Ancestral War Bear
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Looted from the Honored Warrior's Cache, a treasure inside the base of a tree in Solemn Valley in Zul'Aman, below the mountain west of the Temple of Akil'zon. The cache has to be clicked once to start its challenge; that makes four Honored Warrior's Urns appear near the temples of the four Amani loa. Each urn calls up a level 90 Chosen to defeat (Nalorakk's, Halazzi's, Jan'alai's and Akil'zon's), and each Chosen drops a token: Bear Tooth, Lynx Claw, Dragonhawk Feather and the eagle's. With all four tokens the cache opens, and the mount is in it.
Time there about 2 min a visit
Guides Wowhead: Zul'Aman Rares and Treasures - Locations, Tips, and Rewards · Method: Ancestral War Bear · wow.gg: Ancestral War Bear
Before you go
- The four tokens, after the first click on the cache: urns at 32.7, 83.5 (Nalorakk's Chosen, on a rock east of Nalorakk's Prowl), 34.5, 33.5 (Halazzi's Chosen, above a lynx den east of the Temple of Halazzi), 54.8, 22.4 (Jan'alai's Chosen, just south of the Temple of Jan'alai) and 51.6, 84.9 (Akil'zon's Chosen, on a ridge south of the Temple of Akil'zon), then back to the cache · about 0.3 h
In all: about 0.3 h of play, starting from nothing.
Getting there
/way Zul'Aman 46.9 81.9 - Take the portal from Wizard's Sanctum to Silvermoon*
- Fly the rest of the way
- Take the portal from Orgrimmar to Silvermoon*
- Fly the rest of the way
/way is for the TomTom addon. Travel times are estimates: flying at 55 yards a second in a straight
line and 30 seconds for a portal. A star marks a portal that needs a quest or other unlock done first.
Notes and sources
Wowhead has the mount in 1,626 of 1,693 recorded loots of the cache (96%); the other loots are not explained, and every guide treats it as certain.
The urns do not show until the cache has been clicked (Wowhead's guide, updated 2026; a 2026 comment; wow.gg). The Chosen are level 90 whatever the character's level (warcraftmounts.com; a 2026 comment from a level 83). The fourth token is an Eagle Talon in Method and wow.gg and an Eagle Feather in Wowhead's guide and on warcraftmounts.com.
Coordinates of the cache:
- Method 46.86, 81.93
- Wowhead's top comment 46.83, 81.86
- Wowhead's guide 46.9, 82.2
The way into the tree is at 47.0, 82.3 (warcraftmounts.com, wow.gg). The two minutes on the spot are the two visits to the cache; the loop between them is the second requirement.
The cache counts for the achievement Treasures of Zul'Aman. The item asks for level 10; wow.gg asks for level 80-90. Whether the cache can be looted once per character or once for the warband is not established. Added in patch 12.0.1 (wiki).
Confidence in this entry: high. Looked up in 2026.
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