Lord of the Corpseflies

Lord of the Corpseflies is an epic flying mount added in patch 9.1 "Chains of Domination" of the Shadowlands expansion. It is a massive corpsefly, one of the most imposing among the Necrolord Covenant mounts. The mount hatches from a Hatching Corpsefly Egg, which has a small chance to drop from the rare mob Fleshwing in Korthia.

The mount's name is a reference to William Golding's novel "Lord of the Flies" (1954). The fly has a unique model with putrid coloring and buzzing wings that produce a distinctive sound effect in flight.

• Unique appearance — the Lord of the Corpseflies is significantly larger than the ordinary corpseflies of Maldraxxus. It is one of the most menacing mounts in the game, fitting perfectly into the undead and Necrolord aesthetic
• Rarity — the egg's drop chance is under 1%, and farming is limited to one attempt per day per character. Few players are willing to spend weeks obtaining it, which makes the mount a rare sight
• Flying mount — it works both on the ground and in the air, available from level 10
• Account-wide — once obtained, the mount becomes available on all characters. Upon reaching 80 renown with the Necrolords, the covenant restriction is lifted, and the mount can be used by characters of any covenant
• Outdated content — at max level in Midnight (90), Korthia mobs die instantly, and the Fleshwing summoning event takes a couple of minutes

The process of obtaining the mount consists of several stages: joining the Necrolord Covenant, summoning the rare mob Fleshwing, obtaining the egg, and waiting for it to hatch.

1. Join the Necrolord Covenant. To do this, reach Oribos in the Shadowlands and choose the Necrolords. If you have previously completed the Shadowlands campaign, the choice is available immediately
2. Travel to Korthia. The zone is unlocked through the patch 9.1 quest chain; the starting quest is available in Oribos
3. Find the spawn point of the "Pile of Corpses" event at coordinates 59.8, 43.5 — southeast of Seeker's Quorum
4. Talk to the NPC Cadaverous to start the event. Only a Necrolord character can begin it
5. Collect 25 corpses of Defiled Necromancers — they glow purple and are scattered around the area. Pick up the corpses and carry them to the pile. You cannot use a mount, or the corpse will fall out of your hands
6. Once the "Pile of Corpses" bar is filled, Fleshwing will appear — kill it
7. With a small chance (~1%), Fleshwing will drop a Small Corpsefly Egg. Check your bag manually — the game may not show a notification about receiving it
8. Wait 3 days of real time. The egg will turn into a Hatching Corpsefly Egg
9. Right-click the hatching egg to receive the Lord of the Corpseflies mount

Respawn Timer

The event appears roughly once every 40 minutes. If Cadaverous is not present, the event was recently completed — wait.

Restrictions

• You can only kill Fleshwing once per day per character
• The egg can only drop for a character of the Necrolord Covenant
• The minimum renown level required for the drop is unconfirmed, but players report successful farming as early as renown level 8

If you are not yet a member of the Necrolord Covenant, here is how to get in.

First Character in Shadowlands

1. Complete the Shadowlands introductory quest chain (Bastion → Maldraxxus → Ardenweald → Revendreth)
2. Reach Oribos and speak with the Fatescribe in the Hall of Holding
3. Choose the Necrolord Covenant

Alternate Character

If your main character has already completed Shadowlands, an alt can skip the campaign:

1. Reach Oribos (via a portal from your faction capital)
2. Speak with the Fatescribe — they will offer to choose a covenant immediately, without completing the storyline
3. Choose the Necrolords

How to Reach Korthia

Korthia is a patch 9.1 zone, unlocked through an introductory quest chain:

1. Pick up the quest in Oribos (it appears automatically upon entering the Shadowlands after the 9.1 update)
2. Follow the chain — it will lead you to Korthia
3. Once the zone is unlocked, a portal for fast travel will appear in Oribos

Daily Plan

1. Log in to a Necrolord character
2. Use the portal to Korthia from Oribos
3. Fly to coordinates 59.8, 43.5
4. If Cadaverous is present — start the event, collect 25 corpses, kill Fleshwing
5. If Cadaverous is absent — wait up to 40 minutes or do other things in Korthia
6. Check your bag for the Small Corpsefly Egg
7. Repeat daily on each Necrolord character

Multiple Characters

The most efficient way to speed up farming is to use several Necrolord characters:

• Create or convert 2-3 alts to Necrolords
• Kill Fleshwing on each of them every day
• With three characters you get three attempts per day instead of one, which triples your chances

How Long It Will Take

With a drop chance of ~1% and one attempt per day per character, statistically it will take around 100 days of farming with a single character. With three characters, the timeframe shrinks to about 30-35 days. But RNG is unpredictable — some get the egg on their first kill, while others have to farm for months.

Macro Command

• The egg incubates even in the bank — you do not have to keep it in your bag
• Switching covenants does not affect the hatching process — the egg will keep incubating
• The 3-day timer counts in real time, not game time — you do not need to be online