Red Skeletal Horse

Red Skeletal Horse was changed in WoW Forever: vendor price reduced from 80g to 20g, now teaches Red Skeletal Horse, Undead Horsemanship requirement removed, text changed. Item level 40 Rare miscellaneous, requires level 40. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Red Skeletal Horse 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

Red Skeletal Horse

Item Level 40

Binds when used

Junk

Requires Level 40

Requires Undead Horsemanship (1)

Use: Summons and dismisses a rideable skeletal horse.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Red Skeletal Horse

Item Level 40

Binds when used

Mount

Requires Level 40

Requires Undead Horsemanship (1)

Use: Summons and dismisses a rideable skeletal horse.

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	800000	200000
description	none	Teaches you how to summon this mount.
effects	[ { "categoryCooldownMs": 3000, "charges": 0, "cooldownMs": 0, "spellId": 17462, "spellName": "Red Skeletal Horse", "trigger": 0 } ]	[ { "categoryCooldownMs": -1, "charges": 0, "cooldownMs": -1, "spellId": 17462, "spellName": "Red Skeletal Horse", "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

Red Skeletal Horse changes between Forever builds

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

Related to Red Skeletal Horse

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Questions about Red Skeletal Horse

Was Red Skeletal Horse nerfed in WoW Forever?

Red Skeletal Horse 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 80g to 20g, now teaches Red Skeletal Horse, Undead Horsemanship requirement removed, text changed.

What changed for Red Skeletal Horse in WoW Forever?

Vendor price reduced from 80g to 20g, now teaches Red Skeletal Horse, 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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