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Purple Netherwing Drake

Quest Mount

After promising to fly you to the ends of Outland, the netherwing drake was eventually drawn to the blue skies of Azeroth as well.

3D Model

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

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Purple Netherwing Drake

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Quest
Mount ID189
SourceQuest
ExpansionThe Burning Crusade
AvailabilityIn-game source

Summons and dismisses a rideable Purple Netherwing Drake mount. This is a flying mount.

Taught By

The item that teaches this mount. Hover a name for its tooltip.

Reins of the Purple Netherwing Drake

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Where it comes from

How to Obtain

Quest

Awarded for completing the quest Malfas the Purple Netherwing Drake.

QuestMalfas the Purple Netherwing Drake
ZoneShattrath City, Outland

Where it comes from

The sources Purple Netherwing Drake names in its in-game collection entry, each with its own page.

Where to Find It: Shattrath City

Shattrath City mapShattrath City

Shattrath City is one of 2 zones listed for it. The gold pins are the zone's own landmarks from the game data, not this mount's source location.

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Riding Requirements

Purple Netherwing Drake 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.

Riding skill required375
Also requiresSkyriding Basics
Flight capability record#11
Capability entries6
Mount type#424
Creature displays#21523

What the Item Costs

The client stores a buy price of 200g for Reins of the Purple Netherwing Drake.

Required level10
BindingBinds when picked up
Client buy price200 gold

How to Craft It

The item that teaches Purple Netherwing Drake is crafted with Summon Reins (Malfas).

Counts Toward

Learning Purple Netherwing Drake completes a criterion of 1 achievement: its summon spell is named in their criteria trees.

What It Looks Like

Its model measures about 11.2 yards long, 5.9 wide and 4.2 tall, the rider sits 2.9 yards up. Figures come from the CreatureModelData bounding box.

Same body, other looks (7)

These mounts are drawn on the same CreatureModelData record as Purple Netherwing Drake: one skeleton, different skins.

Client Record

The Mount.db2 row for Purple Netherwing Drake in the current retail build, as datamined.

ID189
MountTypeID424
SourceTypeEnum1
Flags128 (0x80)
PlayerConditionID0
SourceSpellID41516
UiModelSceneID4
MountFlyRideHeight0
MountSpecialRiderAnimKitID0
MountSpecialSpellVisualKitID0
CreatureDisplayInfo21523
CreatureModelData2262
Model FileDataID125168
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