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Comment by entropicdragon

Note that this broom gives you no movement speed increase, but will prevent you from doing anything you can't do while mounted; hunter and warlock pets will be hidden while riding it.

Comment by Vesena

This isn't a Horseman drop. It's contained in

http://www.wowhead.com/?item=34077

Comment by SharkBait

Aspect of the Pack doesn't work while people are mounting on the broom.

Comment by Megami

The tooltip in-game currently says "Good for only one ride." But this broom works the same as the rare and epic versions; 14 day duration, it will not disappear after one ride.

Comment by Hoshi

Just to clarify all these items with a 14 day duration comment means it will last for 14 days while that character is active, if you quit WoW for a year and came back you will still have the item.

Comment by 9697

This item was slightly changed in 2.3. It no longer says good for only one ride. Possibly a year-round broom?

Comment by 29534

The broom is usable more than once, and the 14 day duration does not start counting down until AFTER Hallows End is taken out of the game. I've had mine since HH first showed up and it hasn't lost any duration. Also, I think the duration will count down even if you're logged out.

You pick up a quest from one of the main cities that sends you to Brill, Razor Hill, or some other town I think... The headless horseman will invade those towns and set the place on fire.

There, ou get a quest to help save the village by putting out the fires in town by throwing buckets of water on the blazes. (Pick up the water from the trough by the quest giver) You can also toss the bucket to someone who's closer to form a "Bucket Brigade," but I haven't seen anyone doing this.

After all the fires are out, the Headless Horseman lands and you beat the crap out of him. After he's "dead," he throws his head which turns into a lootable item with fun stuff inside. One is this rickety broom.

I'm probably off in some details since I'm writing from memory, btw.

Comment by Mysticell

These items will not count down time while they are in your mailbox or while you are offline. The title should be fixed in the next patch, seems that last Hallow's End or whenever this one was tossed in a patch they wanted it to be one use but then changed their minds.

Comment by BlackMage66652

Bad News for broom owners

According to the Patch 2.3.2 PTR Patch Notes Broom timers will be changed from played time, to Real Time. So no matter what, you'll lose your broom in 14 days when it goes live.

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Comment by 89984

Hey, heres something that stinks, and is fun in different ways. Although, which I just realized while typing this, that the Holly's from christmas require level 40, they can be used on this to make it a 60% mount. I was hoping for a slow reindeer, but oh well. ^^

Comment by 140569

ya lol my friend and i both had magic brooms and they didnt disapear until 3 months later lol

http://www.wowhead.com/?item=33183

Comment by Skelic

Copied my post from "Riding Turtle"-page:

This is in fact a mount, thus affected by Crusader Aura (20% mounted speed). But.. If one took Mithril Spurs to the boots they'd get a 4% speed increase to this beautys speed, however this isn't anything you should be thrilled about..

Having minor speed-enchant on boots adds 8% to run speed, this mount goes as fast as run speed. So basicly not using this mount and just using a minor speed-enchant on boots is faster unless you have a paladin with you.

Another note too, even if you had Riding Skill-enchant on your gloves, it wouldn't matter. It adds 2% to your mounted speed, thus still being 2% slower if you just had minor speed on boots. Also, the third item you'll get to increase your mounted speed is Carrot on a Stick, but the quest is min. for level 40 - at level 40 you get the regular mount anyways.

Ofcourse this is just a flavor mount, to ego around and hop happily with your turtle, but I thought that I might aswell bring up this useless information that might come useful for some people.

Comment by 96306

will all brooms dissapear after 14 days or will it just be this one because i really wanted a blue broom from the headless horseman please reply

Comment by 233062

I have a broom I've kept in the box ... still has not started counting down. I just cant do any more dailies to get more boxes- only one in inventory at a time.

Comment by Galabriel

This is great for low level characters who can't ride mounts.

I can picture new players (new to WoW) earning this and being happy. I would be very happy if I got a cool looking magic broom 6 levels after starting to play.

Therefore I think its great for newcomers

Comment by nihmue

you can summon the broom while running, jumping or falling, unlike regular mounts.

Comment by 237395

For extra style, combine with Skywitch Hat (or similar model) and Bombay

Comment by 180522

If you keep one inside of a Crudely Wrapped Gift, will it last forever?

Comment by atomicbomb

Does this count towards the Mount collection acheivements?

Comment by 223674

This is the Hoveround of Azeroth. Doesn't make you go any faster, but it does get you off your feet.

Comment by 554624

I remember playing on my first character, leveling up riding this mount. It was unique because of its game time duration. However, thats not the case any more. So for those of you wondering, this broom only lasts for the duration of the event, then disappears.

Comment by 684756

I've gone to the pumpkin but all i get is weighted Jack-O-Lantern

Comment by Slania

Step 1. Mount up on your Rickety Magic Broom in Outland or Northrend.
Step 2. Wait for the cooldown to come off and click on your Flying Broom.
Step 3. ?
Step 4. PROFIT!

(Step 4 = swimming/floating through the air. Other people can see it too!)

Comment by Krusader

For those who have the Argent Pony Bridle, summon your Squire, mount up on the flying broom, then mount on this broom. You'll be walking, and your squire will be mounted.

Comment by Izankun

Nice bug involving this and the flying version, confirmed as of Hallow's End 2010:

Mount up on this, then while riding it and in a flyable area, mount the flying one. It'll show you standing there, but it'll still have the flying mount buff on as if you were riding it. Now you can fly without a mount, though it shows you as 'swimming' through the air at your highest mount speed.

Comment by 856896

This item does not appear to be dropping from Crudely Wrapped Gift during the Hallow's End event in 2011. Since it isn't part of the loot table for Loot-Filled Pumpkin it appears that it has been quietly removed from the game.

Comment by martnmonst

I haven't seen this item this year at all. I did find a similar mount though. The mount I have is an item in your backpack which you can use if you have the riding skill. I found this mount very usefull as it has no 1,5 sec casting time (instant, does not trigger global cooldown). Have not yet confirmed if it is a flying mount too, as the character with the broom is only level 46. I remember getting it from the quest that appears when you defeat the headless horseman (after you put out the fire).

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Rickety Magic Broom

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Duration: 14 days (real time)

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