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Commento di ImbaHunter

Insetto da Guerra Qiraji Nero - https://youtu.be/4bhqTc3RIvM

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Commento di bueno1

Received by all who ring the Scarab Gong within 10 hours of the first person to ring it. After that, this mount is unattainable.

This mount functions as a normal mount outside of AQ40, but is limited inside AQ40 and desummons when you take any damage, or are put in to combat, just like the ones that drop off of the trash in AQ40.

Commento di Nolimit

Rare mount, it looks cool when you ride bug outside, those who have it are lucky bastards ;)

Commento di 598

The only Bug mount that you can ride outside of AQ40. The only way to get this coveted mount was by completeing the gate opening quest line and as said above hitting the gong within 10 hours of the opening. the Quest line started with the head of broodlord lashlayer and was extremely long with some very difficult tasks to complete. the quests start out easy and soloable but quickly progress into 10 20 and 40 man raid bosses. between finding 8 pages of " draconic for dummies" that were scattered all around the world or fighting off Maws, the "minnow" that Azuregos gave his scepter shard to. Those that complete this quest are certainly worthy of the black bug mount as well as some of the other rewards that come from it.

Commento di Sykx

This item is currently bugged (no pun intended). You can cast it, as if to mount, almost anywhere (even in combat), but you cannot physically mount it. You will get the "can't mount here" or "cannot mount while in combat" messages. However, being able to cast it a couple seconds before leaving combat is pretty nice.

Commento di izlude

This item is only obtainable on servers that have closed AQ gates or gates that have opened in the last hour.

Commento di 66445

so when u say the first 10 hours of the first gonger, do u mean like the first of AQ40 realease or first in ur raid?

Commento di 81969

yes, i understand that the only people who can obtain it are those who are in the raid that finishes the quest.. but What quest.. and can more than 1 raid group obtain it... if so i think i may be able to get a grip of people to do this raid.. but not if i cannot get people to obtain it. is there any information about this.?

Commento di 228

Apparently there has been a change in 2.2, see how the spell effect is now a "Script Effect" instead of a regular mount, anyways apparently this change will sometimes turn you into a wasp-like Qiraji.

Commento di drivehappy

A few changes with how this mount works with 2.2:
No longer able to start up cast while flying on a mount
Instant cast while already mounted on the ground
It's been seen to cause the player to turn into a wasp on their first login to 2.2 servers, I have not been able to reproduce it

Commento di 89984

From what i've seen, It's not available anymore.

Commento di drivehappy

This mount and the title "Scarab Lord" are obtained through the following quest chain:
Source 1: http://www.wowwiki.com/Scepter_of_the_Shifting_Sands
Source 2: http://www.wowhead.com/?item=21175#comments

To obtain the mount and title the gates of AQ must be closed before you ring the gong. You can check this by heading to southern Silithus, when you see the wall just past the gong and platform the hexagon will either be closed off (unable to enter AQ20 or AQ40) or open.

Commento di 70867

it still is, got mine 1.5 months ago
but servers are rare and the questline is LONG :)

Commento di moblinman

Does not desummon when the rider takes damage, as I attacked a Blood Elf warlock riding one in Nagrand (shortly after taking his picture) and he remained mounted.

Commento di 131754

Also looks cool as hell. :D

Commento di exShinra

Also note that the picture with the Draenei is inaccurate, as it would be impossible to get this mount during Burning Crusade.

Commento di 35495

There is now no possible way to get the mount; blizzard has implemented an auto-opening of the gates. Therefore the mounts will only be seen by the original people who have opened the gates, and not any new realms.

Commento di 147340

The quest hasn't happened on my server yet, I hope it does soon ;-)

Commento di ChrisChaud

As of WotLK: Description changed from 'Summons and dismisses a rideable Qiraji battle tank. This is a very fast mount.' to 'Summons and dismisses a rideable Black Qiraji Battle Tank. This mount changes appearance depending on your location.'
Sounds fun, but nobody has it on my server :<

Commento di chuDr3t4

I began to play at new Russian realm Eversong, which is player creation-only without possibility to transfer character here yet. And I can confirm, that Gates are still closed and same with Isle of Quel'Danas, it's still in the first phase here.
Bigger part of Horde players are still 30-50 lvl though, so.. may be someday there would be Scarab Lord. :)

I don't know about recently opened RU-realms with possibility to transfer there but I'm sure Gates are still closed at Thermalplugg(ru) and Lich King(ru).

Commento di 205394

Does anyone know how long the gates remain closed on new servers before opening, or, more importantly, if it is before or after Blizzard starts allowing transfers to the server?

Commento di 209157

I already have the sceptor now could i just xfer over with it or have i done to much of the quest line?

Commento di addik

last time i looked all the gates were open.

Commento di 187304

I have just seen someone using one of these as a FLYING mount in the Beta test...
Never seen that before.

Screenshot here:

http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/baasheepyrocks/?action=view&current=FlyingQiraji.jpg

:)

Commento di Fwibbles

These will make people showing off their bear mounts cry.

Commento di Verydarklord

"The Black Qiraji Resonating Crystal is now a normal mount."
Taken from final 3.0.2 patch notes. I wonder what that mean. =/

Commento di djsixpack14

I've heard no confirmation that it will be available in any different way. By "normal," the patch notes likely refer to it being changed back to a normal mount from its state on Beta. In Beta, it summoned a wasp-like flying mount for a short period, but this was deemed to be a bug (no pun intended).

