Awakened Mindborer

Awakened Mindborer is an epic-quality flying mount added in update 8.3.0 "Visions of N'Zoth" of the Battle for Azeroth expansion. Visually it is a grey winged serpent of N'Zoth with tentacles on the sides of its head and a multitude of eyes: the model belongs to the family of Old God serpents, similar to the All-Seeing Eye of Ny'alotha from the heroic final boss of Ny'alotha. The flavor text in the mount journal reads: "Right now it looks terrifying, but when it sleeps it's even kind of cute in its own way."

In-game the mount was awarded only for the seasonal achievement Battle for Azeroth Keystone Master: Fourth Season — for completing all 12 dungeons of update 8.3 in Mythic+ at a Keystone level of 15 or higher within the time limit. BfA Season 4 ended on October 13–14, 2020 with the launch of the Shadowlands pre-patch, after which the achievement and the mount were moved to the "Feat of Strength" category, which means in the current The War Within patch (2026) the mount is unavailable through normal means — it cannot be obtained from dungeons or raids.

• Mythic+ status symbol — the mount proves that the player cleared all BfA dungeons at a +15 key within the seasonal window. In your collection it marks you as someone who was there for Battle for Azeroth Season 4.
• A rare N'Zoth serpent model — the only grey color variant of this family, unlike the black Ny'alothan Dark Worm and the many-eyed All-Seeing Eye of Ny'alotha. At present the number of owners is limited to those who managed to close out the achievement before autumn 2020.
• The accompanying title "Awakened" — together with the mount players received the title the Awakened for the related achievement "Battle for Azeroth Keystone Conqueror: Fourth Season"
• A theoretical chance through the Black Market — in rare cases mounts removed from circulation appear on the Black Market for large sums of gold, however this is not a guaranteed path.

Obtaining the mount is outdated and does not repeat in the current game. Below is a description of how it happened back in the day, and what you can realistically do in 2026.

The Historical Chain (BfA Season 4, January–October 2020)

1. The player leveled up their Mythic+ rating in Season 4 of Battle for Azeroth. The season started on January 22, 2020 along with the release of patch 8.3.
2. The season rotation included all 12 dungeons of the expansion: the 10 base BfA dungeons plus the two parts of the mega-dungeon "Operation: Mechagon".
3. You had to close each of the 12 dungeons in Mythic+ at a Keystone level of 15 or higher and finish within the time limit (that is, on time, with one or two timer stars, but not "depleted").
4. After meeting all 12 requirements the achievement Battle for Azeroth Keystone Master: Fourth Season triggered automatically, the Awakened Mindborer arrived in the mail, and the character received the title "the Awakened".
5. The season ended with the launch of the Shadowlands pre-patch on October 13–14, 2020. All unfinished progress was wiped and the achievement became unavailable.

What You Can Do Now (patch 11.x–12.x, 2026)

• The Awakened Mindborer no longer drops from dungeons, since the seasonal window closed long ago. Modern Keystone Master seasons reward different mounts.
• Keep an eye on the Black Market section at Drogbar in Oribos or at the Sketh'lyn Cleft. Sometimes the Awakened Mindborer and similar seasonal mounts show up there, but prices start at several million gold
• Follow the news about the "Keystone Eras" system in update 12.0.5 — the developers announced a new seasonal achievement that lets you obtain one of the old seasonal Mythic+ mounts in exchange for a currency. At present the specific list of returning mounts has not been confirmed, and the inclusion of the Awakened Mindborer in it is only one of the theoretical possibilities

For Battle for Azeroth Keystone Master: Fourth Season you had to close all 12 dungeons of the 8.3 rotation at a Keystone level of 15 or higher within the time limit.

In Season 4 the "Awakened" affix was added to all dungeons — enemies periodically became corrupted, gained new abilities and increased damage, which noticeably raised the difficulty. No other season repeated this affix.

The rotation of weekly affixes in Season 4 differed greatly from the usual and was a key feature when farming rating and closing a +15 key.

If the mount appears on the Black Market or is added to the "Keystone Eras" system, you no longer need to run the dungeons themselves. Nonetheless, all 12 Battle for Azeroth dungeons can be soloed at level 80 in The War Within on Mythic difficulty without difficulty: the health and damage of mobs scale to level 50, and boss mechanics pose no threat to a character with item level 600+.