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 (bind on pickup) more or less exotic beasts (or machinations). Warlocks, Paladins and Death Knights can summon their mounts with special spells. Mounted travel is definitely faster than walking, 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 Marks of Honor and will drop at very low rates from bosses in instances such as Stratholme, Zul'Gurub, Zul'Aman, Tempest Keep, Magisters' Terrace, Sethekk Halls, and Karazhan.

Riding skills and abilities

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

Blood Knights riding their Horde Paladin Mounts.

Several types of mounts exist, all which correspond to one of the four different riding skills: (Apprentice, Journeyman, Expert, and Artisan).

Apprentice: Level 30

Apprentice riding skill (75) costs 35 for training and an additional 10 for the mount, both reduced by the appropriate reputation discount. Rare ground mounts increase movement speed by 60%. It was reduced from level 40 and 90 for training in Patch 2.4.3. At level 30 (since Patch 2.4.3) warlocks can learn the spell [Summon Felsteed] at the cost of 1, which grants them a Felsteed mount and Apprentice Riding skill. Additionally, at level 30, Paladins can learn the spell [Summon Warhorse] from the Paladin Class trainer at the cost of 1, which grants them a Warhorse mount and the Apprentice Riding skill.

Also, note under the old PvP system (pre-Patch 2.0), that it was possible at riding skill 75 and level 55 to buy and ride the PvP versions of some Epic ground mounts at Rank 11 ( Commander or Lieutenant General). These mounts are no longer available for purchase for players.

Journeyman: Level 60

Journeyman riding skill (150) costs 600 for training and an additional 100 for the mount, both reduced by the appropriate reputation discount. Epic ground mounts increase movement speed by 100%.

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. Death Knights can complete these quests as early as level 55.

Expert: Level 70

Expert riding skill (225) costs 800 for training and an additional 100 for the mount. There are no reputation discounts available; this skill is learned from Ilsa Blusterbrew in Wildhammer Stronghold, Shadowmoon Valley to Alliance players and from Olrokk, located in Shadowmoon Village in the same zone, to Horde players. Flying mounts are also only usable while within Outland though within the expansion, most areas of Northrend will allow the use of flying mounts, but only at level 77 and above with cold weather flying traning. Rare Flying mounts increase movement speed by 60% on the ground and in the air.

Artisan: Level 70

Artisan riding skill (300) costs 5000 for training and an additional 200 for the mount. The skill is learned from the same trainers who teach the Expert skill, and thus has no discount whatsoever. Epic Flying mounts increase movement speed by 100% on the ground and 280% in the air.

Cold Weather Flying: Level 77

The skill Cold Weather Flying costs 1000. This non-discountable training grants players the ability to also use their flying mounts in Northrend. Requires at least level 77. Learned from: Hira Snowdawn at Dalaran, Pilot Vic in Sholazar or Roxi Ramrocket in the Storm Peaks. Template:WOTLK1 Sponsor

Base mounts

Early mounts

Every race has a unique mount attainable at level 20, known as the Early Mount. They require no riding skill to use, but expire upon reaching level 30 when a full mount can be purchased. The Early Mount existed in early versions of the game, but was removed with patch 1.1.0. It was, however, reintroduced with patch 3.0.9, costing 15 gold and purchased from Lexlort, in Kargath. While reaching the Badlands is difficult at this level, many players find the 40% speed increase offered by the Early Mount to be worth the trouble.

The mounts offered to each race are as follows:

Mounts by race
Alliance
Template:Night Elf Race	Template:MountIcon Saber kitten	Darnassus
Template:Human Race	Template:MountIcon Pony	Stormwind
Template:Dwarf Race	Template:MountIcon Goat	Ironforge
Template:Gnome Race	Template:MountIconElectric Pogo Stick	Gnomeregan Exiles
Template:Draenei Race	Template:MountIcon Tapir	Exodar
Horde
Template:Tauren Race	Template:MountIcon Kodo Calf	Thunderbluff
Template:Orc Race	Template:MountIcon Newborn Wolf Pup	Orgrimmar
Template:Troll Race	Template:MountIcon Raptor Hatchling	Darkspear Trolls
Template:Undead Race	Template:MountIcon Skeletal Pony	Undercity
Template:Blood Elf Race	Template:MountIcon Pigeonstrider	Silvermoon

Racial mounts

File:Trollsraptors.jpg

Two trolls riding Raptors.

