Spotted Frostsaber

Reins of the Spotted Frostsaber is a night elf ground mount from the original World of Warcraft, one of four racial saber models in a white winter coloring. Visually it is a large cat with long fangs, thick white fur dotted with gray and black spots, and blue eyes. These were the very sabers the night elves rode through the forests of Teldrassil before the events of Battle for Azeroth.

The mount is purchased from a special vendor in the night elf capital. If you play a night elf, you simply need to walk up to the right NPC with 1 gold in your pocket. Members of other Alliance races will need to reach Revered with the Darnassus faction — that is the only reputation requirement. The mount is unavailable to Horde characters.

• Completing your collection — one of the most accessible Alliance racial mounts. After purchase, the mount unlocks on every character on your account.
• Achievement progress — it counts toward Cavalry Commander (50 mounts), Mountain o' Mounts (100 mounts), and all subsequent collector threshold achievements.
• Transmog for a mounted look — the white fur and winter coloring pair well with icy weapon and gear themes.
• Maximum ground mount speed — after learning Apprentice Riding, the mount travels with the same bonus as the epic variants: +60% or +100% depending on your overall riding skill.
• One of seven sabers from Lelanai — while you are at the vendor, it is convenient to knock out several models for your collection at once.

Before Battle for Azeroth, Lelanai stood in the Cenarion Enclave in old Darnassus. After the burning of Teldrassil and the founding of the new night elf capital — Bel'ameth among the roots of Amirdrassil — the vendor relocated there along with the rest of the community. In The War Within (patch 11.1), you will find her in Bel'ameth, near the riding trainer Jartsam.

Approximate in-game coordinates for Lelanai in Bel'ameth:

How to get to Bel'ameth

1. Fly to Stormwind
2. Head to the Mage Quarter in the southern part of the city and enter the Wizard's Sanctum
3. Climb the stairs to the upper level — at the back of the hall there is a portal to Bel'ameth
4. Step through the portal — you will arrive in Bel'ameth at roughly 55, 63
5. Move southeast from the portal plaza toward the area where the riding animals and mount vendors are located — Lelanai will be near the saber pavilion

If you play a druid, a dedicated portal to Bel'ameth has appeared in the Emerald Dream — an even faster route. Alternatively, you can use the Dreamwalk hearthstone or a hearthstone set to Bel'ameth at the city's innkeeper.

1. Check the faction requirements. The mount is unavailable to Horde characters — it is sold only to Alliance members.
2. Check your reputation with Darnassus. Open the reputation panel (press U → Reputation tab → Alliance → Darnassus). If you are a night elf, the value does not matter — the purchase is open by racial right. For all other Alliance races, you need the Revered level.
3. Save up 1 gold. At max level this is a symbolic sum.
4. Head to Bel'ameth via the portal in the Wizard's Sanctum in Stormwind.
5. Find Lelanai at coordinates 51.4, 65.8. If a non-night-elf has not reached Revered, the vendor will say, "You are not revered enough with me," and the mount list will remain empty.
6. Open the trade window and buy Reins of the Spotted Frostsaber. The item will appear in your bag.
7. Right-click the reins — the mount will be added to your mount journal and become available to all characters on your account.

Reputation with the night elves is earned slowly but predictably. The most reliable methods in the current patch:

• Story quests in Teldrassil, Darkshore, Ashenvale, and Stonetalon Mountains — the main bulk source of reputation points while leveling.
• Turning in Runecloth to Raedon Duskstalker in Darnassus (the historical location) or to his successor in Bel'ameth. Each turned-in set of 60 Runecloth grants 75 reputation.
• The Exodar of Darnassus at the Argent Tournament — emissary Rook Hawkfist and the daily Tournament tasks in Icecrown also fill the reputation bar.
• Racial bonus — if you already have a night elf character with the "Patronage of the Vanguard" trait learned, it gains accelerated reputation growth with allied factions.

In total, reaching Revered with Darnassus "from scratch" takes a few hours of focused cloth turn-ins or one to two weeks of routine Tournament tasks.

While you are at the vendor, it makes sense to knock out the remaining racial sabers. They all work through reputation (or the night elf race) too, and count toward mount collector achievements.

Mount	Price	Speed
Reins of the Spotted Frostsaber	1 gold	+60%/+100%
Reins of the Striped Frostsaber	1 gold	+60%/+100%
Reins of the Striped Nightsaber	1 gold	+60%/+100%
Reins of the Striped Dawnsaber	1 gold	+60%/+100%
Reins of the Swift Frostsaber	10 gold	+60%/+100%
Reins of the Swift Mistsaber	10 gold	+60%/+100%
Reins of the Swift Stormsaber	10 gold	+60%/+100%

All seven models share the same animation and speed — the difference is only in fur color and distinctive markings.