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Trainers • Mounts
Reins of the Wooly Mammoth

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 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, Tempest Keep, Magisters' Terrace, Sethekk Halls, Karazhan, Utgarde Pinnacle, and Obsidian Sanctum.

General

  • Mounts have 1.5 second casting time (prior to 3.2.0, it was 3 seconds), which will be interrupted by taking any damage, moving, or entering combat.
  • Pressing the "jump" key (space bar by default) while not moving mount will perform a unique action. For example hawkstriders will shriek.
  • There are several items, enchantments and skills that will increase your mount speed. (Ability rogue sprint [Mithril Spurs], Inv misc crop 02 [Riding Crop] and Spell holy crusaderaura [Crusader Aura] (speed increase items do not work for players above level 70).
  • There are total 7 kinds of mounts:

Riding skills and abilities

Beebonmount

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

Warhorse-charger

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). All land mounts can swim allowing normal swimming movement through bodies of water, but removing the need to remount after leaving the water.

Apprentice: Level 20

Apprentice riding skill (75) costs 4g for training and an additional 1g 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 90g for training in Patch 2.4.3, and from level 30 and 35g for training in Patch 3.2.0. At level 20 (since Patch 3.2.0) warlocks can learn the spell Spell nature swiftness [Summon Felsteed] at the cost of 1g, which grants them a Felsteed mount and Apprentice Riding skill. Additionally, at level 20, Paladins can learn the spell Spell nature swiftness [Summon Warhorse] from the Paladin Class trainer at the cost of 1g, 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 (Alliance Commander or Horde Lieutenant General). These mounts are no longer available for purchase for players.[1]

Journeyman: Level 40

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

Paladins can learn Charger from their trainer 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 Spell deathknight summondeathcharger [Acherus Deathcharger], after the completion of the quests Grand Theft Palomino and Into the Realm of Shadows.

Expert: Level 60

Expert riding skill (225) costs 250g for training and an additional 50g for the mount, both reduced by the appropriate reputation discount (Honor Hold for the Alliance and Thrallmar for the Horde). This skill is learned from Wind Rider Jahubo in Thrallmar in Hellfire Peninsula to Horde players and from Hargen Bronzewing, located in Honor Hold in the same zone, to Alliance players. It is also 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 and Northrend. However, flying in Northrend requires cold weather flying training (see below). Rare Flying mounts increase movement speed by 150% in the air and 60% on the ground.

Death Knights (and future Hero classes) can receive their flying mounts fairly quickly into the game, with some funds from a main.

Artisan: Level 70

Artisan riding skill (300) costs 5,000g for training and an additional 100g for the mount. The skill is learned from the same trainers who teach the Expert skill. Epic Flying mounts increase movement speed by 100% on the ground and 280% in the air. For faction discounts, trainers honor the Honor Hold or Valiance Expedition factions for the Alliance and Thrallmar or Warsong Offensive for the Horde. This is also the training level required to use the ultra-rare 310% speed flying mounts.

Cold Weather Flying: Level 77

The skill Cold Weather Flying costs 1,000g. This non-discountable training grants players the ability to also use their flying mounts in Northrend and requires at least level 77. Note that you can learn Cold Weather Flying before Artisan level riding. Level 80 characters are able to buy a bind to account tome called Inv misc book 11 [Tome of Cold Weather Flight] which allows characters of level 68 to learn the spell, making flight in Northrend possible from an earlier level. Learned from: Hira Snowdawn at Dalaran, Pilot Vic in Sholazar, or Roxi Ramrocket in the Storm Peaks.

Base mounts

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 Ability warstomp [Plainsrunning].