Each race has their own mount, but other races can ride these mounts if they have the appropriate faction status.

Prior to patch 3.0.8, each race could only ride certain mounts (indicated in the mount's tooltip). With the introduction of patch 3.0.8, these restrictions were removed, allowing characters of any race to purchase and ride mounts from any faction, provided they had the appropriate faction standing.

Before the introduction of the Taurens' mount in patch 1.1, the kodo beast, Tauren players used an ability called [Plainsrunning].

Mounts by race
Alliance
Template:Night Elf Race	Template:MountIcon Saber cat	Darnassus
Template:Human Race	Template:MountIcon Horse	Stormwind
Template:Dwarf Race	Template:MountIcon Ram	Ironforge
Template:Gnome Race	Template:MountIconMechanostrider	Gnomeregan Exiles
Template:Draenei Race	Template:MountIcon Elekk	Exodar
Horde
Template:Tauren Race	Template:MountIcon Kodo	Thunderbluff
Template:Orc Race	Template:MountIcon Wolf	Orgrimmar
Template:Troll Race	Template:MountIcon Raptor	Darkspear Trolls
Template:Undead Race	Template:MountIcon Skeletal Horse	Undercity
Template:Blood Elf Race	Template:MountIcon Hawkstrider	Silvermoon
Flying Mounts
Alliance	Template:MountIcon Gryphon
Horde	Template:MountIcon Wyvern

Class-granted mounts

There are some classes in the game that can acquire special mounts linked to their own class through lore. These classes are the Paladin, the Death Knight and the Warlock, all actually given a type of horse. Prior to the expansion, in order to gain the epic version of the Paladin's or the Warlock's mount, one was ushered to pursue a very long quest chain sending one to every corner of Azeroth in search of rare ingredients; beside that, it also required a lot of gold. As a means to speed up leveling, as of the introduction of Wrath of the Lich King, these quests are now optional; the skill can be learned from the classes' respective trainer at level 61. The normal version of the mount has always been free, rewarded through a very minor quest.

Available class mounts
Death knight	Template:MountIcon Deathcharger at level 55 after completing  [55] Into The Realm of Shadows.
Death Knight	Template:MountIcon  [Winged Steed of the Ebon Blade], a skeletal gryphon used as flying mount.
Paladin	Template:MountIcon Warhorse (blue and silver) at level 30.
Paladin	Template:MountIcon Charger (blue and golden) level 60.
Paladin	Template:MountIcon Thalassian Warhorse (red and bronze) at level 30.
Paladin	Template:MountIcon Thalassian Charger (red and bronze) at level 60.
Warlock	Template:MountIcon Felsteed at level 30.
Warlock	Template:MountIcon [Dreadsteed] at level 60.

Purchasing other mounts

You can purchase your own race's mount regardless of your reputation provided you have enough gold stockpiled. However, to purchase another race's mount, your reputation with that race's faction must be Template:Exalted. Before Patch 1.12.1, it was required to get additional training to ride that race's mounts. After Patch 1.12.1, a universal riding skill was introduced that superseded all the mount-specific riding skills. Do keep in mind that mount vendors of cities owned by races other than your own will not show you what they have to offer unless you are exalted with them.

Increasing the speed of your mount

Through class abilities and talents

Druids and Shamans 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 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.