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=10043279599&postId=100421965600&sid=2000#1

Commento di Joroesan

Edit: This post is still here for nostalgic reasons, however it is no longer possible to attain this mount as new servers are now created with the gates closed regardless of whether transfers are open on them or not.

This mount, along with the Scarab Lord title, was a reward for doing a long quest chain prior to The Burning Crusade to open the gates to the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj. Shortly after the quest is turned in by the first person, the title and mount are no longer attainable on that realm.

All of the original realms have already opened the gates along with new realms which are created with transfers available, making this unachievable on them. However, if a new realm is created with transfers unavailable then the gates will be closed making this achievable on that specific realm.

Attaining the title and mount now.
It is still possible to attain the Scarab Lord title and the Black Qiraji Resonating Crystal now. You must do the quest chain completing the final step, Bang a Gong!, on a server which has not yet opened the AQ gates. Once you find a server with the AQ gates closed you have two options:

On a new realm with the gates closed start from scratch and create a new character, do the entire quest chain which includes farming the Brood of Nozdormu reputation and running all of the level 60 raids, then turning in Bang a Gong! once the War Effort is complete.
Completing the entire quest chain on an old realm with the gates already opened, transferring to a new realm that has not yet finished the War Effort prior to the 90 day transfer lock-out period, then turning in Bang a Gong! once the War Effort is complete.

Evidence.
To anyone who says it is not possible to transfer to a new server and open the gates, as stated in a previous comment; Alexio on the US server Exodar has done this already.
WoW Armory
Warcraft Census
Forum Thread

Patch 3.0.2
There were rumors that after patch 3.0.2 anyone could Bang a Gong! to attain the title and mount. This is not true.

There was a confirmed bug on some realms where restarts caused the gates that were previously open to become closed again. Many people took advantage of this bug and turned in the quest to attain both the title and the mount.
You may read about this bug here:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=11296568531

There was also some confusion over the patch notes which stated that "The Black Qiraji Resonating Crystal is now a normal mount." This is probably because the "bug" in beta which allowed it to fly was fixed, the use of regular mounts inside of AQ40 allowed them to change this mount back into a normal mount just as any other; since it also had the ability to be used inside of AQ40 unlike normal mounts, or so that it could be learned like other mounts prior to the release of Wrath of the Lich King.
Patch 3.0.2 notes.

Resources:
Due to changes made by Blizzard to make leveling much faster, the time before server transfers are available has been reduced from 6 to 3 months. This should make it easier for players to transfer to a new realm and achieve both the title and the mount.
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=12891295560

You can read a very good tutorial on the quest chain here: Scepter of the Shifting Sands

Here is the official War Effort status page, although it is quite outdated and does not list new servers:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wareffort/servers.html

Here is a good reference point to find new servers which have not yet opened the gates:
Timeline of the creation of US realms

Commento di 183291

I agree. I'd actually settle of either one just to know that I did not do it for nothing.

Commento di 232769

Since the large content patch (3.0?) with all new talent abilities, raid bosses health reductions, and so fourth... Some servers "bugged" and had the gong reappear. Several people have gone to the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj, banged the Gong and received the title and mount.

On my other server, our gong has reappeared, and to my knowledge no one knows it is there but myself.

I personally think it is quite stupid how this happened. If it's a bug, or if it was meant to happen. I find it very unfair to the original people who got the title and if you don't have the chance to get it on a server who didn't get a new gong... well that just isn't fair either. If it is not a bug, my guess would be that Blizzard did this because of Scarab Lords who quit or transferred realms; leaving the server "Scarab-Lord-Less." Perhaps they wanted to give new people a shot at the title & mount.

p.s - If is there is any update on this by Blizzard I will edit my post. My information could be outdated.

Commento di 201338

Show your support for this thread:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=12891292131&sid=1&pageNo=4

After the wake of the 3.0.2 glitch that allowed people on servers with open gates to turn in bang a gong! and the early opening of Drakkari server allowing PCTs to turn in bang a gong! Blizz needs to revise the limitations on acquiring this.

Thanks!

Commento di 201338

In the wake of the 3.0.2 disaster, players with completed Scepter of the Shifting Sands such as myself feel extremely burned if they weren't lucky enough to be on a server that allowed Bang a Gong! to be turned in even though their gates were opened previously.

I've started a very positive and productive thread regarding a solution for those who have completed the questline so that we don't have to pay to transfer servers just to turn in a quest.

Please show your support:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=12891292131&sid=1&pageNo=1

Commento di 138910

I saw a Draenie on this mount on Dalvengyr-US, but i didn't catch his name. Anyone know how many BE/Dra obtained the mounts?

Commento di Patrick1991

Will the gate open automatically?
I wonder if it had opened before we can transfer.
We have to wait 90days for transferring to a new realm.

Edit: From wowwiki, "Five days after the collection quest is complete"
Is this mean the gate can be opened in five days or less?
If I get The Might of Kalimdor in the old realm and transfer to a new realm with gate closed, will the war effort start in the new realm? Should I get The Might of Kalimdor in the new realm to start the war effort?

Commento di Linaniil

Europe server Area 52 had its gates opened Saturday, about 200 scarab lords were present. Epic moment!

