Astral Emperor’s Serpent
Family: Cloud Serpent
Type: Limited Event / Mop Remix / Achievement
Zone: Vale of Eternal Blossoms
Achievement: Vale of Eternal Blossoms
Faction: Both
Recommended Level: Level 70
Skill Level: 2/10
The Astral Emperor’s Serpent is a golden version of the Astral Cloud Serpent. This is a new reward added to the Mists of Pandaria Remix Timerunning event from the Vale of Eternal Blossoms achievement, however you will get this mount on your retail characters also.
This event will start on the 16th of May, however this is a limited time and we are currently unsure if the event or the mount will return.
The Vale of Eternal Blossoms achievement has four sub achievements, however you only need to complete two of them. The two we would recommend are Looking for Group: Vale of Eternal Blossoms and Golden Lotus. However here are all four of the possible achievements and what you need to do for each.
Looking For Group: Vale of Eternal Blossoms
This achievement is relatively straight forward, you just need to complete the following dungeons and raids during MoP Remix
- Mogu’shan Palace – Available at level 40+
- Scarlet Halls – Available at level 10+
- Scarlet Monastery – Available at level 10+
- Scholomance – Available at level 10+
- Raid Finder: Terrace of Endless Springs – Available at level 40+
The dungeons are available during the leveling processes meaning you can double dip and do these dungeons/LFR when available during your leveling to get the achievement done and grab some exp.
Golden Lotus
This achievement is to get the Golden Lotus faction to Exalted. However during our testing on the PTR, the reputation gains were increased by a large amount, we assume this is intended for the live version also. If this is the case then you can grind out this factions reputation in 20-30 minutes.
The best method for grinding the reputation is the Quilen mobs that are constantly spawning at The Golden Stair in Vale of Eternal Blossoms. They are best farmed on a class that has access to a spammable damage spell, like a druid or warlock. However I recommend you wait until max level to farm these, as they give low experience and are quite the challenge for an underleveled character
August Celestials
This achievement is to get the August Celestials to Exalted. However this faction doesn’t have great ways of farming the reputation and mainly relies on the daily quests that will send you to a hub to aid one of the various celestials (Xuen, Niuzao, Chi’ji and Yu’lon).
You could look to farm the Zandalari Warscouts and Zandalari Warbringers, as they can drop reputation tokens for the August Celestials but it isn’t guarenteed and they do have a fairly lengthy respawn timer. The benefit though is that the Warbringers can drop one of three direhorn mounts and you’ll be getting reputation towards the other Pandaria factions which will award a bronze cache once Exalted. You can read more about the Warbringers here.
Elusive Foes: Vale of Eternal Blossoms
This achievement requires you to kill three of the 8 rares found within Vale of Eternal Blossoms. These are on roughly a 1-2 hour respawn timer, so getting the three rares you need may take quite some time but depending on your luck could also be done fairly quickly.
Ultimately it doesn’t matter which two you choose to complete, doing all four of them comes with the benefit of gaining the bronze tied to each of the achievements. Either way, complete the Vale of Eternal Blossoms achievement and you’ll get your Astral Emperor’s Serpent!