• Druid
  • [Flight Form] at level 68. Usable in Outland or Northrend only. Movement speed (flying) increased by 60%. Instant cast, cannot shapeshift in combat. Learning the ability also teaches Druids the Riding Skill 225 as the same time. Requires Riding skill 150 to learn.
  • [Swift Flight Form] at level 70. Usable in Outland or Northrend only. Movement speed (flying) increased by 280%, 100% increase at ground level. Instant cast, cannot shapeshift in combat. It requires the druid to have 300 riding and can be learned from the trainer once you reach level 71 . It is also obtainable at the end of a long quest chain, requiring 300 riding skill to start, which culminates with the killing of Anzu, the Raven God in Heroic Sethekk Halls.
• 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 10%/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.
• 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.

Through items and enchants

There are five other methods for increasing your mounted speed:

• [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 with no affect to players above level 70
•  [Mithril Spurs]: +4% (stacking), world drop Blacksmithing plans
•  [Riding Crop]: +10% (non-stacking), Leatherworking pattern sold in Old Hillsbrad Foothills with no affect to players above level 70
•  [Skybreaker Whip]: +10% (non-stacking), quest reward from  [70] Dragonmaw Race: Captain Skyshatter, must be Honored with Netherwing with no affect to players above level 70

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.

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

Characters higher than level 70 will not benefit from mount speed improvement trinkets. 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]	100%	110%	120%
Normal land and flying mounts	160%	176%	192%
Swift land mounts	200%	220%	240%
Epic flying mounts	380%	418%	456%
[Swift Nether Drake] or  [Ashes of Al'ar]	410%	451%	492%

Available mounts

Regular ground mounts

Except for the Qiraji battle tank mounts, these are the regular ground mounts purchasable from racial vendors.

Mount type		Speed increase	Availability	Required riding skill
	Humans : Template:MountIcon Horse mounts Dwarves : Template:MountIcon Ram mounts Gnomes : Template:MountIcon Mechanostrider mounts Night elves : Template:MountIcon Saber mounts Draenei : Template:MountIcon Elekk mounts	60%	10	Apprentice (75)
	Orcs : Template:MountIcon Wolf mounts Tauren : Template:MountIcon Kodo mounts Trolls : Template:MountIcon Raptor mounts Forsaken : Template:MountIcon Skeletal horse mounts Blood elves : Template:MountIcon Hawkstrider mounts	60%	10	Apprentice (75)
Ahn'Qiraj	Template:MountIcon Qiraji battle tank mounts	100%	AQ40 Drop	Apprentice (75)

Epic ground mounts

Swift mounts have been available since Patch 1.4, making pre-1.4 mounts no longer purchasable. Pre-1.4 mounts have rare epic mount styles but different colors. Players with old epic mounts can exchange their mount for the newer mounts but since old epic mounts can no longer be purchased, people keep their old epic mount as a novelty.