Commento di 16149

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTLqzufgfHM&feature=hd

short clip about the opening on EU-Azuremyst (yeah my fps went down a little bit at the gong ^^)

Commento di dexter98

Anybody know if there's any more US servers with gate closed besides Borean Tundra? Borean Tundra players are being gay and want to bang the gong before transfer opens up.

Commento di Theolol

EDIT: This post provides historic details that will be of interest for anyone wanting to learn about the actual difficulties and planning towards getting the very last Insetto da Guerra Qiraji Neros on both EU and US servers, especially the decision to reroll vs. waiting for PCTs. Realm forums have been wiped with the Battle.net migration pre-Cataclysm. Warcraft Realms links will show current data.

When I posted this (last week of February 2009) about a month since the new realms were started, there were about 2 months left to plan on partaking in the last chance ever of any character anywhere in WoW to obtain the mount and title. Period.

These predictions came true, to the dismay of hundreds (thousands?) of players hoping to transfer to bang the gong and get the Insetto da Guerra Qiraji Nero. The possibility that the War Effort might easily be completed before PCTs were allowed kept being denied, in spite of educated guesses which turned out to be confirmed well ahead of time. On both Saurfang and Ulduar, the gates were opened in the first half of April, several weeks before PCTs were allowed.

Those who rerolled got what their time and effort was worth. The natives got to build a community around it, starting out the new realms greatly and should be congratulated.

On a personal note, I did my best to explain what the actual progress was like. If anyone took my advice I'm glad to have helped more people get it too! It really has a special flavor to own this and what makes it even better is to share with others and meet and talk with those who went through the trouble themselves!

-

For US players:

From what I could see, Garrosh (US-PvE), Borean Tundra (US-PvE), Winterhoof (US-PvE) and Wyrmrest Accord (US-RP) all started in January 2009 (see "Online Date"), same as Saurfang (EU-PvE) and Ulduar (DE-PvE).

Looking at the realm data and also through their realm forums, you can see the large amount of active characters already in them. For instance, Borean Tundra and Wyrmrest Accord are already in the top 20 most populated realms in the whole of US right now. All of them are non-PvP realms, which, all things being equal, lowers in-game attrition between factions and helps to speed up mat collection progress.

Garrosh is the least populated (although it was online earlier) and therefore your best chance, but with over 15k characters already, more than what Saurfang had by itself, it's quite possible for them to be done with the War Effort before PCTs as well. However, Borean Tundra seems to have a disproportionate amount of low level players whereas in all the other realms the higher amount of characters in a given level are found at the top range of 55-80. This makes it predictable that the War Effort progress there will be significantly slower than everywhere else!

A US player should go on any of these realms and ask around, also step into Ironforge or Ogrimmar to check the progress with their own eyes.

For EU players:

There are currently two realms with the AQ gates on EU.
Saurfang (En) and Ulduar (De)
Both opened at January 31st. 2009, thus making the PCT available April 30st or possibly May 1st.
The current war effort can be tracked at http://vlacula.no-ip.com/aq/

Keep in mind, that these will be the last realms to open with the AQ gates , thus making this the last chance of acquiring the Scarab Lord title.
~Wushy @ Scarab Lord - Achievement page

Having been present at the last event on Area 52, I felt obliged to share a few hints for those who are unsure about rerolling and particularly unaware of the very real possibility of the War Effort getting done before transfers are allowed, as most would leave their chances up with waiting for migrations to be allowed while finishing their quest lines calmly on their home realms.

The greatest danger is in how people sometimes don't realize that the progress speeds up quickly (exponentially), until it's too late. While the first half of the Effort is done slowly, with players leveling up and so on, the second half, consisting of now-easily farmable low level trade materials, the hardest being Runecloth (Horde turn-in), can be done in under a week by only a couple dozen dedicated level 80s, even though they'll take their time getting most of their quest lines completed first. Also, a lot of them will store loads of materials for last minute turn-ins so they can decide the day and time they want for the event to start. Therefore, the estimations on tracking sites won't be accurate at all as to when to expect the Effort to be done. If this happens up to 5 days before PCTs are enabled, you've lost your chance.

The website/addon is simply able to gather information on the current average rate of deliveries and calculate how long it would take for the remainder to be completed at that current rate. Since completion is now set to happen in 90-100 days, it means that progress only needs to speed up around 50% more to beat the clock. At 2 months left and few level 80s playing compared to what it will be in a couple weeks, we can safely say that time is short and there's no reason for you to wait.

In conclusion: if you really really want to make absolutely sure you get it, consider a reroll right now. Ask yourself if anything in WoW right now is actually making you too busy for that. If you're worried that you won't get to PCT your main for it, consider how upset it would make you to not ever get it at all even when you still have one way to do it. If the latter matters the most to you, my recommendation is clear. The "worst" thing that can happen if you do this, is getting two Scarab Lords, instead of none. Recruit-a-Friend and transfering out of the realm with the new character are available immediately, so it would be a safe bet.

Saurfang already has a significant amount of rerollers (as can be understood through their realm forums). This isn't only because of AQ, but about the appeal of a legitimately "legendary" realm name that many players wanting to reroll for any reason will enjoy (imagine how many would want to play on the *Chuck Norris* realm).