Mounts by race
Alliance Alliance Night elfNight elf Night elf Template:MountIcon Saber cat Darnassus
HumanHuman Human Template:MountIcon Horse Stormwind
DwarfDwarf Dwarf Template:MountIcon Ram Ironforge
GnomeGnome Gnome Template:MountIcon Mechanostrider Gnomeregan Exiles
DraeneiDraenei Draenei Bc icon Template:MountIcon Elekk Exodar
Horde Horde TaurenTauren Tauren Template:MountIcon Kodo Thunderbluff
OrcOrc Orc Template:MountIcon Wolf Orgrimmar
TrollTroll Troll Template:MountIcon Raptor Darkspear Trolls
UndeadUndead Undead Template:MountIcon Skeletal Horse Undercity
Blood elfBlood elf Blood elf Bc icon Template:MountIcon Hawkstrider Silvermoon
Flying Mounts Alliance Alliance Template:MountIcon Gryphon Honor Hold Bc icon, Wildhammer Stronghold Bc icon, Valiance Keep Wrath-Logo-Small and Dalaran Wrath-Logo-Small
Horde Horde Template:MountIcon Wyvern Thrallmar Bc icon, Shadowmoon Village Bc icon, Warsong Hold Wrath-Logo-Small and Dalaran Wrath-Logo-Small

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 40. Doing the quest version rewards the player with a Feat of Strength in addition to the mount. The normal version of the mount has always been free, rewarded through a very minor quest.

With Cataclysm, it seems that Tauren will not be getting a Charger[2]. This may also be true for the Draenei[3].

Class Available mounts
Death Knight Death knight Neutral Template:MountIcon Deathcharger at level 55 after completing N [55] Into the Realm of Shadows.
Neutral Template:MountIcon Ability mount ebonblade [Winged Steed of the Ebon Blade], a skeletal gryphon used as flying mount.
Paladin Paladin Alliance Template:MountIcon Warhorse (blue and silver) at level 20.
Alliance Template:MountIcon Charger (blue and golden) level 40.
Horde Template:MountIcon Thalassian Warhorse (red and bronze) at level 20.
Horde Template:MountIcon Thalassian Charger (red and bronze) at level 40.
Neutral Template:MountIcon Ability mount charger [Argent Charger] (silver) 100 Champion's Seal & Money achievement Exalted Argent Champion of the Alliance/Money achievement Exalted Argent Champion of the Horde.
Warlock Warlock Neutral Template:MountIcon Felsteed at level 20.
Neutral Template:MountIcon Ability mount dreadsteed [Dreadsteed] at level 40.

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 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 your speed

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 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.

  • Druid Druid
    • Flight Form Ability druid flightform [Flight Form] at level 60. Usable only in Outland or Northrend. Movement speed (flying) increased by 150%. Instant cast, cannot shapeshift in combat. Learning the ability also teaches druids the riding skill 225 at the same time. Requires riding skill 150 to learn.
    • Swift Flight Form Ability druid flightform [Swift Flight Form] at level 70. Usable only in Outland or Northrend. Movement speed (flying) increased by 280%, 100% increase at ground level. Instant cast, cannot shapeshift in combat. It requires the druid to have the riding skill 300 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 the riding skill 300 to start, which culminates with the killing of Anzu, the Raven God in Heroic Sethekk Halls.
  • Hunter Hunter
    • Pathfinding Spell lifegivingspeed [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.
  • Rogue Rogue
    • Fleet Footed Ability rogue quickrecovery [Fleet Footed] in the Assassination talent tree (tier 5). Reduces the duration of all movement impairing effects by 15%/30% and increases your movement speed by 8%/15%. This does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects.
  • Paladin Paladin
    • Pursuit of Justice 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 Spell holy crusaderaura [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 Death knight
    • On a Pale Horse Ability mount undeadhorse [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.
  • Priest Priest

Through items and enchants

There are five other methods for increasing your mounted speed, with no effects beyond 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. It should be also noted that for players of WotLK the Inv misc crop 02 [Riding Crop] is only usable for two levels (69 and 70), and the Inv misc crop 01 [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).

