Warlock Dreadsteed: the level 60 epic mount chain (Classic Era baseline)

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In Classic, warlocks don't buy their epic mount. They earn the spell Summon Dreadsteed (100% speed, level 60) through a twelve-quest chain. Two contacts near the Altar of Storms in Burning Steppes, Mor'zul Bloodbringer and Gorzeeki Wildeyes, send you to Winterspring for owlbeast blood and to Felwood's Shadow Hold for a demon lord's errand. Then you gather crafted materials, take an imp to Scholomance, and finish with a summoning ritual inside Dire Maul West that needs a group. Every step is warlock-only and needs level 60. Blizzard hasn't said whether Forever keeps this chain, so treat it as the Classic Era version.

Quick facts

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Steps

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XP is the listed Classic Era baseline value. Steps 2–3 and 4–6 can run alongside each other, as can 7–11. Blizzard's beta notes say Forever cuts dungeon quest bonus XP by 50%, which affects steps 10 and 12.

Part 1: Burning Steppes, Winterspring and Felwood

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Getting started. The opening quest, Mor'zul Bloodbringer, is offered by four warlock NPCs:

Faction	NPC	Where	Coordinates
Alliance	Spackle Thornberry	Stormwind City	25.8, 77.6
Alliance	Jubahl Corpseseeker	Ironforge	53.2, 6.6
Horde	Martha Strain	Undercity	85.8, 15.8
Horde	Kurgul	Orgrimmar	47.6, 46.8

Mor'zul and Gorzeeki stand together in the far west of Burning Steppes, near the Altar of Storms. That Mor'zul is level 61 and Gorzeeki level 55, and both are friendly to both factions.

Raging Beast's Blood (Winterspring). All five owlbeast types in Winterspring drop the blood. The listed samples show a big difference between them:

So the higher-level owlbeasts are the ones to farm. They are in two main groups, in the north-east around 63, 20 and in the south-east around 59, 60. Expect roughly 300 kills for 30 blood at about 10% (our estimate from those rates).

Shadow Hold (Felwood). Gorzeeki sells the Shadowy Potion. Its tooltip says it makes you friendly to the denizens of Jaedenar for 20 minutes, and you need that to talk to Lord Banehollow and Ur'dan. It is listed is at 6g for a stack of 3. Shadow Hold is the cave at the back of Jaedenar, not the Shrine of the Deceiver by the front. Banehollow (level 59 elite demon) is at about 36.0, 44.6 Felwood map, and Ur'dan is next to him at about 36.2, 44.6. Ulathek, the traitor, is a level 57 humanoid at about 40.6, 48.4. The Traitor's Heart is at 1 of 1 in its sample, which is too small to call a rate. Bring 150g for the Stardust. The listed guide warns that the potion's effect ends if you die, so on a PvP realm carry spares.

Part 2: the Bell, Wheel, Candle, Arcanite and the imp

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These quests are shopping lists. The materials can be traded or bought on the Auction House, so you can buy them or ask friends with the right professions.

Quest	You need	Where it comes from
Bell of Dethmoora	10 Elixir of Shadow Power	Alchemy
Wheel of the Black March	6 Large Brilliant Shard, 25 Dark Iron Ore	Enchanting (disenchanting level 55+ rares) and Mining (Blackrock Depths and Molten Core)
Doomsday Candle	35 Black Dragonscale	Skinning level 50+ black dragons
Arcanite	3 Arcanite Bar	Alchemy transmute
Imp Delivery	Imp in a Jar (from Gorzeeki)	Release it near the alchemy lab in Scholomance. The listed guide says the lab is near the end of the dungeon, in the room with Ras Frostwhisper. J'eevee appears and makes the parchment

Part 3: the ritual in Dire Maul West

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Before you go, buy the three summoning reagents from Gorzeeki (vendor prices):

All three bind when picked up. The listed guide says they aren't used up, so a warlock who already owns them can run the ritual for others and save each of them 250g. That warlock has to come along to Dire Maul. Stock up on Soul Shards for the Lodestone.

The fight, as the listed guide describes it: 1. Enter Dire Maul West. The guide says you need the Crescent Key. 2. Kill Tendris Warpwood, shut down the five pylons, then kill Immol'thar on the pedestal. 3. Use J'eevee's Jar in the centre of the Pedestal of Immol'thar. J'eevee sets out the Bell, Wheel and Candle and forms the circle. 4. For about six minutes, waves of non-elite Xorothian Imps and occasional elite Dread Guards attack. The Bell restores 150 health and mana to warlocks in the group, the Wheel absorbs 100 damage from each attack, and the Candle burns enemies for 250 fire damage a second. If a node fails, use the Black Lodestone on it (3 sec cast, costs a Soul Shard). If all three fail, the ritual ends and you have to start again. 5. When nine runes appear around the circle the demons stop. Recover, then use the Xorothian Glyphs to summon the Xorothian Dreadsteed (level 62 elite). 6. At about half health, the dreadlord Lord Hel'nurath (level 62 elite) joins. When the Dreadsteed dies, its spirit appears. Kill Hel'nurath, then talk to the Dreadsteed Spirit to complete Dreadsteed of Xoroth and learn Summon Dreadsteed.

The fight details above are; they are not from a Blizzard post or the Game Data API. Whether Forever changes the ritual or tunes Dire Maul's pylons is.

No pins for Scholomance or Dire Maul, because those steps happen inside instances.

Reward (Classic Era baseline)

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The reward is the spell Summon Dreadsteed, not an item. The listed tooltip says it requires level 60, costs 150 mana, has a 3 second cast, and summons a Dreadsteed that increases your speed by 100%. It replaces the level 40 Summon Felsteed (60% speed), which comes from Strahad Farsan in Ratchet, The Barrens (62.6, 35.4, quest Summon Felsteed). Forever gives you a mount when you learn riding (Blizzard Deep Dive recap), but Blizzard hasn't said how warlock and paladin class mounts fit in.

Related

• Warlock levelling guide
• Warlock Infernal and Doomguard quests, the Inferno and Ritual of Doom chains
• Riding and mounts in WoW Forever
• Dire Maul West and the Dire Maul overview
• Scholomance dungeon guide
• Burning Steppes, Winterspring and Felwood

*Cards: Classic Era baseline, checked 31 Oct 2026; Forever stats unconfirmed.*

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