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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 almost always faster than walking/running (some vanity mounts such as the [Sea Turtle] provide only circumstantial speed boosts). World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade introduced flying mounts in select areas, which further increased the maximum possible player movement speed. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm introduced flying to Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms, as well as the new areas exclusive to the expansion.
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, 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
Since patch 4.0.1 most mounts no longer have intrinsic values for speed; their speed is dependent only on your riding skill.
There are a total of eight classes of mounts:
Class | Air | Ground | Water |
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Ground mounts (apprentice riding) | — | 60% | 0% |
Ground mounts (journeyman riding or higher) | — | 100% | 0% |
Flying mounts (expert riding) | 150% | 60% | — |
Flying mounts (artisan riding) | 280% | 100% | — |
Flying mounts (master riding) | 310% | 100% | — |
Aquatic mounts | — | 0% | 60% |
Vanity mounts | — | 0% | 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. Increases mounted 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. Increases mounted 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. Increases mounted movement speed by 150% in the air and 60% on the ground. Flying in Northrend requires Cold Weather Flying training, while flying in Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor requires a Flight Master's License (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.
Flight Master's License: Level 60
The [Flight Master's License] (often referred to as "Old Weather Flying") costs 250 and unlocks the ability for players to fly in the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor excluding the zones that requires The Burning Crusade expansion (like Eversong Woods and Ghostlands), much like [Cold Weather Flying] can at 68 for flight in Northrend. It requires level 60 and 225 skill. It also requires purchasers to have World of Warcraft: Cataclysm attached to their account.
This ability is not required for Cold Weather Flying or any higher skill tier.
Cold Weather Flying: Level 68
The [Cold Weather Flying] skill costs 500. This non-discountable training grants players the ability to also use their flying mounts in Northrend and requires level 68 and expert riding skill. Before Patch 4.0.1, only level 80 characters were are able to buy this training directly for 1000. In Patch 3.2.0, a bind to account heirloom, the [Tome of Cold Weather Flight], was made available for level 80 characters to purchase for 1000, which allowed characters of level 68 to learn the spell making flight in Northrend possible from an even earlier level. Patch 4.0.1 made the tome redundant, so it was removed.
Artisan: Level 70
Artisan riding skill (300) costs 5,000, reduced by the appropriate reputation discounts. Increases mounted movement speed by 100% on the ground and 280% in the air. No class-granted abilities award artisan flying, although the Druid ability [Swift Flight Form] requires it.
Master: Level 80
Master riding skill (375) costs 5,000 for training, reduced by the appropriate reputation discount. Introduced with Patch 4.0.1, this opens up 310% flying speed to any level 80 that can afford it. However, any characters that already had a 310% speed flying mount pre-4.0.1 were given this skill automatically and free of charge with 4.0.1. Purchasing this riding skill will unlock 310% flying speed for all flying mounts a player can own.
One considerable exception to this is the reward from the meta world events achievement What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been, the [Reins of the Violet Proto-Drake]. After many posts on the original forums from disappointed players who had been working on the achievement, Zarhym announced that the Violet Proto-Drake would be hotfixed it so that obtaining it after Patch 4.0.1 will award Master riding.
Summary
Proficiency | Cost | +Speed | Required for | Requires | |||
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Skill | Mounts | Land | Air | ||||
75 | Apprentice | 4 | 1 | 60% | Ground mounts | Level 20 | |
150 | Journeyman | 50 | 10 | 100% | Ground mounts | Level 40 | |
225 | Expert | 250 | 50 | 60% | 150% | Flying mounts | Level 60 |
300 | Artisan | 5000 | 100 | 100% | 280% | Flying mounts | Level 70 |
375 | Master | 5000 | — | 100% | 310% | Flying mounts | Level 80 |
[Cold Weather Flying] | 500 | Flying in Northrend | Level 68 & 225 skill | ||||
[Flight Master's License] | 250 | Flying in Eastern Kingdoms, Kalimdor and Deepholm | Level 60 & 225 skill |
Increasing your speed
Through class abilities and talents
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 Frost tree (tier 2). 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 2). 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 2). 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 5) 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.[1]
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] |
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[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 | Cost | Requirements | |||
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Race | Faction | Riding skill | |||
Template:MountIcon Elekk mounts | 1 | Draenei | Exodar | Apprentice (75) | |
Template:MountIcon Ram mounts | 1 | Dwarf | Ironforge | Apprentice (75) | |
Template:MountIcon Mechanostrider mounts | 1 | Gnome | Gnomeregan | Apprentice (75) | |
Template:MountIcon Horse mounts | 1 | Human | Stormwind | Apprentice (75) | |
Template:MountIcon Saber mounts | 1 | Night elf | Darnassus | Apprentice (75) | |
Swift elekk mounts | 10 | Draenei | Exodar | Journeyman (150) | |
Swift ram mounts | 10 | Dwarf | Ironforge | Journeyman (150) | |
Swift mechanostrider mounts | 10 | Gnome | Gnomeregan | Journeyman (150) | |
Swift horse mounts | 10 | Human | Stormwind | Journeyman (150) | |
Swift saber mounts | 10 | Night elf | Darnassus | Journeyman (150) | |
Gryphon mounts | 50 | Expert (225) | |||
Swift gryphon mounts | 100 | Artisan (300) | |||
Template:MountIcon Hawkstrider mounts | 1 | Blood elf | Silvermoon City | Apprentice (75) | |
Template:MountIcon Trike mounts | 1 | Goblin | Bilgewater Cartel | Apprentice (75) | |
Template:MountIcon Wolf mounts | 1 | Orc | Orgrimmar | Apprentice (75) | |
Template:MountIcon Kodo mounts | 1 | Tauren | Thunder Bluff | Apprentice (75) | |
Template:MountIcon Raptor mounts | 1 | Troll | Darkspear Trolls | Apprentice (75) | |
Template:MountIcon Skeletal horse mounts | 1 | Undead | Undercity | Apprentice (75) | |
Swift hawkstrider mounts | 10 | Blood elf | Silvermoon City | Journeyman (150) | |
Template:MountIcon Swift trike mounts | 10 | Goblin | Bilgewater Cartel | Journeyman (150) | |
Swift wolf mounts | 10 | Orc | Orgrimmar | Journeyman (150) | |
Swift kodo mounts | 10 | Tauren | Thunder Bluff | Journeyman (150) | |
Swift raptor mounts | 10 | Troll | Darkspear Trolls | Journeyman (150) | |
Skeletal warhorse mounts | 10 | Undead | Undercity | Journeyman (150) | |
Template:MountIcon Wyvern mounts | 50 | Expert (225) | |||
Swift wyvern mounts | 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 and draenei paladins will not be getting chargers, but special types of Kodo and Elekk mounts, respectively[2][3].