For estimates of current progress, you should make your reroll/transfer plans by keeping a close eye not just on the actual AQ War Effort turn-ins, but also make reasonable, informed assumptions about the realm's populations. On Warcraft Realms there's data that averages on 10 daily entries currently, but you can make it even better if you're there often by installing their lightweight census addon which offers a lot more than you can do using the /who command. The guild with the most members there is <Union>, which has already cleared Naxxramas 10. Having spoken personally with some, higher leveled players there fully expect for the Effort to be done before PCTs.

As for the German realm, Ulduar, it's quite similarly paced: only a week behind. They also have AQ threads on their realm forum, but only German is allowed.

Commento di SkibaDeBop

There is an auto complete of the War effort in progress on Borean Tundra and at the rate it is completing the War effort will be finished within 3 weeks time.. about 3 weeks before transfers are up in april.. The natives to BT are also extremely anti transfer so do not expect any simpathy or reasoning from them to wait for xfers to get the achievment as well. As far as I know only 1 person has grinded out the Scepter quest so far there but it is estimated maybe 10 will have it before the march to silithis ends. So If blizz doesnt end the auto complete no one but Natives will get the bug and title. So basically in a nutshell if you didnt reroll and grind it out there, the hunt is over and Title and bug are no longer attainable. only thing you can hope for is the servers glitching out in future patches and the gate reset other than that there is no hope.

Commento di wcombs

This mount gets me more tells than you could possibly imagine. Some days I mount up on my Mechanostrider because I just can't take the 200000 12 year old death knights asking where I got it because they're too lazy to google it.

No matter where I go I always bring a crowd, and the other day in AB I had a priest and shaman heal botting me while constantly referring to me as their queen.

It sure does bring in a lot of attention, and a LOT of lulz!

Commento di wow2304

Did Blizzard cut that one off to?

Commento di Colby

All U.S. (and otherwise) realms have had their gates opened.

Realms will now start with the AQ gates open.

Therefore, the Scarab Lord achievement and mount is unattainable.

Alas orange mount, we loved you well.

Commento di Furydeath

I'm sure the gat will bug....again and give a few more people the mount I mean it already happen in 3.0.1 and again in 3.1 and here we have a new patching soon I wonder who the lucky server will be this time.

Commento di dabrixmgp

Draenei and Blood elves shouldnt have these as they werent around during this event

Commento di 296147

It looks more purple than black......

Commento di 111622

Things like this should rather be HARD to get than impossible. Too many "too late" rewards in this game leaving everyone jealous. Things like this, many of the people who did get this have either quit, been banned, or both by now. Nobody on my server has this.

Commento di chicers

Best Idea at this time is to make a DK and get him the 5 lvls and just max quest to get to bang a bong and hope

Anyway Good Luck at getting mount but the title is what i tihnk more impressive (just my opinion)

Commento di 492407

it looks like a silithid. I want it XD

Commento di parishfeb

So can you change severs at the last second and get this mount?Am desprete for it theres a lot of people saying theres a bug is this true?

Commento di 212003

QFT

i think the quest chain should be... lengthened... or something

And send you to a new CoT instance....

Showing you opening of AQ....

And you can run it a bucnh....

and get the mount finally?

Commento di thechairmanh2k

im very bitter i cant get this mount :(

Commento di 389512

Ok i ahve a question... Why the hell does blizz always take out all the cool mounts like the amani bear... That was the best frikkin mount ever... And now they take this out I just dont get it Whats the new cool mount? The mechano hog... Yeah right 13k gold? YEAH RIGHT... Any mounts that are free but sorta hard to get? I mean come on blizz

Commento di Colby

This is the macro I use to reply to all the "Where did you get that mount?" tells.

/r The Black Qiraji Battle Tank is WoW's only legendary mount. The title/mount requires the use of the Scepter of the Shifting Sands on the Scarab Dais Gong during the 10 hour event at the opening of Ahn'Qiraj. *It is no longer obtainable on any realm.*

It uses up exactly 255 characters. Feel free to use it.

_______________________________

When I'm feeling evil, this is the macro I give them:

/r It drops from C'thun, it's a .004% chance to drop. It's a legendary, but it's BoE so you might be able to find it on the auction house. Make sure you check every day, exact name is Black Qiraji Battle Tank.

_______________________________

When I'm feeling like going to hell for the rest of my life, I give them this:

/r It's a <Current Holiday> holiday event mount, but it lasts forever. It's legendary. All you have to do is buy one of every glyph that's available to your class. Click on the Gong in Silithus to combine them and make the mount. Hurry only 1 hr left!

...I'm the primary scribe on my server. :)

Commento di Rightousway

Mounts that are free but hard to get:

Invincible
Rusted Proto Drake
Ironbound Proto Drake
Any of the Frostwyrms

Edit:
Or the green/blue/red proto Drake

Commento di 636180

As a Scarab Lord myself and one of the original ones... I'd have to say that mount comes with so much stigma, believe it or not. It truly has been stigmatized. I love my title and mount, but I do not wear the title nor ride the mount because of it. Even worst than having a Swift Spectral Tiger which is stigmatized as well with hateful comments and questions. People will accuse you of being one of those players who "abused" the gate glitches/bug, they will make comments like "Did you have cancer?", they will spit on you and hate on you for having this mount and achievement. It basically creates unwelcomed and unwanted negativity. Jealousy is a very ugly thing when it comes to this mount/achievement.

