Russet Ruinstrider
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Sold as Reins of the Russet Ruinstrider by Toraan the Revered, the Argussian Reach emissary aboard the Vindicaar on Argus, for 10,000 gold at Exalted with the Argussian Reach.
Time there about 2 min a visit
Before you go
- Argus opened: the Broken Shore assault, The Hand of Fate from Dalaran and the Argus campaign, which brings the Vindicaar and the Argus world quests · about 4 h
- Exalted with the Argussian Reach, 42,000 reputation from Neutral: the Argus campaign itself, the Argussian Reach world quests in Krokuun and Eredath, the rare elite world quests on Argus, the faction's emissary when it comes up, and the weekly quests Invasion Onslaught and Fuel of a Doomed World (1,000 each) · about 18 h over 7 weeks
- 10,000 gold
In all: about 22 h of play, spread over 7 weeks, 10,000 gold, starting from nothing.
Getting there
/way The Vindicaar 56 30 - Take the portal from Wizard's Sanctum to Azsuna*
- Use the Lightforged Beacon on Krasus' Landing in Dalaran to teleport to the Vindicaar*
- Ride the rest of the way
- Take the portal from Pathfinder's Den to Azsuna*
- Use the Lightforged Beacon on Krasus' Landing in Dalaran to teleport to the Vindicaar*
- Ride 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
Same vendor, price and standing as the Amethyst and Beryl Ruinstriders: Toraan sells six ruinstriders at Exalted for 10,000 gold each (Amethyst, Beryl, Cerulean, Russet, Sable and Umber), so one climb to Exalted serves all six. The place given above, the Argus requirement and the hours and days are taken from those two so that the six agree; Toraan's coordinates (Wowhead's, on the Vindicaar's own map) were not read again. The wiki's pages for the reins, for Toraan and for the faction give the vendor, the price, the standing and the reputation sources.
The weekly rate, and so the seven weeks, is the weak figure: the wiki gives no amounts for the storyline or the world quests. Wowhead's reputation guide (a player's guide, last updated 2020; it lists the Russet Ruinstrider at Exalted for 10,000) says a character is Friendly on the way to Honored when the Argus story is done. Its amounts:
- an Argussian Reach world quest 150
- the emissary 1,500 for four of them
- each of the three weekly Seat of the Triumvirate quests 250
- an Argussian Reach Insignia 250, and a Greater one 750
A 2019 comment on the guide reports 7,000-8,000 reputation in a couple of hours from the two weekly quests, the dungeon quest and the world quests then up. That fits the 6,000 a week assumed here and would mean fewer hours than given.
Reputation is still per character today: Blizzard Watch reports that patch 12.1.5, which it dates 13 October 2026, makes Legion reputations, the Argussian Reach among them, shared by the warband; how standings on several characters are merged was not yet known.
The wiki's lore text says Toraan is no longer seen aboard after the Argus campaign, but its patch history has housing decor added to his stock in patch 11.2.7 (December 2025), so the vendor is taken to be there. Argus has no flying.
Confidence in this entry: medium. Looked up in 2026.
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