Mount

	Riding (Profession)
	Trainers • Mounts

An undead riding his giant mammoth.

Mounts are a much sought after form of transportation in which players ride atop the backs of various more or less exotic beasts (or machinations). Warlocks, paladins and death knights can learn to summon mounts as a class perk. Mounted travel is always faster than walking/running, and The Burning Crusade expansion introduced flying mounts.

Mounts were generally expensive in the past, but their prices have been reduced while the training to ride them increased in order to compensate. However, some mounts do not cost any gold or other currencies (such as honor points) and will drop at very low rates from bosses in instances such as Stratholme, Zul'Gurub, Tempest Keep, Magisters' Terrace, Sethekk Halls, Karazhan, and Utgarde Pinnacle. There are numerous other methods to obtain mounts as well, such as class quests, completing achievements, and even playing the Trading Card Game.

Mounts have a 1.5 second cast time, which will be interrupted by taking any damage, moving, or entering combat. Mounts also have a special emote that can be seen by either jumping (the Space key by default) while not moving or performing the /mountspecial slash command. For example hawkstriders will shriek.

Riding skills and abilities

A Human Mage riding a Swift White Steed, an Alliance Epic Mount.

Blood Knights riding their Horde paladin mounts.

There are a total of eight classes of mounts:

Class	Quality	Ground	Air	Water
Ground mounts	Rare	60%	—	0%
"Very fast" ground mounts	Epic	100%	—	0%
Flying mounts	Rare	60%	150%	—
"Very fast" flying mounts	Epic	100%	280%	—
"Extremely fast" flying mounts	Epic	100%	310%	—
Aquatic mounts	Rare	0%	—	60%
Vanity mounts	Both	0%	—	0%
Scaling mounts	Both	60–100%	150–310%	0%

The majority of mounts (the first four classes) are directly related to the four ranks of riding skill. Ground mounts cannot fly and flying mounts will instantly dismount the rider if they enter water. However, ground mounts can swim (but not any faster than swimming without the mount) and aquatic mounts can walk on land (but not any faster than walking without the mount). Vanity mounts confer no benefits (and thus, require no riding skill or character level), while scaling mounts only require the absolute minimum riding skill and will gain capabilities and speed based on the rider's skill and location.

Apprentice: Level 20

Apprentice riding skill (75) costs 4 for training and an additional 1 for each mount, both reduced by the appropriate reputation discounts. Rare ground mounts increase movement speed by 60%.

At level 20, warlocks and paladins can learn the spells Summon Felsteed and  [Summon Warhorse] at the cost of 1 from their class trainers, which grants them apprentice riding skill.

Journeyman: Level 40

Journeyman riding skill (150) costs 50 for training and an additional 10 for each mount, both reduced by the appropriate reputation discounts. Epic ground mounts increase movement speed by 100%.

At level 40, paladins and warlocks can learn  [Summon Charger] and  [Dreadsteed] from their class trainers after learning the Journeyman riding skill from the riding trainer. There is no need to purchase a new mount. Death knights receive their epic ground mount, the Acherus Deathcharger, after the completion of the quests Grand Theft Palomino and Into the Realm of Shadows at level 55.

Expert: Level 60

Expert riding skill (225) costs 250 for training and an additional 50 for each mount, both reduced by the appropriate reputation discounts. Rare flying mounts increase movement speed by 150% in the air and 60% on the ground. Flying mounts are also only usable while within Outland and Northrend. However, flying in Northrend requires Cold Weather Flying training (see below).

Druids can learn  [Flight Form] from any druid trainer at level 60 for 3, which grants them expert riding skill for next to nothing.

Artisan: Level 70

Artisan riding skill (300) costs 5,000 for training and an additional 100 for each mount, both reduced by the appropriate reputation discounts. Epic flying mounts increase movement speed by 100% on the ground and 280% in the air. This is also the training level required to use the ultra-rare 310% speed flying mounts. No class-granted abilities award artisan flying, although the Druid ability  [Swift Flight Form] requires it.

Cold Weather Flying: Level 77

The [Cold Weather Flying] skill costs 1,000. This non-discountable training grants players the ability to also use their flying mounts in Northrend and requires at least level 77 and expert riding skill. Level 80 characters are able to buy a bind to account heirloom, the [Tome of Cold Weather Flight], which allows characters of level 68 to learn the spell, making flight in Northrend possible from an earlier level.

Summary

Proficiency		Cost		+Speed		Required for	Requires
		Skill	Mounts	Land	Air
75	Apprentice	4	1	60%		Rare land mounts	Level 20
150	Journeyman	50	10	100%		Epic land mounts	Level 40
225	Expert	250	50	60%	150%	Rare flying mounts	Level 60
300	Artisan	5000	100	100%	280%	Epic flying mounts	Level 70
[Cold Weather Flying]		1000				Flying in Northrend	Level 77 & 225 skill

Increasing your speed

Through class abilities and talents

File:Trollsraptors.jpg

Two trolls riding raptors.

