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Swift Purple Gryphon
Vendor Mount
The Horde had dragons, we had the gryphons. We won that war. - Ilsa Blusterbrew
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Details
Summons and dismisses a rideable Swift Purple Gryphon mount. The capabilities of this mount depend on your Riding skill and location.
Taught By
The item that teaches this mount. Hover a name for its tooltip.
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How to Obtain
Vendor
Buy it from Tannec Stonebeak in Stormwind City.
Where it comes from
The sources Swift Purple Gryphon names in its in-game collection entry, each with its own page.
Where to Find It: Stormwind City
Cathedral SquareChromieDalaran PortalDastardly DuosLi Li Stormstout, Apprentice LorewalkerLion's RestOld TownStormwind HarborStormwind Portal RoomThe Dwarven DistrictThe Mage QuarterTrade DistrictThe gold pins are the zone's own landmarks from the game data, not this mount's source location.
Riding Requirements
Swift Purple Gryphon 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 100g for Swift Purple Gryphon.
Availability
What the client data says about Swift Purple Gryphon: In-game source.
- It is faction-specific: the journal shows it only to one faction.
What It Looks Like
Its model measures about 4.7 yards long, 2.3 wide and 2.9 tall, the rider sits 1.7 yards up. Figures come from the CreatureModelData bounding box.
Same body, other looks (4)
These mounts are drawn on the same CreatureModelData record as Swift Purple Gryphon: one skeleton, different skins.
Client Record
The Mount.db2 row for Swift Purple Gryphon in the current retail build, as datamined.
| ID | 139 |
|---|---|
| MountTypeID | 424 |
| SourceTypeEnum | 2 |
| Flags | 132 (0x84) |
| PlayerConditionID | 0 |
| SourceSpellID | 32292 |
| UiModelSceneID | 4 |
| MountFlyRideHeight | 0 |
| MountSpecialRiderAnimKitID | 0 |
| MountSpecialSpellVisualKitID | 0 |
| CreatureDisplayInfo | 17717 |
| CreatureModelData | 2376 |
| Model FileDataID | 124293 |
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