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Flying Mounts (WoW)  

Flying mounts, as the name implies, are mounts which are capable of flight. Like land mounts, they come in both rare and epic forms. The rare form bestows 60% faster movement speed; the epic form's movement bonus is 280%.

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Obtaining a Flying Mount

Finding a Rare-Level Mount

Purchasing and riding a flying mount requires one to have a riding skill of 225, which can only be obtained at level 70. The cost of training is 600 gold, with no reputation discount available; the mount itself is a further 100 gold. Training and mounts can be found in Shadowmoon Valley, in either Wildhammer Stronghold for the Alliance or Shadowmoon Village for the Horde.

Druids, as an alternative to a flying mount, may learn the Flight Form ability. This ability is gained at level 68, with the only requirement being a riding skill of 150. When trained (at a cost of 7g), the Druid will also learn Riding (225) free of charge.

Engineers can create a special sort of flying mount, the flying machine. This does not earn them a waver to their fee to learn riding skill, however.

Alliance characters may purchase their choice of a golden, ebon, or snowy gryphon. Horde characters have the options of a tawny, blue, or green windrider.

Finding an Epic-Level Mount

The epic level flying mount is far more expensive, requiring a riding skill of 300, which is purchased at the price of 5000 gold, no discount available. The mount itself costs 200 gold, with the exception of a drake from the Netherwing dragons, who reward your choice of mount for free at the end of a questline. (Note that you can purchase a drake of a different color later, at the same price of 200 gold.) Also, certain mounts have a reputation requirement associated with the faction who control them.

Druids can learn the Swift Flight Form ability at level 70, but must purchase the riding skill for 5000 gold before they can start the necessary questline.

Available Epic Flying Mounts
Faction Available Mount Types Additional Requirements
Alliance Blue, Red, Green or Purple Gryphon None
Horde Red, Green, Yellow or Purple Windrider None
Both Cenarion War Hippogryph Exalted with Cenarion Expedition, 1600 gold
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