Shaman and Druids acquire shapeshift forms that increase their movement speed (not as much as a mount, but it is trainable at an earlier level), while Hunters get aspects to boost their own movement speed and that of their party. Rogues and druids in cat form have an ability to temporarily increase movement speed. Here are the skills and abilities that provide some classes with a bit of a faster movement speed, either passively or by the activation of an ability.

•  Death knight
  •  [On a Pale Horse] in the Unholy tree (tier 4). Increases your speed while mounted by 10%/20%. The mounted movement speed increase does not stack with other effects.
•  Hunter
  • Pathfinding in the Beast Mastery talent tree (tier 3). Increases your speed while mounted by 5%/10%. The mounted movement speed increase does not stack with other effects.
•  Paladin
  • Pursuit of Justice in the Retribution talent tree (tier 3). Increases your movement speed (and mounted movement speed) by 8%/15%. This does not stack with other speed increasing effects.
  •  [Crusader Aura] at level 62. Movement speed while mounted is increased by 20%. The mounted movement speed increase does not stack with other effects.
  •  [Aura Mastery] in the Holy tree (tier 3) does not directly increase mounted movement speed, but it does boost Crusader Aura. With these two abilities combined, it is possible to increase mounted movement speed by 40% for 6 seconds every 2 minutes.

Through items and enchants

There are five other methods for increasing your mounted speed, with no effects beyond level 70:

• [Enchant Gloves - Riding Skill]: +2% (stacking), world drop Enchanting recipe
•  [Carrot on a Stick]: +3% (stacking), reward from the Gahz'rilla quest in Zul'Farrak.
•  [Mithril Spurs]: +4% (stacking), world drop Blacksmithing plans
•  [Riding Crop]: +10% (non-stacking), Leatherworking pattern sold in Old Hillsbrad Foothills.
•  [Skybreaker Whip]: +10% (non-stacking), quest reward from  [70] Dragonmaw Race: Captain Skyshatter, must be Honored with Netherwing.

These last two items effectively increase a mount's speed by 10%. However, they do not stack with the previously mentioned methods, so they are approximately (see below) a 1% improvement over using the above 3 items combined. It should be also noted that for players of WotLK the  [Riding Crop] is only usable for two levels (69 and 70), and the  [Skybreaker Whip] only for one level (70).

All speed improvement items work on both normal and flying mounts (with the exception of npc controlled point-to-point flight).

Characters higher than level 70 will not benefit from mount speed improvement items and enchants. Blizzard's design goal is to eliminate the trinkets, but they've had technical issues with an implementation of an alternate system.

Statistics

The first three effects act as percent multipliers of your total mounted speed, stacking with previous multipliers. Thus, if you have spurs but nothing else, your normal mount speed will be increased to about 166.4% ((100% + 60%) * 1.04 = 166.4%). These numbers were obtained experimentally using a position-tracking addon written specifically for this purpose.

Mount	Base Speed	[Crop] /  [Whip]	[Crusader Aura]
[Rickety Magic Broom] or  [Riding Turtle]	0%	10%	20%
Regular land mounts	60%	76%	92%
Epic land mounts	100%	120%	140%
Regular flying mounts	150%	175%	200%
Epic flying mounts	280%	318%	356%
[Swift Nether Drake] or  [Ashes of Al'ar]	310%	351%	392%

Available mounts

The tables below are separated based on mount source, such as purchase requirements, killing specific creatures, participating in world events, completing achievements or more.

Racial mounts

Racial land mounts are typically the first mounts players will acquire. To purchase a racial land mount, players must either purchase their race's mount (such as horses for humans, or wolves for orcs), or gain exalted standing with that race's representative faction (such as exalted with Darnassus to purchase sabers). Flying mounts do not require any reputation rating.

Mount type		+Speed		Cost	Requirements
		Land	Air		Race	Faction	Riding skill
	Template:MountIcon Elekk mounts	60%		1	Draenei	Exodar	Apprentice (75)
	Template:MountIcon Ram mounts	60%		1	Dwarf	Ironforge	Apprentice (75)
	Template:MountIcon Mechanostrider mounts	60%		1	Gnome	Gnomeregan Exiles	Apprentice (75)
	Template:MountIcon Horse mounts	60%		1	Human	Stormwind	Apprentice (75)
	Template:MountIcon Saber mounts	60%		1	Night elf	Darnassus	Apprentice (75)
	Swift elekk mounts	100%		10	Draenei	Exodar	Journeyman (150)
	Swift ram mounts	100%		10	Dwarf	Ironforge	Journeyman (150)
	Swift mechanostrider mounts	100%		10	Gnome	Gnomeregan Exiles	Journeyman (150)
	Swift horse mounts	100%		10	Human	Stormwind	Journeyman (150)
	Swift saber mounts	100%		10	Night elf	Darnassus	Journeyman (150)
	Gryphon mounts	60%	150%	50			Expert (225)
	Swift gryphon mounts	100%	280%	100			Artisan (300)
	Template:MountIcon Hawkstrider mounts	60%		1	Blood elf	Silvermoon City	Apprentice (75)
	Template:MountIcon Wolf mounts	60%		1	Orc	Orgrimmar	Apprentice (75)
	Template:MountIcon Kodo mounts	60%		1	Tauren	Thunder Bluff	Apprentice (75)
	Template:MountIcon Raptor mounts	60%		1	Troll	Darkspear Trolls	Apprentice (75)
	Template:MountIcon Skeletal horse mounts	60%		1	Undead	Undercity	Apprentice (75)
	Swift hawkstrider mounts	100%		10	Blood elf	Silvermoon City	Journeyman (150)
	Swift wolf mounts	100%		10	Orc	Orgrimmar	Journeyman (150)
	Swift kodo mounts	100%		10	Tauren	Thunder Bluff	Journeyman (150)
	Swift raptor mounts	100%		10	Troll	Darkspear Trolls	Journeyman (150)
	Skeletal warhorse mounts	100%		10	Undead	Undercity	Journeyman (150)
	Template:MountIcon Wyvern mounts	60%	150%	50			Expert (225)
	Swift wyvern mounts	100%	280%	100			Artisan (300)

