Saber cat mounts

“Fearsome and deadly to most, nightsabers are harmless kittens to the night elves.”

Saber mounts are saber cat mounts and the racial mounts of the night elf race. They come in a variety of breeds, including nightsabers, tigers, manasabers and other large feline creatures. While originally restricted to the Alliance, a number of neutral mounts available for both factions were introduced over time.

Alliance saber mounts

Darnassus faction mounts: Apprentice

These mounts give a 60% speed increase on land. You can purchase these mounts from Lelanai <Saber Handler>, in the Cenarion Enclave of eastern Darnassus so long as your character has riding skill of 75 (obtainable at level 20) and you either are a night elf or have Exalted reputation with Darnassus.

Darnassus faction mounts: Journeyman

These mounts give a 100% speed increase on land. You can purchase these mounts from Lelanai <Saber Handler>, in the Cenarion Enclave of eastern Darnassus so long as your character has riding skill of 150 (obtainable at level 40) and you either are a night elf or have Exalted reputation with Darnassus.

Original epic mounts

These used the old epic mount graphics and as of Patch 1.4 are no longer obtainable.

Argent Tournament

These following sabers can be purchased from the Darnassus quartermaster for the Argent Tournament. You must have completed Champion of Darnassus, or be a night elf, to gain access to this quartermaster.

Other saber mounts

While most sabers can only be obtained by the Alliance, these special mounts are mostly neutral, barring [Nightborne Manasaber] for the Horde.

Jewelcrafting

Main article: Crafted mounts#Jewelcrafting

Zen-level Jewelcrafters with an appropriate amount of reputation with the Order of the Cloud Serpent may learn the recipe to craft jeweled panther mounts. See the Jewelcrafting crafted mounts article for more information.

Drop

[Swift Zulian Panther] is a rare drop from High Priestess Kilnara in Zul'Gurub.
[Kaldorei Nightsaber] and Captured Umber Nightsaber drop in Darkshore.

Quest reward

[Arcanist's Manasaber] is rewarded upon completing [110] Fate of the Nightborne.
[Nightborne Manasaber] is a Horde mount, rewarded from [110] The Nightborne.

Vendor

[Swift Zulian Tiger] is occasionally listed at the Black Market Auction House for the opening bid of 20,000. It was originally a rare drop from High Priest Thekal in the original Zul'Gurub.