#shadowlands mounts

Swift Gloomhoof - Mount - Dreamshrine Basin - Ardenweald

Overview: 

The goal is to loot the Swift Gloomhoof mount from an elite rare called Night Mare located in Dreamshrine Basin in Ardenweald.

Background: 

To be able to see Night Mare a few steps need to be taken to assemble the Dreamcatcher. Matjz on wowhead has put together an excellent guide on how to assemble the Dreamcatcher. 

Personal Notes:

Part 1: Finding the Broken Soulweb in Thirna Scithe will find you dodging elites for this item. As a demon hunter in the Venthyr covenant I had a huge advantage going into this challenge as the Soulweb is located on the top of a flattened cliff if you will. 

I stood facing where the treasure was shown on the mini map. After trying to approach from the front and trying to find branches others had mentioned I quickly scrapped that idea. 

Facing the trees and to the right I saw an opening in the rocks. There were two elites right underneath it. I used Door of Shadows to get on the ledge above them. Then to the right I used my double jump to climb up the backside of the rocks to make my way to the top of the platform.

When you get to the top you will see a cart and the item you need is underneath the seat on the ground. I thought it was hard to see so it took me a few seconds to locate it. It looks like a small branch.

Part 2: Elder Gwenna needs to repair the Broken Soulweb for you. If you’ve done all your main Ardenweald quest lines she should be where she needs to be to do the repair. If she isn’t located at the supplied coordinates you may need to finish quest lines before you can continue with this. The full guide was provided by Matjz on wowhead.

Part 3: You need Ysera (so glad she made an appearance in this expansion!) to turn your item into the Dreamcatcher. Even if you are not in the Night Fae covenant walk to entrance of the Heart of the Forest. There are two guards standing out front who will allow you to talk to Ysera and she will enchant the Soulweb for you.

Note: Others have mentioned this on wowhead but I too fell victim to talking to Ysera while mounted and thus my item was not enchanted by her. I quickly realized my error and logged out / back in and talked to the guard again and was able to receive the Dreamcatcher successfully.

Note: I would absolutely keep the Dreamcatcher in your bags ever after this encounter. You never know if it’s used for other adventures as we are still uncovering things about the expansion.

Part 4: With your Dreamcatcher you are now able to go to the Dreamshine Basin. The Dreamcatcher will phase shift you for 5 minutes at a time so make sure to keep your Dreamcatcher buff active! You will need to wait for Night Mare to spawn. The first time I did this Night Mare was there immediately but when I realized I needed help we waited another 15-20 minutes to see her again.

The Encounter:

Shimmermist Runner - Mount - Mistviel Tangle - Ardenweald

Overview:

The goal is to loot the Shimmermist Runner dropped by a rare encounter Shizgher located at Mistveil Tangle in Ardenweald. In order to make Shizgher corporeal you need to follow a specific set of pathways in a maze to reach him. Once he is killed you will be able to loot the Shimmermist Runner.

Background:

I used the wowhead comment from user sabot7726 as the foundation for getting this mount. Before reading their comment I tried visually using waypoints and looking for these lights/lamps (that others suggested) which was extremely difficult as you are running through elite mobs and can’t really stop to try and get your bearings. Doing it this way I believe I had one or two failed attempts.

Note: If at any point you fail to take the right paths you will hear a distinctive sound that indicates a failure. To reset the process and start over you need to find a scroll located on a tree. The tree coordinates are listed in sabot7726′s waypoints.

Strategy:

Sabot7726 listed the coordinates in reverse order so that the TomTom add-on would display them in the correct order. They also suggested getting the add-on Paste to use for the display of the TomTom coordinates. I made sure to put my TomTom green arrow in the center of the screen to make it easier for my eyes to follow each changing waypoint. Their final suggestion was to have your mounts equipped with the Comfortable Rider’s Barding. 

Note: Since I have level 100 Shadowlands leather working I had previously made this and coincidentally already had it equipped. It will make it so you cannot be dazed while mounted. If you have leather working you can either make your own or buy off the auction house.

When I pasted the waypoint coordinates in the Paste add-on, along with my non-dazing mount enhancement this part of the challenge was a breeze.

The Encounter:

Once you have navigated through the correct paths Shizgher will become corporeal and you will be able to engage him. I was able to solo him as a havoc demon hunter ilevel 174 at the time.

Note: Try to always be aware of your surroundings as accidentally aggro-ing surrounding elites can be a deadly mistake.

Note: If you die during the encounter you are able to reengage Shizgher after resurrecting. It does not make you redo the entire process.