Mount type		Speed increase	Availability	Required riding skill
	Humans : Template:MountIcon Swift Horse Mounts Dwarves : Template:MountIcon Swift Ram Mounts Gnomes : Template:MountIcon Swift Mechanostrider Mounts Night elves : Template:MountIcon Swift Saber Mounts Draenei : Template:MountIcon Swift Elekk Mounts	100%	100	Journeyman (150)
	Orcs : Template:MountIcon Swift Wolf Mounts Tauren : Template:MountIcon Swift Kodo Mounts Trolls : Template:MountIcon Swift Raptor Mounts Undead : Template:MountIcon Skeletal Warhorse Mounts Blood elves : Template:MountIcon Swift Hawkstrider Mounts	100%	100	Journeyman (150)
PvP Mounts	Template:MountIcon [Black Battlestrider] from the gnomes [†] Template:MountIcon [Black War Ram] from the dwarves [†] Template:MountIcon [Black War Steed] from the humans [†] Template:MountIcon [Black War Tiger] from the night elves [†] Template:MountIcon [Black War Elekk] from the draenei [†] Old PvP mounts (required rank 11) in pre-2.0/ honor system.	100%	30 30 30	Journeyman (150)
PvP Mounts	Template:MountIcon [Black War Wolf] from the orcs [†] Template:MountIcon [Red Skeletal Warhorse] from the undead [†] Template:MountIcon [Black War Kodo] from the tauren [†] Template:MountIcon [Black War Raptor] from the trolls [†] Template:MountIcon [Swift Warstrider] from the blood elves [†] Old PvP mounts (required rank 11) in pre-2.0/ honor system.	100%	30 30 30	Journeyman (150)
PvP Mounts	Template:MountIcon [Dark War Talbuk] from Halaa blade merchant Template:MountIcon [Dark Riding Talbuk] from Halaa blade merchant	100%		Journeyman (150)
Rare faction	: Template:MountIcon [Winterspring Frostsaber] : Template:MountIcon [Riding Talbuk Mounts] : Template:MountIcon [War Talbuk Mounts] : Template:MountIcon [Ice Mammoth] : Template:MountIcon [Grand Ice Mammoth]	100%	100 70 100 1000 10000	Apprentice (75) Journeyman (150) Journeyman (150) Journeyman (150) Journeyman (150)
Alterac Valley Mounts	: Template:MountIcon [Stormpike Battle Charger] : Template:MountIcon [Frostwolf Howler]	100%	50	Journeyman (150)
Rare drop mounts	: Template:MountIcon [Deathcharger's Reins] : Template:MountIcon [Swift Zulian Tiger] : Template:MountIcon [Swift Razzashi Raptor] : Template:MountIcon [Fiery Warhorse's Reins] : Template:MountIcon [Reins of the Raven Lord] : File:IconSmall Bear Small.gif [Amani War Bear] : File:IconSmall Bear Small.gif [Reins of the White Polar Bear] : Template:MountIcon [Swift White Hawkstrider]	100%	Baron Rivendare, Stratholme High Priest Thekal, Zul'Gurub Bloodlord Mandokir, Zul'Gurub Attumen the Huntsman, Karazhan Anzu, Sethekk Halls (Heroic) Ashli's Bag, Zul'Aman Brunnhildar Village Daily quest rare reward Kael'thas Sunstrider, Magisters' Terrace (Heroic)	Journeyman (150)
Engineering mounts	: [Mekgineer's Chopper] : [Mechano-Hog]	100%	Crafted	Journeyman (150)
Dalaran Vendor Mounts	: File:IconSmall Bear Small.gif[Armored Brown Bear] From Mei Francis <Exotic Mounts> : File:IconSmall Elekk Small.gif[Reins of the Wooly Mammoth] From Mei Francis <Exotic Mounts> : File:IconSmall Elekk Small.gif[Reins of the Traveler's Tundra Mammoth] From Mei Francis <Exotic Mounts>	100%	750 (before Kirin Tor reputation discount.) 200 20000 (before Kirin Tor reputation discount.)	Journeyman (150)

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 type		Speed increase	Availability	Required riding skill
TCG Mounts
	File:IconSmall Turtle Small.gif: [Riding Turtle]	0%	0	None
	Template:MountIcon: [Reins of the Spectral Tiger]	60%	10	Apprentice (75)
	Template:MountIcon: [Reins of the Swift Spectral Tiger]	100%	100	Journeyman (150)
	Template:MountIcon: [X-51 Nether-Rocket]	60%	100	Expert (225)
	Template:MountIcon: [X-51 Nether-Rocket X-TREME]	280%	200	Artisan (300)
	Template:MountIcon: [Big Battle Bear]	100%	100	Journeyman (150)

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 type		Speed increase	Availability	Required riding skill
BlizzCon Mounts
	: [Big Blizzard Bear]	60%-100%	0	Requires level 30 and Apprentice Riding skill (75); Mount speed capabilities based on player's riding skill.

Legendary ground mounts

Mount type		Speed increase	Availability	Required riding skill
Legendary mount	Template:MountIcon: [Black Qiraji Battle Tank]	100%	The Scepter of the Shifting Sands quest chain; only attainable on server where the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj are still closed.	Journeyman (150)

Flying mounts

This section concerns content related to The Burning Crusade.

