Saltwater Seahorse

Saltwater Seahorse is a swimming mount added to World of Warcraft in patch 8.1 "Tides of Vengeance" of the Battle for Azeroth expansion. It is a massive, bright-golden seahorse with orange coloring that shares its model with the Vashj'ir Seahorse from Cataclysm and the Tamed Seahorse from Nazjatar.

Unlike its two "relatives", this mount does not require a rare drop or a long achievement — it is sold for Island Expeditions currency.

The mount's main purpose is fast underwater travel. It grants +100% swim speed, and this bonus does not depend on your riding skill.

• One of the few aquatic mounts in the game — WoW has very few specialized underwater means of transport, and the Saltwater Seahorse fills this niche for your entire account
• +100% speed in water — you swim twice as fast as usual. This bonus is fixed and does not increase with riding skills, but it also doesn't decrease even if you ride on a character without maxed-out skill
• Free use outside Nazjatar — unlike the Tamed Seahorse, which can only be summoned in Nazjatar, the Saltwater mount works in any water of the game world
• Guaranteed acquisition — unlike most other Island Expeditions mounts, which drop with a tiny chance from the loot cache, this mount is sold for a fixed price of 500 Seafarer's Dubloon. You always know how much is left until your goal
• Nostalgic BfA content — Island Expeditions remain an accessible option for solo runs and offer several rewards at once: mounts, pets, transmog, gold
• Account-wide availability — once purchased, the mount unlocks for all characters on your account, regardless of faction

At max level 90, Island Expeditions are cleared solo without difficulty. If you are starting a new account or farming on an alt, make sure your character has completed the BfA intro quest and gained access to the Island dock.

The mount is sold by one of two vendors depending on your faction.

Alliance — Captain Klarisa

Captain Klarisa is located in Boralus Harbor in the Trader's Market district. This is the northeastern quarter of the city, right by the water, next to the Island dock. Use the Alliance portal in Stormwind to quickly reach Boralus.

/way Tiragarde Sound 69.0 25.5 Captain Klarisa

Horde — Captain Zen'taga

Captain Zen'taga stands in the Port of Zandalar in Zuldazar, next to the Horde Expedition's Island dock. The Horde portal in Orgrimmar leads straight to Dazar'alor.

/way Zuldazar 56.7 65.3 Captain Zen'taga

Both vendors accept the same currency — Seafarer's Dubloon. The mount's price is the same for both factions — 500 dubloons.

Dubloons are the currency you earn from Island Expeditions. There are two main ways to earn them:

1. On the island itself during the expedition — coins are scattered on the ground. Picking up one coin grants one dubloon to the entire group
2. At the end of the run — for completing the expedition you receive a Seafarer's Sack or a Seafarer's Bag, inside which is a small stack of dubloons

In patch 11.0 (The War Within), Seafarer's Dubloons gained the status of a currency that transfers between characters on the same account. Now all your farming can be pooled in a shared wallet and spent on a single character.

Where to get an expedition

• Alliance — Flynn Fairwind at the dock in Boralus
• Horde — Captain Rez'okun in the Port of Zandalar

Talk to the captain, choose the "Private Expedition" mode and the difficulty — "Normal", "Heroic" or "Mythic". In solo mode you face a single-player run with no other players.

Mythic difficulty — the fastest farm

The most efficient way to gather 500 dubloons is to spam Mythic Island Expeditions solo:

1. Choose "Private Expedition (Mythic)"
2. One run at level 80 takes 3–6 minutes, depending on the island and class
3. For a single Mythic expedition you receive on average 12–14 dubloons, in the best runs — up to 25–30
4. In total, 500 dubloons can realistically be gathered in 40–60 runs, that is, in 3–5 hours of active play

Normal and Heroic difficulties yield noticeably fewer dubloons, so there is no point in farming them — especially since the clear time is comparable.

1. At max level (or any level with BfA access), arrive in your campaign capital: Boralus for the Alliance, Zuldazar for the Horde
2. Find the Island dock and talk to the private expeditions captain (Flynn Fairwind / Captain Rez'okun)
3. Launch "Private Expedition (Mythic)" and clear it solo
4. During the expedition, collect golden coins from the ground — this speeds up the farm
5. At the end of the run, open the bags of dubloons you received
6. Repeat until you accumulate 500 Seafarer's Dubloon
7. Fly to Captain Klarisa in Boralus or to Captain Zen'taga in Zuldazar
8. Buy the Saltwater Seahorse and use the item — the mount will appear in the collection on all characters

Thanks to the combined group wallet, you have several ways to speed up accumulating dubloons:

• Pool the farm in a shared bank — any character who has completed the BfA intro campaign can farm expeditions and top up the shared dubloon total
• Don't spend the currency on small things — if your goal is the mount, save up the target sum and spend it all at once, without scattering it on consumable items
• Mix with other Island Expeditions mounts — while you farm expeditions, other rare mounts drop from the caches with a low chance

• Play a fast class — paladins, monks, druids and demon hunters clear Mythic expeditions faster than the rest thanks to mobility and damage on large groups
• Collect coins along the way — each golden coin on the ground on the island grants an additional dubloon to the entire group. It's best to plan your route to catch as many coins as possible
• Don't rush to kill the enemy AI team — the goal of the expedition is to gather azerite. If you are going for speed, it's easier to kill mobs with high azerite value than to chase the enemy NPCs
• Check the captains' stock once a week — if new cosmetic items you don't have appear in the shop, it makes sense to save up dubloons for their price
• The mount is universal — after purchase you can summon it in any body of water in the game: Vashj'ir, Nazjatar, the underwater zones of Battle for Azeroth and The War Within. This makes it a convenient permanent swimming mount for the entire account
• The speed does not scale — remember that the +100% swim is fixed, so effects that speed up mounts have no effect on the seahorse. But slows also work weaker
• Don't confuse it with the Nazjatar story mount — the Tamed Seahorse is granted for an early quest in Nazjatar and works only in that zone. The Saltwater Seahorse is a separate mount without such restrictions