Class-specific mounts

There are four classes in the game that can acquire special mounts and abilities linked to their own class through lore: death knights, druids, paladins, and warlocks. The original quests to gain the paladin charger, warlock dreadsteed, and druid's swift flight form are all still in-game and reward feats of strength if they are completed. The aforementioned quests are not required to learn the ability, however, and are on the class trainers at the level listed in the table.

Druid and paladin abilities are slightly different based on race and faction. For example, the Alliance charger is blue and golden, while the Horde version is red and bronze. Similarly, night elf druids are black in flight form, while tauren are tan. With Cataclysm, it seems that tauren paladins will not be getting a Charger, but a Special type of Kodo. This may also be true for draenei paladins.

Class		Mount/form	+Speed	Source	Level
	Death knight	Template:MountIcon Deathcharger	100%	Into the Realm of Shadows	55
		Template:MountIcon [Winged Steed of the Ebon Blade]	150%-280%	1000	60
	Druid	Template:MountIcon  [Flight Form]	150%	3 from trainer	60
		Template:MountIcon  [Swift Flight Form]	280%	20 from trainer	71
	Paladin	Template:MountIcon  [Warhorse]	60%	1 from trainer	20
		Template:MountIcon  [Summon Charger] /  [Summon Charger]	100%	2 from trainer	40
		Template:MountIcon [Argent Charger]	100%	100 & <Crusader>	40
	Warlock	Template:MountIcon Felsteed	60%	1 from trainer	20
		Template:MountIcon  [Dreadsteed]	100%	2 from trainer	40

PvP mounts

PvP mounts can be obtained by exchanging honor points or other world PvP currency. For Arena rewards, see the Arena section.

Mount		+Speed	Cost	Riding skill
	[Black Battlestrider]	100%	50,000	Journeyman (150)
	[Black War Elekk]	100%	50,000	Journeyman (150)
	[Black War Mammoth]	100%	300	Journeyman (150)
	[Black War Ram]	100%	50,000	Journeyman (150)
	[Black War Steed]	100%	50,000	Journeyman (150)
	[Black War Tiger]	100%	50,000	Journeyman (150)
	[Stormpike Battle Charger]	100%	50,000	Journeyman (150)
	[Black War Kodo]	100%	50,000	Journeyman (150)
	[Black War Mammoth]	100%	300	Journeyman (150)
	Template:MountIcon [Black War Raptor]	100%	50,000	Journeyman (150)
	[Black War Wolf]	100%	50,000	Journeyman (150)
	[Frostwolf Howler]	100%	50,000	Journeyman (150)
	[Red Skeletal Warhorse]	100%	50,000	Journeyman (150)
	[Swift Warstrider]	100%	50,000	Journeyman (150)
	[Dark Riding Talbuk]	100%	75 15	Journeyman (150)
	[Dark War Talbuk]	100%	100 20	Journeyman (150)

Quest reward mounts

Some laborious or involved quest chains reward mounts.

Mount		+Speed			Quest	Riding skill
		Land	Air	Water
	[Venomhide Ravasaur]	100%			They Grow Up So Fast	Apprentice (75)
	[Crimson Deathcharger]	100%			Mograine's Reunion	Apprentice (75)
	[Abyssal Seahorse]			100%	The Abyssal Ride	Expert (225)

Faction reward mounts

As a reward for gaining high reputation standing with various factions, players can purchase mounts. Such high reputation is a function of large quantities of time.

Mount type		+Speed		Cost	Faction	Riding skill
		Land	Air
	[Winterspring Frostsaber]	100%		100	Wintersaber Trainers exalted	Apprentice (75)
	[Cenarion War Hippogryph]	100%	280%	2,000	Cenarion Expedition exalted	Artisan (300)
	Riding talbuk mounts	100%		70	Kurenai/Mag'har exalted	Journeyman (150)
	War talbuk mounts	100%		100	Kurenai/Mag'har exalted	Journeyman (150)
	Netherwing drake mounts	100%	280%	200	Netherwing exalted	Artisan (300)
	Nether ray mounts	100%	280%	200	Sha'tari Skyguard exalted	Artisan (300)
	[Ice Mammoth]	100%		1,000	Sons of Hodir revered	Journeyman (150)
	[Grand Ice Mammoth]	100%		10,000	Sons of Hodir exalted	Journeyman (150)
	[Red Drake]	100%	280%	1,600	Wyrmrest Accord exalted	Artisan (300)

Rare drop mounts

Rarely, specific creatures will drop a mount as a reward. If the mount drops, only one mount will appear per kill, no matter the size of the party or raid killing the creature. Also, mounts may rarely be inside other containers rewarded for doing other objectives.

