Patch 9.0.5 is online and numerous players are storming the live servers of WoW: Shadowlands to secure the wandering ancient world. After all, they voted (maybe not) for the community mount and waited long enough for it. But where is the mount? For many players it means: wait and see and sip the sour meat smoothie.

Blizzard held a community poll last year to choose a new mount to be added to World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, and the Wandering Ancient, a giant, lumbering, sentient tree, won. Now, that arboreal ambler has been added to the game, free for anyone with the Shadowlands expansion to claim. This includes people that buy the expansion in the future.

Spring has arrived, and with it the Wandering Ancient mount is changing over from its white winter wonderland appearance to a leafy green spring one on March 21st. At BlizzConline, we learned that the Free Shadowlands Mount Contest winner would alter its appearance with the passing of each season, with this change marking the second part of its four season cycle.

Players with Shadowlands will find the Ancient Wanderer in their Mount Collection tab. If you don’t have the Shadowlands yet, don’t worry, you’ll receive the Wandering Ancient mount even if you buy it at a later date.

While Wandering Ancient was initially destined to arrive with the big Chains of Domination update, it was removed earlier with the smaller 9.0.5 update instead. While we don’t have a release window yet for the big Chains of Domination update, it’s set to bring a lot of changes and new content to the game when it goes live.

But where is the mount? Not in the mail. Not in the collection. And there is no tree that can be ridden in the garden. For many players, unfortunately, it means: wait and see and sip sour meat smoothie. On the official website, those responsible at Blizzard currently state:

"Not all ancients are interested in war or lore, some just want to travel the world!"

In addition to the springtime color scheme, the mount special animation has also changed slightly, with the ice shard variation being replaced by apples shaking out of the Wandering Ancient’s branches. The pinecone and Pepe variants have als received small changes, as the Pepe no longer sports a Santa hat.

The Wandering Ancient came out on top against a magical flying book, a giant spider, a chonky caterpillar, and a sticky saber cat (yes). Similar creatures have been trundling around Azeroth, wild and free, since the game’s launch and I guess a lot of players have been wondering what it would be like to ride one, so here we are. Who cares how ancient and wise they’re meant to be, you ride that big ol’ colour-changing tree. No news on whether they can be set on fire or not.

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