I love the mount, the looks of it, the way it rides around. It surely is unique. :)

Commento di 510011

So, theoretically, if you transfer a character to a new realm and do the event, get the mount, get the title, and transfer back to an older realm, would you still be able to keep the mount/ title? It would be pretty bad ass imo, but I can foresee ensuing QQ...

Commento di 199996

Archaeology is providing people to get a mount of the same model as this for Cata so all is not lost for the people that didnt get the Black AQ mount at the event you can now get the one from Archaeology not the same colour ofc remeber that

Commento di olle981

We often see in these large online games bitter-sweet victories and forgettable events; while it is true that the first time you sever the head of VanCleef you feel a surge of pride, it is sullied by the knowledge of the thousands that came before you and those who will soon follow.

Actual history has many more memorable events because they are truly that, history. While the actions are repeatable, none are equal to that original moment in any way, but merely act as homage to that unique moment. This however is one of those true moments of game history, set in a world where history is usually repeatable.

To most they only knew of it second-hand, a friend of a friend hearing something about a hasty Black Wing Lair run; while to others it was a frenzied pace of night-after-night raids and countless hours of grinding to help form this Champion, to help herald in this event.

You may still be able to grasp at shadows of what this once was, and follow the path of those who did it before you, but in this rarest of quests there are none on par with the champions who broke the seal of Ahn’Qiraj to face the would-be god C’Thun, and quest beside us a Scarab Lord.

They, and only they, opened the Gates of Ahn’Qiraj, and ended the Great War Effort.
//Archivist.

Commento di 628049

I have never been a hardcore player. I dabbled in it a bit back in vanilla...joining a guild that had just about conquered MC and was just starting out BWL. Going through BWL was at times exhilarating, at times frustrating...and always time-*consuming.* The latter turned out too much for me, particularly when bickering over one of our first Chromag drops led to a big chunk of the raid group /gquitting, right on Nefarian's doorstep! ARGH. Ah well. It would be nice to say I worked through the entire thing back when it was a grueling experience, but I'm satisfied with having *seen* all of the spectacular content in BWL, even if I wasn't there when the guild eventually bounced back and manage to down the big guy. It simply wasn't for me, and I've never looked back...sure, I've been through Kara casually a few times, dabbled in raids we've all now out-leveled, but the raider's life is not for me. Frankly I don't even enjoy the pug raids that have risen in popularity with Wrath; the gear is great, sure, but I simply don't find them all that fun.

I saw enough of the raider experience, though, to know the level of coordination, teamwork, and PATIENCE required to get through a raid zone, especially back in the days of 40s. Many casuals belittle hardcore raiding groups as obsessed nerds with no lives or sense of perspective...what I saw in my time with this group was a guild of people committed to a single-minded goal: beating the highest level of content in the game. It did require a vast time commitment and a great deal of sacrifice (i.e., how you prefer to play, spec or spend your time in game when not raiding), but for my part I can admire devotion to a hobby some might perceive as a complete waste of time. I have, after all, run pen-and-paper RPGs off and on for about twenty years now, and I can relate to the sheer delight of seeing the fruition of all that effort, even if the other players at my own table might raise their eyebrows at how much of my personal time was required to make it come together. For them, it was fun...fun enough that they would have put that much effort into it? Probably not, but it was for me...and were it not for my own willingness to commit additional time, their enjoyment of the experience would have been lessened a great deal as well. For them, it is a "game," while for me (and most DMs/GMs, I suspect), it is a "hobby." That's fine; it is a relationship D&D tables have sustained successfully for decades.

The gate opening was the perfect realization of that same experience in World of Warcraft. When the gates opened on my server, it was pure chaos. The zone was packed; huge titans roamed the desert, crushing lowbie and casual spectators with ease. But damn, it was fun! I will never forget the culmination of that event; it was a BIG DEAL that remains unmatched. It was the meeting of those two groups, just like at a D&D table, each having fun in their own way and contributing to the fun of the other party through the level of participation they are willing to commit. The WoW gamers and the WoW hobbyists created a historical moment which cannot possibly be replicated in the game's current environment. The hardcore were the only ones who left with anything to show for it, but at the time, simply being there to witness it was very satisfying.

It is my sincere hope that, as the legend of the gate opening grows, as more and more players join who have only heard of it through word of mouth, Blizzard will realize just how important these events are to the story of the game's world. As the poster directly above me said, killing Van Cleef isn't a big deal for your perception of the game world; the Deadmines is an amusement park ride, complete with the potential for a surprise gift somewhere along the way, and if you want, you can get right back in line once you've finished it. The gate opening was WoW history - not Azeroth history or "lore," but rather a singular meeting of the casuals and the hardcore, united in one purpose and rewarded with one unforgettable night when the gong rang out across the server. I will always be a casual, and I still consider my very casual participation in the gate opening to be one of my best experiences in six years of WoW. Take another swing at it, Blizzard.

Commento di 795994

New realms will no longer start with their Ahn'Qiraj gates closed, Thus the mounts will no longer be obtainable.

On the side note, When Catalysm is released all the quests related to the gate will be removed and no longer availabl. You can also no longer bang the gong for the rewards even.

Look forward for Archeolgy proffesion in the new expansion. It appears to have a unique Ahn'Qiraj mount... Better than nothing i guess!

