Flying "On Wings of Nether"

By thenixie Updated: 2019/04/09

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The last quest in chain grants you sufficient reputation to become neutral with the Netherwing Faction (42,000). To continue, you must have the fast flight skill – you will not be offered any further quests if you do not have this skill.

Each new reputation level brings one or more one-time quests, and opens new dailies. Some reputation buffs, such as Spirit of Sharing do add to the reputation gains indicated. Guild perks and other variables may apply. The base reputation gain (without any perks) is given for quests – “mileage may vary.”

You must have completed the Ally of the Netherwing quest chain, and have fast flying in order to obtain the follow on quest from Mordenai .

One-Time Quests

Blood Oath of the Netherwing

Swear loyalty to the Netherwing. In return, Mordenai gives you the Dragonmaw Illusion, which disguises you as a Dragonmaw Fel Orc any time you are in the Dragonmaw Fortress or on the Netherwing Ledge. This makes the Dragonmaw mobs friendly.
- Dragonmaw Ascendants, Dragonmaw Skybreakers, and Dragonmaw Transporters on the Ledge will see through this disguise.
- To attack (skinners farming drakes, people going back to help others with Zuluhed), you can mark yourself at war with the faction. Killing Netherwing faction members does not cost you reputation!

The Dragonmaw illusion is notoriously buggy, sometimes not clearing correctly when you leave the area, interfering with priests Shadowform, and causing issues with hunter/lock pets, for example. Most of these are harmless, and simply flying in and out of the zone will reassert the disguise correctly.

In Service of the Illidari

Turn in your quest-item documents to Overloard Mor’ghor in the Dragonmaw encampment on the Ledge.
250 Reputation

Enter The Taskmaster

Turn around, take a half dozen steps, and talk to the next orc in sequence…

A Job Unfinished…

Arvoar the Rapacious can be found near 74,86. Once you are neutral with Netherwing, he will drop the Partially Digested Hand which starts this quest.
250 Reputation

Your Friend on the Inside

Talk to the nice goblin.

The Great Netherwing Egg Hunt

Bring Yarzil a netherwing egg.
Once you have completed this quest, a repeatable version becomes available. This quest is your key to swiftly becoming exalted. Check out the notes on the ‘speeding things up’ tab for some egg-hunting tips.
Reputation: 350 the first time/250 thereafter

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Daily Quests
These dailies reward 350 reputation each. Doing all available dailies rewards 2050 reputation

Picking up the Pieces...

Pick up 15 Nethermine cargo inside the mines.

Dragons are the Least of Our Problems

Kill 15 Nethermine Flayers and 5 Nethermine Ravagers inside the mines.

The Booterang: A Cure For The Common Worthless Peon

Use your Booterang to discipline 12 Dragonmaw Peons.

One-Time Quests

Stand Tall, Captain!

Talk to the Overlod for 500 Reputation and an upgraded Captain’s Badge]

The Soul Cannon of Reth'hedron

Gather 2 Felsteel Bars, 1 Adamantite Frame, 1 Khorium Power Core and 1 Flawless Arcane Essence to make your Soul Cannon and gain 500 reputation.

Felsteel can be smelted by any miner.
Adamantite Frames and Khorium Power Cores are crafted by engineers. Qiff in Area 52 sells both of these items. They are limited supply and rarely available.
The Flawless Arcane Essence requires a quested interaction with the NPCs at Lake Jorune, above stonebreaker Hold in Terokkar. Find Sar’this in his hut to start the sequence, then follow him as he summons elementals. You’ll need to defeat elementals at each stop (all are soloable at 70) – the last one drops the Arcane Essence.

You must complete this quest in order to obtain Subdue the Subduer.

Subdue the Subduer

For 500 reputation, take your freshly-crafted Soul Cannon to the Twilight Ridge in Nagrand and subdue Reth’hedron.

You must be on your flying mount in order to use the soul cannon. Reth’hedron is a mighty mob at 70 and you can’t successfully fight him. So, mount up, and find a good place to subdue him while avoiding his fiery projectile attacks. Common tactics include:
- Those who are agile on their flying mounts can simply follow him around, strafing side to side to avoid his attacks.
- Those who are less comfortable flying around and keeping their soul cannon going may want ot use the archway for LoS. Some folks report that using the pillars for LoS helps them. My favorite: mount up, and park on the front edge of the top of the arch. When he walks by, target him and slowly step backwards. When you get near the back edge of the archway, you will be out of LoS for him, but the soul cannon will still be working on him. (You must be mounted on a flying mount – nothing says you have to be in the air….)

