World of Warcraft recently announced the return of the Mage Tower, a series of difficult solo challenges that were popular during the Legion expansion. With the Tower's return in Shadowlands Patch 9.1.5 via Timewalking, Blizzard has revealed new rewards for players that tackle the updated challenges, the latest of which is a special mount that may be familiar to players who voted in last year's Shadowlands Mount Poll.
The poll, which was held during September of 2020 in the months leading up to the release of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, allowed players to vote on one of five concepts, the winner of which would be turned into a mount that all players get for free. Of the concepts, the Wandering Ancient mount was victorious, with the Gooey Slimesaber, Curious Caterpillar, Soaring Spelltome, and Nerubian Swarmer never seeing the light. With the return of the Mage Tower, the Soaring Spelltome has made a triumphant return; and with excellent, unique animations to boot.
The Soaring Spelltome will be the reward for players that earn the achievement "A Tour of Towers," which can be earned by completing all seven of the unique challenges available in the Timewalking version of the Mage Tower. The Mage Tower will be available only during Legion Timewalking, which will be added to World of Warcraft's cycle of Timewalking events. As each of the challenges can only be challenged by certain class and specialization combos, players will need to level multiple characters to get their hands on this terrific tome.
The mount itself is exceptionally detailed. With arcane particle effects and detailed script on the book's pages, as well as a fully unique model and animations, the Spelltome is on par with the quality one would expect from a rare mount from World of Warcraft's harder challenges, or even one purchased from the cash shop. While the player character's animations have not yet been revealed for the special mount pose, the unfinished emote looks both flashy and stylish so far.
The fact that this mount ended up making it into World of Warcraft after losing the poll is pretty exciting. The Soaring Spelltome came in the penultimate position, with only the Nerubian Swarmer scoring lower than it did. Now that World of Warcraft has added the second of the poll's losers to the game, players are crossing their fingers, hoping to see the others follow suit. With the level of detail put into the Wandering Ancient, who changes colors with the seasons, and the incoming Spelltome, one can only imagine what the Slimesaber, Caterpillar, or Nerubian Swarmer mounts could look like.
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is available now for PC.
Source: Wowhead