wow Who Can Get and Ride Covenant Mounts Logic Deciphered

[Starym 3,800]

 

The logic behind the many different Covenant mounts and for which you have to be in the specific Covenant to get them to drop vs. which you can only ride if you're a member, which are usable by alts and similar has been confusing to some, but today Tyrsenus has a pretty sound take on it all.

There seems to be a pattern and a clear logic to the Covenant mount madness and Tyrsenus has come up with some rules that can help you figure out what type of mount a certain drop is:

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Rules #1-4:

1. Tauralus mounts can only be ACQUIRED AND USED by necrolords.
2. Runestag mounts can only be ACQUIRED AND USED by night fae.
3. Phalynx mounts can only be ACQUIRED AND USED by kyrian.
4. Gargon mounts can only be ACQUIRED AND USED by venthyr.

Applies to any and all mounts of the given type, whether armored, recolored, etc.

• Rule #5: Mounts that drop via the anima conductor can only be ACQUIRED by members of the covenant, but are USABLE by all alts, unless rules 1-4 apply.

With rule 5, the following can only be acquired by one covenant, but useable by all alts:

• Predatory Plagueroc (necrolord, from Gieger)
• Wild Glimmerfur Prowler (night fae, from Valfir)
• Horrid Dreadwing (venthyr, from Harika).

There are two other anima conductor mounts: Phalanx of Humility and Armored Bonehoof Tauralus. However, these are a phalynx and a tauralus, and therefore can only be obtained and used by necrolords and kyrian, respectively.

There is one other mount (that I'm aware of) that can only be acquired by one covenant but usable by all: Bonesewn Fleshroc. It's created with necrolords' abomination stitching, but once you have it all alts can use it.

If you're aware of anything that contradicts this, please let me know!

Ultimately, the best way to find out if a mount has a covenant restriction is to open your mount journal > filter and check "Not Collected" and "Unusable," then search for the mount in question. If there's a covenant restriction to use it, it will indicate it in the text above the model preview.

So if you ever wondered just what the requirements were for a specific mount, just apply the rules (or check the journal). Here are all the mounts in a table:

And here they are in one image from way back at the start of the expansion, courtesy of TempusSimian:

Source.

[req0 9]

NF and Kyrian are jokes xD 

[FireLordJohn 91]

Didn’t know Ve’nari had rules for mounts now. 

[Arrancar 65]

4 hours ago, FireLordJohn said:

Didn’t know Ve’nari had rules for mounts now. 

I see what you did there.

[Manbearpig 28]

Sooo even if they are not usable by other covenants, do they still all count towards your mount collector achievement? I didn't really pay attention to my numbers, but since the achievement counts all usable mounts on a character, they shouldn't, right?