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

Mount type		Speed increase	Availability	Required riding skill
Flying mounts (expert)	: Template:MountIcon Gryphon Mounts : Template:MountIcon Wyvern Mounts	60% on land, 60% in air	100	Expert (225)
Engineering mounts (expert)	: Template:MountIcon [Flying Machine Control]	60% on land, 60% in air	350 Engineering	Expert (225)
Druid flight form	: File:IconSmall Crow Small.gif Shapeshift: [Flight Form]	60% on land, 60% in air	Level 68	Expert (225)
Flying mounts (artisan)	: Template:MountIcon Swift Gryphon Mounts : Template:MountIcon Swift Wyvern Mounts	100% on land, 280% in air	200	Artisan (300)
Cenarion Hippogryphs	: Template:MountIcon [Cenarion War Hippogryph]	100% on land, 280% in air	2000 Exalted with Cenarion Expedition	Artisan (300)
Sha'tari Skyguard mounts	: Template:MountIcon Nether ray Mounts	100% on land, 280% in air	200 Exalted with Sha'tari Skyguard	Artisan (300)
Netherwing drakes	: File:IconSmall DrakeNether Small.gif Netherwing drake mounts	100% on land, 280% in air	200 Questline / Exalted with Netherwing	Artisan (300)
Engineering mounts (artisan)	: Template:MountIcon [Turbo-Charged Flying Machine Control]	100% on land, 280% in air	375 Engineering	Artisan (300)
Druid swift flight form	: File:IconSmall Crow Small.gif Shapeshift: [Swift Flight Form]	100% on land, 280% in air	Level 70, Morthis Whisperwing	Artisan (300)
Arena rewards	: File:IconSmall DrakeNether Small.gif [Swift Nether Drake]	100% on land, 310% in air	Seasonal Arena reward	Artisan (300)
Tempest Keep phoenix	: Template:MountIcon [Ashes of Al'ar]	100% on land, 310% in air	Kael'thas Sunstrider, The Eye	Artisan (300)
Tailoring mount (expert)	: File:IconSmall FlyingCarpet Small.gif [Flying Carpet]	60% on land, 60% in air	380 Tailoring	Expert (225)
Tailoring mounts (artisan)	: File:IconSmall FlyingCarpet Small.gif Flying carpets	100% on land, 280% in air	420-450 Tailoring	Artisan (300)
Wyrmrest Accord Mount	: File:IconSmall DrakeRed Small.gif [Reins of the Red Drake]	100% on land, 280% in air	Exalted with Wyrmrest Accord	Artisan (300)
Dalaran Vendor Mount	: Template:MountIcon [Armored Snowy Gryphon] : [Armored Blue Wind Rider]	100% on land, 280% in air	Price based on Kirin Tor reputation.	Artisan (300)
Rare Drakes	: File:IconSmall DrakeBronze Small.gif [Reins of the Bronze Drake] : File:IconSmall DrakeBlue Small.gif [Reins of the Blue Drake] : File:IconSmall DrakeBlue Small.gif [Reins of the Azure Drake] : File:IconSmall DrakeBlack Small.gif [Reins of the Black Drake] : File:IconSmall DrakeTwilight Small.gif [Reins of the Twilight Drake]	100% on land, 280% in air	Infinite Corruptor, Culling of Stratholme (Heroic). Malygos 10-man, The Eye of Eternity. Malygos 25-man, The Eye of Eternity. Sartharion 10-man, The Obsidian Sanctum Sartharion 25-man, The Obsidian Sanctum	Artisan (300)
Rare Proto-Drakes	: File:IconSmall ProtoGreen Small.gif [Green Proto-Drake] : File:IconSmall ProtoBlue Small.gif [Blue Proto-Drake] : File:IconSmall ProtoBronze Small.gif [Time-Lost Proto-Drake]	100% on land, 280% in air	[Mysterious Egg]. Skadi the Ruthless, Utgarde Pinnacle (Heroic). Time-Lost Proto Drake (100% Drop Rate)	Artisan (300)

