The Liquid Hot Magma Slug is a mesmerizing, molten creature that oozes its way across the ground, leaving a trail of smouldering earth in its wake. Its glowing, semi‑liquid body, fiery orange carapace, and methodical, unstoppable movement make it a favourite among collectors who appreciate unconventional, elemental mounts. The flavour text captures its volcanic origin perfectly: “Also referred to as lava slugs once they breach Azeroth's crust.” For those who prefer mounts with a unique silhouette and a distinctively dangerous aesthetic, this magma slug stands out as one of the most memorable rewards from the Dragonflight Timewalking event.
Added in patch 12.0.7 “Midnight”, the Liquid Hot Magma Slug is a deterministic reward — a guaranteed prize for dedicated players who save their Timewarped Badges. Unlike random drop mounts that rely on luck, this slug is purchased directly from a vendor. There is no rare spawn to camp, no weekly RNG wall, and no endless repetition hoping for a 1% drop. Once you gather the required badges, the mount is yours. The only real limitation is timing: you must visit the vendor during the Dragonflight Timewalking week to complete the purchase.
The Liquid Hot Magma Slug is purchased from Xydan, the Dragonflight Timewalking vendor, for 5000 Timewarped Badges. The vendor appears in Valdrakken only during the active Dragonflight Timewalking week. This makes the mount much more about planning than luck. You are not waiting on a rare drop or a hidden trigger — the route is direct: gather badges, show up during the correct event week, and buy the mount outright.
Because Timewalking events rotate through different expansions, you cannot purchase this mount at any time. You must wait for the Dragonflight Timewalking rotation to appear on the calendar. Once it does, Xydan becomes accessible in Valdrakken with a full inventory of Dragonflight‑themed rewards, including the Liquid Hot Magma Slug.
The easiest way to reach Valdrakken is by using the Dragonflight portal from your faction capital. Both Orgrimmar and Stormwind have direct portals to the Dragon Isles, making travel quick and straightforward. Once in Valdrakken, the Timewalking vendor is located in the central hub, near the main fountain and the flight master area.
During the Dragonflight Timewalking week, Xydan will be marked on your minimap with the standard Timewalking vendor icon, making him easy to locate. If you do not see him, double‑check that the correct Timewalking event is active — Shadowlands or other expansions will have different vendors in different locations.
Timewarped Badges are the primary currency for all major Timewalking vendor rewards. The Liquid Hot Magma Slug requires the full 5000 badges. In practice, this means the mount is not something most players will pick up casually unless they have been stockpiling badges across previous events. If you want to buy it within a single cycle or make strong progress toward it, you need to approach the event efficiently and focus on activities that pay out the most badges.
The most reliable and endlessly repeatable source of badges is the Timewalking dungeon queue. Every run awards badges from bosses as well as from the final completion reward. Because there is no hard weekly cap on pure dungeon farming, repeated clears naturally become the backbone of the grind. For a vendor mount like this, most of your total currency will almost always come from dungeon spam rather than from one‑time quests alone.
The dungeons available during Dragonflight Timewalking are listed below, together with the usual amount 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 a quest that can be turned in to Xydan. This quest awards 500 Timewarped Badges for the first completion on your account that week, while additional completions on other characters award only 200.
That makes the first completion dramatically more valuable than every follow‑up turn‑in. If your goal is to buy the Liquid Hot Magma Slug during the current event cycle, claiming that first bonus as early as possible is one of the highest‑value moves you can make.
Some Timewalking rotations also feature Timewalking raids, and those raids come with their own large badge quests. The most notable examples are:
Each of these raids has a related quest, such as Disturbance Detected: Ulduar, and the first completion rewards a substantial badge payout. Even though not every one of these raids belongs to the same Timewalking rotation, they are still extremely relevant for long-term planning because many collectors build a badge reserve over several events and then spend it the moment the mount they want becomes available.
The Disturbance Detected quests generally require you to defeat the final boss of the featured raid. Because of that, many players use the Group Finder to look for skip groups, partial clears, or end-boss-focused groups instead of doing a full raid clear every single time.
Like Timewalking dungeons, completing a Timewalking raid also rewards a special quest item that can be turned in after the final boss dies for 500 Timewarped Badges. To receive that reward item, your character must be at least level 30.
After that first turn-in during the active event, all later turn-ins on the same cycle award only 300 Timewarped Badges. That major difference is exactly why the first completion has the highest value by far and should always be prioritized if you want to optimize your total badge income.
In addition to the badges, caches from quests like Disturbance Detected: Ulduar can also contain rare expansion-themed rewards. For example, during Wrath of the Lich King Timewalking, players have a chance to receive Invincible as a bonus reward from the cache.
If you are targeting the Liquid Hot Magma Slug specifically, the most efficient method is to secure all large one‑time rewards first and only then move into pure dungeon farming.
Players who already maintain a healthy badge reserve from earlier Timewalking cycles may be able to buy this mount almost immediately once Dragonflight Timewalking begins. For players starting from zero, however, the grind becomes much longer, so every early quest reward matters.
It is also important to remember that having the badges is only part of the requirement. You still need to visit Xydan during the active Dragonflight Timewalking event. If you miss the event window, you will have to wait for the next rotation.
Because the Liquid Hot Magma Slug is purchased directly from a vendor rather than obtained as a random drop, this grind is much more predictable than the average mount farm. That removes the frustration of bad RNG, but it also means poor planning immediately turns into wasted time.
Another useful detail is that Xydan offers more than one collector‑friendly Dragonflight‑themed reward. If there are other items, pets, transmogs, or mounts you want from the same vendor, it often makes more sense to plan for a larger badge total rather than stopping exactly at 5000.
Since this mount is tied to repeated dungeon clears, efficient routing, and tracking event rewards across several characters, a few simple add‑ons can make the entire process much smoother.
For players farming badges on multiple characters, SavedInstances is especially useful because it lets you check which alts have already completed their valuable event activities and which ones can still be used for extra progress.