The Dragonmaw Races

The skybreaker races are either the coolest or the most annoying quests in all of Netherwing (depends on who you ask). “Back in the day,” they rewarded the then-awesome (and now-useless-except-as-a-trophy) Skybreaker Whip. Today – they are still worth over 3,000 rep – so if you are one of those who finds them cool and easy, they are a great way to earn rep. In addition, for Achievement Hounds, completing all of the races will also grant you and the Skyshattered achievement.

Each of the races works the same way. You speak to the indicated racer, and have to follow him on a track around the Ledge, while dodging meteor-like rocks thrown back at you. It’s a 3-D race with some tight turns, and one wrong move can easily cause you to fail it out. Few people ever succeed the races on their first try.

Several places have posted race maps showing you the path you will be flying – use that info! Fly the path once in advance so you are familiar with the terrain – then expect the possibility that you may have to fail the race once or twice to figure out exactly where this or that turn is, etc. The racing quests are:

Earning Your Wings...
Dragonmaw Race: The Ballad of Oldie McOld
Dragonmaw Race: Trope the Filth-Belcher
Dragonmaw Race: Corlok the Vet
Dragonmaw Race: Wing Commander Ichman
Dragonmaw Race: Wing Commander Mulverick
Dragonmaw Race: Captain Skyshatter

Disrupting the Twilight Portal Deathshadow agents Hail, Commander! Commander’s badge Kill Them All! (Scryer) Kill Them All! (Aldor)Dragonmaw Flare GunAd'al City of Light Commander Hobb (Scryer)Commander Arcus (Aldor) Dragonmaw Flare Gun
Daily Quests
This daily rewards 500 reputation. Doing all available dailies rewards 3050 reputation

The Deadliest Trap Ever Laid (Scryer) / The Deadliest Trap Ever Laid (Aldor)

For 500 rep, defend the Aldor/Scyer outpost from the Dragonmaw.

This is a group quest, but can be easily soloed at higher levels. A fortunate lower level may also succeed – healers have an edge here. You must help the Aldor/Scryer forces fight off waves of dragonmaw. When the attack is done, you and your commander must be alive. Healers – you can heal the Aldor/Scryer commander. Though possible to solo at level, it requires some luck – bringing a long a friend or two is still a better plan. Also, watch for the zone-wide emotes – if someone else is doing the quest, go help – if you are both present, and both participate, and both have the quest, you should be able to both get credit, even if you are from opposing factions.

On Wings Of Nether

Bow to the Highlord

You have reached a new rep level – one last chat with the nice Overlord.

Lord Illidan Stormrage

He’s very impressed with you. A zone-wide emote will instruct all to hail the Highlord of the Dragonmaw, <your name here>.

***spoiler alert*** If you’d prefer to maintain the surprise of the story line, stop here…***
Lord Illidan, on the other hand, is not nearly as impressed with you – or with the Overlord, for falling for your flimsy disguise. When the Overlord introduces you as the newest hero of the hour, Illidan will turn you into spooge and stomp off in a huff, leaving the Overlord with orders to destroy you properly

Never leave important tasks to an underling who has failed you once already …

It seems that Yarzil is only sort of a goblin. That, as it turns out, is his humanoid form. After all those eggs, and all the help you have given him in saving his cousins, Yarzil blows his cover, transforms into his dragon form, and whisks you off to safety! (If you look this up, you’ll find some posts noting that this is a painfully slow ride. They sped it up – now it’s quite bearable).

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Comments

Comment by 742164

I love the way you don't just buy or get given the 1st one as a reward, but actually they are expressing their gratitude by volunteering to carry you wherever you want =D

Comment by 940822

question.... im trying to get the mount now.... If I complete the entire quest chain it is rewarded is that correct?

Comment by Fleurdelis

I was hanging out in the canals in Stormwind, when suddenly above me appeared this gorgeous PURPLE drake. I had never seen one this color (my favorite color) and was absolutely entranced. I whispered the rider and asked where he got it, and he answered "Shadowmoon. Netherwing." I looked it up and thus began my obsessive quest for a purple drake.

