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Comment by Matjz

The Swift Gloomhoof is a guaranteed drop from the Rare Elite Night Mare which can be found on Dreamshrine Basin, the area just outside Hibernal Hollow on Ardenweald, but is normally untargetable and cannot be engaged.

Engaging Night Mare requires the Dream Catcher. Using this item on Dreamshrine Basin will give you the buff called The Shadow's Dream which will transport you to a shadowy phase of the area without any other mob, except for Night Mare. You can see and interact with other players who also have the The Shadow's Dream buff.

Leaving the Dreamshrine Basin or losing/removing The Shadow's Dream will expel you from this shadowy phase. You can refresh The Shadow's Dream by using the Dream Catcher again, even in combat.

Night Mare runs around Dreamshrine Basin, you have to find him on the shadowy phase but is marked on the minimap as a rare. He is also hard to solo, having high amounts of health points and hitting like a truck with his melee attacks and array of devastating AoE abilities:

Astral Charge
Night Mare charges to a random player within 40 yards, dealing moderate amounts physical damage.
Total Eclipse
Long Cast AoE Nuke that deals high amounts of arcane damage to anyone within 25 yards of Night Mare when the cast finishes.
Cosmic Shower
Interruptable/Purgeable Magic Buff that deal moderate amounts of arcane damage every second for 5 seconds to anyone within 50 yards of Night Mare.

/way 62.25 53.97 Night Mare (patrol route middle point)

Steps to obtain the Dream Catcher

Comment by Sipder2

Swift Gloomhoof drop from Night Mare (100% drop rate on Beta).

Night Mare is located running around Dreamshrine Basin - Ardenweald /way 60,6, 49,7
You need use the item Dream Catcher in Dreamshrine Basin to get the buff The Shadow's Dream for see Night Mare.
If you are trying solo Night Mare pay attention to The Shadow's Dream not expire, if you lose this buff you will not see Night Mare.
To renew The Shadow's Dream you just need click on Dream Catcher again.

Video guide: https://youtu.be/2HW5zgyJpTg

How to get Dream Catcher (requires Night Fae Covenant):

1. Getting Broken Soulweb.

How to get Broken Soulweb:

go to /way 18,1, 62,0
jump and use Goblin Glider Kit to reach the big root at /way 17,7, 62,2
follow the root path
jump and use Goblin Glider Kit to reach the platform at /way 19,7, 63,0
near the broken cart interact with Cracked Soulweb to loot Broken Soulweb (it's a stick on the floor)

Video location: https://youtu.be/GLWIxW9LGVM

2. Getting Repaired Soulweb.

To get Repaired Soulweb you need speak with Elder Gwenna at /way 50,4, 33,1 and return Broken Soulweb:
To repair the item you need 10x Lightless Silk.

If you not see Elder Gwenna complete the following quests:

1. Ages-Echoing Wisdom Locate Elder Gwenna, Elder Finnan, and Groonoomcrooek. More info here.

2. Idle Hands Slay 12 Brittlebark invaders in the Growthworks. More info here.

3. Craftsman Needs No Tools Find Finnan's Lucky Mallet. More info here.

4. Spirit-Gathering Labor Collect 6 River Sediment. More info here.

5. The Games We Play Win a game of wits with a spriggan. More info here.

6. Outplayed Defeat Wicked Wort. More info here.

Video location: https://youtu.be/16a-uXXGWk4

3. Getting Dream Catcher.

go to Heart of the forest
speak with Ysera at /way 44,4, 38,3
select the dialog to receive Dream Catcher

Video location: https://youtu.be/pYsJGIxobS4

Comment by varenne

Prerequisites:
There are some steps associated with the Night Fae covenant, but it looks like you can speak with the guards outside the Heart of Forest to speak with Ysera and she will come out, so no prerequisites

The hardest part is the first step, so a little bit more info:

Go to the Tirna Schithe open world zone 18.05 62.07 map.
Jump to the tree root that looks like this jpg
Use Goblin Glider Kit or similar then follow the tree to the left and jump 1 more time with Goblin Glider Kit
Collect the Broken Soulweb behind the cart at 19.74 63.47