Class | Mount/form | Source | Level | ||
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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] | 3 from trainer | 60 | ||
Template:MountIcon [Swift Flight Form] | 20 from trainer | 71 | |||
Paladin | Template:MountIcon [Warhorse] | 1 from trainer | 20 | ||
Template:MountIcon [Summon Charger] / [Summon Charger] | 2 from trainer | 40 | |||
Template:MountIcon [Argent Charger] | 100 & <Crusader> | 40 | |||
Warlock | Template:MountIcon Felsteed | 1 from trainer | 20 | ||
Template:MountIcon [Dreadsteed] | 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 | |
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[Black Battlestrider] | 100% | Journeyman (150) | ||
[Black War Elekk] | 100% | Journeyman (150) | ||
[Black War Mammoth] | 100% | Journeyman (150) | ||
[Black War Ram] | 100% | Journeyman (150) | ||
[Black War Steed] | 100% | Journeyman (150) | ||
[Black War Tiger] | 100% | Journeyman (150) | ||
[Stormpike Battle Charger] | 100% | Journeyman (150) | ||
[Black War Kodo] | 100% | Journeyman (150) | ||
[Black War Mammoth] | 100% | Journeyman (150) | ||
Template:MountIcon [Black War Raptor] | 100% | Journeyman (150) | ||
[Black War Wolf] | 100% | Journeyman (150) | ||
[Frostwolf Howler] | 100% | Journeyman (150) | ||
[Red Skeletal Warhorse] | 100% | Journeyman (150) | ||
[Swift Warstrider] | 100% | 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 | |||
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Land | Air | Water | ||||
[Venomhide Ravasaur] | 100% | They Grow Up So Fast | Apprentice (75) | |||
[Crimson Deathcharger] | 100% | Mograine's Reunion | Apprentice (75) | |||
[Subdued Abyssal Seahorse] | 450% | 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 | Name | Type | Cost | Faction | Riding skill |
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[Winterspring Frostsaber] | Ground | 100 | Wintersaber Trainers exalted | Apprentice (75) | |
[Cenarion War Hippogryph] | Air | 2,000 | Cenarion Expedition exalted | Artisan (300) | |
Riding talbuk mounts | Ground | 70 | Kurenai/Mag'har exalted | Journeyman (150) | |
War talbuk mounts | Ground | 100 | Kurenai/Mag'har exalted | Journeyman (150) | |
Netherwing drake mounts | Air | 200 | Netherwing exalted | Artisan (300) | |
Nether ray mounts | Air | 200 | Sha'tari Skyguard exalted | Artisan (300) | |
[Ice Mammoth] | Ground | 1,000 | Sons of Hodir revered | Journeyman (150) | |
[Grand Ice Mammoth] | Ground | 10,000 | Sons of Hodir exalted | Journeyman (150) | |
[Red Drake] | Air | 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.
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 | ||
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Land | Air | |||||
[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 | |||
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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] | 100% | 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 | ||
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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.
Aquatic mounts
- For the Subdued Abyssal Seahorse, 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 | ||
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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 | ||
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Land | Air | ||||
[Blue Dragonhawk Mount] | 100% | 280% | Mountain o' Mounts | Artisan (300) | |
[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.
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
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 | |
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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 | |
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[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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | ||
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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.
Flying mounts in Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms
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 zone developers plan to do, which explains why flying in those continents will become possible.
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
Cataclysm
- Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): All mounts now scale to the appropriate riding skill. This means that all 310% speed mounts earned from achievements or were awarded from this patch onward are 280% in order to match the current max riding skill, Artisan. Players who already have a 310% mount are grandfathered into the system.
- Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Mounts that are both ground and flying will no longer need to be dismounted and then re-mounted to switch between types. This will now be automatic.
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.
- 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.
- 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[4] 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 the 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.
- 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 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Clarified the error message when trying to attack while mounted.
- 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].
References
- ^ http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=9336669931&pageNo=1&sid=2000#1
- ^ http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=19377464368&postId=193512634565&sid=1#26
- ^ http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=19377464368&sid=1&pageNo=3#46
- ^ Zarhym 2009-07-11. Re: Flying mount changes latest PTR patch?. Archived from the original on 2009-07-11. Retrieved on 2009-07-11.
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