Holiday mounts

Mount type		Speed increase	Duration	Availability	Prerequisites
Festive Mount Changers	File:IconSmall Stag Small.gif [Fresh Holly]	N/A	7 days	Feast of Winter Veil	Requires level 30
	File:IconSmall Stag Small.gif [Preserved Holly]	N/A	None	Feast of Winter Veil	Requires level 30;  [60] Metzen the Reindeer or  [60] The Hero of the Day
	Template:MountIcon [Fresh Brewfest Hops]	N/A	7 days	Brewfest	Requires level 30; Changes player's ground mount into a Brewfest Ram (Alliance players) or a Brewfest Kodo (Horde players)
	Template:MountIcon [Fresh Goblin Brewfest Hops]	N/A	7 days	Brewfest	Requires level 30; Changes player's ground mount into a Brewfest Kodo; available to Alliance only
	Template:MountIcon [Fresh Dwarven Brewfest Hops]	N/A	7 days	Brewfest	Requires level 30; Changes player's ground mount into a Brewfest Ram; available to Horde only
	Template:MountIcon [Preserved Brewfest Hops]	N/A	None	Brewfest	Requires level 30; Changes player's ground mount into a Brewfest Ram (Alliance players) or a Brewfest Kodo (Horde players)
Brewfest Mounts	Template:MountIcon [Brewfest Ram]	60%	None	Brewfest	Requires level 30; Players who completed the Honorary Brewer Hand Stamp quest in 2007 can buy this mount.
	Template:MountIcon [Swift Brewfest Ram]	100%	None	Brewfest	Requires level 60; Drops from Coren Direbrew; Players who completed the Honorary Brewer Hand Stamp quest last year can still buy this mount.
	Template:MountIcon [Great Brewfest Kodo]	100%	None	Brewfest	Requires level 60; Drops from Coren Direbrew
Hallow's End Mounts	Template:MountIcon [Rickety Magic Broom]	0%	14 days	Hallow's End	Requires level 1 and no Riding Skill.
	Template:MountIcon [Magic Broom]	60% - 280%	14 days	Hallow's End	Requires level 30 and Apprentice Riding skill (75); Mount speed and flight capabilities based on player's riding skill and location
	Template:MountIcon [The Horseman's Reins]	60% - 280%	None	Hallow's End	Requires level 60 and Apprentice Riding skill (75); Mount speed and flight capabilities based on player's riding skill and location

Recruit a friend

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

Mount type		Speed increase	Availability	Required riding skill
Zhevra
	Template:MountIcon : [Swift Zhevra]	100%	Recruit a friend	Journeyman (150)

Achievement System

These mounts are obtainable by completing certain achievements.

Mount type		Speed increase	Availability	Required riding skill
Bears	:File:IconSmall Bear Small.gif [Black War Bear]	100% on land	Reward for completing the For the Alliance! / For the Horde! achievement.	Journeyman (150)
Drakes	:File:IconSmall DrakeAlbino Small.gif [Albino Drake]	100% on land, 280% in air	Reward for completing the Leading the Cavalry achievement.	Artisan (300)
Proto-Dragons	:File:IconSmall ProtoRed Small.gif [Red Proto-Drake]	100% on land, 280% in air	Reward for completing the Glory of the Hero achievement.	Artisan (300)
	:File:IconSmall ProtoBlack Small.gif [Black Proto-Drake] :File:IconSmall ProtoWhite Small.gif [Plagued Proto-Drake] :File:IconSmall ProtoViolet Small.gif [Violet Proto-Drake]	100% on land, 310% in air	Reward for completing the Heroic: Glory of the Raider achievement. Reward for completing the Glory of the Raider achievement. Reward for completing the What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been achievement.	Artisan (300)

Flying mounts in Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms

Blizzard officials have stated that it would be possible to "rebuild" the existing continents to accommodate for flying mounts, but this would take enormous amounts of time since Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms combined are more than four times the size of Outland.