Since then I've known a number of folks who started the grind for the Netherwings but never finished. It is a long, tedious grind. It may be easier nowadays, but still, 4-5 days of continuous dailies and turning in eggs can be exceedingly boring and difficult, especially for a "casual" player. I got mine in 4 days, but I tend to have more time for these things than most (and I also tend to be a bit more obsessive about these things than most!) Having all these drakes is one of the best treats in the game. I was very proud when I completed it and was so excited on that final flight that I almost dismounted in mid-air and killed myself.

If you have the time to grind, staying in the caves and killing/searching for eggs is a real boost. If not, doing the dailies isn't so hard; the story is fun and none of the quests is really difficult. The most difficult part for me was having to fly across the void to get to the ledge (that "nothingness" sort of freaks me out. :-\ ) You can also pick up quite a bit of gold this way (pennies add up quickly!) from the mobs and the drops.

The rewards are definitely worth it. Shortly after I got my drakes, I started seeing a lot of them around. Lately, I've not seen very many. I love being able to choose a color, depending on my mood, but my favorite is still the purple one (actually there are two purples, slightly different shades.) They're very striking and the wing effect is wonderful.

There are many many good tips and tricks offered in the comments here (on WoWhead.) My advice - READ them. Use the tips and tricks, be patient, and get your drakes! You won't regret it. Not only will you have six wonderful mounts to add to your collection, you'll also have the satisfaction of accomplishing a goal that many simply don't have the patience to finish. Do it!

Comment by Ki11lord

Do you summon your "friend" as a mount? or how exactly do u summon the drake? Im a bit confused on the details honestly...

Comment by kinggreen68

I just got mine! Onyian and me hope to see you in the skies of Outland and Azeroth!

Comment by 1006384

Onyian here as well. ground it out in two days with your guide. Thanks man and HAIL, DRAGONRIDER!

Comment by Undeadlord

Oh man I -still- remember the first time I saw a netherdrake. I was in Shattrath because I was told it was the best place to set my hearth. I was wandering around lost and suddenly a shadow passes over and I see a beautiful dragon with a rider on it's back. My jaw dropped and from that day on, I wanted one. Finally, so long later in Wrath, I was able to get one for my own. It was worth every second of the grind, and is one of the best reputation grinds in WoW.

Comment by 946413

Just finished the quest line.Well worth the time. Only took 5 or 6 days to grind the rep,netherwing eggs help quite a bit,invest the time to look for them.

Comment by 1012244

Well i just got my netherdrake today. Took 5 days and surprisingly enough i pulled through the constant toiling in wondering why i am setting soo much time torwards this questline. I am very glad i stuck with it. The questline may be one of the few things i have ever spent time on considering i have problems sticking with anything lol. It reminds me entirely of what it is to work hard for something you want and the reward when looking back on the situations where it didnt look good is well worth it. And i will verify the previous post. FARM EGGS. This link will show quite a few of the locations for Netherwing Eggs its pictoral but it helped me bunches.

http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/816303-Netherwing-Egg-Farming-Guide

i chose Malfas. Hope to see all the other DragonRiders out in Shadowmoon Valley

Character name Aurieal

Comment by 847459

i gave up at first but this makes me reassured and makes me want get back to the netherwing ledge ,my freind told me about them and showed me hers i will choose onyxien. HAIL DRAGONRIDERS! my realm:earthen ring . my char's name: draskk. i only had one real compainion mount that was indebted to me at all it was the bronze drake the nether drake just looks like a very ,cool,awesome,and fantastic mount and plus i love dragons and wow lore and once again HAIL DRAGONRIDERS!

Comment by 923931

do you only get to pick one? i swear ive seen people with all of them >.>

Comment by Frostvvyrm

Hey Nixie what server do you play on?

Comment by 1017614

Zuluhed the whacked quest kills me every time I do it

Comment by 1020862

It took me mths to grind for my drake as i tried so hard to beat that god damn flyer (cant remember his name now hes the last one.) But i stuck in there and have Voranaku to share my journey around Azeroth. Even now when I bring her out I get the odd whisper " omg where did you get that mount!" and proudly I rub her neck and say "She was a gift thru hard work" I luv my drake Hail Dragonriders!

