wow What's Happening With the Shadowlands Free Poll Mount?

[Starym 3,800]

(The above image is not the official mount, just a potentially similar model we found.)

We haven't talked about the choose your own mount Shadowlands poll that was conducted back in September, but many players have been curious about the lack of communication on the subject from Blizzard.

It's actually not surprising players are somewhat confused about the whereabouts of the mount, as its release timing was not mentioned in the winner article, but it was mentioned in the original blue post announcing the poll. The winner was the Wandering Ancient and it's still on track, as it was planned to be added to all players that own Shadowlands in the first quarter of 2021:

Poll Mount

Original post:

Once our artists finish making the mount ready to ride, it will be added to the Mount Collection tab in Q1 2021 for every player with Shadowlands activated on their account.
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Winner post:

Thanks to the hundreds of thousands of players around the world who voted in polls over the last two weeks, we now know which of the proposed mounts you most want to ride in 2021. The winner is:

• The Wandering Ancient

  • A large and leafy mount, the Wandering Ancient invites you to climb aboard and grab ahold of its branches as you embark on a lumbering expedition.

Our designers will now work on bringing this mount to life, so that all players who purchase Shadowlands will receive it.

And again, thank you for voting!

It's most likely we'll get the announcement and quite possibly the mount as well during BlizzConline on February 19th/20th, as that would be the perfect time to either showcase it or even give it to players immediately. If not, Q1 ends on March 31st, so there might be a bit of a wait still to go.

We don't yet know what the ancient mount will look like, but there were plenty of fan interpretations which give us a pretty solid idea of what our favorite future tree might be like:

 

There were also some amazing ideas for the mount, including it changing with the seasons, as the leaves change color and perhaps even fall off! But we'll have to wait a little to see what Blizzard do with the concept.

One thing's for sure, we're not going to be entering any doorways with it, so prepare to feel what a Tauren does with basically every other mount!

[mrkhaglund 2]

I think this mount will be given at coming blizzconline 🙂

Edited January 28, 2021 by mrkhaglund

[Badadada 184]

I suppose a tirnenn would better suit the role of a Shadowlands tree mount.

[Pandabuffel 184]

20 hours ago, Badadada said:

I suppose a tirnenn would better suit the role of a Shadowlands tree mount.

They won't do that. The name and description implies it being the typical ancient that we all know and see in these pictures. If they were to suddenly change it to a Tirnenn just because it's Shadowlands it would definitely anger people; it's not what they promised. And I agree on that.

edit; Yes, I can see the easy joke about Blizz not following their promises. But I think people will know what I mean.

Edited January 29, 2021 by Pandabuffel
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