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Riding skills and abilities
NOTE: After 
Cataclysm, speed is not based on mount class but only on riding skill!
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| Class | Quality | Ground | Air | Water |
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| Ground mounts | Rare | 60% | — | 0% |
| "Very fast" ground mounts | Epic | 100% | — | 0% |
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| Flying mounts | Rare | 100% | 150% | — |
| "Very fast" flying mounts | Epic | 100% | 280% | — |
| "Extremely fast" flying mounts | Epic | 100% | 310% | — |
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| Amphibious mounts | Rare | 0% | — | 250% |
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| Aquatic mounts | Rare/Epic | 0% | — | 100%/350% |
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| Vanity mounts | Rare/Epic | 0% | — | 0% |
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| Scaling mounts | Rare/Epic | 60–100% | 150–310% | 0% |
This paragraph only appears if notall= is NOT set. 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
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Apprentice riding skill (75) costs 4
for training and an additional 1 for each mount, both reduced by the appropriate reputation discounts. These mounts have a 60% riding speed.
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
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Journeyman riding skill (150) costs 50 for training and an additional 10 for each mount, both reduced by the appropriate reputation discounts. These mounts have a 100% riding speed.
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
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Expert riding skill (225) costs 250 for training and an additional 50 for each mount, both reduced by the appropriate reputation discounts. Rare flying mounts increase movement speed by 150% in the air and 60% on the ground. Formerly, flying mounts were only usable while within Outland and Northrend, but in the Cataclysm expansion players are able to use flying mounts in Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms following the purchase of a Flight Master's License available at level 60 for the cost of 250. However, flying in Northrend requires Cold Weather Flying training (see below).
Druids can learn [Flight Form] from any flight trainer at level 58 for 3.
Flight Master's License
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Fully active in Patch 4.0.3a, players with expansion installed and activated can purchase a [Flight Master's License] for 250 at any Riding trainer which allows them to fly in any of the 
classic (aka "vanilla") zones in Azeroth including, of course, new zones.
Artisan: Level 70
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Artisan riding skill (300) costs 5,000 for training and an additional 100 for each mount, both reduced by the appropriate reputation discounts. Epic flying mounts increase movement speed by 100% on the ground and 280% in the air. No class-granted abilities award artisan flying, although the Druid ability [Swift Flight Form] requires it.
Cold Weather Flying: Level 68
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The [Cold Weather Flying] skill used to cost 1,000. This non-discountable training grants players the ability to also use their flying mounts in Northrend. It required at least level 77 and expert riding skill. From Patch 3.2 up to just prior to Cataclysm, level 80 characters could buy a bind to account heirloom, the [Tome of Cold Weather Flight], which allowed characters of level 68 to learn the spell, making flight in Northrend possible from an earlier level at the time.
As of Patch 4.0.1, the cost was reduced to 500 (which could further be reduced by faction discounts down to 400 if exalted) and requires level 68 and expert (225) riding skill, which eliminated the need for the Tome of Cold Weather Flight.
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 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.
Wisdom of the Four Winds: Level 90
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The [Wisdom of the Four Winds] training costs 2,500, grants players the ability to also use their flying mounts in Pandaria and requires at least level 90 and expert riding skill. As of Patch 5.0.4, it can only be learned from either 
Cloudrunner Leng <Flying Trainer> in the Shrine of Seven Stars or 
Skydancer Shun <Flying Trainer> in the Shrine of Two Moons.
Cloud Serpent Riding: Level 90
The skill [Cloud Serpent Riding] is a reward from the quest 
[90] Riding the Skies. As of Patch 5.0.4 the quest is available only to those who have become Exalted with the Order of the Cloud Serpent faction. Cloud Serpent Riding allows players to ride Cloud Serpent mounts.
Summary
| Proficiency | Cost | +Speed | Required for | Requires | ||
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| Skill | Mounts | Air | ||||
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| 75 | Apprentice | 4 | 1 | 60% | Rare land mounts | Level 20 |
| 150 | Journeyman | 50 | 10 | 100% | Epic land mounts | Level 40 |
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| 225 | Expert  | 250 | 50 | 150% | Rare flying mounts | Level 60 |
| 300 | Artisan | 5000[1] | 100 | 280% | Epic flying mounts | Level 70 |
| 375 | Master  | 5000[2] | — | 310% | Extremely fast speed | Level 80 |
| [Flight Master's License] | 250 | — | — | Flying in Eastern Kingdoms, Kalimdor and Deepholm | Level 60 & 225 skill | |
| [Cold Weather Flying] | 500 | — | — | Flying in Northrend | Level 68 & 225 skill | |
| [Wisdom of the Four Winds] | 2500 | — | — | Flying in Pandaria | Level 90 & 225 skill | |
| [Cloud Serpent Riding] | — | — | Flying Cloud Serpent mounts | Level 90 & 225 skill | ||