Comment by 365772

Very cool quests if you get in to the lore.
I managed to get Exalted in 4 days, what with Guild and Human Racial rep boosts.
I started playing WoW in Burning Crusade, and I had no idea how to level efficiently to get to 70. I saw a nether drake one day in Shattrath, when I was level 50 and far too distracted to get leveling done, so I had a mage teleport me there. I knew that one day, I would get it.
Today was that day. I don't think I will ever not use Onyxien as my primary source of transportation.
This guide helped a lot. Thanks.

Comment by 940869

My favorite is zoya, too. She (He?)'s just a beutiful drake, and the ONLY GREEN DRAKE in the game (If you don't count the proto, which isn't technically a 'drake')

Comment by 411765

Started this quest chain back during Burning Crusade on both my rogue and warrior and sadly at the time did not finish. Was looking at various guides on the site when I came across your guide and thought back to the quests. If it wasn't for your guide I think I would of still placed the quests on the back burner as a "someday" quest series grind. My rogue Tylexis started up again on Tuesday and 5 days later she and Onyxien are happily flying through skies getting into all sorts of mischief :D. Favorite quests series would be the races. Was shocked to how amazingly fun it was. Was able to oneshot almost every rider except Corlok the Vet (had to do 3x since 1st 2x I spotted eggs and got distracted) and Mulverick (lost track of him on final turn).

While I could buy the remaining drakes, seems a bit off especially considering they offer to join you due to heroism and not coin. So I decided during the lull to MoP I will also pick it up again on my warrior as well as a couple other toons to get all the colors. I will also have company since I will be joined by my friend who got inspired by how quickly I finished. Thanks so much hun for getting me back on track!

Hail Dragonriders! Ty and Onyxien look forward to seeing you all in our adventures!

Comment by 785935

I just wanted to say thank you so much for this guide! I finally got my drake today (I chose Vora) after about a week and a half of grinding (I could have spent more time searching for eggs but didn't). I've only had her for about an hour now and already I've had a few people comment on how beautiful she is and ask where I got her!

This is DEFINITELY my favorite mount! She's so awesome looking (and compliments my Draenei skin color nicely). Thanks again!

Comment by 1030464

hey hey .. just wanted to thank you for the guild! It took me 10 days , with the CRZ, farming eggs was near impossible , I also joined the "134 club" on friday so that was a 12 hour detour lol. I'm proud to show onyxien , which i think matches my DK perfectly and even more proud to join the dragonrider's thanks again

Comment by 968302

Onyxien has joined my cause today :)
Thanks a lot for your guide, Nixie. It inspired me to take on this quest and befriend Onyxien.
I always wanted to fly the skies on that drake's back, never had the courage to do so (until now;)

Took me 4 days to complete this (it's worth every minute) and I'm very helpful for every little piece of advice given here (also in comments).

I'm honored to join the ranks of Dragonriders!

Comment by 783319

I finally managed to finish this rep grind for the first time. Egg hunting, while tedious sometimes, is definitely the fastest way to go as long as there isn't much competition going on. It's always good to still do the dailies while your at it though, since it's guaranteed rep.

First time I've ever had a drake mount ever. Me and Suraku will be cruising into MoP...and with shared mounts, my Pandaren will be cruising on one of them once they hit 60 as well (not the same as when you earn it on the toon who's riding it, but I'm not doing this rep grind again. I'm not THAT sentimental, lol).

Comment by thenixie

Hikari-san's comment got me thinking. It's just a suggestion but - when you are done with your quests, you may choose to go back to do dailies or just be in the area. Do consider shouting out the locations of eggs when you see them - while you can't benefit from them after exalted, you might help someone else befriend their drake. Doesn't take much to add a simple "/y nether egg at 72,40" while you're on your way - might as well help your drake's brethren find their friends too. :)

Comment by 1031944

what the heck

Comment by 785935

I commented a while ago when I first got my Violet Netherwing Drake about how awesome your guide is. I apologize in advance if this comment has already been mentioned, but did you know that you can travel back to the Orc camp and speak to Drake Dealer Hurlunk where he will sell you the remaining 5 Netherwing Drakes for 200g each? In case you haven't, you may want to add that to the end of your guide for those of us who had such a hard time choosing just one Netherwing Drake. Thanks again!

Comment by 865390

Just got Voranaku! It was a nightmare with Crossrealm zones... but I did it... The big beautiful drake is mine...

