Grand Expedition Yak & Grey/Blonde Riding Yak Preview

Grand Expedition Yak, aka the new Traveler's Tundra Mammoth

Yeah, it's not a rare spawn I know. Heck, it's not even a rare drop, but I just love mounts like this and wanted to share because I'm super excited about it. The Grand Expedition Yak is the Mists of Pandaria version of the Traveler's Tundra Mammoth. It comes with two vendors, and when the vendors are ejected it can carry two additional passengers.

The Grand Expedition Yak can be purchased from Uncle Bigpocket the Used Yak Salesgrummle at the Grummle Bazaar in Kun-Lai Summit. His pockets need to be big because this mount is looking like it's going to be another massive gold sink - which I totally approve of by the way. =)

Uncle Bigpocket, Yak Vendor

Red X = Where Uncle Bigpocket the Yak Vendor is Located

The Grand Expedition Yak originally cost 60k gold to purchase (before reputation discount), but most likely because of Blizzard's recent decision to make all gold-sink mounts account wide they have upped the price to a whopping 120,000 gold. It seems as if gaining reputation with the Grummles will lower the cost though. Notice how in the screenshot below the cost is 108,000 for my character. 

Reputation Discount

The vendors that the Grand Expedition Yak comes with are two little Grummles named Cousin Slowhands and Mystic Birdhat. Cousin Slowhands will repair your gear and he currently sells a variety of items including food, water, 14-slot bags and wood. I'd like to note that some of the food he sells is buff food, which I thought was quite interesting. If you look at the screenshot below you can see that the Tangy Yogurt gives a +200 haste buff and costs a mere 24silver. Mystic Birdhat will reforge your gear for you, naturally there is a fee.

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When the Grummle vendors are ejected, just like the one's on the Traveler's Tundra Mammoth, they will often say all sorts of curious things to convey their displeasure. My personal favorite that I've seen so far is the one in the screenshot below. 

Bah ha ha ha ha! The first thing I thought of when I saw that was playing Oregon Trail back when computers were half the size of a room. For nostalgia sake. ~

Well, enough of that. There are also two other mounts that you can purchase from Uncle Bigpocket, and those are the Grey Riding Yak and the Blonde Riding Yak.

Grey Riding Yak

Blond Riding Yak

I really like how both of these models look, and they are quite affordable at only 3k gold. With my reputation discount they were 2,700g. They currently seem to be missing sound when they rear up, I'm assuming that we be added in the near future. They also look kind of funny when they run, almost as if they were on steroids or something...

If you would like to see all three of these mounts in action check out the video below.