Step	Step Objective	Map	Note	Video Timestamp
1	Collect Broken Soulweb. (Check info above)	19.74 63.47	Need 2xGoblin Glider Kit	https://youtu.be/VTNzu5ALZ-s
2	Complete Trouble at the Gormling Corral questchain	Go to Glitterfall Basin	Start Trouble in the Banks from Lady of the Falls	https://youtu.be/VTNzu5ALZ-s?t=84
3	Complete next Tricky Spriggans questchain	Same npc	Start Ages-Echoing Wisdom	https://youtu.be/VTNzu5ALZ-s?t=101
4	Speak with Elder Gwenna and get Repaired Soulweb	Same spot	Need to have 10 x Lightless Silk	https://youtu.be/VTNzu5ALZ-s?t=110
5	Speak with Ysera and get Dream Catcher	Ysera	Go to the Heart of Forest*	https://youtu.be/VTNzu5ALZ-s?t=156
6	Use Dream Catcher to see the Night Mare at coords	62.17 52.18	Go counterclockwise around Hibernal Hollow	https://youtu.be/VTNzu5ALZ-s?t=200

* If you are not part of the Night Fae, speak with the guards outside the Heart of Forest to speak with Ysera and she will come out, so no Night Fae covenant required.
The fight is very hard to solo, especially if you cant heal yourself (i wasn't able to solo the fight as a 195 ilvl rogue)

Regular attack hits for 3-4.5k on leather
Astral Charge is casted from time to time and can come at the same time as an autoattack
Total Eclipse easy to avoid, just run away fast when you see a cast
Cosmic Shower has a long cast and then rare will channel a rain of stars that hit 2-2.5k
This can be avoided if you kick the channel or just run 20-30 yards away

And it looks like only players who have done all the steps can assist you in killing this rare.

DONT FORGET that The Shadow's Dream has duration of 5 minutes, so you have to refresh the Dream Catcher.

/way 18.05 62.07 1a Glider on the tree root
/way 18.97 63.41 1c Use Glider
/way 19.74 63.47 1b Broken Soulweb
/way 51.13 33.87 3 Trouble in the Banks Q
/way 50.45 33.07 5 Elder Gwenna
/way 44.07 38.82 6 Ysera
/way 62.17 52.18 7 Use Dream Catcher

Comment by tmptfate

FYI to everyone regarding this mount...
(The bolding is mine)

The ballads of Ardenweald claim that the birth of gloomrunner
heralds the passing of a particularly benevolent wild god.
Seeing a gloomrunner is therefore a blessing and a curse.

Remember our good boi Ursoc and the Shadowlands Ardenweald short story animation?
Yup, he died so you all could have this mount ='(

Never forget the Ursoc sacrifice!

Comment by ThreePipes

This is a beautiful equine and slightly larger than most in Shadowlands, BUT, in the Beta it had a wonderful gait animation, sort of a lope; now in Live they've changed the gait to the typical trot style like all the other unicorn-type equines in the game, with the back feet together as though it's hobbled. It's very sad since the lope gait was what made it so beautiful to see when riding. It was very much like Night Mare's gait and looked natural for a horse animal. In fact, this equine has the right gait when it's flying; back feet are just right but as soon you land it's back to hobbling along as though it was part rabbit. Someone at Blizzard: please restore this beautiful beast's running gait to what it's doing while flying. (just unstick the back feet for God's sake so this horsey run freely)

Comment by suraiya

Everyone in your group needs to have a Dream Catcher in order to see Night Mare. We tried it where just one person has it and clicked it in the area, but only the person who had the dream catcher could see Night Mare.

Comment by AlieraDyne

Credit to Matjz For this information
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The Swift Gloomhoof is a guaranteed drop from the Rare Elite Night Mare which can be found on Dreamshrine Basin, the area just outside Hibernal Hollow on Ardenweald, but is normally untargetable and cannot be engaged.