Wrath-Logo-Small 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. [4]

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 Inv misc crop 02 [Crop] / Inv misc crop 01 [Whip] Spell holy crusaderaura [Crusader Aura]
Achievement halloween witch 01 [Rickety Magic Broom] or Ability hunter pet turtle [Riding Turtle] 100% 110% 120%
Regular land mounts 160% 176% 192%
Epic land mounts 200% 220% 240%
Regular flying mounts 250% 270% 290%
Epic flying mounts 380% 418% 456%
Ability mount netherdrakeelite [Swift Nether Drake] or Inv misc summerfest brazierorange [Ashes of Al'ar] 410% 451% 492%

Available mounts

Ground mounts

Mount type Speed increase Availability Required riding skill
Alliance Regular ground mounts HumanHuman Human : Template:MountIcon Horse mounts 60% 1g Apprentice (75)
DwarfDwarf Dwarf : Template:MountIcon Ram mounts 60% 1g Apprentice (75)
GnomeGnome Gnome : Template:MountIcon Mechanostrider mounts 60% 1g Apprentice (75)
Night elfNight elf Night elf : Template:MountIcon Saber mounts 60% 1g Apprentice (75)
DraeneiDraenei Draenei : Template:MountIcon Elekk mounts Bc icon 60% 1g Apprentice (75)
Horde Regular ground Mounts OrcOrc Orcs : Template:MountIcon Wolf mounts 60% 1g Apprentice (75)
TaurenTauren Tauren : Template:MountIcon Kodo mounts 60% 1g Apprentice (75)
TrollTroll Troll : Template:MountIcon Raptor mounts 60% 1g Apprentice (75)
UndeadUndead Undead : Template:MountIcon Skeletal horse mounts 60% 1g Apprentice (75)
Blood elfBlood elf Blood elf : Template:MountIcon Hawkstrider mountsBc icon 60% 1g Apprentice (75)
Alliance Epic ground mounts IconSmall Human MaleIconSmall Human Female Humans : IconSmall Horse Swift Horse Mounts 100% 10g Journeyman (150)
DwarfDwarf Dwarf : IconSmall Ram Swift Ram Mounts 100% 10g Journeyman (150)
GnomeGnome Gnome : IconSmall Mechanostrider Swift Mechanostrider Mounts 100% 10g Journeyman (150)
Night elfNight elf Night elf : IconSmall Saber Swift Saber Mounts 100% 10g Journeyman (150)
DraeneiDraenei Draenei : IconSmall Elekk Swift Elekk Mounts Bc icon 100% 10g Journeyman (150)
Horde Epic ground Mounts IconSmall Orc Male IconSmall Orc Female Orcs : IconSmall Wolf Swift Wolf Mounts 100% 10g Journeyman (150)
TaurenTauren Tauren : IconSmall Kodo Swift Kodo Mounts 100% 10g Journeyman (150)
TrollTroll Troll : IconSmall Raptor Swift Raptor Mounts 100% 10g Journeyman (150)
UndeadUndead Undead : IconSmall SkeletalHorse Skeletal Warhorse Mounts 100% 10g Journeyman (150)
Blood elfBlood elf Blood elf : IconSmall Hawkstrider Swift Hawkstrider MountsBc icon 100% 10g Journeyman (150)
Alliance PvP Mounts IconSmall Mechanostrider [Black Battlestrider] from the gnomes [†] 100% 30 Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor 30 Arathi Basin Mark of Honor 30 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor Journeyman (150)
IconSmall Ram [Black War Ram] from the dwarves [†] 100% 30 Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor 30 Arathi Basin Mark of Honor 30 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor Journeyman (150)
IconSmall Horse [Black War Steed] from the humans [†] 100% 30 Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor 30 Arathi Basin Mark of Honor 30 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor Journeyman (150)
IconSmall Saber [Black War Tiger] from the night elves [†] 100% 30 Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor 30 Arathi Basin Mark of Honor 30 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor Journeyman (150)
IconSmall Elekk [Black War Elekk] from the draenei 100% 30 Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor 30 Arathi Basin Mark of Honor 30 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor Journeyman (150)
[†] Under the pre-2.0/Bc icon honor system, the Old PvP mounts were offered only to characters of rank 11 or higher.
Horde PvP Mounts IconSmall Wolf [Black War Wolf] from the orcs [†] 100% 30 Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor 30 Arathi Basin Mark of Honor 30 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor Journeyman (150)
IconSmall SkeletalHorse [Red Skeletal Warhorse] from the undead [†] 100% 30 Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor 30 Arathi Basin Mark of Honor 30 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor Journeyman (150)
IconSmall Kodo [Black War Kodo] from the tauren [†] 100% 30 Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor 30 Arathi Basin Mark of Honor 30 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor Journeyman (150)
Template:MountIcon [Black War Raptor] from the trolls [†] 100% 30 Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor 30 Arathi Basin Mark of Honor 30 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor Journeyman (150)
