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Tallstrider
Zip TCG
Classification Medium Animal
Homeworld Azeroth, Outland
Environment Temperate and warm forests and plains
Area(s) Mulgore, Barrens, Darkshore, Terokkar Forest, Swamp of Sorrows, Azuremyst Isle, Durotar
Average height 6 ft
Organization(s) Solitary, pair, or flock
Greater Timberstrider

A tallstrider.

The cries of laughter upon seeing the tallstrider quickly turn to cries of pain.[1]

A tallstrider, plainstrider,[2] or simply strider is a large flightless bird native to Kalimdor, though they are also found in the Swamp of Sorrows, on Darkmoon Island and in Terokkar Forest. A horned breed of tallstriders lives on the Dragon Isles, mainly found in the Ohn'ahran Plains.

Most species are neutral to adventurers, but a few are hostile.

Background[]

According to Halga Bloodeye, tallstriders are gamey, flightless birds with thick skulls. Their brains are no larger than an orc woman's knuckle, and they are too dim to get out of the way of moving carts. She suspects that the quilboar of the Barrens often intentionally frighten flocks of them into the path of Horde caravans just prior to an ambush.[3] A tallstrider's speed on open ground is unrivaled, so predators rely on stealth and pack tactics when hunting them.[4]

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As a mount[]

Main article: Tallstrider mounts

As a battle pet[]

As a hunter pet[]

Type
Ferocity
Diet
Inv misc food 11 Inv misc food 04 Inv misc food 19 Inv mushroom 11
Abilities
Basic Special Exotic Bonus
Ability druid rake Inv misc dust
  • Rarely seen as a Hunter pet due to their scarcity. Mazzranache, due to his comical flamingo-like appearance, is the most popular of them all.
  • Tauren hunters will start with a Tallstrider pet.
  • In the 2.1 patch, a new breed of tallstrider named Lost Torranche became available on an island south of Terokkar Forest called Sorrow Wing Point. They are level 70 with a purple and green coloration, and are tamable as hunter pets, making the first tallstrider pet available above level 20. As of the Cataclysm, several more striders above level 20 have appeared, though none as high in level as the Lost Torranche.

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In the RPG[]

TallstriderMoM

Tallstrider in Manual of Monsters.

Icon-RPG This section contains information from the Warcraft RPG which is considered non-canon.

Tallstriders are large, flightless birds of prey that look to kill anything they can outrun or overpower. They have a pair of muscular legs, and their vestigial wings flutter as they walk. Their thick hairless necks swing about a head ending in a heavy, sharp beak as they hunts for prey. Renowned for their speed, tallstriders are difficult to shake for those trying to flee them. They resemble 6-foot tall ostriches with strong, thick necks and heavy, sharp beaks. Tallstriders are common in Mulgore, Darkshore, the Barrens, and Durotar. Young heroes in these regions hunt these beasts in tests of honor and valor. Tales tell of heroes who attempt to tame tallstriders as mounts or beasts of burden, but these tales are typically humorous ones. If it is possible to domesticate the flightless birds, no one has claimed success at the task.

Tallstriders are tenacious pack hunters. A tallstrider’s main mode of attack is with its beak and talons. It will smash its beak down upon a victim with ruthless efficiency. Tallstriders hunt instinctively in packs. Tallstriders attempt to isolate single members of a pack of prey and run them down. When facing stronger prey, they harry a single victim if possible until, after hours of running, the quarry is most likely exhausted and weak. Tallstriders will attack prey - which includes anything larger than a field mouse - on sight, always fighting to the death. They leap at their opponents while slashing with their claws and stabbing with their beak. If hungry, tallstriders will attack until they or their prey are dead.[9][10]

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Notes[]

Tallstrider corpses

Plucked tallstriders in Thunder Bluff.

  • The gnomish mechanostrider mounts were inspired by tallstriders.
  • The blood elf mount is called a hawkstrider, and bears some similarity to a tallstrider, though hawkstriders generally have much more vibrant plumage. In Mists of Pandaria another similar species called the crane was added, though it has thinner limbs and a longer beak.
  • Though tallstriders appear in Outland, they do not appear in alternate Draenor. Unused "savage tallstrider" concept arts do exist for Warlords of Draenor, however.
  • Tallstriders resemble the real-life bird order of ratites, which includes the ostrich. Though these creatures are rarely considered fierce now, the tallstrider may have been inspired by pre-historic variations of these creatures, like the deadly terror bird. One coloration of tallstrider also bears a striking resemblance to the cassowary, a tropical ratite notable for the prominent casque on its head.
  • Wooden constructions with plucked tallstrider corpses hung from them can be found at various locations throughout World of Warcraft.

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