Engaging Night Mare requires the Dream Catcher. Using this item on Dreamshrine Basin will give you the buff called The Shadow's Dream which will transport you to a shadowy phase of the area without any other mob, except for Night Mare. You can see and interact with other players who also have the The Shadow's Dream buff.

Leaving the Dreamshrine Basin or losing/removing The Shadow's Dream will expel you from this shadowy phase. You can refresh The Shadow's Dream by using the Dream Catcher again, even in combat.

Night Mare runs around Dreamshrine Basin, you have to find him on the shadowy phase but is marked on the minimap as a rare. He is also hard to solo, having high amounts of health points and hitting like a truck with his melee attacks and array of devastating AoE abilities:

Astral Charge
Night Mare charges to a random player within 40 yards, dealing moderate amounts physical damage.
Total Eclipse
Long Cast AoE Nuke that deals high amounts of arcane damage to anyone within 25 yards of Night Mare when the cast finishes.
Cosmic Shower
Interruptable/Purgeable Magic Buff that deal moderate amounts of arcane damage every second for 5 seconds to anyone within 50 yards of Night Mare.
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Information from Trex-Zangermarsh & Starclaws - Aerie Peak
--Note:You can use the dreamcatcher multiple times during the fight so that the timer does not drop off
If the timer does drop off, then the Night Mare, will run away deaggro and reset.
-Recommended to wait to no less than one minute on the timer.

Important: All members of the party that assist in the kill, get the mount - confirmed
All members of the party need the dream catcher
Dreamcatcher does not go away on use - so you may be able to help guildies with this mount.

/way 18.05 62.07 1a Glider on the tree root
/way 18.97 63.41 1c Use Glider
/way 19.74 63.47 1b Broken Soulweb
/way 51.13 33.87 3 Trouble in the Banks Q
/way 50.45 33.07 5 Elder Gwenna
/way 44.07 38.82 6 Ysera
/way 62.17 52.18 7 Use Dream Catcher

Recommend more than one person for this fight as it is a difficult one for soloing or having a good deal of healing power (perhaps a guardian druid)
However it is much easier with two or more.

Comment by Deathcam

can confirm as a necrolord player i was able to talk to the guards outside of the night fae area to request ysera to walk out to create Dream Catcher

Comment by Justeroo

Just a note that as of today 11/26/2020 creating the repaired soulweb is slightly broken. I had to dismount before the Elder would properly do the dialog option and give me the item.

Comment by TheMinority

This horsie has 471k health and me a 144 lvl Aff lock had big trouble getting her. I need advice how to do it.

Comment by Tatokato

is this hard to get? Such a cool unicorn- I wanna get it once I get the expansion (I don't have the expansion yet)

Comment by Padore

you can get the Broken Soulweb by getting the fairy dust from Shimmerborough and just flying there, get basket wings first then switch to the dust if you need to, if you get 4 dusts you can just fly there and back again easily.

Comment by druscila

Okay, I don't know who needs this but, I was pulling my hair out trying to find out why Lady of the Falls did not have the quests. So I scoured, SCOURED the zone and then found out I need to complete a quest called "Well, tell the Lady". So I went to Foreman Thorodir, did the quests there, all of them even the one to get all the tiny bugs to the wrangler and the one quest that was on the floor by the broken carriage. After doing all that I finally got the breadcrumbs to go to Lady of the Falls and get the other quests. So, if you, like me have no idea where you went wrong. Try going to Foreman Thorodir in Glitterfall Basin at 46.6 , 29.4.

Comment by kinark

that was a fun little fight to solo as a balance druid. 177 ilvl just kept kiting it around and healing. using treants on cooldown.

Comment by MouseD

Just glad I still have 33 charges on my Falling Flame from Timesless Isle.....I saved it for special little like when you can't fly and there is huge risk of falling off high up.....just use Falling Flame go up....click Glider and then control my down coming.

Comment by Dianora

Pair her up with Starry Dreamhoof battle pet.

