Shadowlands Secrets

Shadowlands hid mounts and pets across the afterlives, from a talking horse to a giant hand.

Shadowlands spread its secrets across the five afterlives and the Maw. Some were gentle, like nursing an old horse back to health over six days in Revendreth or getting four friends to pet a litter of larion cubs in Bastion. Others were long grinds: the Bound Shadehound asked for Stygia, rune puzzles and codex pages in the Maw, and the Hand of Nilganihmaht needed rings from across the Maw and Korthia. Zereth Mortis closed the expansion with a rare that has to be lured out and a hearthstone that stayed unsolved for two years. Many of these secrets can still be done today, although a few depend on Covenant or zone features.

Full walkthroughs

MountSinrunner BlanchyNurse a ghostly old horse back to health over six days in Revendreth.MountSlime SerpentClear Plaguefall alone, then go back and pet a curious slime.Battle petCourageNine larion cubs, five quick pats and one very demanding kitten.Battle petGlimrA lost tribe of purple murlocs in Northrend and an egg that needs looking after.MountBound ShadehoundSolve a rune puzzle, forge an armoured husk and bind a wolf's soul to it, all in the Maw.MountHand of NilganihmahtFive rings from the Maw and the Rift, placed one per finger on a giant hand.MountDeepstar PolypA jellyfish mount from a sea monster that only rises for a lure made by Lady Vashj herself.ToyEnlightened HearthstoneSix thinkers on six pillars open a portal that stayed shut for two years.

Every Shadowlands secret

• 9.0 Sinrunner BlanchyFull guide
  Nurse an old, sick horse back to health over six days.
• 9.0 Slime SerpentFull guide
  A secret mount hidden in Plaguefall.
• 9.0.2 CourageFull guide
  Pet five of the nine Larion Cubs at Nemea's Retreat in Bastion within about ten seconds (easiest with five players), and Courage appears for half a minute.
• 9.0.1 Glimr's Cracked EggFull guide
  A hidden quest chain near Venture Bay in the Grizzly Hills ends with a Glimmerfin murloc hatchling.
• 9.0.5 Bound ShadehoundFull guide
  Farm Stygia, solve rune puzzles and collect codex pages in the Maw, then summon and tame a feral shadehound.
• 9.1 Hand of NilganihmahtFull guide
  Reassemble a ring for a hand-shaped mount.
• 9.2 Deepstar PolypFull guide
  Baroness Vashj makes an Aurelid Lure from Strange Goop and fish and vines from Zangarmarsh, Nazjatar and Vashj'ir. It draws Hirukon out at the Dimensional Falls in Zereth Mortis.
• 9.2 Enlightened HearthstoneFull guide
  Six players holding the Sphere of Enlightened Cogitation stand on the pillars around the Forge of Afterlives. Solved in 2024.

Secrets without a full guide are listed so you can see everything this expansion hides.