Mount		+Speed		Source	Riding skill
		Land	Air
	Template:MountIcon Qiraji battle tank mounts	100%		AQ40 Drop	Apprentice (75)
	[Deathcharger's Reins]	100%		Baron Rivendare, Stratholme	Journeyman (150)
	File:IconSmall Midnight Small.gif [Fiery Warhorse]	100%		Attumen the Huntsman, Karazhan	Journeyman (150)
	File:IconSmall Raptor Small.gif [Razzashi Raptor]	100%		Bloodlord Mandokir, Zul'Gurub	Journeyman (150)
	File:IconSmall RavenGod Small.gif [Raven Lord]	100%		Anzu, Heroic Sethekk Halls	Journeyman (150)
	File:IconSmall Hawkstrider Small.gif [White Hawkstrider]	100%		Kael'thas Sunstrider, Heroic Magisters' Terrace	Journeyman (150)
	[White Polar Bear]	100%		[Hyldnir Spoils], Gretta the Arbiter	Journeyman (150)
	[Zulian Tiger]	100%		High Priest Thekal, Zul'Gurub	Journeyman (150)
	[Grand Black War Mammoth]	100%		Vault of Archavon, any boss, 10- or 25-player	Journeyman (150)
	[Ashes of Al'ar]	100%	310%	Kael'thas Sunstrider, The Eye	Artisan (300)
	[Azure Drake]	100%	280%	Malygos 10- or 25-player, Eye of Eternity	Artisan (300)
	[Blue Drake]	100%	280%	[Cache of the Ley-Guardian], Heroic Oculus	Artisan (300)
	[Blue Proto-Drake]	100%	280%	Skadi the Ruthless, Heroic Utgarde Pinnacle	Artisan (300)
	[Green Proto-Drake]	100%	280%	[Mysterious Egg], Oracles revered	Artisan (300)
	[Onyxian Drake]	100%	310%	Onyxia 10- or 25-player, Onyxia's Lair	Artisan (300)

Guaranteed drop mounts

A guaranteed drop mount will result in one mount being awarded upon killing the specified creature under the condition listed, regardless of the size of the party or raid. For mounts rewarded such that everyone who completes the achievement gets the mount, see the "Achievements" section. There is no direct achievement for killing the Time-Lost Proto-Drake; the hard part is actually finding the drake alive.

Mount		+Speed		Achievement	Creature	Riding skill
		Land	Air
	[Swift Alliance Steed] [Swift Horde Wolf]	100%		A Tribute to Insanity (10)	Argent Crusade Tribute Chest	Journeyman (150)
	[Crusader's White Warhorse] [Crusader's Black Warhorse]	100%		A Tribute to Insanity (25)	Argent Crusade Tribute Chest	Journeyman (150)
	[Bronze Drake]	100%	280%	Culling of Time	Infinite Corruptor	Artisan (300)
	[Black Drake]	100%	280%	Twilight Zone (10)	Sartharion	Artisan (300)
	[Invincible's Reins]	100%	310%	The Light of Dawn	The Lich King	Artisan (300)
	[Mimiron's Head]	100%	310%	Alone in the Dark (25)	Yogg-Saron	Artisan (300)
	[Time-Lost Proto-Drake]	100%	280%		Time-Lost Proto Drake	Artisan (300)
	[Twilight Drake]	100%	280%	Twilight Zone (25)	Sartharion	Artisan (300)

Crafted mounts

Mounts can also be created by players. Typically such mounts are a perk of the profession and are not available to other players, but a few are.

Mount		+Speed		Required skill
		Land	Air	Profession	Riding
	[Mekgineer's Chopper]	100%			Journeyman (150)
	[Mechano-Hog]	100%			Journeyman (150)
	[Flying Machine Control]	60%	150%	300 Engineering	Expert (225)
	[Flying Carpet]	60%	150%	300 Tailoring	Expert (225)
	[Turbo-Charged Flying Machine Control]	100%	280%	375 Engineering	Artisan (300)
	[Magnificent Flying Carpet]	100%	280%	425 Tailoring	Artisan (300)
	[Frosty Flying Carpet]	100%	280%	425 Tailoring	Artisan (300)

Dalaran mounts

Mei Francis in Dalaran sells mounts to all comers, with no requirements outside of gold or emblems.