Comment by MariseMiri

Reasonably easy to obtain, follow instructions of previous comments, can confirm you do not need to be night fae,(talk to the guard outside the big tree at the heart of the forest to summon Ysera outside)
Night Mare is however level 62 and has roughly 470k -ish health. so lower geared people, make sure you're in a party (all members need the fixed dream catcher to be in the right phase)

Comment by buttawitz

Did this without using any goblin gliders, simply jump from the ledge to the crook of the branches in the linked image while mounted, jump off and traverse up the root on foot.

Comment by Zapers

A very easy way to get to the first item Broken Soulweb(19.8 63.4) is to use Darkmoon Cannon. Find a great spot, shoot your self up in the air and glide right down to the cart.

Comment by Neoka

You need to have 10x Lightless Silk in your bag for the elder to convert your Broken Soulweb into Repaired Soulweb. Having them in the bank will not work; the NPC will have the dialogue and casts the spell but item will not be converted.

Comment by Stealthfire13

This fight is tricky but soloable if you have good self-healing. I was able to do it as a ~170ish feral druid. The main thing is to use Total Eclipse casts to run out and heal up, and then try to survive until the next cast with quick heals and whatever defensives you have available. I'd imagine most tanks could solo it, along with other hybrids and pet classes, but pure dps classes will probably need to group up.

Comment by phishsey3

can anyone in the group help kill the rare? or do they need all the quests completed?

Comment by VSUReaper

For the Swift Gloomhoof - you do not need to be part of the NF Covenant. Just did it as a member of the Necrolord Covenant.

Fury Warrior and Destro Lock - 146 ilvl - we both died once, but were able to stagger it so that it didn't reset.

You will definitely need to interrupt the starfall ability because it hits like a truck.

Comment by Nekrotik

Nice looking mount but wow, that's a good bit of work for a ground mount I'll probably forget I have once flying opens up with the next content patch. With all there is soaking up time right now, there's a less demanding alternative. Shimmermist Runner is the same model, different color but also very nice, and it's much quicker and easier to get. I found it by accident, looked it up on wowhead and owned it about 15 minutes later. Months from now when I have less to do and more time to focus on mount collecting, I'll come back for this one. He'll be much easier to solo by then too.

Comment by Elodeon

I was able to solo as an iLevel 180 Elemental Shaman. First time, I used all my cooldowns and potions, was OOM from healing, and got her down to 3k when she despawned in front of me because the 5 minutes were up. I waited for cooldowns again and got her the second time. :)

I did not bother bringing the tank bodyguard from the covenant – in my case, Marz from Abominable Stitching. I previously dismissed him because he has very annoying interactions which keep canceling the flight buff from Pinch of Faerie Dust, wasting the item.

For classes that can't solo this otherwise, a covenant bodyguard could make this doable or easier.

Comment by BlueMythic

Not meant to be soloed, but a sustain tank + dps makes for an easy duo - I (blood DK) did it with a 180 Rogue and it was a snap. Tank-healer-dps of any class and it'll be a breeze.

Comment by SFFCorgi

I didn't try it myself, but a Balance Druid using Flap to get to the root would be a worthy experiment.

Comment by Kudrua

can confirm i got the fearie dust from shimmerbough and used just outside of root home and flew right to the broken soulweb als the fearie dust buff is removed once you land and loot the soulweb goblin gliders are not needed

Comment by Tig3rE

Zone: Ardenweald - Dreamshrine Basin
Coordinates: you can wait at 62, 53 if you have Dream Catcher

To get to Swift Gloomhoof you need to defeat Night Mare, which is also part of the achievement Adventurer of Ardenweald. To defeat him you need a Dream Catcher.

1. You must first go to Tirna Scithe, in the far west. To do this, it's best to fly to Root-home and then ride south. At Darkreach, turn right and then keep left. At Tirna Scithe, keep northwest, passing the world boss Oranomonos the Everbranching on the right if active.
- At about 18.1, 62.1 jump onto the root, or use Door of Shadows or similar. Then follow the root up until you reach a cart. Grab the Broken Soulweb which is lying on the ground.

