Drake mounts in WotLK: Ranked worst to best 

How to get: 100% drop from the Heroic Culling of Stratholme dungeon

Perhaps, it's one of the most owned flying mount. Right behind the factional gryphons and wyverns. It's really easy to obtain: all you gotta do is complete the Culling of Stratholme's Heroic version fast and defeat a bonus boss there. Heroic dungeons in WotLK are generally easier than they used to be in TBC and you don't need any special keys to access them. So it's safe to say that at some point you'll think of Heroic CoS as a regular thing that is fairly easy to do. Add a little luck to that and the drake becomes yours after you've rolled the biggest number in the party. It's almost inevitable, you know, almost everyone had it in WotLK.

How to get: reputation reward for the Wyrmrest Accord 

Red drake takes a little more effort than the Bronze one. First of all, you need the exalted reputation with the Wyrmrest accord. How do you do it? Do dailies, run dungeons with their tabard. It won't really take you long, if you play daily. After that you'll need 2'000 gold (or even less with the reputation discount) to purchase it. How to get that amount depends entirely on you. But don't let the four-figure price intimidate you: WotLK saw a huge depreciation of gold in the game, so getting this much won't be a problem. Running dungeons, selling junk, doing dailies, trading mats – you'll reach the 2'000 gold mark in no time. It's definitely less challenging than getting the hippogryph, or a nether ray / drake back in TBC.

How to get: rare Malygos (10) drop, rare Oculus' last boss drop

Ok, here things start getting somewhat challenging. Although the Blue drake can be obtained from the Oculus dungeon, it's not necessarily going to be true at first. In the original WotLK Blizzard added the drake to the dungeon's loot table long after the expansion release, so whether that will be true for the Classic re-release is yet to be determined. We'd not count on that anyway. If you want this mount, you better consider going to the Eye of the Eternity raid and defeat Malygos. Yes, it's not going to be an easy roll, since there are many other players in the raid team and the drop chance is not 100%, but it's still doable. Perhaps, it's the first somewhat casual-accessible mount in the game, so you have all the chances to get it even if you're not a member of a prestigious guild.

How to get: collect 50 mounts

Collecting 50 mounts seems laughable for the retail WoW players in 2022. But believe us, back in WotLK it wasn't that funny. Mounts were much rarer than they are today and getting even 10 was a real challenge. They either cost a lot, or were hard to get. Having 50 mounts at the beginning of the WotLK expansion was something only dedicated raiders could brag about. By the end of WotLK it became somewhat easier, mainly thanks to the Crusader fest's extensive lineup of mounts, but don't let that deceive you. It's still not going to be an easy thing to do.

How to get: Obsidian Sanctum (10) hardmode 100% drop

The Obsidian Sanctum raid is usually considered to be more challenging than the Eye of the Eternity. However, there's good news regarding the Black drake that you can get there. It has a 100% drop chance. But don't be in a hurry to rejoice just yet. The source also says that it's required to complete the raid in the hard mode. Now what does that mean? Most players who have some WotLK experience would tell you that you don't really want to know. In a very Elder Scrolls Online-esque way the hard mode in the OS raid consists of defeating all the bosses during one fight. There's one boss proper (Sartarion) and three bonus bosses. You would usually fight them one by one. But if you're up for a challenge, you can try raise the stakes. As the name of the mode implies, it won't be easy, but it's at least somewhat doable. But that's nothing, wait till you see our number one drake...

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Those were the 7 drakes you can obtain throughout the WotLK Classic content cycle. Some are easier to get, some are harder – but they all are great and will become decent additions to your collection. Unlike proto-drakes, all of these mounts are still obtainable in the retail WoW, so if you're not a big fan of Classic version of the game, or if you just want to collect them all faster, you can try doing that in the retail WoW.