Thank you so much for this guide... It made the journey a little easier

Comment by sevver

I acquired my first drake in 3 days by doing the dailies, and then running through the mine front to back, both looking for Netherwing eggs and killing any hostile creature. I had a 3% drop rate from monsters on the eggs. I also had mining, and had a 2% drop rate in ore. I would recommend if you have gathering, to get as many herbs, skins, or minerals as you can. I sold my extra ore for a pretty good profit on a heavily populated server (Wyrmrest Accord). Happy hunting!

Comment by harrygillon

i'd say the easiest way to grind these are to go into the mine and run around like a headless chicken getting eggs xD

Comment by 344838

I found this guide really helpful, thank you so much for this guide!

p.s you should mention that in order to start "Kill them all" you need to complete two quests.

Comment by 1054910

Huzzah! I have teamed with Suraku, and together we will take on the forces of the Black Temple. All will fear the might of Stockhorn and Suraku! My companion Suraku will carry me towards the light of dawn and the Cold Frosty Air of the Lich Kings Throne, the burning skies of Deathwing and through the uncharted Mists of Pandaria! Thank you so much for the light to guide me and the scores of encouragement given through this guide! Big ups to all of you!

Comment by SammiLynn82

hi, im on day 3 now, and im already at revered =] ive been just fallowing everything you have been saying to do, but i only have gotten a 2 or so eggs each day, thats all. i don't know if its just faster now, or those egg (money) lifted me up that much. its been a great time fallowing your guide! every helpful! thank you so much for posting it, only guide that made me actually want to get the mount.
-Sammi
Edit: also wanted to add that if it's around DMF go get the whee buff before you return your dailies! i waited till after i did them to get it, only because im not sure how long it takes, never timed it. 10% rep/xp bonus helps!

Comment by Espelyn

I just want to say thank you so much for this guide. I have always wanted one of these mounts and your guide helped me beyond measure. I just got my mount today and I wouldn't have been able to do it without this guide.

Comment by 1076641

Thank you so much for your guide! Voranaku is my chosen partner :3
I will miss the egg hunts, and I feel bad for not completing two of my dailies before becoming Exalted. Haha.

Comment by Avaltor

I've noticed that since the MOP had been released, almost nobody's doing the Netherdrakes quests, so gathering eggs might be bit easier than the COS ones.

Comment by 1102289

With the changeover to account bound mounts, I believe this is much more desirable to have. Thus begins my quest!
Thanks for the help!

edit: I am not getting any guild rep for the quest line. Also, you should have Artisan flying before you start this chain, because you can't go past the first set of quests without Fast flying. Back to farming : without RAF. I just finished my my 3rd recruit :] edit

Comment by 1090548

I just started this quest line tonight, making it to the quest "To Netherwing Legde" before my eyes would no longer stay open. I shall continue on the morrow! Thank you for this guide. It's very well written, and helpful, and it's what inspired me to choose a Netherwing Drake as my very first drake mount. I love the idea that the one you choose when you reach exalted isn't just a mount you buy, or pick up from a dungeon or raid (if you're the lucky one who wins the roll, haha), but a companion who is choosing to be with you because you helped. It makes the grinding worth it, I think. When I reach exalted I'll let you know which one I chose. Thank you again :)

Cheers,
Hellie

Comment by khaldac

Is there no way to post screen shots? It would be really cool to see pics of people and their new mounts/friends! If pics can't be posted here, is there a way to post links to a site that would allow them?

Comment by isoleucine

Just got mine a few days ago, great guide! Just a note on cross realm zones. If you have friends on other realms then after doing your egg hunt on your own realm ask them to invite you to a group, it will jump you to their realm and you can search there as well. Helped me speed up the process.

Comment by Mognus

Great guide i got mine today. I have never seen so much dedication on a guide again. 5 stars from me

Comment by dakotacx

Great guide! Just used it over the past week to get my drakes! Thanks!

Comment by 1190971

Awesome guide! Finally got my drakes today :) Thanks so much!

Comment by Cruznick

Finally after 3 years of trying today i manage to do it Zoya! Hail, Dragonrider!

Comment by Accolade83

Anyone have any tips for someone who may have started this chain but isn't sure where they left off? I'm trying to do this on my 88 druid and Mordenai offers no quests to me so I can only assume I did some part of it in the past?

