The Only World of Warcraft Mount & Transmog Guide You’ll Ever Need (2025 Edition)
World of Warcraft is more than just endgame metas, PvP showdowns, and Mythic+ keys — it’s a treasure trove of collectible history. From elusive raid drop mounts to rare transmog sets buried in forgotten dungeons, there’s a vast collection waiting to be unlocked by the determined collector. But here’s the truth: mount and transmog farming can be painfully repetitive if you’re not using smart strategies.
If you’re tired of wasting hours running full raids or dungeons just to roll the dice once per week — or if you’re sitting on 40 alts and wondering how to best weaponize them — this is the ultimate farming compendium you need. This isn’t your usual “go here, kill that” guide. This is about efficiency, speed, skipping what doesn’t matter, and exploiting every system WoW offers — from raid lockouts to alt management to niche mechanics Blizzard forgot about.
Let’s unlock every secret path to becoming a mount and transmog mogul.
🎯 Essential Tools of the Collector: Addons That Save You Hours
Before you ever zone into a raid, let’s talk about your toolkit. A solid setup will save you dozens of hours per week.
Teleport Menu
Convenience is king. This addon consolidates every teleportation method — Hearthstones, engineering wormholes, class abilities like Mage portals — into one elegant menu. Especially useful if you’re bouncing between alts.
SavedInstances
The essential tracking hub for your army of alts. This addon tracks weekly lockouts across all your characters. It will instantly show which raids or dungeons have already been cleared — no more manual checking.
ALL THE THINGS
Arguably the crown jewel of collection addons. It tracks everything you’re missing: mounts, transmogs, pets, achievements, toys, quest rewards, and more. It integrates with the game’s interface so you can hover over any NPC or dungeon entrance and see what loot still eludes you.
🧭 Optimizing Your Routes: Planning Before You Farm
Blindly farming is a surefire path to burnout. These two websites make planning your grind more tactical:
Completionism.net
This niche site helps track which mounts you still need and which ones benefit from increased drop rates during collection events. Minimalist design, maximum functionality.
Simple Armory
It generates full mount farming routes tailored to your account. Fair warning: it includes all mounts, including PvP and vendor ones — but with a few filters, you’ll have a personalized farming itinerary ready to roll.
🔁 Multiply Your Chances: How and Why to Use Multiple Alts
The more characters you have, the more loot rolls you get per week. That’s basic math. But the twist? You don’t need them maxed.
What Level Do You Really Need?
Most legacy content — up through Shadowlands — can be farmed efficiently by characters at level 70. You don’t need to hit 80 to be useful.
Leveling Made Fast
During active XP buff events, you can level a new character to 70 in under 2 hours with the right methods. Whether through dungeon spamming, Chromie Time campaigns, or your favorite profession combo, building your alt army now will pay off week after week.
If you’re interested in speed-leveling strategies, be sure to explore event-specific guides or leveling routes optimized around heirlooms and timewalking dungeons.
🏰 Raid Skip Quests: Unlocking Final Bosses Fast
Many raids from Siege of Orgrimmar and onward offer skip quests to jump straight to the final boss or penultimate wing. These skip quests are generally character-wide, not account-wide, and must be unlocked per difficulty tier.
Raids with Valuable Skips
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Blackrock Foundry – Skip to Blackhand
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Hellfire Citadel – Skip to Archimonde
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The Emerald Nightmare – Skip to Xavius
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The Nighthold – Skip to Gul’dan
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Antorus, The Burning Throne – Skip to Argus
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Ny’alotha – Skip to N’Zoth
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Sanctum of Domination – Skip to Sylvanas
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Sepulcher of the First Ones – Skip to The Jailer
The downside? Most of these require collecting four quest items that only drop once per week, meaning you’ll need 4 weeks per character per difficulty to unlock them. That’s an immense investment.
Exceptions to the Rule
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Blackrock Foundry: This skip is warbound, meaning you can complete it across multiple alts in one day.
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Emerald Nightmare: Mysteriously, you can sometimes complete the skip in one mythic run — possibly a bug, but take advantage while you can.
🧍♂️🧍♀️ No-Quest Skips: When Blizzard Actually Helped Us
Certain raids have built-in skips that activate once you've cleared the raid at least once on Mythic:
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Siege of Orgrimmar: Skip to Garrosh by clicking the scroll near Lorewalker Cho.
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Battle of Dazar’alor: Once you've defeated Mythic Jaina, an NPC will teleport you to her immediately.
🔀 Creative Boss Skips & Shortcut Tactics
Sometimes, the best skip isn’t official — it’s creative abuse of the game’s mechanics.
Black Temple (Demon Hunter Skip)
After the second boss, head left to the massive chain. Use double jump + Vengeful Retreat to ascend the chain, then leap onto the blood elf platform. From there, bypass several bosses and go straight to Illidan.
Firelands (Ragnaros Skip via Alyszrazor Flight)
After defeating Alyszrazor and grabbing three feathers, fly to Baleroc (not Ragnaros directly — there’s an invisible wall). From Baleroc’s platform, you can reach Ragnaros without triggering the bridge RP.
Magisters' Terrace (Demon Hunter Clip Skip)
Jump on the orange crystal at the entrance, double jump + Vengeful Retreat to fly past the invisible barrier. You’ll land near the second-to-last boss and can run straight to Kael’thas to farm the White Hawkstrider.
Dragon Soul RP Skip
After the third boss, instead of waiting through Kalecgos’s RP, teleport out, then back up. The Hagara portal will spawn immediately.