IconSmall Hawkstrider [Swift Warstrider] from the blood elves 100% 30 Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor 30 Arathi Basin Mark of Honor 30 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor Journeyman (150)
[†] Under the pre-2.0/Bc icon honor system, the Old PvP mounts were offered only to characters of rank 11 or higher.
Neutral PvP Mounts IconSmall Talbuk [Dark War Talbuk] from Halaa blade merchant Bc icon
100% 100 Halaa Battle Token 20 Halaa Research Token Journeyman (150)
IconSmall Talbuk [Dark Riding Talbuk] from Halaa blade merchant Bc icon 100% 75 Halaa Battle Token 15 Halaa Research Token Journeyman (150)
Quest Chain Mount Horde : IconSmall Raptor [Venomhide Ravasaur] 100% Complete quest chain ending with They Grow Up So Fast. Apprentice (75)
Rare Faction Mounts Alliance : IconSmall Saber [Winterspring Frostsaber] 100% 100g and exalted with Wintersaber Trainers. Apprentice (75)
Neutral : IconSmall Talbuk [Riding Talbuk Mounts] Bc icon 100% 70g and exalted with Kurenai/Mag'har. Journeyman (150)
Neutral : IconSmall Talbuk [War Talbuk Mounts] Bc icon 100% 100g and exalted with Kurenai/Mag'har. Journeyman (150)
Neutral : IconSmall Mammoth [Ice Mammoth] Wrath-Logo-Small 100% 1,000g and revered with Sons of Hodir. Journeyman (150)
Neutral : IconSmall Mammoth [Grand Ice Mammoth] Wrath-Logo-Small 100% 10,000g and exalted with Sons of Hodir. Journeyman (150)
Alterac Valley Mounts Alliance : IconSmall Ram [Stormpike Battle Charger]
 100% 50 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor Journeyman (150)
Horde : IconSmall Wolf [Frostwolf Howler] 100% 50 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor Journeyman (150)
Rare drop Mounts Neutral : Template:MountIcon Qiraji battle tank mounts 100% AQ40 Drop Apprentice (75)
Neutral : IconSmall SkeletalHorse [Deathcharger's Reins] 100% Baron Rivendare, Stratholme Journeyman (150)
Neutral : IconSmall Tiger [Swift Zulian Tiger] 100% High Priest Thekal, Zul'Gurub Journeyman (150)
Neutral : File:IconSmall Raptor Small.gif [Swift Razzashi Raptor] 100% Bloodlord Mandokir, Zul'Gurub Journeyman (150)
Neutral : File:IconSmall Midnight Small.gif [Fiery Warhorse's Reins] Bc icon 100% Attumen the Huntsman, Karazhan Journeyman (150)
Neutral : File:IconSmall RavenGod Small.gif [Reins of the Raven Lord] Bc icon 100% Anzu, Sethekk Halls (Heroic) Journeyman (150)
Neutral : File:IconSmall Bear Small.gif [Amani War Bear] Bc icon 100% Ashli's Bag, Zul'Aman;
No longer attainable after Patch 3.0.2. 		Journeyman (150)
Neutral : [White Polar Bear] Wrath-Logo-Small 100% Brunnhildar Village Daily quest rare reward Journeyman (150)
Neutral : [Swift White Hawkstrider] Bc icon 100% Kael'thas Sunstrider, Magisters' Terrace (Heroic) Journeyman (150)
Neutral : [Black Qiraji Resonating Crystal] 100% Questline;
No longer attainable after patch 3.0.2. 		Journeyman (150)
Engineering Mounts Wrath-Logo-Small Alliance : [Mekgineer's Chopper] 100% Engineering 450 Journeyman (150)
Horde : [Mechano-Hog] 100% Engineering 450 Journeyman (150)
Dalaran Vendor Mounts Wrath-Logo-Small Alliance : File:IconSmall Bear Small.gif [Armored Brown Bear] 100% 750g Journeyman (150)
Horde : File:IconSmall Bear Small.gif [Armored Brown Bear] 100% 750g Journeyman (150)
Neutral : File:IconSmall Mammoth Small.gif [Wooly Mammoth] 100% 200 Emblem of Heroism Journeyman (150)
Neutral : File:IconSmall Mammoth Small.gif [Traveler's Tundra Mammoth] 100% 20,000g Journeyman (150)
Alliance Argent Tournament Mounts Wrath-Logo-Small [Exodar Elekk] 100% 100 Champion's Seal & Money achievement Champion of the Exodar. Journeyman (150)
[Darnassian Nightsaber] 100% 100 Champion's Seal & Money achievement Champion of Darnassus. Journeyman (150)
[Ironforge Ram] 100% 100 Champion's Seal & Money achievement Champion of Ironforge. Journeyman (150)
[Stormwind Steed] 100% 100 Champion's Seal & Money achievement Champion of Stormwind. Journeyman (150)
[Gnomeregan Mechanostrider] 100% 100 Champion's Seal & Money achievement Champion of Gnomeregan. Journeyman (150)
[Great Red Elekk] 100% 500g [†] + 5 Champion's Seal & Money achievement Champion of the Exodar. Journeyman (150)
[Swift Moonsaber] 100% 500g [†] + 5 Champion's Seal & Money achievement Champion of Darnassus. Journeyman (150)
[Swift Violet Ram] 100% 500g [†] + 5 Champion's Seal & Money achievement Champion of Ironforge. Journeyman (150)
[Swift Gray Steed] 100% 500g [†] + 5 Champion's Seal & Money achievement Champion of Stormwind. Journeyman (150)
[Turbostrider] 100% 500g [†] + 5 Champion's Seal & Money achievement Champion of Gnomeregan. Journeyman (150)
[Quel'dorei Steed] 100% 100 Champion's Seal and exalted with Silver Covenant. Journeyman (150)
[†] Argent Crusade (Reputation) discounts apply toward these specific mounts.
  
