Harvester’s Dredwing
Family: Bat
Type: Low Drop
Zone: The Maw
Faction: Both
Drop Chance: 4%
Recommended Level: Level 60
Skill Level: 2/10
Guide
The Harvester’s Dredwing mount has a 4% drop chance from the Harvester’s War Chest. This chest is obtained by completing the Venthyr covenant assault in the Maw.
First, let’s go over how to get to the Maw if you’ve never been or need a refresher. Additionally, I will also go over how to unlock covenant assaults.
How to get to the Maw
If this is your first time playing Shadowlands, you will have to go through all the introductory quests. You will be taken to the Maw in the very first part but not much will be available to you. You must complete the linear storyline through the main four Shadowlands zones- Bastion, Maldraxxus, Ardenweald and Revendreth.
At the end of this, you will get the quest Choosing Your Purpose which allows you to select which covenant you’d like to be a member of. Once you’ve chosen a covenant and completed the first chapter of the associated campaign, Bolvar Fordragon should offer you a quest called The Highlord Calls which will lead into more quests that help you unlock the Maw and meet Ve’nari. I would highly recommend completing most of Ve’nari’s questline as she will send you to different parts of the Maw that you will need to visit later for the covenant assault. That being said, I do not think it is mandatory to do so.
After completing these questlines, you should be able to enter the Maw whenever you’d like by jumping into the Soul Pillar (glowing middle) from the Ring of Transference (second level of Oribos).
How to unlock covenant assaults
To unlock covenant assaults, you will need to complete chapter 2 “Maw Walkers” in the 9.2 Chains of Domination questline. Once you’ve completed that chapter, you should get the breadcrumb quest A Unified Effort from Bolvar Fordragon in Korthia.
Covenant Assault Info
You can check the Maw map at any time to see which covenant assault is available.
Alternatively, the Today in WoW section on the front page of Wowhead has this info under the Shadowlands section. Make sure to set your region for accuracy!
As you can see from the above image, covenant assaults rotate twice weekly.
For US servers, Covenant Assaults will rotate on Tuesdays at 8am PDT and on Fridays at 8pm PDT.
For EU servers, they’ll change on Wednesdays at 8am CET and on Saturdays at 8pm CET.
The covenant order is always Kyrian > Venthyr > Night Fae > Necrolord and then back to Kyrian.
As for the assaults themselves, they are fairly simple to do — you head to the area, talk to the leader, do the four quests you are given, and then complete a small scenario. The location of the assault and end scenario will change with each faction but the rest is the same formula.
I will now go into more depth about the Venthyr assault specifically. The Night Fae and Necrolord covenant assaults also have mounts if you’d like to check them out– Wild Hunt Legsplitter and Undying Darkhound.
Venthyr Covenant Assault
To start, go through the Oribos portal in your main city of Orgrimmar or Stormwind. You’ll then want to head to the top level of Oribos via the glowing teleporter squares around the middle. Once at the top, jump into the glowing middle and you’ll land in the Maw!
Once in the Maw, if you walk down the path a little, you should see a Venthyr Sinrunner with some Venthyr NPCs to your right. This is a fast travel option to the Tremaculum where the Venthyr covenant assault is!
After you’re finished the pony ride, you will be deposited in front of a giant named Burly Hurly. Click on him to get thrown up to where the questgivers are. Now, you’ll be up where Prince Renathal is.
Speaking to Renathal will allow you to begin the assault. You will then need to find the four quests in the area. I had two to the left of Renathal from Theotar and Niya, one from Renethal himself, and one to the right of Renathal from the Accuser.
About the Quests
If you do not see any quests being offered on your minimap, make sure to turn trivial quest tracking on. If you’re using base UI like I am, you can turn it on by going to the little binoculars icon next to the spot where it says your location above your minimap. Then, check off Trivial Quests as shown below. If you’re not using base UI or have changed yours around, it may be in a different location for you.
Now, you’ll probably have different quests than I did because they’re random. So, I can’t really explain what to do. Most quests involve killing things or picking things up off the ground in true WoW fashion. Venthyr does have some vehicle quests too like giving out tea with Tubbins and Gubbins. If you get stuck, there may be an extra action button or item you have to use on mobs. You can also look up the quest name on Wowhead and check the comment section. There are usually very helpful insights by other users explaining something about a quest if it’s not obvious at a glance.
End of the Assault
Once you’ve completed your four quests, you’ll need to return to Renathal who is now under the stairs at the coords 27.1 14. After they’ve all been turned in, you can click on General Draven behind Renathal to get to the last phase of the assault. For this part, you’ll need to turn four focusing prisms in Revendreth so that they will reflect sunlight through the venthyr mirrors onto the large monster.
Pick one venthyr mirror portal and go through it. Fight off any mobs near the focusing prism and turn it the correct way by clicking on it.
If you’d prefer to get this done as quickly as possible, the four focusing prisms are at the coordinates below. I would recommend just dragonriding to each location instead of going back to the Maw and through another portal. I found it much faster without having to suffer through two loading screens each time.
When you come back through the portal after turning all the mirrors, you’ll get a cutscene and the Harvester’s War Chest should appear in your inventory! Good luck on the Harvester’s Dredwing mount!