- Fodjo

Commento di heywoods

Straight from the Battle.net API:

US Scarab Lords: 150 out of 242 possible servers.
EU Scarab Lords: 392 out of 247 possible servers.

Quite a sizable difference. I guess EU really did exploit the gates a lot more than the US.

Commento di timop

Can you get one of these by being quick enough on a new PTR?

Commento di 977897

DEM EGGS

Commento di 940848

Take me back... *sigh*

Commento di 710951

Will come to Black Market @MoP for sure.

Commento di heywoods

This mount along with the title, "Scarab Lord" are now account-wide as of 5.0.4.

Commento di 940869

Unless you did the entire chain pre-cata, you can no longer even finish the quest chain for the items. So no, there is not a chance you're getting this mount in your lifetime.

Commento di 826041

Any word on this being on the Black Market Auction House?

Commento di Blutelf

This is not available on the BMAH.

Commento di 1076230

i got this first on my hunter in 2006 we had a group farming the quests. took a while to get 200 of the tokens. but its was really worth it. i get alot of whispers on my realm...:D

Commento di 853382

If you find this on the BMAH, it must be a bug -.-

Commento di Mellro

Atleast This rare gem of a mount is safe from the Black Market Auction House

Commento di 1136444

Well this is a really sexy mount Much people want it And some people has it like me Im posting The screenshot.

Commento di 1191325

This here mount remember me of my younger days as a WoW rookie. While questing in Blasted Lands, me and my friend, both around lvl 55, encountered an alliance rogue sporting this mount. This was in the good ol' days where buying an epic mount cost a ton of money which neither of us had of course. Me and my friend, fleeing on our poor 60% kodos into the Swamp of Sorrows with this mount and a bloodthirsty rogue after us is one of my strongest memories from this game, and something I sometimes find myself thinking about it and chuckle for myself. With Archaeology in Cataclysm I was finally able to get my own, or rather, a recolor: Insetto da Guerra Qiraji Ultramarino. Needless to say, this is my designated lowbie roguechaser, and with it I hopefully can create some awesome WoW memories for some poor alliance player aswell. Ahhh, here I am reminiscing like a girl, move along people, nothing but manly tears to see here

Commento di Hannahnoface

I thought I would show you guys this tiny ray of hope I just got in reply to those who couldn't get it from the event oh so long ago....but our chances are still slim: (I also asked about AQ since its my favourite raid)

Aenoki
Customer Service Representative
Hey there Hannah *bows* Lady Aenoki here at your service today! :D

I noticed you had some concerns in regards to obtaining the Black Qiraji Battle Tank recently. After a thorough investigation I was able to verify that this mount can be obtained (though extremely rare) through the Unclaimed Black Market Container.

However, from what Customer Service knows and has been notified, there is no word on revamping Ahn'Qiraj within World of Warcraft. Though I do highly recommend making a suggestion to our Development team as we are always looking for ways to improve! (^_^)b

If you do plan on going this route champ' I can assure you and cannot overstate enough how much player feedback plays a huge role as they consider what changes to make or not make. When doing so though, suggesting through our In-Game feature goes directly to the Developers themselves! In addition you can also post on forums! They're a really great place to make your idea known especially since forums are read regularly by our Community Game Masters.'

Other than that do Hannah - much thanks to you for expressing your thoughts and sending this report our way. I hope this good news reaches you well as its important to me that you enjoy participating in our exciting in-game environment and I want you to be a part of what it becomes. Until we meet again friend, I wish you major luck on your future loots and may they be as epic as your ongoing adventures! (^-^)b Toodles <3

Commento di Chevron

The WoW WoD Beta realm now lists this mount as a worlddrop inside AQ40. Previously it linked to the quest: Bang a Gong.

Commento di Lonkor

Is there any who got Scarab Lord title, the mount, Runesword of the Red, Murloc Costume?

Commento di ImbaHunter

Black Qiraji Battle Tank - https://youtu.be/4bhqTc3RIvM

Commento di MissCocaine

Nice trolling wowhead ;)

Drop: World Drop
Location: Temple of Ahn'Qiraj

Commento di Izdzan

Man o' man, they just don't make them like this anymore. Literally.

Commento di supermage

Fun idea Blizz could implement relating to this mount: extremely low droprate Black Qiraji bug companion pet that drops randomly inside AQ :)

Commento di hevgirl

Insetto da Battaglia Qiraji Nero has now been revamped with a high-res model

...but of course Veterano delle Sabbie Mutevoli holders still get jack

Commento di random321

I wonder if it is possible to know how many people in the world have this mount (and how many of them still playing)...

Commento di Renuts

The AQ event was created to celebrate the players who took part in it, and the Scarab Lords were rewarded with the new mount as a kind gesture from Blizzard. Think of it as a birthday present for the people who kicked off the event by banging the gong. I love that Blizzard did this. It makes me feel like they appreciate the history of the game, and of the players. It's cool to see that some have not forgotten where it is we came from.