Mount		+Speed		Cost	Riding skill
		Land	Air
	File:IconSmall Bear Small.gif [Armored Brown Bear]	100%		750	Journeyman (150)
	[Armored Snowy Gryphon]	100%	280%	2,000	Artisan (300)
	File:IconSmall Bear Small.gif [Armored Brown Bear]	100%		750	Journeyman (150)
	[Armored Blue Wind Rider]	100%	280%	2,000	Artisan (300)
	File:IconSmall Mammoth Small.gif [Wooly Mammoth]	100%		200	Journeyman (150)
	File:IconSmall Mammoth Small.gif [Traveler's Tundra Mammoth]	100%		20,000	Journeyman (150)

Argent Tournament mounts

A major draw of the Argent Tournament is the large quantity of mounts rewarded in exchange for [Champion's Seal]s.

Mount		+Speed		Cost	Requirement	Riding skill
		Land	Air
	[Exodar Elekk]	100%		100	Champion of the Exodar	Journeyman (150)
	[Darnassian Nightsaber]	100%		100	Champion of Darnassus	Journeyman (150)
	[Ironforge Ram]	100%		100	Champion of Ironforge	Journeyman (150)
	[Stormwind Steed]	100%		100	Champion of Stormwind	Journeyman (150)
	[Gnomeregan Mechanostrider]	100%		100	Champion of Gnomeregan	Journeyman (150)
	[Great Red Elekk]	100%		500 5	Champion of the Exodar	Journeyman (150)
	[Swift Moonsaber]	100%		500 5	Champion of Darnassus	Journeyman (150)
	[Swift Violet Ram]	100%		500 5	Champion of Ironforge	Journeyman (150)
	[Swift Gray Steed]	100%		500 5	Champion of Stormwind	Journeyman (150)
	[Turbostrider]	100%		500 5	Champion of Gnomeregan	Journeyman (150)
	[Quel'dorei Steed]	100%		100	Silver Covenant exalted	Journeyman (150)
	[Silver Covenant Hippogryph]	100%	280%	150	Silver Covenant exalted	Artisan (300)
	[Forsaken Warhorse]	100%		100	Champion of the Undercity	Journeyman (150)
	[Thunder Bluff Kodo]	100%		100	Champion of Thunder Bluff	Journeyman (150)
	[Orgrimmar Wolf]	100%		100	Champion of Orgrimmar	Journeyman (150)
	[Darkspear Raptor]	100%		100	Champion of Sen'jin	Journeyman (150)
	[Silvermoon Hawkstrider]	100%		100	Champion of Silvermoon City	Journeyman (150)
	[White Skeletal Warhorse]	100%		500 5	Champion of the Undercity	Journeyman (150)
	[Great Golden Kodo]	100%		500 5	Champion of Thunder Bluff	Journeyman (150)
	[Swift Burgundy Wolf]	100%		500 5	Champion of Orgrimmar	Journeyman (150)
	[Swift Purple Raptor]	100%		500 5	Champion of Sen'jin	Journeyman (150)
	[Swift Red Hawkstrider]	100%		500 5	Champion of Silvermoon City	Journeyman (150)
	[Sunreaver Hawkstrider]	100%		100	Sunreavers exalted	Journeyman (150)
	[Sunreaver Dragonhawk]	100%	280%	150	Sunreavers exalted	Artisan (300)
	[Argent Warhorse]	100%		100	<Crusader>	Journeyman (150)
	[Argent Hippogryph]	100%	280%	150		Artisan (300)

Aquatic mounts

This section concerns content related to Wrath of the Lich King.

For the Subdued Abyssal Manta, see quest rewards.

Aquatic mounts confer a slight increase in swim speed, but move no faster than walking while on land. Aquatic mounts do not give their riders the ability to breathe underwater, so plan accordingly with one of appropriate items or abilities.

Mount		+Speed		Source	Riding skill
		Water	Land
	[Sea Turtle]	60%	0%	Fishing in Northrend fishing pools	Apprentice (75)

Achievement system mounts

These mounts are obtainable by completing certain achievements. As part of completing the achievement, the mount will be mailed directly to the player.

Mount		+Speed		Required achievement	Riding skill
		Land	Air
	[Crusader's White Warhorse]	100%		A Tribute to Immortality	Journeyman (150)
	[Blue Dragonhawk Mount]	100%	280%	Mountain o' Mounts	Artisan (300)
	[Crusader's Black Warhorse]	100%		A Tribute to Immortality	Journeyman (150)
	[Red Dragonhawk Mount]	100%	280%	Mountain o' Mounts	Artisan (300)
	[Black War Bear]	100%		For The Alliance! /  For The Horde!	Journeyman (150)
	[Reins of the Albino Drake]	100%	280%	Leading the Cavalry	Artisan (300)
	[Red Proto-Drake]	100%	280%	Glory of the Hero	Artisan (300)
	[Violet Proto-Drake]	100%	310%	What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been	Artisan (300)
	[Rusted Proto-Drake]	100%	310%	Glory of the Ulduar Raider (10)	Artisan (300)
	[Ironbound Proto-Drake]	100%	310%	Glory of the Ulduar Raider (25)	Artisan (300)
	[Bloodbathed Frostbrood Vanquisher]	100%	310%	Glory of the Icecrown Raider (10)	Artisan (300)
	[Icebound Frostbrood Vanquisher]	100%	310%	Glory of the Icecrown Raider (25)	Artisan (300)

Holiday mounts

There are several disguises and time-limited items that are available during holidays. Disguises simply turn the player's mount into something "more festive" like a kodo or a reindeer but do not otherwise affect mount mechanics. Time-limited items exist only during the duration of the holiday itself. Previously, time-limited items had a set time such as seven or 14 days, but were changed to be directly tied to the holiday.

