If you have been pricing an Anub'arak mount carry and feel confused, you are not alone. The confusion usually comes from how the carry is marketed versus how the encounter actually rewards mounts. This guide breaks down exactly what you are buying when you order an Anub'arak boost, how the weekly lockout caps your realistic run count, and whether paying extra for a guaranteed result is worth it compared to a cheaper attempt-based run.

What mount does the Anub'arak carry actually award?

Anub'arak is the final boss of Trial of the Grand Crusader, the heroic version of the Argent Coliseum raid. On a flawless heroic clear, the Argent Tribute Chest spawns after Anub'arak dies and can award a faction-specific mount: the Crusader's White Warhorse (Alliance) or the Crusader's Black Warhorse (Horde). These come from the achievement A Tribute to Immortality, which requires finishing the raid without losing any of your 50 attempts.

This is the single most important fact for buyers: the warhorse is not a random Anub'arak loot-table drop. It is tied to a flawless run. That distinction is the entire reason "guaranteed" and "attempt" carries are priced so differently, and it is why generic legacy-mount listings that lump every old-raid mount together can be misleading.

How the attempt system and weekly lockout work

When your group enters Trial of the Grand Crusader on heroic, you start with a shared pool of 50 attempts for the lockout. Every wipe burns one attempt. The Tribute Chest tier you reach depends on how many attempts remain when Anub'arak dies, and the mount-granting Tribute to Immortality requires all 50 still intact, meaning a clean, zero-wipe clear.

The lockout is the part that quietly controls price. The raid is on a weekly reset, so each character can only roll the chest once every seven days. There is no "reset the instance and try again today" for the tribute mount. Practically:

  • One serious attempt per character, per week. If a run goes wrong and attempts are burned, that character is locked out of the flawless mount until the next reset.
  • More characters, more rolls. Buyers who own several level-capped characters can run multiple lockouts in the same week, which is how some carries advance faster than the once-weekly cap would suggest.
  • Scheduling matters. A reputable team plans the flawless pull around the reset so a wipe does not waste your week.

Guaranteed vs attempt carries: what you are really paying for

Because the warhorse is gated behind a perfect run rather than a percentage drop, the "odds" conversation is different from a typical rare-mount farm. You are not buying lottery tickets against a 1-in-100 drop. You are buying execution. That changes how to read listings.

Attempt-based carry

This is the cheaper option. The team runs the raid and aims for the flawless clear, but you pay per run and accept that a slip-up can cost the week. It is reasonable for buyers who are flexible on timing and want the lowest sticker price. The risk is real but small with an experienced group, since the old heroic encounters are heavily over-geared by modern characters.

Guaranteed mount carry

Here you pay a premium and the provider commits to delivering the Crusader's Warhorse, repeating runs across resets at no extra charge until it lands. For a flawless-gated reward like this, "guaranteed" is meaningful: a competent team should clear a vastly out-leveled encounter without wiping, so the guarantee is mostly about absorbing the rare bad pull and the weekly-lockout wait on their side instead of yours.

If you only care about getting the mount and never want to think about it again, the guaranteed tier is usually the better value for legacy content like this. The PEWPEWSHOP Anub'arak tribute mount carry, for example, is structured as a guaranteed delivery, so the lockout math and any re-runs are the seller's problem, not yours. Compare that against a per-run attempt price and decide how much your weekly resets are worth to you.

Realistic run counts and a sane price expectation

For a team that knows the fight, the flawless clear is typically a single-lockout job, not a months-long grind. The encounter is from a long-past expansion, so damage and survivability are trivial for current characters; the only real failure mode is a careless pull or an unlucky mechanic on Anub'arak's pursuing adds. That is why a credible attempt carry should rarely need more than one or two resets, and why a guaranteed price should not be wildly higher than the attempt price.

Be skeptical of two extremes. A listing that prices this like a multi-month 1% drop farm is either misinformed or padding margin, because this mount is execution-gated, not RNG-gated. A listing that claims "instant" delivery ignores the weekly lockout reality if your run ever needs a retry. The honest middle is: clean run, one reset, fast turnaround, with the guarantee covering the edge cases.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Anub'arak mount a random drop?

No. The Crusader's White or Black Warhorse comes from the Tribute Chest on a flawless Trial of the Grand Crusader run (A Tribute to Immortality), not from Anub'arak's standard loot table. It is execution-gated, not a percentage roll.

How often can I get a Tribute mount attempt?

Once per character per weekly reset. Additional level-capped characters give you additional lockouts in the same week, which is the only way to multiply your chances faster than seven-day cycles.

Is a guaranteed carry worth the extra cost?

For a flawless-gated reward, usually yes if you value certainty. The guarantee mainly shifts the weekly-lockout wait and the rare bad-pull risk onto the seller. If you are price-sensitive and flexible on timing, an attempt carry from an experienced team is a fine cheaper route.

Why do generic legacy-mount listings confuse buyers?

Because they group very different mounts together. A true low-drop raid mount and a flawless-clear reward behave nothing alike on odds, lockout, and price, so always confirm whether the specific mount you want is RNG-gated or execution-gated before paying.

Bottom line for buyers

The Anub'arak tribute mount is not a slot-machine drop; it is a clean-run reward locked behind a weekly reset. That makes the buying decision simple. If you want the lowest price and can tolerate a possible retry next week, buy an attempt carry. If you want it handled in one purchase with the lockout risk off your plate, buy the guaranteed version. Either way, judge the listing by whether the seller understands that this is an execution-gated, weekly-locked mount, because that knowledge is the difference between a fair price and a padded one.