Horde Argent Tournament Mounts Wrath-Logo-Small [Forsaken Warhorse] 100% 100 Champion's Seal & Money achievement Champion of the Undercity. Journeyman (150)
[Thunder Bluff Kodo] 100% 100 Champion's Seal & Money achievement Champion of Thunder Bluff. Journeyman (150)
[Orgrimmar Wolf] 100% 100 Champion's Seal & Money achievement Champion of Orgrimmar. Journeyman (150)
[Darkspear Raptor] 100% 100 Champion's Seal & Money achievement Champion of Sen'jin. Journeyman (150)
[Silvermoon Hawkstrider] 100% 100 Champion's Seal & Money achievement Champion of Silvermoon City. Journeyman (150)
[White Skeletal Warhorse] 100% 500g [†] + 5 Champion's Seal & Money achievement Champion of the Undercity. Journeyman (150)
[Great Golden Kodo] 100% 500g [†] + 5 Champion's Seal & Money achievement Champion of Thunder Bluff. Journeyman (150)
[Swift Burgundy Wolf] 100% 500g [†] + 5 Champion's Seal & Money achievement Champion of Orgrimmar. Journeyman (150)
[Swift Purple Raptor] 100% 500g [†] + 5 Champion's Seal & Money achievement Champion of Sen'jin. Journeyman (150)
[Swift Red Hawkstrider] 100% 500g [†] + 5 Champion's Seal & Money achievement Champion of Silvermoon City. Journeyman (150)
[Sunreaver Hawkstrider] 100% 100 Champion's Seal and exalted with Sunreavers. Journeyman (150)
[†] Argent Crusade (Reputation) discounts apply toward these specific mounts.
  
