Blizzard hit the $90 dinosaur mount emergency button to fill the gap before the next WoW expansion and players are already dumping millions of gold into the ether to buy it

A screenshot of a dinosaur World of Warcraft mount standing in a verdant valley. It's a four-legged beast adorned with a golden saddle. A Night Elf character holds the reins and looks past its long neck. — (Image credit: Blizzard Entertainment)

It's a bit of a quiet time for World of Warcraft as players wait for the release of its next expansion. In this pre-Midnight lull, there's not much to do except prepare yourself for the removal of combat mods and the sweeping class balance changes. This, along with it being WoW's 21st anniversary, is probably why Blizzard decided now is a good time to drop that $90 mount again.

That's right—the $90 dinosaur mount is back. Notorious for showing up right after a controversial balance patch last year, the Trader's Gilded Brutosaur has been released from its cage and it might be the reason WoW Tokens are currently sold out in the UK.

I logged in to see if the streets were overrun by dinosaurs, but surprisingly that wasn't the case. I saw one player riding one, which might mean most people who wanted it already bought it the first time. That said, there are reports that WoW Tokens, the items you can buy for gold that grant game time, are sold out in the UK. Presumably, this is because people are racing to convert their gold into Battle.net balance to buy the mount.

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Tyler has covered videogames and PC hardware for 15 years. He regularly spends time playing and reporting on games like Diablo 4, Elden Ring, Overwatch 2, and Final Fantasy 14. While his specialty is in action RPGs and MMOs, he's driven to cover all sorts of games whether they're broken, beautiful, or bizarre.

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