Trading Post for August: Mounts, Watches, & Wings

Author: Luxrah
Date: July 30, 2024
Updated: July 30, 2024
Expansion: World of Warcraft

The preview for the coming month’s Trading Post inventory has gone out, and there are some interesting competition-themed items available in honor of the Summer Olympics!

This month’s bonus reward is The Coward’s Violet Target, an item that literally puts a target on your back. We suppose that’s one way to get yourself into some PvP.

The Trading Post itself has four mounts available this month, with the Celestial Steed and Cindermane Charger mounts making a return as well as two new mounts, a Kor’kron Warsaber and a Sentinel War Wolf, in a reversal of the usual Horde and Alliance mount animals.

There is also a pair of Timepiece items available for the wrist slot as well as two pairs of Wings for the back slot for those who enjoy dressing up through transmog.

Blizzard – (Source)

The spirit of competition is strong all during the month of August. Show you’re not afraid by wearing the Coward’s Violet Target on your back. You don’t need anyone else to put a target there!

Visit T&W** (Tawney and Wilder) just outside the Mage District in Stormwind or the Zen’shiri Trading Post next to Grommash Hold in Orgrimmar to check out all the latest items*** they have available.

Here’s What’s in Stock for August

PETS, MOUNTS, AND TOYS

Name	Item Type	Trader’s Tender
Celestial Steed	Mount	900
Cindermane Charger	Mount	900
Kor’kron Warsaber	Mount	600
Sentinel War Wolf	Mount	600
Worgli the Apprehensive	Pet	300
Ethereal Transmogrifier	Toy	500

ARMOR TRANSMOG APPEARANCES

Name	Item Type	Trader’s Tender
Dueler’s Azure Shoulder Cape	Back	75
Dueler’s Crimson Shoulder Cape	Back	75
Trader’s Azure Sarong	Legs	100
Trader’s Crimson Sarong	Legs	100
Ruby Faced Mobile Timepiece	Wrist	100
Sapphire Faced Mobile Timepiece	Wrist	100
Ensemble: Vagabond’s Azure Threads	Head and Back	100
Ensemble: Wanderer’s Azure Trappings	Head and Back	100
Ensemble: Vagabond’s Crimson Threads	Head and Back	100
Ensemble: Wanderer’s Crimson Trappings	Head and Back	100
Blademaster’s Azure Stones	Neck	200
Blademaster’s Crimson Stones	Neck	200
Wings of the Amethyst Monarch	Back	225
Wings of the Tourmaline Monarch	Back	225

WEAPON TRANSMOG APPEARANCES

Name	Item Type	Trader’s Tender
Simple Scarlet Wand	Wand	50
Simple Sapphire Wand	Wand	50
Grunt’s Buckler	Shield	50
City Guard Heater Shield	Shield	50
Conjurer’s Sapphire Staff	Staff	60
Conjurer’s Scarlet Staff	Staff	60
Sunreaver’s Scarlet Tome	Off-Hand	100
The Sapphire Thalassian Tome	Off-Hand	100
Sapphire Bladed Blunderbuss	Gun	130
Scarlet Bladed Blunderbuss	Gun	130
Scarlet Shanker	Dagger	150
Sapphire Shanker	Dagger	150
Sapphire Warglaive	Warglaive	150
Scarlet Warglaive	Warglaive	150
Sapphire Axe of Asymmetry	Two-Hand Axe	180
Scarlet Axe of Asymmetry	Two-Hand Axe	180
Arsenal: Stormrider’s Stormhammers	One-Hand Mace, One-Hand Mace	400
Arsenal: Stormrider’s Bronze Stormhammers	One-Hand Mace, One-Hand Mace	400
Arsenal: Stormrider’s Dark Stormhammers	One-Hand Mace, One-Hand Mace	400
Arsenal: Stormrider’s Silver Stormhammers	One-Hand Mace, One-Hand Mace	400
Arsenal: Fireborn Blades	One-Hand Sword, One-Hand Sword	500
Arsenal: Seaborn Blades	One-Hand Sword, One-Hand Sword	500

This Month’s Bonus Reward

A dwarf with a wooden target on their back with an arrow in the bulleseye (center) — **The Coward’s Violet Target**
*“You are literally putting a target on your back.”*

Complete activities to fill the bar at the top of the Traveler’s Log found in the Adventure Guide (Shift-J)^***, and you’ll receive this month’s bonus reward — The Coward’s Violet Target transmog appearance. No one is going to put a target on your back but you!

Get the Burden of Unrelenting Justice Transmog Sets

Players who have earned the monthly special reward from the trading Post twelve times will be rewarded with a new achievement, “Trading Post Enthusiast” along with a new color-shifting transmog — the Burden of Unrelenting Justice transmog set.

Night Elf in Gold and Green set during the day on the left and silver and white set under the moon on the right — *The Burden of Unrelenting Justice Transmog Set includes 9 pieces: Head, Shoulder, Chest, Waist, Legs, Feet, Wrist, Hand, and Cloak.*

Players who complete the twelve months will also receive two non-color-shifting sets representing the day and night version of the color-shifting transmog for a total of three sets retroactively. Players who earn the achievement after the launch of the Seeds of Renewal Content update will automatically receive all three sets for their collection.

You don’t need to earn the special reward twelve times consecutively to get the achievement and the transmog sets.

How it Works

Get Tender Every Month

At the first of each month, players with an active account in good standing will receive 500 Trader’s Tender automatically every month from a chest called the Collector’s Cache. If you don’t have active game time on your account or aren’t a subscriber at the start of a new month, don’t worry. Your Tender will be awarded on the first day of the month when you do have game time or an active subscription. This will be the same amount for everyone, regardless of how you pay for your game time.

The Traveler’s Log

Complete monthly activities listed in the new Traveler’s Log. Each month features a rotating, themed set of activities. These activities provide the opportunity to earn up to 500 additional Trader’s Tender. There’s only a set amount of Tender you can earn each month through completing activities, so you won’t need to complete all the ones in the log each month. You’ll be able to pick and choose from a variety of fun in-game activities to easily earn Tender. Players can choose to earn by continuing to play the game as they already do, such as completing quests, competing in battlegrounds, participating in holiday activities, and even running Mythic+ dungeons. But you can also choose to take part in activities uniquely designed for the month.

Freeze an Item

Before the month comes to an end, if you haven’t purchased that one “must-have” item yet, don’t worry. You can “freeze” an item so you can purchase it later. When you freeze an item, it will stay available month over month until it is purchased or replaced.

If this month’s offerings didn’t have the items you wanted, you can hang on to your Trader’s Tender to spend later. It won’t go anywhere, and unspent Tender will continue to accumulate each month.

Learn more about the Trading Post in our previously published news post on the official site.

*The Trading Post feature is not available in WoW Classic titles.
**Requires World of Warcraft Subscription or Game Time
***Requires Level 10 to access the Adventure Guide.

About the Author

Luxrah

I've been playing World of Warcraft on and off since vanilla, usually as a healer or caster and often as a guild leader. I play both retail and classic. I also love RPGs, sandboxes, and sims.