Vial of the Sands

• Vial of the Sands
• Mount
• Use: Teaches you how to transform into a dragon, allowing you to carry an ally on your back. This is a flying mount.
• Requires Level 80
• Requires Expert Riding
• Sell Price: 25

Sandstone Drake

Vial of the Sands is a mount that allows characters to transform into a [Sandstone Drake] flying mount capable of carrying another player. Learning this gives the achievement [Vial of the Sands].

Source

This item is created with Alchemy (525); taught by  [Recipe: Vial of the Sands].

Materials required:

	1x [Pyrium-Laced Crystalline Vial]			8x [Sands of Time]
	12x [Truegold]			8x [Flask of the Winds]
	8x [Flask of Titanic Strength]			8x [Deepstone Oil]

Mount Journal

Sandstone Drakes were studied in great detail long ago by the famed alchemist Walleye Sprysprocket. It has even been said that Walleye developed potions to mimic the drakes' physiology.

Raw Materials

• 1x [Pyrium-Laced Crystalline Vial] 5,000

Sold by Yasmin at the Oasis of Vir'sar in Uldum

• 8x [Sands of Time] 24,000

Sold by Yasmin, and Big Keech in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms for 3,000 each

• 12x [Truegold]

72x [Pyrite Ore] to make 36x [Pyrium Bar]

OR

24x [Elementium Ore] or 12x [Elementium Bar], 12x [Volatile Earth] and 12 daily transmutaion cooldowns to make 36x [Pyrium Bar].

AND

120x [Volatile Fire], 120x [Volatile Air], and 120x [Volatile Water].

• 8x [Flask of the Winds]

64x [Volatile Life], 64x [Azshara's Veil], 64x [Whiptail] and 8x [Crystal Vial].

• 8x [Flask of Titanic Strength]

64x [Volatile Life], 64x [Cinderbloom], 64x [Whiptail] and 8x [Crystal Vial].

OR ALTOGETHER:

128x [Volatile Life], 128x [Whiptail], 16x [Crystal Vial], 64x [Azshara's Veil] and 64x [Cinderbloom].

• 8x [Deepstone Oil]

8x [Albino Cavefish] fished from mercury in Deepholm.

Patches and hotfixes

• Patch 4.2.2 (2011-08-30): Use description changed slightly.
  
• Hotfix (2010-12-14): "The Alchemy mount Vial of the Sands is no longer Bind-on-Pickup."
  
• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Added.
  

External links

• Armory (EU)
• Wowhead
• WoWDB