To those who take issue regarding the new mount Black Qiraji War Tank Version 2.0 and it having been rewarded to a very small amount of players who were dedicated enough to earn the original reward of Black Qiraji Resonating Crystal during the AQ event in Classic. I wanted to share some words with the community, and say that I'm sure many of you really want one of these mounts, I know I do! I get why some of you want it too, it's because of how Uber-rare it is. Blizzard should have prevented players from earning the mount in WotLK, unfortunately they did not. Even so, if Blizzard relented to every player who did not complete the required steps to earn these rare items in the first place, then literally nothing would be rare anymore, and none of these items would retain their intended value. If everyone had one, nobody would want one. The reason most are so drawn to it, is because it is unobtainable. The moment these ultra-rare items cease to be ultra-rare items, they lose what is special about them in the first place. I understand that not everyone agrees with items staying rare and unobtainable, but its not like there aren't 600+ other mounts out there for you to choose from. Yes, that is right. There has been over 600 mounts released in World of Warcraft! Additionally, the model of this mount is not unique either, as there are several other colors you can use during the AQ event as temporary mounts, and as a permanent pet for Hunters. So it's not like there was a lot of effort put into creating a new exclusive item model for a very small amount of people.

Furthermore, Blizzard responded to all of those who really wanted a bug mount that worked outside of the Raid, by adding the Scepter of Azj'Aqir during Cataclysm. It is currently available to anyone who is willing to put forth the effort required to earn it. I don't understand why some players continue to make a big deal about 1 or 2 mounts here and there that they are not personally able obtain. There is a tremendous variety of content in World of Warcraft, and as one would expect - an incredibly diverse player base within the community. It is widely understood that not all content is created for all players. Sometimes different aspects of the game receive updates and added content, while others may not until later on down the line. However, in most cases each sub-group in the player base receives additional added content in turn, and over time this turn based development plan typically evens out so that each player is eventually rewarded fairly equally. The result of over a decade of development is that there are now plenty of different mounts, of plenty different varieties, for plenty of different players, and each reward represents a particular achievement in a specific aspect of the game, during a specific period of time. Sometimes when these rewards are time-limited, or dependent on the time period in order for them to be difficult, they are removed in order to protect the meaning of the reward.

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Edit: Updated to provide more context, and to hopefully encourage a more compelling discussion

* Why should exploits be allowed to change the rules as they were originally intended? That is not a compelling argument in my opinion. Furthermore, everyone wishes they could obtain something from the past, that is a part of life. You don't need to own everything that ever existed, and not everything is within everyone's means to obtain.

* I do not own any of the completely unobtainable mounts. Even mounts on the BMAH are realistically obtainable to anyone with the desire and motivation. I'm not arguing to keep people from obtaining mounts that I have, I am however arguing to keep people(including myself) from obtaining mounts that we don't have, and that were rewarded for various sorts of achievements that each originally had a period specific, or a time limited aspect of difficulty to them that at the present time no longer exists in game.

Please consider voting, as it would indeed be unfortunate for this discussion to get buried after having been down-voted into oblivion by so many of those who disagree. If you are someone who disagrees, perhaps before you down-vote this, please instead consider sharing with me in the comments what your thoughts and concerns are regarding this topic. I would rather us have a conversation instead of just passively down-voting each other. You don't have to agree with every single thing Blizzard does, and you don't have to agree with me either. These are just my thoughts regarding these kinds of rare items. If everyone thought the same things, the world we live in would be incredibly boring. I welcome further discussion regarding this topic. Please feel free to share your thoughts by responding in the comments.Thank you for your consideration..

Commento di Dreycraft

I was there originally when the gong was struck and the gates were opened, I really, really, REALLY wish I had been aware at the time of the quest chain to get this damn mount! I was just so blown away by the ridiculously massive event, I had never seen anything like that before in an online game that I was just aimlessly running around like an idiot attacking things randomly and getting killed over and over. I completely agree though with this exact mount never being obtainable ever again to those wishing they could get one, but for the majority of you, just be happy that you only don't have it because you weren't playing WoW at the time, that is much better than having had the opportunity but missed out because you were ignorant.

Commento di Rudy199

''Attained by 0% of profiles'' -what?

Commento di Roguezs

This is one of the unobtainable mounts which still shows as uncollected on the official WoW armory.

Below I've made a table containing all of these mounts which have become unobtainable. This table excludes items that are still purchasable on the Black Market Auction House.
For all the unobtainable gladiator mounts I wish to adress you to this comment.

