Transportation encompasses the various means on traveling around in World of Warcraft.

See also:

• The excellent Transportation guide at WorldOfWar.net.

Basic

Walking/Running

Running is the main method of exploring the world. Flight paths require you to run to their Flight Masters around the world to unlock them. Teleports, Portals, Boats, Zeppelins, and the Deeprun Tram only have set destinations. Mounts are a form of running.

Around level 30, several classes gain a power to increase their run speed.

• Hunters have [Aspect of the Cheetah] and [Aspect of the Pack].
• Druids have a [Travel Form] trainable at level 30. Also, talent points can be invested to increase running speed in cat form by 15% per each of two points for this talent in the Feral tree.
• Shamans have a Ghost Wolf Form, trainable at level 20.
• Mages do not have a constant speed boosting skill, however at level 20 they may periodically use "blink" in order to shorten their travel time.
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Swimming

Swimming is, by far, the slowest way of getting anywhere. It can also be dangerous, as you have a breath meter while underwater, and if you go deep enough (meaning far enough away from land), a fatigue meter. When a breath or fatigue meter reaches 0, the player takes damage every few seconds, until they surface or leave the high pressure area.

Druids have an [Aquatic Form] that protects them from drowning, and increases their swimming speed by 50%, raising their swim speed to be level with normal walking speed.In addition, Warlock and Shaman spells and Elixirs of (Greater) Water Breathing allow you to breathe underwater, and Shamans may also cast a spell to allow them to walk on water. Forsaken have a racial ability which helps them last longer underwater, increasing their breath by 300%.

Rapid-Transit

Alliance

Hippogryph

Gryphon

Deeprun Tram

Horde

Wyvern

Vampire Bat

Inter-Continental

Boat

• Ratchet, The Barrens ↔ Booty Bay, Stranglethorn Vale
• Menethil Harbor, Wetlands ↔ Theramore Isle, Dustwallow Marsh
• Menethil Harbor, Wetlands ↔ Auberdine, Darkshore
• The Forgotten Coast, Feralas ↔ Feathermoon Stronghold, Feralas

Zeppelin

• Orgrimmar, Durotar ↔ Grom'Gol, Stranglethorn Vale
• Orgrimmar, Durotar ↔ Undercity, Tirisfal Glades
• Undercity, Tirisfal Glades ↔ Grom'Gol, Stranglethorn Vale

Mounts

Horde

Orc - Wolf

• Dire Wolf
• Timber Wolf
• Brown Wolf
• Red Wolf (Epic)
• Arctic Wolf (Epic)

Tauren - Kodo

• Gray Kodo
• Brown Kodo
• Green Kodo (Old Epic, No longer available)
• Teal Kodo (Old Epic, No longer available)
• Great White Kodo (Epic)
• Great Grey Kodo (Epic)

Forsaken - Skeletal Horse

• Blue Skeletal Horse
• Brown Skeletal Horse
• Red Skeletal Horse
• Green Skeletal Warhorse (Epic)
• Purple Skeletal Warhorse (Epic)

Troll - Raptor

• Emerald Raptor
• Turquoise Raptor
• Violet Raptor
• Mottled Red Raptor (Old Epic, No longer available)
• Ivory Raptor (Old Epic, No longer available)
• Swift Olive Raptor (Epic)
• Swift Orange Raptor (Epic)

Alliance

Human - Horse

• Black Stallion
• Brown Horse
• Chestnut Mare
• Pinto
• Palomino (Epic)
• White Stallion (Epic)

Night Elf - Nightsaber

• Striped Nightsaber
• Spotted Frostsaber
• Striped Frostsaber
• Nightsaber (Epic)
• Frostsaber (Epic)
• Winterspring Frostsaber (Epic)

Gnome - Mechanostrider

• Blue Mechanostrider
• Green Mechanostrider
• Red Mechanostrider
• Unpainted Mechanostrider
• Icy Blue Mechanostrider Mod A (Epic)
• White Mechanostrider Mod A (Epic)

Dwarf - Ram

• Brown Ram
• White Ram
• Gray Ram
• Black Ram (Epic)
• Frost Ram (Epic)

Paladin

• Warhorse
• Charger (Epic)

Warlock

• Felsteed
• Dreadsteed (Epic)

Rare/Other

• Swift Razzashi Raptor - An epic mount that randomly drops in the Zul'Gurub instance.
• Swift Zulian Tiger - An epic mount that randomly drops in the Zul'Gurub instance.
• Deathcharger - The mount of Baron Rivendare.
• Ravasaurs - Raptors native to Un'Goro Crater.

PvP Reward Mounts

Horde

• Frostwolf Howler - Available for purchase after reaching Exalted status with the Frostwolf Clan of Alterac Valley. (Requires level 60)
• Black War Wolf - Requires level 40 and Honor Rank 11.
• Black War Raptor - Requires level 40 and Honor Rank 11.
• Black War Kodo - Requires level 40 and Honor Rank 11.
• Red Skeletal Horse - Requires level 40 and Honor Rank 11.

Alliance

• Stormpike Riding Ram - Available for purchase after reaching Exalted status with the Stormpike clan of Alterac Valley. (Requires level 60)
• Black Warsteed - Requires level 40 and Honor Rank 11.
• Black Battle Ram - Requires level 40 and Honor Rank 11.
• Black Battlestrider - Requires level 40 and Honor Rank 11.
• Black War Tiger - Requires level 40 and Honor Rank 11.

Other

Portals/Teleportation

 [Hearthstone]

• Can be used once every hour to transport the player to their home location.

The Dark Portal

• Leads to Outland.
• Must first be opened through an in-game event upon release of the Burning Crusade expansion.

Mage Portal

• Mages can create a portal to the capital city of their choosing, with the proper spell. The mage has two versions of this: a self-only Teleport and a Portal for group members.

[Teleport: Moonglade]

• Similar to a Mage's self-only Teleport, this allows a Druid to teleport to Moonglade.

[Ritual of Summoning]

• Warlocks can cast this spell to transport a party member to them.
• Requires at least 4 party members - a Warlock to initiate the ritual, 2 others nearby to participate in the ritual, and 1 to be transported to the rest of the party.
• Requires a soul shard reagent, which the warlock can aquire through the soul drain spell.

[Astral Recall]

• Allows a Shaman to transport to their home location.
• Basically, it's a  [Hearthstone] you can use every 15 minutes.

Transporter

• See Transporters for more info.

Telepolyporter 3000

• Allows Horde players to transport from Booty Bay to Gnomeregan, and vice versa.

Ultrasafe Transporter

• Gnomish Engineers with 260 skill can create a gizmo that will transport them to Gadgetzan.
• 4-hour cooldown.
• Some side-effects may occur, and include:
  • Missing the destination transporter pad and appearing several hundred feet away, high above the desert. The fall will probably kill you, and will cause 10% durability loss to your gear.
  • The creation of an "evil twin".
  • Being transformed into a Trogg for a short period of time.

Dimensional Ripper

• Goblin Engineers with 260 skill can create a gizmo that will transport them to Everlook.
• 4-hour cooldown.
• Some side-effects may occur, and include:
  • Catching fire and dying when you appear in Everlook.

Event Mounts

Ahn'Qiraj

The Ahn'Qiraj instance (released in patch 1.9) will feature various large insectoid mounts available for players to ride through the large expanses of the instance, as it will be the largest in the game upon its implementation.