Neutral Argent Tournament Mount Wrath-Logo-Small [Argent Warhorse] 100% 100 Champion's Seal & Money achievement Exalted Argent Champion of the Alliance/Money achievement Exalted Argent Champion of the Horde. Journeyman (150)
Mount type Speed increase Availability Required riding skill

Flying mounts

Bc icon This section concerns content related to The Burning Crusade.
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Wrath-Logo-Small This section concerns content related to Wrath of the Lich King.
Mount type Speed increase Availability Required riding skill
Regular flying mounts Bc icon Alliance : IconSmall Gryphon Gryphon Mounts 60% on land, 150% in air 50g Expert (225)
Horde : Template:MountIcon Wyvern Mounts 60% on land, 150% in air 50g Expert (225)
Epic flying mounts Bc icon Alliance : IconSmall Gryphon Swift Gryphon Mounts 100% on land, 280% in air 100g Artisan (300)
Horde : IconSmall Wyvern Swift Wyvern Mounts 100% on land, 280% in air 100g Artisan (300)
Dalaran Vendor Mount Wrath-Logo-Small Alliance : IconSmall Gryphon [Armored Snowy Gryphon] 100% on land, 280% in air 2000g Artisan (300)
Horde : IconSmall Wyvern [Armored Blue Wind Rider] 100% on land, 280% in air 2000g Artisan (300)
Faction mounts Neutral : IconSmall Hippogryph [Cenarion War Hippogryph] Bc icon 100% on land, 280% in air 2,000g and exalted with Cenarion Expedition Artisan (300)
Neutral : IconSmall Netherray Nether ray Mounts Bc icon 100% on land, 280% in air 200g and exalted with Sha'tari Skyguard Artisan (300)
Neutral : IconSmall DrakeNether Netherwing drake mounts Bc icon 100% on land, 280% in air 200g / questline / exalted with Netherwing Artisan (300)
Neutral : IconSmall DrakeRed [Reins of the Red Drake] Wrath-Logo-Small 100% on land, 280% in air 1600g and exalted with Wyrmrest Accord Artisan (300)
Rare drop mounts Neutral : IconSmall Phoenix [Ashes of Al'ar] Bc icon 100% on land, 310% in air Kael'thas Sunstrider, The Eye Artisan (300)
Neutral : IconSmall DrakeBronze [Reins of the Bronze Drake] Wrath-Logo-Small 100% on land, 280% in air Infinite Corruptor, Culling of Stratholme (Heroic) Artisan (300)
Neutral : IconSmall DrakeBlue [Reins of the Blue Drake] Wrath-Logo-Small 100% on land, 280% in air Malygos 10-man, The Eye of Eternity Artisan (300)
Neutral : IconSmall DrakeAzure [Reins of the Azure Drake] Wrath-Logo-Small 100% on land, 280% in air Malygos 25-man, The Eye of Eternity Artisan (300)
Neutral : IconSmall DrakeBlack [Reins of the Black Drake] Wrath-Logo-Small 100% on land, 280% in air Sartharion 10-man, The Obsidian Sanctum Artisan (300)
Neutral : IconSmall DrakeTwilight [Reins of the Twilight Drake] Wrath-Logo-Small 100% on land, 280% in air Sartharion 25-man, The Obsidian Sanctum Artisan (300)
Neutral : IconSmall ProtoGreen [Green Proto-Drake] Wrath-Logo-Small 100% on land, 280% in air Inv egg 02 [Mysterious Egg] Artisan (300)
Neutral : IconSmall ProtoBlue [Blue Proto-Drake] Wrath-Logo-Small 100% on land, 280% in air Skadi the Ruthless, Utgarde Pinnacle (Heroic) Artisan (300)
Neutral : IconSmall ProtoBronze [Time-Lost Proto-Drake] Wrath-Logo-Small 100% on land, 280% in air Time-Lost Proto Drake (100% Drop Rate) Artisan (300)
Neutral : Mimiron's Head [Mimiron's Head] Wrath-Logo-Small 100% on land, 310% in air Yogg-Saron 25-man, Ulduar Artisan (300)
Neutral : Reins of the Onyxian Drake[Reins of the Onyxian Drake] Wrath-Logo-Small 100% on land, 310% in air Onyxia 25-Man, Onyxia's Lair Artisan (300)
Engineering Engineering mounts Bc icon Neutral : IconSmall Flyingmachine [Flying Machine Control] 60% on land, 150% in air 300 Engineering Expert (225)
Neutral : IconSmall Flyingmachine [Turbo-Charged Flying Machine Control] 100% on land, 280% in air 375 Engineering Artisan (300)
Tailoring Tailoring mounts Wrath-Logo-Small Neutral : IconSmall FlyingCarpet [Flying Carpet] 60% on land, 150% in air 380 Tailoring Expert (225)
Neutral : IconSmall FlyingCarpet [Magnificent Flying Carpet] 100% on land, 280% in air 425 Tailoring Artisan (300)
Arena reward Neutral : IconSmall DrakeNether [Swift Nether Drake] 100% on land, 310% in air Seasonal Arena reward Artisan (300)
Argent Tournament Wrath-Logo-Small Neutral : IconSmall Hippogryph [Argent Hippogryph] 100% on land, 280% in air 150 Champion's Seal Champion's Seals Artisan (300)
Alliance : IconSmall Hippogryph [Silver Covenant Hippogryph] 100% on land, 280% in air 150 Champion's Seal Champion's Seals and exalted with Silver Covenant Artisan (300)
Horde : IconSmall Dragonhawk [Sunreaver Dragonhawk] 100% on land, 280% in air 150 Champion's Seal Champion's Seals and exalted with Sunreavers Artisan (300)
Mount type Speed increase Availability Required riding skill

