Compass Rose
Family: Disc
Type: Promotion / Low Drop
Zone: Durotar or Stormwind or Valdrakken
Drops From: Dr. Boom
Faction: Both
Recommended Level: Level 70
Skill Level: 2/10
Guide
The Compass Rose mount has a chance to drop from the event boss Dr. Boom in Valdrakken, Stormwind or Durotar. This mount was released for the Hearthstone’s 10th Anniversary event. It is currently unknown if it will be available again.
Event Info
The Hearthstone Anniversary event was available from March 11th to March 22nd 2024. Twice an hour at x:00 and x:30, an Ominous Portal will spawn in Valdrakken, Durotar, and Stormwind simultaneously. When the timer is up, it will spawn two iconic Hearthstone minions you must fight. Once one of the minions is killed, Dr. Boom will then spawn. He is the mob that drops the loot so make sure to tag him!
Due to the location of the event and the sheer number of people participating, it can be really demanding on your computer. If you’re having a lot of issues with lag, I would suggest using the Overtuned Corgi Goggles or Eyes For You Only toy if you have them. These toys tune out other player characters which I found very helpful for both lag and clarity purposes!
How to participate
To start, head to your choice of either Valdrakken, Durotar or Stormwind at the coordinates given below.
Once you’re there, you should see an Ominous Portal if the event is active. If you get there late, it may have already happened on your server. You can mouse over the Ominous Portal to see how long until the bosses will spawn.
Two Hearthstone minion bosses will spawn– Patches and either the Chillwind Yeti or Boulderfist Ogre. Defeating one of these will cause the final boss, Dr. Boom, to spawn. You MUST get a tag on Dr. Boom to be able to loot; the other two don’t matter at all.
After killing the boss on your server, I would highly recommend looking in the custom section of group finder for other groups. The event seems to start slightly later on certain shards so you can get multiple attempts in every hour via grouphopping. You could also try to get to the other portal locations on your server to see if it’s still available. There is NO loot lockout on Dr. Boom so you can kill him as many times as you want.
Other items Dr. Boom can drop: Sarge (pet), Stone of the Hearth (toy), The Tavern’s Tabard (tabard), Collector’s Carryall (36 slot bag) and the transmog items Reno’s Lucky Hat and Taverner’s Belt.
For the other 10th Hearthstone Anniversary promotion mount, see Fiery Hearthsteed.