2. Now go to the Glitterfall Basin. Take 10x Lightless Silk with you.
- If you don't see Elder Gwenna at 50.4, 33.0, you need to complete two questlines first. Trouble at the Gormling Corral and Tricky Spriggans, see also here: Sojourner of Ardenweald
- If you see Elder Gwenna, speak to them and you will get an Repaired Soulweb. Attention: Get off your mount first!

3. Now make your way to Ysera in the Heart of the Forest. Should you not get into the building, speak to one of the Elite Queensguard in front of it. Talk to Ysera at 47.7, 53.7 and you will get a Dream Catcher from her. Caution: Get off your mount first!

4. As a final step, fly to the Hibernal Hollow and take the exit to the north. When you are in the Dreamshrine Basin use your Dream Catcher and you will get the buff The Shadow's Dream which lasts for five minutes. During this phase you can see Night Mare. It's best to wait until he passes by. It will be difficult to defeat him alone. He uses Astral Charge, Cosmic Shower and Total Eclipse.

Congratulations to your new mount. :-)

I show you the steps to the mount in this Video: https://youtu.be/8U2BvbS5H5A

Comment by Schutzin

I was able to bypass the parkour/glider method by using the regurgitated kyrian wings that drop off of Wingflayer the Cruel, the rare mob in Bastion that is summoned with the horn of courage

Comment by Nami85

Alright, here is what I've learned: You can be any covenant! As some of the comments here already state. However, most comments don't tell you HOW to get to the point where Lady Gwenna is at Glitterfall Basin. Have no fear, I traced the origins and with a few simple quests, you too can own the dreamcatcher and get gloomhoof, regardless of covenant.

First step: Go to Fluttercatch she gives you a quest "Tied Totem Toter" that will take you to the quest that leads you to Foreman Thorodir Once you gather the gormlings (VERY EASY!) and deliver them to Thorodir, he sends you back to Lady of the Falls in Glitterfall Basin!

Second Step: Take the quests she offers (the one with Lady Gwenna mentioned) and go do it. You do not have to do any of the sides quests EXCEPT for Gwenna's. Once you're done with those (also very simple) she is in Glitterfall Basin! Go there and then you can move forward with all the other instructions offered in other comments.

Also, if you are mounted when you talk to Gwenna or Ysera it will not update your items. Make sure to dismount. Thankfully, Ysera came back out for me when I messed that up. Happy Hunting!

Side note: This should get you Trouble at Gormling Corral and Tricky Spriggins for the achievement as long as you've completed the other quests.

Comment by meganerd18

There are so many inescapable crevices around this mother effing tree it's ridiculous.

Comment by WitchTiger

I was able to solo this fairly easy today (1/7/21) on my Blood DK (ilvl 189). The first time i tried though, my buff wore off and the mob de-spawned. The next time, i waited until i had 3 minutes left on the dreamcatcher buff and then re-applied. This worked! And, i was able to solo the mob by resetting the buff. The fight did take about 8 or 9 minutes. Good luck!

Comment by Tatokato

When I was wandering around questing in the zone, I saw an NPC that look like the night mare but I couldn't target it. I am assuming it is not the npc since i was able to see but is it? I'm just wondering

Comment by hazelnuttwirl

I got this mount yesterday! I am a 190ilevel priest. Used levitate to get onto the branch which was easy. Also I did most of the quest line to get Elder Gwenna while levelling so only had to do one quest to get her to show in Glitterfall Basin (before arriving here you can find her to north east of here.

