Get Green Mechanostrider mount

Green Mechanostrider is the classic Gnome racial ground mount that has been around since the original World of Warcraft. It is a mechanical bipedal strider in a rich swamp-green color scheme, built by the engineers of Gnomeregan. Visually the mount looks like a compact walking mechanism with spinning pistons and forged supports — one of the most recognizable symbols of the Gnomish engineering school.

The mount is still on sale from vendor Milli Featherwhistle in Dun Morogh. The price is just 1 gold with the riding discount applied. Gnomes and Mechagnomes can buy it without restrictions, while other Alliance races can do so after reaching Exalted with the Gnomeregan faction.

• Mount collector points — the mount counts toward achievements for the number of mounts collected. Each new mount in your collection brings you closer to rewards in the form of other mounts and titles
• Gnome racial flavor — if you play a Gnome or Mechagnome, the mechanostrider is part of your race's cultural identity, the classic transport of Gnomeregan
• One of four base color variants — together with the Red Mechanostrider, Blue Mechanostrider and Unpainted Mechanostrider it forms the complete set of regular mechanical striders, which you can finish off in a single visit to the vendor
• Account-wide access — after purchase the mount automatically appears in the collection of all your Alliance characters, including alts of other races
• Ground mount speed — the mechanostrider moves +60% or +100% faster than normal walking, depending on your riding skill level. This is a full-fledged ground transport, not a cosmetic item
• Minimal investment — the price of 1 gold makes this mount one of the cheapest additions to your collection in the game

Requirements differ for Gnomes and for other Alliance races.

Apprentice Riding grants a +60% movement speed bonus and is automatically learned at level 10 from any riding trainer. If you already have any other form of riding (Journeyman, Expert, Artisan), the mount will work too and provide the corresponding speed.

Vendor Milli Featherwhistle is located in the small settlement of Steelgrill's Depot in the central part of Dun Morogh, east of the village of Kharanos. This is the classic starting experience zone for Gnomes and Dwarves, and you can get here by any convenient means.

From Ironforge

1. Open the Ironforge map and leave the city through the main gate into Dun Morogh
2. Head southwest along the road through the snowy hills
3. Pass Kharanos and turn east — the settlement of Steelgrill's Depot is by the main road
4. Milli Featherwhistle stands next to the mechanostrider pen

From Stormwind

1. In Stormwind head to the Deeprun Tram station in the Mage Quarter
2. Take the Deeprun Tram to Ironforge
3. Exit in Ironforge and follow the instructions above

If you play a Gnome or Mechagnome

1. Reach character level 10
2. Learn Apprentice Riding from a riding trainer in Ironforge or any other capital
3. Fly or run to Steelgrill's Depot in Dun Morogh
4. Approach Milli Featherwhistle and open her goods
5. Buy the Green Mechanostrider for 1 gold
6. Use the item from your bag — the mount will be added to the collection for all your Alliance characters

If you play another Alliance race

1. Reach Exalted with Gnomeregan. Details are in the next section
2. Learn Apprentice Riding
3. Head to Milli Featherwhistle at Steelgrill's Depot
4. Buy the mount for 1 gold. At Exalted, all four base mechanostriders become available at once — if you wish, finish off the whole set in one go

For non-Gnomes this is the longest stage. You can speed it up in several ways, and they are worth combining.

Gnomeregan Tabard

The main method is farming dungeons with the Gnomeregan Tabard. The tabard is sold by the faction quartermaster Senior Mechanic Steamrigger in Ironforge, in the Great Forge.

Wearing the tabard, you gain reputation with Gnomeregan for killing enemies in dungeons. The best options for fast farming at level 90 are low-level classic WoW dungeons that can be cleared solo in a few minutes:

• The Deadmines
• Shadowfang Keep
• Scarlet Monastery

Quests in Dun Morogh and other zones

Most quests in the Gnome and Dwarf starting zone grant reputation with the Gnomeregan faction. At level 90 you can quickly run through the quest chains of Dun Morogh, Thousand Needles, Stonetalon Mountains and Tanaris — all of them contain quests rewarding Gnomeregan reputation.

Turning in cloth

In Ironforge there is an Alliance cloth quartermaster who accepts bundles of cloth in exchange for reputation with the capital factions. Turning in Wool, Silk, Mageweave and other types of cloth gives a noticeable reputation boost. The method is expensive if you buy cloth on the auction house, but it works great for the last few thousand points to Exalted.

Reputation optimization tips

• Combine the tabard with quests: first finish all Dun Morogh quests, then top off your reputation with dungeon farm runs
• At level 90 solo runs through old dungeons take 3–5 minutes. In an hour you can realistically earn several thousand reputation points
• Remember that the tabard only works in dungeons, but not in open zones and not in raids

On a single visit to the vendor it makes sense to check the whole assortment. If your goal is a mount collection, finish off all the regular color variants at once.

Prices are shown with the riding discount that applies in the modern version of the game. The Swift variants require Journeyman Riding and therefore character level 20.