Time - Lost Proto - Drake Time - Lost Proto - Drake is an extremely rare monster which occasionally appears among the mountains of The Storm Peaks . It is especially sought after because it has a 98 % chance of dropping when killed . Because of its rarity , many players may hunt it for weeks before they even see it at all , much less kill it themselves . The drake is out of reach of ground attacks for most of its flights , and must usually be pulled while on a flying mount or in flight form . Known Flight Routes , Spawn Locations and Patterns . The spawn spot coordinates are : - - - Each spawn spot can spawn either Time - Lost Proto - Drake or Vyragosa . The routes can differ slightly from time to time but remain relatively the same . Most add - ons only show the most common path taken . Any time Time - Lost Proto - Drake or Vyragosa spawns it can go either Clockwise or Counter - Clockwise on all four paths . However , each path has a direction it usually goes . The spawn overlooking Frozen Lake usually goes clockwise . The spawn overlooking the large Waterfall tends to go counter - clockwise . The spawn from Brunnhildar tends to go counter - clockwise and the spawn from Ulduar Ravine tends to travel counter - clockwise . But again , all have been observed sometimes traveling opposite the norm . The only spawn time related information you can count on is that after Vyragosa or Time - Lost Proto - Drake are killed , neither will spawn for 45 Minutes . Now spawn windows have shrunk to the point , it should just be expected it can spawn any time . It used to be 6 - 22 + but since The Shattering the no - spawn windows have gotten a lot smaller . This all depends on how fast rares are being killed across Northrend . There has been extensive studying and experimenting done on this . Every time a team was camping all four spawn spots with a secondary team scouring Northrend killing every rare they could find , the times shifted more towards every 4 - 10 hours as opposed to the more normal 12 - 16 hours . There is no discernible pattern involving how many minutes before or after the hour or what hour of the day it will " usually " spawn from . None of the spawn spots are more active than any of the others . It ' s all random . Connection with Vyragosa . Time - Lost Proto - Drake appears to share spawn points , flight routes , and possibly spawn timers with , another rare spawn monster in Storm Peaks . The current speculation is that Time - Lost Proto - Drake is a " rare spawn " of Vyragosa ; that is , whenever Vyragosa would normally spawn , there is a small chance that Time - Lost Proto - Drake will spawn instead in her place . Because the two creatures share the same spawn points and paths , Vyragosa sightings can be used as a good way to identify potential Time - Lost Proto - Drake flight routes . This drake , along with Aeonaxx , is the only known rare spawn of a rare spawn . Tips . Time - Lost Proto - Drake is not a challenging fight , and should be easily soloable by all classes . However , having some on hand is highly recommended . Since it often flies out of reach of most attacks , this will allow you to attack it in the air to initiate combat , and then use the lager to avoid falling to your death after you dismount . Popular farming / camping strategies include : " Update 2 / 1 / 2011 " " Update 11 / 12 / 2012 " If you are truly interested in obtaining this very rare mount , be prepared to invest a " lot " of time camping Storm Peaks . The creature ' s name is apt ; anyone who puts in the time to hunt for it will surely have quite a bit of " time lost " for their efforts . Be patient . See Rare mob for information on addons and other means of making rare mob locating easier .