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Thundering Ruby Cloud Serpent

Drop Mount

From their infancy, Thundering Cloud Serpents are drawn to storms. They have been known to chase lightning through the blackened, roiling clouds, and to bathe in the pouring rain.

3D Model

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

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Thundering Ruby Cloud Serpent

Details

Drop
Mount ID517
SourceDrop
ExpansionMists of Pandaria
AvailabilityIn-game source

Summons and dismisses a rideable Thundering Ruby Cloud Serpent. This is a flying mount. Requires Cloud Serpent Riding from the Order of the Cloud Serpent.

Taught By

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

Reins of the Thundering Ruby Cloud Serpent, Reins of the Thundering Ruby Cloud Serpent

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Where it comes from

How to Obtain

Drop

Drops from Alani in Vale of Eternal Blossoms.

Where it comes from

The sources Thundering Ruby Cloud Serpent names in its in-game collection entry, each with its own page.

Where to Find It: Vale of Eternal Blossoms

Vale of Eternal Blossoms mapZidormi

The gold pins are the zone's own landmarks from the game data, not this mount's source location.

Mount dossier

Riding Requirements

Thundering Ruby 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.

Riding skill required375
Also requiresSkyriding Basics
Flight capability record#11
Capability entries6
Mount type#424
Creature displays#45797

What the Item Costs

Reins of the Thundering Ruby Cloud Serpent is tradeable: the cheapest current US listing is 40,000g on 81 connected realms.

Required level10
Client buy price10,000 gold
US cheapest listing40,000 gold across 81 realms

What It Looks Like

Its model measures about 14.3 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 (5)

These mounts are drawn on the same CreatureModelData record as Thundering Ruby Cloud Serpent: one skeleton, different skins.

Client Record

The Mount.db2 row for Thundering Ruby Cloud Serpent in the current retail build, as datamined.

ID517
MountTypeID424
SourceTypeEnum0
Flags128 (0x80)
PlayerConditionID0
SourceSpellID132036
UiModelSceneID4
MountFlyRideHeight0
MountSpecialRiderAnimKitID0
MountSpecialSpellVisualKitID0
CreatureDisplayInfo45797
CreatureModelData4646
Model FileDataID651718
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