World of Warcraft/Unused Items/Mounts
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Peep's Whistle
| Item Level 70 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Unique |
| Mount |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. |
| Requires Level 70 |
Peep's Whistle is an unused mount likely used by Game Masters as a testing item. The mount teaches you how to summon Peep the Phoenix Mount, which is virtually identical in every single way to the obtainable Ashes of Al'ar mount, bar the name.
Foror's Fabled Steed
| Item Level 60 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Unique |
| Requires Level 60 |
This item was at one time a mount that summoned a Bronze Drake to ride, but was changed during an unknown patch to its current form. It's been in the game since approximately the Blackwing Lair patch (1.6.0), but now has no use whatsoever. It used to have the flavor text "You wish!" which was also, unfortunately, removed.
Great Elite Elekk
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| Item Level 40 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Unique |
| Mount |
| Races: Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome, Draenei, Worgen, Pandaren |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. |
| Requires Level 40 |
| Requires Journeyman Riding |
| Sell Price: 2g 50s |
This armored elekk mount was never implemented... for some reason. It's a slightly lighter shade of purple than the obtainable Great Purple Elekk mount.
Yak Mounts
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| Item Level 90 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Unique |
| Mount |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. |
| Requires Level 85 |
| Requires Journeyman Riding |
| Sell Price: 750g |
| "Grummles traveling Kun-Lai Summit by night prefer to ride this dark-haired yak to remain unseen, though they remove the bells from its caparison first." |
| Legacy |
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| Item Level 90 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Unique |
| Mount |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. |
| Requires Level 85 |
| Requires Journeyman Riding |
| Sell Price: 750g |
| "Riding Yaks are bred to be slimmer and more agile than their kin." |
| Legacy |
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| Item Level 90 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Unique |
| Mount |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. |
| Requires Level 85 |
| Requires Journeyman Riding |
| Sell Price: 750g |
| "Riding Yaks are bred to be slimmer and more agile than their kin." |
| Legacy |
These yak color variations were available for purchase in the beta of Mysts of Pandaria, but never made it into live. Unlike most unused mounts, they have unique mount descriptions.
Water Strider Mounts
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| Item Level 90 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Unique |
| Mount |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. This mount can walk on water in non-battleground areas. |
| Requires Level 90 |
| Requires Journeyman Riding |
| Requires The Anglers - Exalted |
| Sell Price: 1250g |
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| Item Level 90 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Unique |
| Mount |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. This mount can walk on water in non-battleground areas. |
| Requires Level 90 |
| Requires Journeyman Riding |
| Requires The Anglers - Exalted |
| Sell Price: 1250g |
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| Item Level 90 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Unique |
| Mount |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. This mount can walk on water in non-battleground areas. |
| Requires Level 90 |
| Requires Journeyman Riding |
| Requires The Anglers - Exalted |
| Sell Price: 1250g |
These three mounts were available in the Mists of Pandaria public beta and were planned as reputation rewards for The Anglers; unfortunately, they seem to have never been added.
It's worth noting that another water strider mount that was in the beta as a reward for The Anglers, the Crimson Water Strider, went unused in Mists but was eventually used in the next expansion, Warlords of Draenor, as a purchasable item from Nat Pagel.
Crane Mounts
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| Item Level 90 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Unique |
| Mount |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. |
| Requires Level 90 |
| Requires Journeyman Riding |
| Sell Price: 750g |
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| Item Level 90 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Unique |
| Mount |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. |
| Requires Level 90 |
| Requires Journeyman Riding |
| Sell Price: 750g |
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| Item Level 90 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Unique |
| Mount |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. |
| Requires Level 90 |
| Requires Journeyman Riding |
| Sell Price: 750g |
Though available in the public beta of Mists of Pandaria, these crane mounts never made it into live.
Carpet Mounts
| Item Level 80 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Unique |
| Mount |
| Requires Level 70 |
| Requires Tailoring (420) |
| "Teaches you how to summon this rug. Can only be summoned in Outland or Northrend. This is a very fast rug." |
| Item Level 70 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Unique |
| Mount |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this rug. This is a flying mount. |
| Requires Level 70 |
| Requires Tailoring (450) |
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| Item Level 70 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Unique |
| Mount |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this rug. This is a flying mount. |
| Requires Level 70 |
| Requires Tailoring (450) |
These three rugs never made it past the Wrath of the Lich King beta. They don't seem to have models anymore.
