The Eclipse Dragonhawk is one of the most recognizable Timewalking mounts for players who enjoy the classic blood elf and Outland visual style. Its dark violet palette, bright magical accents, and sleek dragonhawk silhouette make it stand out immediately among older flying mounts, especially for collectors who prefer elegant TBC-era models over bulky armored beasts or modern overdesigned rewards.
What makes the Eclipse Dragonhawk especially appealing is the fact that its acquisition is completely predictable. There is no random drop chance, no weekly raid reset, and no need to rely on rare luck. Once you collect enough Timewarped Badges, you can purchase it directly. The only real restriction is timing, because the mount is available only while The Burning Crusade Timewalking event is active.
The Eclipse Dragonhawk can be purchased from Cupri in Shattrath City for 5000 Timewarped Badges. This mount can only be purchased during The Burning Crusade Timewalking event, so even if you already have enough currency saved, you still need to wait for the correct Timewalking week before you can buy it.
Unlike rare mount farms tied to bosses or low-probability drops, this one is all about efficient currency gain. That makes the process much more stable and much easier to plan around, but it also means wasted time matters more. If you want to get the Eclipse Dragonhawk as quickly as possible, your main objective is to maximize badge income during the event rather than simply running content at random.
To reach Cupri, head to the portal room in either Stormwind or Orgrimmar and take the portal to Shattrath City.
If you are Alliance, the Shattrath portal is on the right side of the main portal room, just past the Jade Forest portal. If you are Horde, the route is slightly less obvious. Right before entering the main portal hall, there is a doorway on the left side that leads down to the secondary portal room with older expansion destinations.
Once you reach the bottom of the stairs in the Horde portal area, you will see several older portals grouped together. The one on the far left leads to Shattrath City in Outland. Enter it, and you will arrive directly in the Terrace of Light section of the city.
Shattrath portal Stormwind
Shattrath portal Orgrimmar
After you enter Shattrath, Cupri will be standing on the upper ledge in the Terrace of Light, near where you appear after using the portal. She is the permanent Timewalking vendor for The Burning Crusade event and sells the Eclipse Dragonhawk together with other TBC-themed rewards.
Timewarped Badges are the central currency for Timewalking vendors, and the Eclipse Dragonhawk costs a full 5000. That means this is not the kind of mount you casually pick up after a few nostalgic runs unless you have been saving badges for a long time already. To get it efficiently, you need to understand which Timewalking activities offer the strongest returns during the short event window.
The most reliable and fully repeatable source of badges is still the Timewalking dungeon queue. Every dungeon awards badges from bosses and from the completion bonus itself, and since there is no strict weekly cap on raw dungeon farming, repeated runs form the foundation of the entire grind. For most players targeting a vendor mount, dungeon spam will provide the largest share of the total currency.
The 6 dungeons available during The Burning Crusade Timewalking are listed below, together with the usual number of Timewarped Badges you can expect from each run:
The first Timewalking dungeon you complete on a character during the active week will also start The Swirling Vial, a quest that can be turned in directly to Cupri. This rewards 500 Timewarped Badges for the first completion on your account during that event week, while subsequent completions on other characters award 200 instead.
Because of that, the very first completion is dramatically more valuable than every later one. If your goal is to buy the Eclipse Dragonhawk as quickly as possible, securing that early bonus should be one of the first things you do when The Burning Crusade Timewalking starts.
Some Timewalking rotations also include Timewalking raids, and those come with large badge quests of their own. The most notable examples are:
Each of these raids has a related quest, such as Disturbance Detected: Black Temple, and the first completion grants a major badge payout. Even though these raids belong to different Timewalking cycles, they are still highly relevant for players preparing for expensive future purchases, because many collectors build up a large badge reserve across multiple Timewalking events and then spend it the moment the desired mount becomes available.
The Disturbance Detected quests generally require you to defeat the final boss of the featured raid. That is why many players look specifically for skip groups, partial clears, or end-boss-only groups in the Group Finder instead of committing to a full clear every time the event appears.
Just like with Timewalking dungeons, completing a Timewalking raid also rewards a special quest item that can be turned in for 500 Timewarped Badges after the final boss dies. To receive that reward item, your character must be at least level 30.
After that first turn-in during the active event, additional turn-ins on the same cycle reward only 300 Timewarped Badges. That huge difference is exactly why the first completion has the highest value and should always be prioritized if you are trying to optimize your total badge gain.
On top of the badges, caches from quests like Disturbance Detected: Black Temple can also contain rare expansion-themed rewards. For example, during Wrath of the Lich King Timewalking, players have a chance to receive Invincible as an extra reward from the cache.
If you are targeting the Eclipse Dragonhawk specifically, the most efficient strategy is to claim all high-value one-time rewards first and only then settle into repeated dungeon farming.
Players who already keep a healthy reserve of badges from earlier Timewalking events may be able to buy this mount almost immediately once TBC Timewalking begins. For everyone else, starting from zero makes the grind much longer, so every early bonus matters.
It is also important to remember that having enough badges is only one part of the process. You still need to visit Cupri during the active The Burning Crusade Timewalking event. If you miss the event window, you will need to wait for the next rotation.
Because the Eclipse Dragonhawk is a vendor purchase rather than an RNG drop, the grind is far more predictable than most traditional mount farms. That removes the frustration of bad luck, but it also means that poor planning directly slows you down.
Another useful point is that Cupri sells more than one attractive TBC-themed reward. If there are other items, toys, or collectibles you want from the same vendor, it usually makes more sense to set a higher badge goal in advance rather than stopping exactly at 5000.
Since this mount is tied to repeated dungeon clears, efficient routing, and tracking event rewards across characters, several simple addons can make the process much smoother.
For players farming badges across multiple characters, SavedInstances is especially valuable because it lets you check which alts have already completed their high-value event activities and which ones can still contribute extra progress.
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