Mount	Acquisition
In-game events
Redini Sgualcite del Pipistrello Infetto di Sepulcra	BfA prepatch
Redini Fumanti dell'Ippogrifo di Teldrassil	BfA prepatch
Cristallo Echeggiante Qiraji Nero	Scarab Gong back in vanilla
Insetto da Battaglia Qiraji Nero	Given for having above mount
Challenge Modes/M+
Redini della Fenice Cinerea dei Pandaren	Conquistatore delle sfide: Argento
Redini della Fenice Cremisi dei Pandaren	Conquistatore delle sfide: Argento
Redini della Fenice di Smeraldo dei Pandaren	Conquistatore delle sfide: Argento
Redini della Fenice Viola dei Pandaren	Conquistatore delle sfide: Argento
Yeti da Guerra dello Sfidante	Signore delle sfide: Argento
Trapanamente Risvegliato	Maestro delle Chiavi di Battle for Azeroth: Stagione 4
Brawler's Guild
Mushan Massiccio dei Combattenti	Verso la gloria! (Stagione 1)
Basilisco Massiccio dei Combattenti	Re dell'arena (Stagione 3)
Bruce	Combattente per Azeroth
Ahead of the Curve
Redini del Lupo da Guerra Kor'kron	Sulla cresta dell'onda: Garrosh Malogrido (25)
Redini del Custode del Bosco	Sulla cresta dell'onda: Portale Nero
Cristallo d'Evocazione del Kirin Tor	Sulla cresta dell'onda: Argus il Distruttore
Ala del Vuoto Incorrotta	Sulla cresta dell'onda: N'zoth il Corruttore
Drops/purchases
Orso da Guerra Amani	Original Zul'Aman
Montone della Festa della Birra	Original Brewfest mount
Raid achivements
Redini del Proto-Draco Nero	Gloria dell'incursore (25)
Cavallo da Guerra Bianco del Crociato	Tributo all'immortalità
Cavallo da Guerra Nero del Crociato	Tributo all'immortalità
Lupo dell'Orda Rapido	Tributo alla follia (10)
Destriero dell'Alleanza Rapido	Tributo alla follia (10)
Old vanilla Epic mounts
Redini della Fiera Glaciale Antica	Night elf epic mount
Redini della Fiera della Notte	Night elf epic mount
Montone Nero	Dwarf epic mount
Montone del Gelo	Dwarf epic mount
Tecnostruzzo Blu Ghiaccio Mod A	Gnome epic mount
Tecnostruzzo Bianco Mod B	Gnome epic mount
Briglie di Palomino	Human epic mount
Briglie dello Stallone Bianco	Human epic mount
Corno del Lupo Artico	Orc epic mount
Corno del Lupo Rosso	Orc epic mount
Kodo Verde	Tauren epic mount
Kodo Verde Acqua	Tauren epic mount
Fischietto del Raptor d'Avorio	Troll epic mount
Fischietto del Raptor Rosso Chiazzato	Troll epic mount
Old Recruit a Friend mounts
Zevra Rapida	Amici di alto profilo
Razzo da Viaggio X-53	Amici di ancora più alto profilo
Cuore di Alanotte	Amici di più alto profilo
Ippogrifo di Smeraldo	Amici di altissimo profilo
Destriero Ardimanto	Amici di ineguagliabile profilo
Blizzard promotions
Gran Destriero di Tyrael	Diablo 3 and MoP annual pass
Fiera delle Fiamme Primordiale	Alfiere delle fiamme
Grifone Spettrale	Scroll of Resurrection
Viverna dei Venti Spettrale	Scroll of Resurrection
Tritastrade da Guerra	Tritastrade da Guerra
Intercettore di Orgrimmar	Cavalcature da guerra
Predacieli di Roccavento	Cavalcature da guerra
Grande Orso della Blizzard	Grande Orso della Blizzard
Removed shop mounts
Alacremisi Corazzato	Cash shop
Destriero del Vento Rapido	Cash shop
Razziatore Ghignante	Cash shop

Commento di Tatokato

0%. How do people have this- one of the rarest mounts IN THE GAME and is no longer obtainable. People would have to play FOREVER to have this mount. Such a cool mount though, why did they remove it...

Commento di Oldbury

Still the most legendary mount in the main version of the game. Pretty meaningless in Classic as they were mostly bought by RWTers.

Commento di LordSiver

I think this is one of the few exceptions that should not be added as a shop mount/pet/skin period.
I don't have it. I would love to have it. I didn't even had the chance to playing wow back then but still I think this is something that shouldn't be available anymore. The reason is easy. Most items that should be available (if not through shop then through other means than paying tons of money on ebay and breaking the terms of service of wow) were either given out at events that not everyone could attent or were part of a collectors edition that not everyone could get. They didn't need skill or work but just the ability to be at the right time at the right spot and maybe have a bit luck. I for excample own a spectral tiger and couldn't care less if it would suddenly be obtainable in shop. I got it by pure luck from a landro loot card from the tcg and that shouldn't be the reason why something is not obtainable anymore.

But and this is a huge BUT like this mount there are a few things tho (like Atiesh for excample) are connected with the feeling of really archieving something and shouldn't return. This item is a mark in the history of the game. Players furiously battled for being the first ones ringing the gong. Servers melted down over this event. I would love to have this item but deep inside I know I would never have been able to get it because I was never the power grinder. I never would have made it to lvl60 fast enough let alone get the hammer to hit the gong. I would not be worthy of it.
Some ppl really dedicated themselves to that glorious event and there is a reason why there is a mini event once a year now to celebrate that. This mount tho should be soly to those who were there back in the days. A glorious throne of success.

Give the ppl all the frosties and spectral tigers they want but let the few things that ppl worked real hard for for those who earned it.

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Cristallo Echeggiante Qiraji Nero

Livello dell’oggetto 10
Si vincola alla raccolta
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Cavalcatura (Vincolato all'account)

Usa: Ti insegna a evocare questa cavalcatura.
Evoca e congeda un Insetto da Guerra Qiraji Nero cavalcabile.
Richiede dal livello 1 al 70 (70)
Richiede Apprendista in Equitazione

"Nonostante sia ancora possibile trovare numerosi Insetti da Guerra nelle Rovine di Ahn'qiraj, la specie più scura poteva essere ottenuta solo il giorno in cui veniva suonato il Gong dello Scarabeo."
Bottino: Bottino Universale
Zona: Tempio di Ahn'qiraj

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