjoyed by all who visit the continent of Pandaria.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Details
Summons and dismisses a rideable Golden Cloud Serpent. This is a flying mount.
Taught By
The item that teaches this mount. Hover a name for its tooltip.
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How to Obtain
Where it comes from
The sources Golden Cloud Serpent names in its in-game collection entry, each with its own page.
Where to Find It: The Jade Forest

Riding Requirements
Golden Cloud Serpent needs a riding skill of 375 and the spell Skyriding Basics. Its mount type carries 6 capability entries, 1 of them naming flight capability record 11.
What the Item Costs
The client stores a buy price of 3,000g for
Reins of the Golden Cloud Serpent.
Also Listed at a Vendor
VendorThe Mount Journal files Golden Cloud Serpent under Quest, not Vendor. The client's collectible-source table places the vendor, who sells Golden Cloud Serpent, in Kun-Lai Summit at map coordinates 35.5, 83.2.
Who Can Ride It
The client's own conditions for Golden Cloud Serpent: it needs Exalted with Order of the Cloud Serpent.
What It Looks Like
Its model measures about 14.2 yards long, 11.4 wide and 6.4 tall, the rider sits 2.8 yards up. Figures come from the CreatureModelData bounding box.
Same body, other looks (7)
These mounts are drawn on the same CreatureModelData record as Golden Cloud Serpent: one skeleton, different skins.
Client Record
The Mount.db2 row for Golden Cloud Serpent in the current retail build, as datamined.
| ID | 465 |
|---|---|
| MountTypeID | 424 |
| SourceTypeEnum | 1 |
| Flags | 128 (0x80) |
| PlayerConditionID | 0 |
| SourceSpellID | 123993 |
| UiModelSceneID | 4 |
| MountFlyRideHeight | 0 |
| MountSpecialRiderAnimKitID | 0 |
| MountSpecialSpellVisualKitID | 0 |
| CreatureDisplayInfo | 41991 |
| CreatureModelData | 4352 |
| Model FileDataID | 587703 |