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Swift Purple Wind Rider
Vendor Mount
I still don't get why they fly faster when you put armor on them. -Drakma
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Details
Summons and dismisses a rideable Swift Purple Wind Rider 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
Where it comes from
The sources Swift Purple Wind Rider names in its in-game collection entry, each with its own page.
Where to Find It: Orgrimmar
ChromieLi Li Stormstout, Apprentice LorewalkerOrgrimmar Portal RoomThe Cleft of ShadowThe DragThe Goblim SlumsZeppelin to Grom'gol, Stranglethorn ValeZeppelin to Warsong Hold, Borean TundraThe gold pins are the zone's own landmarks from the game data, not this mount's source location.
Riding Requirements
Swift Purple Wind Rider 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 Wind Rider.
Availability
What the client data says about Swift Purple Wind Rider: Hidden unless learned.
- The Mount Journal hides it from characters that have not learned it, the flag Blizzard sets on retired, promotional and limited rewards.
- It is faction-specific: the journal shows it only to one faction.
What It Looks Like
Its model measures about 6.4 yards long, 2.7 wide and 2.4 tall, the rider sits 1.3 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 Wind Rider: one skeleton, different skins.
Client Record
The Mount.db2 row for Swift Purple Wind Rider in the current retail build, as datamined.
| ID | 142 |
|---|---|
| MountTypeID | 424 |
| SourceTypeEnum | 2 |
| Flags | 196 (0xC4) |
| PlayerConditionID | 0 |
| SourceSpellID | 32297 |
| UiModelSceneID | 4 |
| MountFlyRideHeight | 0 |
| MountSpecialRiderAnimKitID | 0 |
| MountSpecialSpellVisualKitID | 0 |
| CreatureDisplayInfo | 17721 |
| CreatureModelData | 2378 |
| Model FileDataID | 125729 |
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