Most mounts are ground and flying mounts, meaning that they will actually slow down when submerged in water.

Aquatic mounts, on the other hand, will greatly increase your movement speed while underwater.

Ride your own amphibious salamanther by learning how you might find a Coralscale Salamanther mount in WoW: Dragonflight.

a highmountain tauren druid riding a sea turtle mount in an oval overlayed over a scene of the shimmering expanse zone of vashj’ir

These three mounts are the Abyssal Seahorse, the Subdued Seahorse, and the Sea Turtle.

Abyssal Seahorse

The first, and easiest, aquatic mount to get is theAbyssal Seahorse.

Known as the Abyssal Seahorse in Cataclysm, you simply have tocomplete the introductory quests to Vashj’ir.

the coralscale salamanther mount in an oval, superimposed over nokhudon hold in the ohn’ahran plains during a primal fire storm

The quest"The Abyssal Ride" in the Kelp’thar Forestof the undersea subcontinent awards this mount.

The Abyssal Seahorse hasa matching companion pet called Sea Pony.

Poseidus is an extremely rare mob thatcan spawn in five areas.

a highmountain tauren on a vashj’ir seahorse mount (aka abyssal seahorse) while swimming in vashj’ir

Four of these areas are in the Shimmering Expanse of Vashj’ir.

One spot it can spawn is in the middle of the red-tingedGlimmerdeep Gorge.

Another one is in the drownedRuins of Thelserai Temple.

the sea pony battle pet, in an enchanted water bubble on the docks of darkmoon island

It can also spawn amidst the kvaldir ofBiel’aran Ridge.

The last spot it can spawn within the Shimmering Expanse is theNar’shola Terraceof the Ruins of Vashj’ir.

The last spot that Poseidus can spawn is in theAbyssal Depths, the deepest part of Vashj’ir.

a highmountain tauren on a sudued seahorse mount, swimming through vashj’ir

Here,it can be found near the southern end ofUnderlight Canyon.

Here’s how to complete the Wake Me Up meta-achievement in the Waking Shores zone.

map of the shimmering expanse of vashj’ir with the spawn points of the rare mob poseidus circled in orange

map of the abyssal depths of vashj’ir, with the spawn point of the rare mob poseidus circle in orange

the sea turtle mount in the mount journal interface

the bestowed ohuna spotter mount, circled in an oval, superimposed over the dragonscale basecamp in the waking shores

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