Achievement System

These mounts are obtainable by completing certain achievements.

Wrath-Logo-Small This section concerns content related to Wrath of the Lich King.
Mount type Speed increase Availability Required riding skill
Bears Neutral : IconSmall Bear [Black War Bear] 100% on land Reward for completing the Money achievement For The Alliance! / Money achievement For The Horde! achievement. Journeyman (150)
Warhorses Alliance : IconSmall Warhorse [Crusader's White Warhorse] 100% on land Reward for completing the Money achievement A Tribute to Immortality achievement. Journeyman (150)
Horde : IconSmall Warhorse [Crusader's Black Warhorse] 100% on land Reward for completing the Money achievement A Tribute to Immortality achievement. Journeyman (150)
Drakes Neutral : IconSmall DrakeAlbino [Reins of the Albino Drake] 100% on land, 280% in air Reward for completing the Money achievement Leading the Cavalry achievement. Artisan (300)
Dragonhawks Alliance : IconSmall Dragonhawk [Blue Dragonhawk Mount] 100% on land, 280% in air Reward for completing the Money achievement Mountain o' Mounts achievement. Artisan (300)
Horde : IconSmall Dragonhawk [Red Dragonhawk Mount] 100% on land, 280% in air Reward for completing the Money achievement Mountain o' Mounts achievement. Artisan (300)
Proto-Dragons Neutral : IconSmall ProtoRed [Red Proto-Drake] 100% on land, 280% in air Reward for completing the Money achievement Glory of the Hero achievement. Artisan (300)
Neutral : IconSmall ProtoWhite [Plagued Proto-Drake] 100% on land, 310% in air Reward for completing the Money achievement Glory of the Raider (10 player) achievement.
No longer attainable after Patch 3.1.0. 		Artisan (300)
Neutral : IconSmall ProtoBlack [Black Proto-Drake] 100% on land, 310% in air Reward for completing the Money achievement Glory of the Raider (25 player) achievement.
No longer attainable after Patch 3.1.0. 		Artisan (300)
Neutral : IconSmall ProtoViolet [Violet Proto-Drake] 100% on land, 310% in air Reward for completing the Money achievement What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been achievement. Artisan (300)
Neutral : IconSmall ProtoRusted [Rusted Proto-Drake] 100% on land, 310% in air Reward for completing the Money achievement Glory of the Ulduar Raider (10 player) achievement. Artisan (300)
Neutral : IconSmall ProtoPlated [Ironbound Proto-Drake] 100% on land, 310% in air Reward for completing the Money achievement Heroic: Glory of the Ulduar Raider achievement. Artisan (300)