Comment by Gull

Just wanted to say thank you for the awesome guide! I just got Onyxien this morning after the reset! I just reactivated after a long hiatus, and because I was so undergeared I found myself getting ganked a lot which hindered my progress quite a bit. Hail Dragonrider!

Comment by 1397487

Thank you so much for this guide! Jorus and I are very happy!

Comment by Adhara

Not once, in the 8 years since BC came out, have I ever seen a Netherwing Egg spawn. I'm not sure they exist. One dropped off a creature, though.

Comment by FireFireFire

Great guide! Just got revered today and will post when I get to exhaulted!

PLEASE NOTE: The dragon boss in Karazhan has a guaranteed drop of a nether egg. It is not much but I hope it helps those who have never gotten an egg before.

With this info, your new weekly minimum on eggs is 1 :)

-Fire

Comment by Tykes

Thanks for this guide! Because rumors say this is a pretty long grind, I didn't even bother starting the questline. What got me do it is the fact that you mentioned the 3k rep per day on revered. This means it's only a maximum of 7 days of dailies to get from revered to exalted!
Currently on 5k rep to exalted, will post an update once I as well got one of the coolest dragons!

Comment by 1476370

Hi I was wondering if I was to select Malfas, The Purple Netherwing Drake, do I get him as a mount or just as a companion in the Outlands?

Comment by subby

Thank you this was really nice to read and bought back some brilliant memories, I also discovered the mount almost exactly as you did and made it my mission to acquire it.

Comment by Shadowolf64

Moizola and Malfas Together at last!

Comment by Stoxin

This was probably the longest I've ever spent striving for a single goal in all of my gaming history. Onyxien and I just paired up today, with a whopping 11 egg turn-in to secure my exalted status. I'm not sure that I'll ever be able to use another mount again.

Comment by Mattador

Mattador (Terenas, EU) and Jorus greet all Dragonriders !

Thanks for the guide, was well worth !

Comment by Reddervish

The newest dragonrider signing in. It was a full 2 week grind for me, but a fun time. I was not getting many eggs and probably averaged only 2 a day. I gave up looking for eggs on the ground after a couple of days and just did the quests. I'll note that the Twilight Portal quest yielded quite a few Aldor rep marks, so much so, that I would usually clear the camp there twice every day. thanks for this guide. it was a big help.

Comment by Iximaz

Had to make an account just to post. :) What started as a simple quest for more mounts ended up being so much more. This was a great guide; after several days of hard grinding my hunter and Zoya are finally partners for life. I don't think I'll ever get another mount as special. Wouldn't have happened without you, so thank you!

Comment by Eng3ndro

Ngendro - (Quel ' thalas - us) and Onyxien, are finally together. Because of work and other stuff, I had to postpone this chain for a long time.

Now I'll try to befriend Malfas with my horde alt, and prepare for the legion invasion!

Comment by Virridia

This is an excellent guide! Thanks to you, I'm a day away from hitting revered. I wanted to add, though, that finding eggs has been nearly impossible for me. I'm not sure if it's the time of day I'm doing the dailies, but some days I don't see a single egg, even checking all the spawn points listed here. Maybe I'm having terrible luck because the other people (and I see usually 5-10 other people doing the dailies at the same time) are also farming eggs, but it's a bit frustrating.

Just adding my two cents, since after reading the guide I was expecting egg farming to be far more lucrative but it seems like CRZ sadly nipped that in the bud.

Comment by ZombieLaserbeam

quick question: now that you can use all of your mounts with your alts, do you still need the rep or just by having them with one toon means you can use them with all of your toons?

Comment by pdb39

Just wanted to add my thanks for this guide - I just hit exalted today. Probably couldn't have done it all without the help of this guide.

Hail Dragonriders!

Comment by ariadnesthread

I achieved Exalted tonight, so proud, and it means a lot to see that "Hail Dragonrider."

Comment by Jacquibolts

Just finished knocking this out in slightly over a 24 hour period. Did 2 sets of dailies and used cross realm assist to go hard on egg collecting. So glad it's finished! I had 8 rep to go to exalted after my last run of egg turnins, and managed to luck out and find an egg immediately in the fortress on the mainland after I switched realms. There it was, sitting on the table in the middle of the room. The final flight from the ledge to shattrath to turn in the quest and get my drake felt like AGES. Cheers to all you other nether drake owners, and if I have one piece of advice to anyone who is going to attempt this, get cross realm assist add on and use it non stop to get those eggs. I found so many realms with no people and 20+ eggs just sitting around.