Back during Brewfest 2007, an ["Honorary Brewer" Hand Stamp] was available for purchase and granted access to the [Brewfest Ram] and [Swift Brewfest Ram] vendors. Coren Direbrew (the holiday boss in the Grim Guzzler of Blackrock Depths) had not yet been implemented, so completing the quest was the only way to get the mounts. The hand stamp was removed for the 2008 Brewfest and the Swift Brewfest Ram added to Coren Direbrew's loot table (along with the new [Great Brewfest Kodo]), but the 60%-speed Brewfest Ram can no longer be purchased except by players who completed the Hand Stamp quest.

Mount			+Speed	Limited	Requirements	Source and notes
Disguises		[Fresh Holly]	—	Yes	Level 20	/kiss holiday NPCs during the Feast of Winter Veil
		[Preserved Holly]	—	No	Level 20	Quest rewards during the Feast of Winter Veil
		[Fresh Brewfest Hops]	—	Yes	Level 20	2 during Brewfest
		[Preserved Brewfest Hops]	—	No	Level 20	20 during Brewfest
		[Fresh Goblin Brewfest Hops]	—	Yes	Level 20	5 during Brewfest
		[Fresh Dwarven Brewfest Hops]	—	Yes	Level 20	5 during Brewfest
Love is in the Air		[Big Love Rocket]	60% - 310%	No	Apprentice (75)	Apothecary Hummel. Scaling mount
Hallow's End		[Rickety Magic Broom]	0%	Yes	None	[Crudely Wrapped Gift] Vanity mount
		[Magic Broom]	60% - 280%	Yes	Apprentice (75)	Headless Horseman. Scaling mount
		[The Horseman's Reins]	60% - 280%	No	Apprentice (75)	Headless Horseman. Scaling mount
Brewfest		[Swift Brewfest Ram]	100%	No	Journeyman (150)	Coren Direbrew
		[Great Brewfest Kodo]	100%	No	Journeyman (150)	Coren Direbrew

Outside of game mounts

The mounts in previous sections are acquired using solely in-game means. The mounts that follow require some real-world interactions, such as getting a rare loot card in the TCG, going to BlizzCon, or purchasing mounts from the Blizzard Store.

Trading Card Game mounts

This section contains information from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game and is considered non-canon.

All the TCG mounts must first be unlocked using a code found on a loot card, then they can be purchased from Landro Longshot in Booty Bay.

Mount		+Speed	Cost	Riding skill
	File:IconSmall Turtle Small.gif[Riding Turtle]	0%	Free	None. Vanity mount
	Template:MountIcon[Spectral Tiger]	60%	1	Apprentice (75)
	Template:MountIcon[Swift Spectral Tiger]	100%	10	Journeyman (150)
	Template:MountIcon[Big Battle Bear]	100%	10	Journeyman (150)
	Template:MountIcon[X-51 Nether-Rocket]	150%	50	Expert (225)
	Template:MountIcon[X-51 Nether-Rocket X-TREME]	280%	100	Artisan (300)

Blizzard Store mounts

Mounts are also available from Blizzard Store. They function exactly like Pet Store-purchased pets do: all characters on the account will get mail from Breanni with the mount attached.

Mount		+Speed	Cost	Riding skill
	[Celestial Steed]	60-310%	$25 at US Store or €20/£17 at EU Store	Apprentice (75). Scaling mount

BlizzCon mounts

The BlizzCon Mounts comes from the BlizzCon Welcome packages. The mounts must first be unlocked using a code found on the Blizzard Convention Card, the NPC's for unlocking the mounts can be found in Valley of Honor, Orgrimmar if you are Horde or in Forlorn Cavern, Ironforge if Alliance.

Mount		+Speed	Riding skill
	Template:MountIcon [Big Blizzard Bear]	60%-100%	Apprentice (75). Scaling mount

Recruit a friend mounts

These mounts are obtainable by recruiting a friend with the Recruit-A-Friend program.

Mount	+Speed		Available	Riding skill
	Land	Air
Template:MountIcon [X-53 Touring Rocket]	100%	150–310%	27 April 2010 – Present	Expert (225)

No longer available mounts

Arena System reward mounts

At the end of each Arena season, the top 0.5% of teams in the 3v3 and 5v5 bracket each battlegroup are rewarded with a 310% speed flying mount.

Such mounts are inherently time-limited and are not currently available.

Mount		+Speed		Season	Riding skill
		Land	Air
	[Swift Nether Drake]	100%	310%	Season 1	Artisan (300)
	[Merciless Nether Drake]	100%	310%	Season 2	Artisan (300)
	[Vengeful Nether Drake]	100%	310%	Season 3	Artisan (300)
	[Brutal Nether Drake]	100%	310%	Season 4	Artisan (300)
	[Deadly Gladiator's Frostwyrm]	100%	310%	Season 5	Artisan (300)
	[Furious Gladiator's Frostwyrm]	100%	310%	Season 6	Artisan (300)
	[Relentless Gladiator's Frostwyrm]	100%	310%	Season 7	Artisan (300)

Removed from game mounts

These mounts are no longer obtainable in the game.

