Swift Green Gryphon

Swift Green Gryphon is an epic Alliance flying mount added to World of Warcraft with The Burning Crusade expansion. It is one of the four "swift" gryphons of the Wildhammer clan — a large green-winged gryphon with thick plumage that serves as the oldest epic flight model for dwarves, humans and the rest of the Alliance races.

The mount is purchased directly from Wildhammer flying mount vendors — no drop, quest chains, reputation or raid runs required. The base price is 100 gold, and the discount is proportional to your reputation with the faction of the specific vendor. In The War Within the riding skill has been reworked, so the mount is effectively available to any Alliance alt from level 10 — you just need to save up a small sum and fly to the right NPC.

• Full epic flight speed — +280% movement speed in the air (with Master riding skill), one of the fastest flying mounts of the classic Alliance
• Unique green coloring — in the line of swift gryphons this is the only model with greenish plumage, which looks great against forest zones
• +1 to your mount collection counter — counts toward achievements for the number of mounts
• Account-wide access — after the first use the item is saved to the collection and becomes available to any Alliance character on your account
• Tied to the rest of the gryphon line — purchased from the same vendors as the Swift Red Gryphon, Swift Blue Gryphon and Swift Purple Gryphon. In a single trip to the NPC you can close out four lines in the collection at once
• No lotteries or farming — the price is fixed, the mount is granted guaranteed after purchase, unlike raid drops with a fraction-of-a-percent chance

In the current patch the riding system has been completely reworked: the flying skill is learned for free at level 10, and epic speed at 30. Therefore old restrictions like "level 70" and "5,000 gold for the skill" no longer apply. The reputation discount still works — at Exalted with the vendor's faction the price drops to roughly 80 gold.

The Swift Green Gryphon is sold by five Alliance NPCs. They all trade the same assortment of gryphons, so pick the closest one or the one with whom you have the highest reputation for a discount.

Tannok Frosthammer — Stormwind

The most convenient option for most players. The vendor stands at the Gryphon Roost in the Old Town of Stormwind, right next to the flight master Dungar Longdrink. You can reach him from any capital through a portal, and even a fresh alt won't have to fly far.

Grunda Bronzewing — Hellfire Peninsula

The gryphon vendor in Honor Hold — the first Alliance camp in Outland. Convenient if you have already passed through the portal to Outland from Stormwind: Honor Hold is right behind the arrival point. Reputation with Honor Hold usually rises "automatically" while leveling in Outland and gives a good discount.

Brunn Flamebeard — Shadowmoon Valley

Stands in Wildhammer Stronghold in the northwest of Shadowmoon Valley. This is the classic dwarven base of the Wildhammer clan on Draenor. The most convenient way to get there is by air from Shattrath or via the flight point in the Valley itself.

Durgan Thunderbeak — Borean Tundra

The gryphon vendor in Valiance Keep, the main Alliance base in the southwest of the Borean Tundra in Northrend. A convenient option if you use the portal from Stormwind to the Borean Tundra: Durgan stands right at the arrival point.

Mei Francis — Dalaran

A vendor of exotic mounts in Dalaran above Crystalsong. Located in the "Wonders of Mounting" shop in the south of the city. In addition to the standard gryphons, you can buy the epic Armored Battle Gryphon from her, as well as rare mounts from Northrend — a convenient place to close out several collection entries at once.

1. Log in on an Alliance character no lower than level 10. If you already have the riding skill (granted by default upon reaching level 10 in patch 11.0), you don't need to buy anything extra
2. Save up 100 gold. At level 80 this is no problem: one or two quests on the Dragon Isles or a few sold profession materials fully cover the need
3. Choose a convenient vendor. If you have no preference — fly to Tannok Frosthammer in Stormwind: this is the fastest route via capital portals
4. Walk up to the NPC and open the storefront. Find the Swift Green Gryphon in the list — the green gryphon icon is easy to tell apart from the other colors
5. Buy the item. It automatically binds to the character
6. Use the Swift Green Gryphon from your inventory — the mount will be learned and appear in the "Mounts" section (default key Shift+P)
7. Check the collection — after learning, the mount is available to all Alliance characters on your account

For a fresh alt or a returning player, the easiest place to start is Stormwind — it is accessible from any level through portals from the capitals and through the introductory quests of most races.

For experienced players the following routes are convenient:

• Stormwind → Outland. Use the portal to Outland in the Mage Quarter. After arriving at the Dark Portal, fly to Honor Hold and find Grunda Bronzewing
• Stormwind → Borean Tundra. Use the portal to Valiance Keep from the Mage Quarter. Durgan Thunderbeak stands near the docks, you won't have to search for long
• Dalaran above Crystalsong. You can get there via Carnelian, through Wrath of the Lich King heroic dungeons or via the hearthstone to Dalaran if it is already bound for you
• Wildhammer Stronghold. A long flight across all of Shadowmoon Valley. It makes sense to combine it with farming old TBC content or collecting transmog