Comment by Orotha

So I started this adventure in wrath.. forgot about it until recently, and JUST finished! Love this mount!

Also Thank you for an awesome guide!

Comment by Taraezor

You might care to download my Netherwing Eggs AddOn from WoW Interface or Curse.

The description text on the respective web pages says it all.

More spawn locations than you'll find elsewhere, Mine and Ledge locations are not confused together on the World Map, customisable icons and icon sizes, detailed Tooltip for all author confirmed locations, no reliance on other AddOns so lean and clean, etc.

Comment by AzzyPhoenix

For some reason it is only giving me 1 daily to do. I have done the quest chain given above and i have the highest flying. is there something im missing? I need help!

Comment by mcooney

I can't even find mordenai to start the quest. And more specific directions to get to him?

Comment by thedirtyjuan

Due to the changes in how realm hopping works (or doesn't), that part of the guide should probably be removed or changed. This quest takes a bit of time now if you're on a populated server as this is still a popular quest.

Comment by swotam

One note that can speed things up a bit. Before you start the initial quest with Mordecai in Shadowmoon Valley, go to the Darkmoon Faire (assuming it's active) and ride the carousel. You'll get a 60 min buff that increases rep by 10% for 1 hour, and that applies to the 42000 rep you get at the end of the chain, so you'll go straight from Hated to Friendly (skipping Neutral) with the 10% extra (4200 rep).

That'll save you a couple of days or more right off the bat, and at level 80+ that whole chain will take you around 10 minutes to complete. As long as the Faire is in town, you can return to get your 1 hour rep buff. I was able to go from Hated to Revered in one evening using the buff.

Note that the buff doesn't last through death.

Comment by Geistinger

Thank you for this well written guide!

I managed to get from Neutral to nearly Revered in 2.5 hours with the 13th Anniversary Buff and the Pilgrims Bounty Buff (13+10% increased reputation).

The egg drop rates of the mobs in the mine is pretty high imo. I looted around 10 eggs in 20 minutes farming the mines.

Comment by Elitecookie

Done the quests up to Ally of the Netherwing but i can't start Blood Oath of the Netherwing for some reason.

I see that you need Artisan riding but i have Master on my main and tried on a DH with Artisan and still no luck.

Gonna do the dailies and see if something changes.

Comment by 1509716

Hail from 2018! Me and Jorus come to greet you as a new dragonrider. Thanks to your guide I am able to finish the questline and get my very first Netherdrake in 4 days!

Comment by Rabbitzan12

I will never forget when I met Jorus. I can never truly part from that Cobalt Drake no matter the distance. I did my faction grind with my hunter when the expansion was still fresh. I was leveling in shadowmoon when I first heard the call and ever since my first days of watching those netherdrakes flying over the stronghold I had wanted to befriend one. I got my chance after I finally made 70 and looked up how to get it. And Everytime I heard someone being named the hero I did congratulate them.. now I am going to help my friend get aquainted with a netherdrakes friend of his own. I am so excited! :)

Comment by 1697048

Thumbs up anyone who did it back in TBC :P

Comment by TMWL

I just got my Reins of the Veridian Netherwing Drake today! Thanks for the guide!

Comment by mkz90

Howdy!

It is definitley worth mentioning that using any kind of rep gain buff makes the grind just a bit easier to digest. I did this during the week of the Darkmoon Faire, and was able to skyrocket my rep. 275 vs 250 for an egg is not extremely huge, but when doing the Friendly to Honored or Honored to Revered main questline...you definitely see the benefit!

Also, get your Kara run in for the week and kill Netherspite! Pretty much a guaranteed drop for the egg, and if you have nothing better to do... :)

Comment by TheManChops

Taking my final ride to Shattrath, still slow as hell. Thanks so much for the guide, good luck to future Dragonriders!

Comment by Foyer

Outstanding guide -- thank you very much for such a thorough, well-organized explanation of everything!