Mount		+Speed		Original availability	Removed	Riding skill
		Land	Air
	[Palomino], [White Stallion]	100%		1000	Patch 1.4.0	Journeyman (150)
	[Black Ram], [Frost Ram]	100%		1000	Patch 1.4.0	Journeyman (150)
	[Icy Blue Mechanostrider Mod A], [White Mechanostrider Mod B]	100%		1000	Patch 1.4.0	Journeyman (150)
	[Ancient Frostsaber], [Nightsaber]	100%		1000	Patch 1.4.0	Journeyman (150)
	[Arctic Wolf], [Red Wolf]	100%		1000	Patch 1.4.0	Journeyman (150)
	[Green Kodo], [Teal Kodo]	100%		1000	Patch 1.4.0	Journeyman (150)
	[Ivory Raptor], [Mottled Red Raptor]	100%		1000	Patch 1.4.0	Journeyman (150)
	[Amani War Bear]	100%		Ashli's Bag, Zul'Aman	Patch 3.0.2	Journeyman (150)
	[Plagued Proto-Drake]	100%	310%	Glory of the Raider (10)	Patch 3.1.0	Artisan (300)
	[Black Proto-Drake]	100%	310%	Glory of the Raider (25)	Patch 3.1.0	Artisan (300)
	[Black Qiraji Resonating Crystal]	100%		Bang a Gong!	Patch 3.2.0	Journeyman (150)
	Template:MountIcon [Swift Zhevra]	100%		Recruit-A-Friend	27 April 2010	Journeyman (150)

Flying mounts in Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms

With careful use of [Eagle Eye] or [Far Sight], it is possible to see why Flying Mounts are not allowed in the old world.

At BlizzCon 2009 it was revealed that flying mounts will be available in some form to use in Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms with the release of the next expansion, titled Cataclysm. Blizzard officials had previously stated that it was unlikely that they would allow flying mounts in these continents since doing so would require them to redesign the continents with flying mounts in mind.

The present state of the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor is unsuitable for flying mounts; there are visual glitches like mountains and high buildings whose tops cannot be seen, and places where the terrain abruptly changes from one tileset to another, creating a grossly unrealistic appearance in some areas. There are also zones which should be there lore-wise but are presently empty and unfinished.

With the coming expansion, rebuilding the continents is precisely what they plan to do, which explains why flying in those continents will become possible.

Mount class examples

Scaling mounts

There are a few of mounts available that scale in speed and flight capability based on the rider's skill and location. Such mounts are rewards from holidays or outside-of-game items and are designed to be usable regardless of level or skill. That said, they only change capabilities during the action of mounting. For instance: mount up in a non-flying area of Dalaran to have a land mount, as expected. Then, ride into Krasus' Landing. The mount will not automatically turn into a flying mount. So, dismount and remount to fly away.

Mount	Ground speed	Flight speed
[Big Blizzard Bear]	60 - 100%	—
[Magic Broom]	60 – 100%	150 – 280%
[The Horseman's Reins]	60 – 100%	150 – 280%
[Celestial Steed]	60 – 100%	150 – 310%
[X-53 Touring Rocket]	60 – 100%	150 – 310%
[Big Love Rocket]	60 – 100%	150 – 310%

Notes

Vanity mounts

Vanity mounts only exist to put the player on a mount. They confer no bonuses to movement speed, and thus require no riding skill. The two vanity mounts are the [Rickety Magic Broom], a fairly common reward for completing daily quests during Hallow's End, and the [Riding Turtle], available from the TCG.

See also

• Riding skill
• List of mounts for a full list of mounts
• Transportation category for a detailed list of methods of transportation in WoW.
• If you want to get a head start, read a Guide for Preparing to Buy a Mount.
• Locations of fixed devices throughout Azeroth, including where to purchase mounts.

Patch history

Wrath of the Lich King

• Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): Battlegrounds will no longer award Marks of Honor. Items which previously required Marks of Honor will have their costs adjusted to remove these requirements.

  PvP mounts now cost 50,000
  

• Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): Knockbacks no longer dismount players. If on a flying mount, you will be knocked back a short distance before being able to resume flying.
  
• Patch 3.2.2 (2009-09-22): Undocumented change

  The riding trainers in Thrallmar and Honor Hold are now part of the Orgrimmar and Stormwind factions respectively. Note also that this change doesn't apply to trainers in Northrend.
  

• Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04):
  • The cast time for summoning any ground or flying mount is now 1.5 seconds, down from 3 seconds.
  • Apprentice Riding (Skill 75): Can now be learned at level 20 for 4. Mail will be sent to players who reach level 20 directing them to he riding trainer.
  • Journeyman Riding (Skill 150): Can now be learned at level 40 for 50. Mail will be sent to players who reach level 40 directing them back to the riding trainer.
  • Expert Riding (Skill 225): Can now be learned at level 60 for 600 from trainers in Honor Hold or Thrallmar. Faction discounts now apply (Honor Hold for Alliance; Thrallmar for Horde). Flight speed at this skill level has been increased to 150% of run speed, up from 60%.
  • Artisan Riding (Skill 300): Faction discounts now apply (Honor Hold or Valiance Expedition for Alliance; Thrallmar or Warsong Offensive for Horde).
  • Flying over Dalaran and Wintergrasp is now possible so long as players keep a healthy distance above the ground.
    
  • The ravasaur trainer Mor'vek has returned to Un'Goro and will offer to help Horde players raise and train a [Venomhide Ravasaur] as a mount... if they can survive the creature's deadly poison.
• Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): All Ground Mounts may now swim without dismounting the rider. Flying Mounts still may NOT, and will dismount the rider upon entering water.
  
• Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Racial restrictions on mounts have now been lifted. Night elves on mechanostriders? Tauren on raptors? You're not seeing things.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14):
  • Mounting is now permitted in Ahn'Qiraj.
  • New Vanity Pet and Mount changes: Players will now be able to access their non-combat pets and mounts by clicking on the pets tab in the Character Info panel. These pets and mounts will be now learnable much like spells or abilities. Once a vanity pet or mount is learned, the icon will disappear from within a player's inventory and reappear in the appropriate tab under the pet tab under Character Info. Say goodbye to your vanity pets and mounts taking up bag and bank slots! Lost pets and mounts (one time quest rewards) can be recovered by visiting a stablemaster.
    

Burning Crusade

• Patch 2.4.3 (2008-07-15): Mounts at 30?! Yes, it's true: Apprentice Riding and mounts are now available at level 30. Training costs 35.
  
• Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): Nutral, the flight master in Shattrath City, now has a quest for characters who are level 70 and do not yet have a riding skill of 225. The quest will direct a character to visit the appropriate riding instructor in Shadowmoon Valley so that the player will know where they can purchase the skill necessary to use a flying mount.
  
• Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22):
  • Swift Flying Mounts: All the swift flying mounts will now display as epic items, rather than superior-quality items.
  • Using abilities and casting spells that cannot be used while mounted will now auto-dismount players as needed. This can be disabled by turning off the auto-dismount option in the UI options.
  • New Lua conditional [flyable] which is true if you're in a location where you could use a flying mount.
    
• Patch 2.0.3 (2007-01-09): New macro command: /dismount
  
• Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Honor system revamp

  PvP mounts no longer limited to rank 11s, now available for 30 30 30 each.
  

Classic

• Patch 1.12.1 (2006-09-26): The riding skill has been changed. A riding skill of 75 is now needed to ride level 40 mounts and a skill of 150 for level 60 mounts. Those that already have mounts will automatically be granted the appropriate level skill.
  
• Patch 1.12.0 (2006-08-22): The Items that summon mounts have been changed in their color/quality. Items that summon normal mounts are now blue (superior) items and items that summon swift mounts are now purple (epic) items.
  
• Patch 1.5.0 (2005-06-07): Many of the Swift Mounts have gained eye glows and some have had other tweaks made to them to improve their looks.
  
• Patch 1.4.0 (2005-04-19): Level 60 mounts purchased at vendors now have a whole new look. Faster undead mounts already have a different look and so have not changed. The new mounts can be seen standing near the mount vendors. If you have one of the old fast mounts, you can exchange it for one with a new look at the mount vendor.
  
• Patch 1.3.0 (2005-03-07): Mounts now are Horde or Alliance restricted in the tooltip. We do not intend to allow Horde players to ride Alliance vendor-purchased mounts and vice versa.
  
• Patch 1.2.0 (2004-12-18): Players will now be able to purchase and train mounts from other races in their faction. However, you will first need to obtain "Exalted" reputation status with that race in order to do so. Mounts of the opposing faction are not available for purchase.
  
• Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Tauren players will no longer have the  [Plainsrunning] ability, due to the availability of Kodo mounts! Tauren players can purchase the Kodo mount at Bloodhoof village.
  

Notes

• Mounts have a special emote they can do: This can be invoked while motionless on the ground, either by the /mountspecial slash command, or by pressing the Space key
• Flying mounts can perform a loop! Press Pitch Up or Pitch Down (normally ⌤ Ins and ⌦ Del) while in flight to perform a loop. On a macintosh, the Help key, or the Fn+⌦ Del combination (on the laptop) will start it.
• Additionally, while in a loop, you can use your strafe keys.
• Mounts that allow passengers (the two choppers, the [Grand Ice Mammoth], the [Traveler's Tundra Mammoth] and [Grand Black War Mammoth]) allow other characters to ride as passengers. Currently, the only flying mount that allows passengers is the Recruit-A-Friend mount, the [X-53 Touring Rocket‎‎].

External links

World of Warcraft Community Site Mounts (official guide page)

World of Warcraft Europe (en) Mounts (official guide page)

WarcraftMounts.com Images of all the currently available mounts!

WoW Insider Images, descriptions, and prices of all WoW mounts.

WarcraftOverachiever Complete Horde/Alliance Mount Guide

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