Purple Skeletal Warhorse

Purple Skeletal Warhorse was changed in WoW Forever: vendor price reduced from 1000g to 200g, now teaches Purple Skeletal Warhorse, Undead Horsemanship requirement removed, text changed. Item level 60 Epic miscellaneous, requires level 60. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Purple Skeletal Warhorse tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Purple Skeletal Warhorse

Item Level 60

Binds when used

Junk

Requires Level 60

Requires Undead Horsemanship (1)

Use: Summons and dismisses a rideable skeletal warhorse. This is a very fast mount.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Purple Skeletal Warhorse

Item Level 60

Binds when used

Mount

Requires Level 60

Requires Undead Horsemanship (1)

Use: Summons and dismisses a rideable skeletal warhorse. This is a very fast mount.

Use: Learning

"Teaches you how to summon this mount."

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: buyPrice (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values side by side.

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
buyPrice	10000000	2000000
description	none	Teaches you how to summon this mount.
effects	[ { "categoryCooldownMs": 3000, "charges": 0, "cooldownMs": 0, "spellId": 23246, "spellName": "Purple Skeletal Warhorse", "trigger": 0 } ]	[ { "categoryCooldownMs": -1, "charges": 0, "cooldownMs": -1, "spellId": 23246, "spellName": "Purple Skeletal Warhorse", "trigger": 6 }, { "categoryCooldownMs": 3000, "charges": -1, "cooldownMs": 0, "spellId": 55884, "spellName": "Learning", "trigger": 0 } ]
subClassId	0	5
subclass	Junk	Mount
requiredSkill	Undead Horsemanship	none
requiredSkillRank	1	none

Purple Skeletal Warhorse changes between Forever builds

Differs from Classic Era in every Forever build since Sep 16, 2026

Related to Purple Skeletal Warhorse

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Questions about Purple Skeletal Warhorse

Was Purple Skeletal Warhorse nerfed in WoW Forever?

Purple Skeletal Warhorse is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: none of its changes is graded as a buff or a nerf in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: vendor price reduced from 1000g to 200g, now teaches Purple Skeletal Warhorse, Undead Horsemanship requirement removed, text changed.

What changed for Purple Skeletal Warhorse in WoW Forever?

Vendor price reduced from 1000g to 200g, now teaches Purple Skeletal Warhorse, Undead Horsemanship requirement removed, text changed. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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