Voidfeather Dragonhawk: A Completely Normal Amount of Effort for a Pixel Bird

Blizzard has decided to bless The Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary servers with an exclusive flying mount: the Voidfeather Dragonhawk. It's a spectacular, ominous Void-touched dragonhawk that scales to your fastest known riding skill. It also exists exclusively in TBC Classic Anniversary realms, because of course it does. Why would a Void-themed mount from a brand-new 2026 expansion live anywhere convenient?

The mount is tied to the cross-promotion of World of Warcraft: Midnight, Blizzard's latest retail expansion set in a siege-ravaged Quel'Thalas. The Void is eating Silvermoon City. Xal'atath, the creepy knife-lady turned cosmic horror, has decided this is her moment. You get to stop her: briefly: in an intro scenario, and then in exchange, your level 70 Orc in Outland gets a pretty bird. The circle of life.

Prerequisites (Your Pain, Itemised)

Before you even breathe on this mount, several conditions must align like a particularly spiteful planetary conjunction. Here is everything Blizzard needs from you personally:

• An active World of Warcraft subscription or Game Time. You're paying monthly already: well done, you.
• A separate purchase of World of Warcraft: Midnight, sold independently of your subscription. Yes, extra money. No, it does not come bundled. Yes, you will need to download it too.
• A character on TBC Classic Anniversary realms at level 70 with at least Expert Riding trained: which costs 800 gold from trainers in Shadowmoon Valley. You do need to physically go to Outland. Journeyman Riding (your epic ground mount) is a hard prerequisite before you can even look at Expert Riding.
• The general desire to experience two separate games simultaneously for the sake of a cosmetic reward.

Gold Reality Check

Expert Riding alone is 800 gold plus 100g for a mount. Artisan (epic flying at 280%) is an additional 5,000 gold. Total flying investment across all tiers: roughly 6,100 gold. The Voidfeather Dragonhawk is free, but the privilege of using it at full speed is not. Welcome to The Burning Crusade, where economy is a second game.

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Follow these steps in order. Deviating from the path has not been tested and will likely result in nothing terrible, but why take the risk.

Part One: Getting Into Midnight

1. Launch the Battle.net launcher. From the dropdown menu, navigate to World of Warcraft: Midnight. If you haven't downloaded it yet, you will need to do so now. This is a whole new expansion. Clear some drive space and perhaps brew a coffee.
2. Once in the game, your level 80 character will automatically receive a quest titled "Midnight": the expansion's very first and helpfully named quest. If you are not level 80, you will need to be. This is retail WoW, not TBC. Yes, you are playing a different game entirely.
3. For Horde: Find the herald to the left of the Inn in the Valley of Strength in Orgrimmar. For Alliance: Find the herald at the bottom of the steps leading up to Stormwind Cathedral. Accept the quest. Marvel at the herald's patience in standing there specifically for you.
4. Follow the quest chain to speak with Lady Liadrin, who will offer you the option to teleport directly to Quel'Danas: or watch the cinematic first. Watch the cinematic. It is genuinely good. Xal'atath is tearing apart the Blood Elf homeland and Liadrin is not having it. This is the one part of the process that does not feel like a chore.

Part Two: The Intro Scenario (About One Hour of Your Life)

1. Upon arriving in Quel'Danas, chaos. The Void has breached the Sunwell. Lor'themar Theron commands you to prioritize evacuating civilians to the port. Lead survivors to the boats. Do not stop to read flavor text if you are in a hurry, though you should: it is genuinely well-written and almost makes the whole production feel justified.
2. Work alongside Arator, son of Turalyon and Alleria, who is here undermining his father's military orders in favor of rescuing people. He is correct to do this. Help him reactivate robotic sentinels to destroy Void pylons that are summoning Devouring Host reinforcements. Kill Void commander-type creatures to break enemy lines. Follow the quest markers. This is Blizzard design; the arrows will guide you.
3. Progress through the combat scenario, reuniting with key characters including Lor'themar, Grand Magister Rommath, Lady Liadrin, and Turalyon in Silvermoon's Sanctum of Light. The city, gloriously rebuilt from its Third War ruins, is now partially open to the Alliance: a remarkable lore development that the Blood Elves are tolerating with visible emotional effort.
4. In the Sanctum of Light, accept the quest "Paved in Ash" from Lor'themar. He will hand you his personal signet ring and politely ask you to tour a few civilians around the outer city so they know you're authorized. This is the final quest of the intro. Yes, after all the Void invasion drama, you end with light diplomacy. Show the ring to some people. Check in at the inn. The achievement will fire when you finish this.

Part Three: Claiming Your Bird in TBC Classic

1. The "Echoes of Midnight" achievement will now appear in your Achievements log (Ctrl+Y to verify). It confirms you have defended the Sunwell against Xal'atath's forces. You have done your part for the cosmological war. Good work.
2. Now log entirely out of Midnight. Open Battle.net. Switch to WoW TBC Classic Anniversary. Load your level 70 character. Find the nearest major city innkeeper: Orgrimmar or Stormwind are the obvious choices. Accept the "Unexpected Delivery" quest they offer you.
3. Alternatively, seek out Landro Longshot, who loiters in Booty Bay in the Cape of Stranglethorn. He is also authorized to deliver your prize and seems to enjoy the notoriety. Either source works. When you mouse over the Unexpected Gift in your bags, you should see it contains the Reins of the Voidfeather Dragonhawk. Open it. Right-click to learn. Fly away and feel briefly victorious.

• This is a time-limited promotion. The deadline is May 15, 2026 (specifically May 16 at 10:00 AM PDT / 18:00 BST). After that, the "Echoes of Midnight" achievement will no longer grant the TBC reward. The mount will not return. Act accordingly.
• If you already completed the Midnight intro scenario before the promotion period started, simply verify the "Echoes of Midnight" achievement exists in your log (Ctrl+Y, search for it). If it's there, you already qualify: proceed to claim the quest in TBC Classic.
• The Voidfeather Dragonhawk scales to your fastest known riding skill. At Expert Riding (60% speed) it flies like a reluctant seabird. At Artisan Riding (280%) it fulfills its menacing destiny. At 310% (if you are a Gladiator, which you are probably not), it becomes legend.
• The mount is only usable in Outland zones in TBC Classic. You cannot fly it in Eastern Kingdoms, Kalimdor, or anywhere that isn't the shattered remnants of Draenor. This is also true of all flying mounts in TBC. Do not be surprised by this.
• You cannot skip Expert Riding to jump straight to Artisan. The progression is fixed: Journeyman → Expert → Artisan. Trainers: Ilsa Blusterbrew at Wildhammer Stronghold (Alliance) and Olrokk at Shadowmoon Village (Horde). These are both in Shadowmoon Valley, which is a PvP hotzone on PvP servers. Bring friends or be prepared for inconvenience.
• The "Echoes of Midnight" achievement also unlocks a Devourer Genji Legendary Skin in Overwatch, a Crimson War Bear Epic Mount in Heroes of the Storm, a Bawkhaus pet in Diablo IV, and a Harbinger of Darkness pet in Diablo Immortal. Blizzard would very much like you to play all of their games simultaneously.