Cloudstrider

This article is about the Bastion creatures. For the blue drakonid, see Varos Cloudstrider.

Cloudstriders^[1] (also known as owl steeds^[2] and lighthoofs) are feathermanes found in Bastion. They resemble a mix between stags and birds, with hooves and antlers but also beaks and feathers.

Known

As a hunter pet

Main article: Feathermane

Cloudstriders are tamable by hunters as part of the Feathermane family. In order to tame Feathermanes, hunters must purchase the [Tome of the Hybrid Beast] from Pan the Kind Hand at Trueshot Lodge at a cost of 1000 .

Notes and trivia

During the Shadowlands alpha, cloudstriders originally used a model based on the [Swift Windsteed] mount. Some quests and items also referred to them as kirin,^[3]^[4] a reference to the qilin, a creature from Chinese mythology on which the Swift Windsteed's appearance is based. Later in the alpha, they received a new, unique model and almost all references to "kirin" were replaced with "cloudstrider".
- One reference to the old name and appearance remains in the world quest [60WQ] Express Dominance. When riding a Glimmerhoof Cloudstrider, players are granted a buff named Glimmerhoof Kirin, with the icon for the Swift Windsteed.