When they did have models (as late as patch 3.3.5a), they still didn't function normally: their Use text read "(null)", and if you tried to use one of them when you had leveled Tailoring up to 450, it would produce the error message, "Must have a Cloth equipped".
The carpets cannot be ridden: they spawn in the place you tried to mount on them, and when you move, the carpet does not follow you. However, the game counts you as mounted regardless.
Mechanostrider Mounts
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| Item Level 20 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Mount |
| Races: Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome, Draenei, Worgen, Pandaren |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. |
| Requires Level 20 |
| Requires Apprentice Riding |
| Sell Price: 25s |
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| Item Level 20 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Mount |
| Races: Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome, Draenei, Worgen, Pandaren |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. |
| Requires Level 20 |
| Requires Apprentice Riding |
| Sell Price: 25s |
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| Item Level 20 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Mount |
| Races: Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome, Draenei, Worgen, Pandaren |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. |
| Requires Level 20 |
| Requires Apprentice Riding |
| Sell Price: 25s |
It's unknown why these mechanostrider mounts never made it into the game. As a side note, the Fluorescent Green Mechanostrider was given accidentally by a Game Master to the player Narshe on the European realm Frostmane, who doesn't seem to have it anymore, sadly.
Brewfest Kodo
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| Item Level 20 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Mount |
| Races: Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome, Draenei, Worgen, Pandaren |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. |
| Requires Level 20 |
| Requires Apprentice Riding |
| "You can't remember exactly how you got this mount. Then again, you can't remember much of anything that happens at Brewfest." |
| Holiday: Brewfest |
| Sell Price: 25s |
This mount was likely intended as the horde equivalent to the Brewfest Ram mount. Once the Brewfest Ram was discontinued, this item had little reason to be added, especially since an epic version is obtainable as a boss drop off of Coren Direbrew. This mount also, for some reason, was given a unique mount description in Warlords of Draenor.
Big Cat Mounts
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| Item Level 40 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Mount |
| Races: Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome, Draenei, Worgen, Pandaren |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. |
| Requires Level 40 |
| Requires Journeyman Riding |
| Sell Price: 2g 50s |
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| Item Level 20 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Mount |
| Races: Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome, Draenei, Worgen, Pandaren |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. |
| Requires Level 20 |
| Requires Apprentice Riding |
| Sell Price: 25s |
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| Item Level 20 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Mount |
| Races: Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome, Draenei, Worgen, Pandaren |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. |
| Requires Level 20 |
| Requires Apprentice Riding |
| Sell Price: 25s |
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| Item Level 20 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Mount |
| Races: Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome, Draenei, Worgen, Pandaren |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. |
| Requires Level 20 |
| Requires Apprentice Riding |
| Sell Price: 25s |
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| Item Level 30 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Mount |
| Races: Human, Orc, Dwarf, Night Elf, Undead, Gnome, Troll |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. |
| Requires Level 30 |
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| Item Level 30 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Mount |
| Races: Human, Orc, Dwarf, Night Elf, Undead, Gnome, Troll |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. |
| Requires Level 30 |
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| Item Level 20 |
| Binds when picked up |
| Mount |
| Races: Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome, Draenei, Worgen, Pandaren |
| Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. |
| Requires Level 20 |
| Sell Price: 25s |
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| Item Level 30 |
| Requires Level 30 |
| "Teaches you how to summon this mount." |
Named "Reins of the Night saber" as late as patch 3.3.5a, this mount has two odd qualities to it: it's limited for use by Humans, Orcs, Dwarves, Night Elves, Undead, Gnomes, and Trolls; and, it requires 1 skill point in "Tiger Riding".
There are a large number of unused Big Cat mounts in the game. Many of them are leftover from the original game's alpha, including the infamous Bengal Tiger mount, which was the subject of numerous youtube videos and fan theories.
The Spotted Nightsaber mount (which shares a model with the Leopard and Primal Leopard mounts, for some reason) was erroneously sent to a regular player by a Game Master in The Burning Crusade. After bragging to others on the General Discussion forums, however, he had it removed.