Holiday mounts

Mount type Speed increase Duration Availability Prerequisites
Festive Mount Disguises IconSmall Stag [Fresh Holly] N/A 7 days Feast of Winter Veil Requires level 30
IconSmall Stag [Preserved Holly] N/A None Feast of Winter Veil Requires level 30;
N [60] Metzen the Reindeer or
N [60] The Hero of the Day
IconSmall Ram [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)
IconSmall Kodo [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
IconSmall Ram [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
IconSmall Ram [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 IconSmall Ram [Brewfest Ram] 60% None Brewfest Requires level 30; Players who completed the Honorary Brewer Hand Stamp quest in 2007 can buy this mount.
IconSmall Ram [Swift Brewfest Ram] 100% None Brewfest Requires level 60; Drops from Coren Direbrew; Players who completed the Honorary Brewer Hand Stamp quest in 2007 can still buy this mount.
IconSmall Kodo [Great Brewfest Kodo] 100% None Brewfest Requires level 60; Drops from Coren Direbrew; Players who completed the Honorary Brewer Hand Stamp quest in 2007 can still buy this mount.
Hallow's End Mounts IconSmall Broom [Rickety Magic Broom] 0% 14 days Hallow's End Requires level 1 and no Riding Skill.
IconSmall Broom [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
IconSmall SkeletalHorse [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

Aquatic Mount

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The first aquatic mount was introduced to the game in Patch 3.1.0.

Mount type Speed increase Availability Required riding skill
Neutral : [Sea Turtle] 0% on land 60% on water Fishing in Northrend fishing pools Apprentice (75)

Trading Card Game Mounts

Icon-TCG 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 type Speed increase Availability Required riding skill
Neutral : File:IconSmall Turtle Small.gif[Riding Turtle] 0% 0g None
Neutral : Template:MountIcon[Spectral Tiger] 60% 1g Apprentice (75)
Neutral : Template:MountIcon[Swift Spectral Tiger] 100% 10g Journeyman (150)
Neutral : Template:MountIcon[X-51 Nether-Rocket] 150% 50g Expert (225)
Neutral : Template:MountIcon[X-51 Nether-Rocket X-TREME] 280% 100g Artisan (300)
Neutral : Template:MountIcon[Big Battle Bear] 100% 10g 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
Neutral : [Big Blizzard Bear] 60%-100% 0g Requires level 30 and Apprentice Riding skill (75);

Mount speed capabilities based on player's riding skill.

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
Neutral : Template:MountIcon [Swift Zhevra] 100% Recruit a friend Journeyman (150)

Flying mounts in Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms

Previously, 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. However, 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.

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.

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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.
  • 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.
  • Inv misc plant 03 [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

  • In Patch 3.2 the cast times for summoning all mounts was reduced 1.5 seconds, down from 3 seconds.
  • 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+delete combination (on the laptop) will start it.
  • Additionally, while in a loop, you can use your strafe keys.
  • From patch 3.1.0 onwards non-flight mounts are able to swim.
  • Mounts that allow passengers (the two choppers, the traveler's mammoth) allow other characters to ride as passengers.

References

  1. ^ PvP Ranks (Obsolete) and 0. Patch 1.12.1 Riding Skill Changes 09/26/2006 07:38:58 PM PDT by Batta
  2. ^ http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=19377464368&postId=193512634565&sid=1#26
  3. ^ http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=19377464368&sid=1&pageNo=3#46
  4. ^ http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=9336669931&pageNo=1&sid=2000#1

External links

World of Warcraft Community Site World of Warcraft Community Site Mounts (official guide page)
World of Warcraft Europe World of Warcraft Europe (en) Mounts (official guide page)
External link WarcraftMounts.com Images of all the currently available mounts!
External link WoW Insider Images, descriptions, and prices of all WoW mounts.

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