💥 Fastest Mount Grinds: Top Bosses You Can Skip To
Let’s highlight specific bosses where you can use alt runs or skips to focus your farm:
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Yogg-Saron (Ulduar) – Use Demon Hunter glide skips or lockout sharing to avoid full clears.
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Skadi the Ruthless (Utgarde Pinnacle) – Skip first two bosses; run straight to him on heroic.
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Sharkbait (Freehold) – Avoid all bosses; just mount and ride to the last boss.
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Underrot Crawg Mount – Skip directly to final boss on Mythic.
💡 Lockout Sharing: Multiply Your Weekly Chances Across Alts
Lockout sharing is one of the most powerful (and underused) strategies in the game. Instead of clearing a raid on every character manually, you use one character to “host” a partial lockout, allowing your other alts to enter that raid with only the final boss alive.
Here’s how it works — we’ll use Icecrown Citadel (ICC) as an example.
Sharing ICC Lockout (Heroic 25 Only)
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Clear everything except the Lich King + one wing boss (either Sindragosa or Valithria).
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Hearthstone out and park this character (we’ll call it HostChar).
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Log into AltChar1, set ICC to Heroic 25, kill Marrowgar, then exit raid.
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Re-log HostChar, create a Custom Group, invite AltChar1, accept on both ends.
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Enter the raid with AltChar1 — you’ll now see 10/12 bosses dead.
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Finish Sindragosa or Valithria to unlock the teleport.
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Return to entrance, re-enter the raid — the instance will now reflect full Heroic 25 access to the Lich King only.
Repeat for as many alts as you like. It’s slower than modern lockout sharing methods but absolutely worth it for Invincible.
🔄 Simplified Lockout Sharing for Other Raids
For most raids, lockout sharing is much easier than ICC. Here's a general method:
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Use HostChar to clear the raid up to the desired boss on Normal or Heroic.
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Park HostChar outside the raid.
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Log into AltChar, apply to HostChar’s Custom Group, accept invite.
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Enter raid — you’ll inherit HostChar’s lockout.
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Kill the boss, then hearth out to preserve lockout integrity.
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Repeat for other alts.
Prime Raids for This Method
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Ulduar – Yogg-Saron / Mimiron’s Head
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Sanctum of Domination – Sylvanas / Vengeance
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Tazavesh – Gearglider (touch-of-deathable by Monks!)
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Battle of Dazar’alor – G.M.O.D.
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Nighthold – Nightborne mounts (before Remix ends)
🧠 Pro Farming Tips You May Not Know
Let’s wrap up with some practical farming wisdom most players overlook.
Goblin Glider to Sanctum Entrance
Use a Goblin Glider Kit from the top of the Maw cave to fly straight to the Sanctum entrance. If you die mid-air, you’ll respawn mere feet from the raid zone-in.
Critter Portal to Black Temple
Use the Fractured Necrolyte Skull toy (from Timewalking) on a critter summoned via the Critter Hand Cannon (or any open-world critter). This opens a portal directly to Black Temple.
Quick Reset Without Heirlooms
Use a Class Hall teleport to exit and return to a dungeon entrance instantly. Alternatively, create a premade group, leave it, and wait 60 seconds to be ported out.
Hidden Transmog Alert
If you’re a Warlock, Mage, or Priest, farm the Vestments of the Tide Sage from Shrine of the Storm. It’s rare, obscure, and stylish.
🛑 Final Advice: Don’t Burn Yourself Out
Mount and transmog farming can be a deeply satisfying journey — but only if you treat it like one. When you’ve cleared Ny’alotha 90+ times in a single week, the game becomes less of a grind and more of a slow-motion breakdown.
Know when to stop.
Know when to switch goals.
And most importantly, play something else when you’re feeling drained. WoW will always be here — but your sanity is not on a weekly reset timer.
👇 Now It's Your Turn
Which mount are you chasing next?
Which raid did you learn to skip from this guide?
Got a personal trick or farming strategy you use?
Let’s hear it.
If this guide helped you, consider sharing it with your guild or farming partners. It’s more fun to suffer together.
📚 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What’s the fastest way to farm mounts in WoW?
The most efficient way is by using lockout sharing with multiple alts. This allows you to focus only on final bosses and skip full clears.
Do I need level 80 characters to farm old raid mounts?
Nope! Level 70 characters are strong enough to handle most legacy content, including raids up through Shadowlands.
How many alts should I use for efficient farming?
The more, the better. Aim for at least 10-15 alts to maximize your weekly boss attempts, especially for rare drops like Invincible or Mimiron’s Head.
Which raids offer boss skip quests?
Raids from Siege of Orgrimmar onwards often offer skip quests after multiple clears. These include Blackrock Foundry, Emerald Nightmare, Antorus, and more.
Can you farm Legion and BFA raid mounts solo?
Yes, but it helps to have a high ilvl character. Some mechanics may still require clever workarounds or heavy self-healing.
What’s lockout sharing and how does it work?
Lockout sharing is the process of using one character’s saved progress to let your alts enter a raid with only the final boss alive.
Is there a tool to track my mount and transmog collection?
Yes! The addon ALL THE THINGS shows you exactly what you’re missing — mounts, transmogs, toys, pets, and more.
Are mount drop chances affected by difficulty?
Usually not. Most rare mounts have the same drop rate on Normal, Heroic, and Mythic, unless otherwise stated (like Mythic-only mounts).
What’s the best addon for tracking raid lockouts?
SavedInstances is a must-have. It tracks dungeon and raid completions across all your characters in a clean, organized way.
Do old raid skips work account-wide?
No. Most skip quests are per-character, and each difficulty (Normal, Heroic, Mythic) may require its own unlock.
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