Fast forward to the fight, I was doing this solo. Firstly tried as Shadow and got it down to about 50% health before I died, just couldn't keep myself alive, shadow mend using too much mana even with Vampiric Embrace activated. Then changed to Discipline, it was a slog but managed to kill it in about 8 minutes, using mind games when it was starting it's highest damage attacks really helped as it ended up damaging itself! Also you must remember to keep reusing the dreamcatcher as it times out in 5 minutes... how annoying that would be if you dwindled it down and then it timed out! I was just running out of mana and on 50% health myself when it died. My heart was beating out of my chest! Lovely looking mount :D

Comment by Tameurride

It's a hard fight and you will more then likely need to attempt it a few times to understand how it attacks, avoiding all the AoE it induces. We did it tonight using an Affliction Lock, Blood DK and Havoc Demon Hunter. The Demon Hunter was the tank due to the incredible self heals from attacking, but it took 3 attempts and patience. G'Luck

Comment by tubaranguejo

Pretty easy to solo as prot pala. Rebuke cds match its cast, and you can easily run from the area attack. Night Mare has a lot of health, but less than Humon'gozz. Easy mount.

Edit: You keep the Dream Catcher when you use it.

Comment by Grimstab

I am having issues with Ysera giving me the dream catcher, I have completed all the steps to take me there has anyone else encountered this issue, if so how did you fix it?

Comment by m00nbeam123

Y'ALL-- GO TO THIS DEER LADY FIRST. Trust me. Ya gotta start the quest chain alllll the way at the start with her. THEN you can proceed with getting all the other quest stuff to get that goth unicorn mount we all seem to want so heckin bad.

Aithlyn

Comment by 1895774

Matching battle pet: Starry Dreamfoal from Cache of the Night. Matching tamable hunter pet: Wild Gloomrunner. Also, don't waste time trying to jump or use gliders to get to the Broken Soulweb, just use Pinch of Faerie Dust to completely cheese that step. Grab some dust, take flight master to Root-Home, then pop the dust and go to wagon. The dust also makes obtaining the Cache (for pet) easier because you can avoid pulling most of the mobs at the Cache site.

Comment by hockeytownrox

Solo'd this as a 206 Ret Pally with Kyrian. Just need to be patient and constantly heal yourself (Word of Glory helps). Interrupt Cosmic Shower and use Divine Steed to run out of Total Eclipse. Other than that just move around, rail on the boss, blow cooldowns, use runes/pots/foods/drums (from Bastion if you have it) and stay calm. You'll get it eventually if you can out heal the incoming dmg while chipping away at the boss. Just takes a slightly annoying amount of time but certainly doable. And as some other posters mentioned, your fight will go past 5 min so refresh your Dream Catcher.

Comment by PiniponSelvagem

Ysera does NOT give you Dream Catcher if you are mounted.

Comment by ScratchyKitty

You can solo on BM, first-round I raged but the pony timed out just before I killed it, second-round no rage but I got the kill. Was easier than I expected.

Comment by Kiroxxigg

When I tried this on 1/2/2022 with friends everything went well but when I talked to Yesra she would enchant my soul catcher and walk away but she wouldn't hand me the Dream Catcher. Turns out you have to dismount before you talk to Yesra she will give you the Dream Catcher. hope this helps anyone who is having the same problem!

Comment by Caliyope14

It would be really nice if ANYONE knew the spawn timer for this because this mount is not always here. I have literally looked everywhere, looked in the comments of every YouTube video and nothing, does anyone have this information?

Comment by Kriandis

Heeeeey! It can fly!

Comment by littlelover

can you get the mount if you dont have Dream Catcher but one of your party members killed the rare?

Comment by Bearsalot

Waited for roughly 25 minutes today with a Demon Hunter. It may have been longer, but I started a /timer after about five minutes or so of waiting. We saw conflicting information on what the spawn timer was, and where it spawns. For us, the rare spawned at 58.99 49.01 - I hope this helps someone in the future.

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Swift Gloomhoof

Item Level 30
Binds when picked up
Unique
Mount (Account-wide)

Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount.
Summons and dismisses this mount.
Requires level 1 to 70 (70)
Requires Apprentice Riding

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"The ballads of Ardenweald claim that the birth of gloomrunner heralds the passing of a particularly benevolent wild god. Seeing a gloomrunner is therefore a blessing and a curse."
Drop: Night Mare
Zone: Ardenweald

Drop Chance: 85.78%

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