As of Nov 2020 (<1 week prior to Shadowlands launch) this information is still relevant, and the guide works like a charm in order to reach Exalted status with the Netherwing as well as access the uber cool 'companion'-style Netherwing Drake mounts. Fortunately, I was able to take advantage of the 16th Year Anniversary buff, which awarded me 16% additional experience for quest and egg turn-ins during the entirety of my grind.

A few notes from my experience, for what it's worth for the original author and anyone else that might be researching tips & tricks prior to the grind:

- I was able to reach just a smidgen beyond Revered status with Netherwing simply by following the initial quest chain, which begins with Kindness and takes you through a few quests in and around Dragonmaw Fortress. The quests should pretty naturally transition towards the Netherwing Ledge, which is where you can unlock all of the daily quests! By the time I reached the ledge and was able to access dailies such as the Booterang or the mine dailies, I was already at Revered -- and I believe I even had an egg or two in my bag simply from looting quest mobs.

- At this point I was pretty satisfied with simply following the daily quests and taking the long journey from Revered to Exalted. I believe if the reputation yields in the guide are accurate, that it would only take roughly 7 days of dailies in order to reach Revered to Exalted -- which, all things considered, doesn't seem half bad.

- HOWEVER -- For anyone interested in speeding things up: While I was doing my questing route one day I noticed a few people talking in the /1 General Chat that were forming a group to hyperspawn farm for eggs, which immediately caught my attention. I had a few spare hours so I joined in with the group while we farmed Overmine Flayers on the big mountain in the Netherwing Ledge and collectively experienced some speedy turnarounds on the Netherwing Egg farming. I didn't keep an exact tally of my numbers, but I needed ~75 eggs to reach Exalted and I ended up getting the achievement and my mounts within about 5 hours of farming.

For anyone interested in shortening the curve and side-stepping dailies, I would highly recommend trying to piece together a group to collectively farm mobs. I think 6 or 7 of us reached Exalted during the period that I was actively farming and we were pretty easily able to find new members to join as others reached exalted or took a break. It seemed like there were enough people actively hunting the eggs to keep a solid group together -- and the benefits of the group kept the spawns and loot flowing almost infinitely.

TLDR: This guide is really all you need to begin and complete the entirety of the Netherwing rep/mount farm. The total time needed, just utilizing quest chains/dailies is only a bit over a week, and for anyone interested in speeding up the timeline, I'd recommend trying out a hyperspawn farm in order to maximize egg yield.

Best of luck my fellow Dragonriders!

- Foyer -

Comment by Nullcasting

Thank you so much for this guide! I'm enjoying the scenic/slow as hell ride back to Shattrath now :D
I'd like to second what other people have said, and recommend utilizing the Darkmoon Faire rep bonus as much as possible! It's a small buff, but it's a great help.

Comment by Pshyched

Well, I thought this was going to take ages... But I was able to get from Hated to Exalted in less than 6 Hours...
I must of had good luck, but best this I did was grab all the quests available, finish the objectives, get Whee! from darkmoon faire and hand them all in aswell as the eggs I found. I think I found about 30 eggs during my questing, a few dropped from mobs but most I found in the caves. Patience is key too!

If you haven't done it yet, do it now as the Timewalking bonus is active with 50%+ Rep gain!

Comment by Kukkaspoika

Did this during The TBC Timewalking event for 50% extra rep. Doing the first few quests up to "Ally" gives you fresh "Revered". Then I flew around and handed in about 15 eggs and did the last few quests available. That netted me 7,275 Rep into Revered with ~14k left to go. Certainly could be better, but it also could be a lot worse.

As a Druid it took me about 90 minutes to completely clean all the related Netherwing quests and turn in every egg I found using the Handynotes addon. Would have been nice to have a few Darkmoon Top Hats and the Human racial but whatever.

Comment by Daralyn

so... now with Dragonflight slowly ending, I decided to do a loremaster character alt and because I never did Netherwing back in the day I decided to farm it up

Now, with Netherwing drake available for dragonriding, this mount is not so unique anymore, which is little sad, still grinding up the Exhalted rep is not a big deal at this point.

I managed to get honored in just two days (technically three, as there was a server reset for me so I did two "friendly" sets at once) but I did it just with dailies and one time quests, without any excessive grinding. I also got like 14 eggs over those two days just by doing dailies because there is basicly no competition with other players nowadays

I estimate that the whole process will takes me a week, or 9 days max

Flying "On Wings of Nether"

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