Comment from Drysc, a Blizzard representative:

2006, November 13
Unfortunately our designers and developers are not a limitless sea of people; there are decisions that have to be made as to where we should appropriately direct the development efforts. It's our feeling that providing new content, new places to explore and progress your character, new races and professions, all equal a very worthwhile expenditure of our resources. We're definitely committed to ensuring parts of the game already developed continue to be refined, but in this case delaying an expansion for a potentially "very long time" just wouldn't make sense, and wouldn't be very fair to our fans and players who would rather keep progressing their character than flying through places they've already been.

Let's say that we did allow flying mounts in Azeroth and chose to redesign it at some point, it would be no small task. We would need to correct all of the terrain outside of the 'walkable' areas, including building out zones that currently don't exist but through lore are known to exist in those areas. We would also have to rework most outdoor areas as content not intended to be bypassed could be, as well as any possible terrain exploitation potential (ie lots of time testing and refining). We would need to think about what happens when the edge of the map is reached. Since Outland is flat, a bounding wall makes sense, but for a planet that starts to break down. Do players zone in to the other continent while flying or do we make it seamless? If it's seamless we have to rebuild our server architecture, not to mention any further technical issues, etc. etc. While summed up in a sentence or two each of these things would require teams of people working together for a long time to pull off well.

It really all comes down to making the game fun to play for everyone, and allocating resources and time to do that as efficiently as possible. Right now spending time reworking Azeroth so that flying mounts can simply exist, for some ease of travel and sight seeing, doesn't seem like an appropriate use of our time or efforts. In the future though, who knows?

Comment from Nethaera, another Blizzard representative:

2007, February 14
As much as people keep trying to convince us we need to do this there are reasons for things being the way they are. For one, Outland was created specifically with flying mounts in mind. From the ground up to the sky, we worked on the technology involved to make this happen. For another, by keeping them a part of Outland, it makes them unique to the new land and relays a sense of 'ooh and ahh' that they aren't commonplace all around Azeroth too. Also, to retro-fit Azeroth to allow for them would take a lot of time and it's time we'd much rather dedicate to moving forward towards new content than trying to rework something.

Time and resources are two things we are very careful about and as you can see from reading the forums, a lot of people believe we should be doing more with it no matter how much we actually do. We do the best we can to put out fixes and content as quickly as possible but we have a constraint we've put on ourselves as well that if we are going to put something out there, that we should do it well and with Blizzard quality in mind. This is something that will always be at the top of our list to strive for.

Wrath of the Lich King

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

With World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, there will be some mounts that operate similarily to siege vehicles. These mounts have health bars, and will prevent you from taking any fall damage (Warning, your mount may explode). Additionally, some new mounts will enable you to carry additional passengers. Some even carry vendors! Examples of these are the  [Mekgineer's Chopper] and the Reins of the  [Traveler's Tundra Mammoth]. Furthermore, flying on mounts in Northrend will be possible from level 77 onwards, after players hit level 77 learn [Cold Weather Flying] by paying 1000 gold to a "Cold Weather Flying Trainer".

See also

• Riding skill
• Transportation category for a detailed list of methods of transportation in WoW.
• Mounts category for a list of articles on mounts.
• If you want to get a head start, read a Guide for Preparing to Buy a Mount.
•  [Fresh Holly], a way to transform your mount into a reindeer for half an hour
• Locations of fixed devices throughout Azeroth, including where to purchase mounts.

Notes

• Flying mounts can perform a loop! Press Pitch Up or Pitch Down (normally [Ins] and [Del]) while in flight to perform a loop.
• If Pitch Up or Pitch Down doesn't cause a "loop", open the console and type: /console pitchlimit 99999. This removes the restriction on pitching and thus allows you to fly upside down and perform loops.
• Additionally, while in a loop, you can use your strafe keys.
• From patch 3.1.0 onwards mounts will be able to swim.

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.