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Definition

A Mount is an animal that a player can ride (or machine if the player is a Gnome or an Engineer) that increases movement speed during travel. Warlocks and Paladins can summon their mounts with special spells. Also, in the Outlands, flying mounts are available for purchase after reaching level 70. There are a few options/requirements for acquiring a mount. A player can either learn the riding skill and purchase the mounts that correspond to that skill level, buy PvP Mounts using Marks of Honor, buy specific reputation mounts (where a specific rep with a faction is needed, usually this is exalted) such as Cenarion Expedition, Talbuks from Halaa, etc., or try to acquire a mount from such instances as Stratholme, Zul'Gurub, Zul'Aman, Tempest Keep, Magisters' Terrace, Sethekk Halls, and Karazhan (these mounts, however, have an extremely low drop rate).

Also, not all races can ride all mounts. For instance, Tauren cannot ride a Hawkstrider, and Mechanostriders can only be ridden by Gnomes and Dwarves.

The ability for another race to be able to acquire a different race's mount, requires the reputation of exalted with the faction. For example, if a human want to ride an Elekk, they must be exalted with Exodar.

Reputation Discounts

If a player is in good standing with their particular faction (meaning they are Friendly, Honored, Revered, or Exalted), they may be able to obtain a reputation discount for that corresponding faction. Reputation discounts cover more than just mounts though. They are available for other items as well. This discount pertains to a faction discount (5% friendly, 10% honored, 15% revered and 20% exalted).

Riding Skills By Level

Level 40

The Apprentice Riding Skill (75) is available to players at level 40 for the cost of 90 gold. The skill may be acquired for less if the player has any reputation discounts. Players may only purchase a Rare ground mount for an additional 10 gold after the skill has been trained. The Rare mount has a 60% movement speed increase.

Level 60

The Journeyman Riding Skill (150) is available for 600 gold at level 60. Reputation discounts may apply. Players may purchase an Epic ground mount for an additional 100 gold after the skill has been trained. The Epic mount has a 100% movement increase.

Level 70

Both the Expert (225) and Artisan (300) Riding Skills are available at level 70. The first riding skill (Expert) allows players to ride a flying mount that costs 800 gold for the skill training and an additional 100 gold for the mount. This flying mount has a 60% movement increase. The Artisan Riding Skill costs 5000 gold for the skill training and an additional 200 gold for an epic flying mount. No reputation discounts are available. The epic flying mount has a 280% movement increase.

Riding Skill
Skill Level Player Level Cost (in gold) Mount Grade Mount Cost
75 40 90 Rare10
150 60 600 Epic 100
225 70 800 Flying 100
300 70 5000 Epic Flying 200

Mounts

Rare Ground Mounts

Rare Ground Mounts cost 10 gold and require the Apprentice Riding Skill (75) to ride.

Rare Ground Mounts
Faction Mount Race
Alliance Horse Human
Alliance Nightsaber Night Elf
Alliance Ram Dwarf
Alliance Mechanostrider Gnome
Alliance Elekk Draenei
Horde Kodo Tauren
Horde Raptor Troll
Horde Wolf Orc
Horde Skeletal Horse Undead
Horde Hawkstrider Blood Elf

Epic Ground Mounts

Epic Ground Mounts cost 100 gold and require the Journeyman Riding Skill (150) to ride.

Epic Ground Mounts
Faction Mount Race
Alliance Swift Horse Human
Alliance Swift Nightsaber Night Elf
Alliance Swift Ram Dwarf
Alliance Swift Mechanostrider Gnome
Alliance Swift Elekk Dranei
Horde Swift Kodo Tauren
Horde Swift Raptor Troll
Horde Swift Wolf Orc
Horde Skeletal Warhorse Undead
Horde Swift Hawkstrider Blood Elf

Flying Mounts

Flying mounts can only be purchased using the Expert Riding Skill (225) after gaining level 70. The basic flying mount costs 100 gold.

Flying Mounts
Faction Mount Race
Alliance Gryphon All Alliance Races
Horde Wyvern All Horde Races
Both Druid Flight form Night Elf, Tauren
Both Flying Machine Control All Engineers with skill 350 or above

Epic Flying Mounts

Epic Flying Mounts can be acquired once reaching level 70 and gaining the Artisan Riding Skill (300). The epic flying mounts cost around 200 gold and may also require a certain level of reputation with the mounts corresponding faction.

Epic Flying Mounts
Faction Mount Race Reputation Requirements
Alliance Swift Gryphon All Alliance Races None
Horde Swift Wyvern All Horde Races None
Both Cenarion War Hippogryph All Races Exalted with Cenarion Expedition, 2000 gold
Both Nether Ray All Races Exalted with Sha'tari Skyguard
Both Netherwing Drake All Races Questline / Exalted with Netherwing
Both Turbo-Charged Flying Machine Control All Engineers with skill 375 None
Both Swift Flight Form Druids, Night Elf and Tauren None

PvP Mounts

PvP mounts require an accumulation of honor tokens and honor to purchase.

PvP Mounts
Faction Mount Race Battleground
Both Swift Nether Drake All Races Seasonal Arena reward
Alliance Black Battlestrider All Alliance Races -
Alliance Black War Ram All Alliance Races -
Alliance Black War Steed All Alliance Races -
Alliance Black War Tiger All Alliance Races -
Alliance Black War Elekk All Alliance Races -
Horde Black War Wolf All Horde Races -
Horde Red Skeletal Warhorse All Horde Races (except Tauren) -
Horde Black War Kodo All Horde Races -
Horde Black War Raptor All Horde Races -
Horde Swift Warstrider All Horde Races (except Tauren) -
Both Dark War Talbuk All Races Halaa
Both Dark Riding Talbuk All Races Halaa
Alliance Stormpike Battle Charger All Alliance Races Alterac Valley
Horde Frostwolf Howler All Horde Races Alterac Valley

Rare Faction Mounts

There are three Rare Faction Mounts in the game - two in the Burning Crusade expansion and one in Winterspring.

Winterspring Frostsaber: The only epic ground mount that a player can purchase with the Apprentice Riding Skill. The player must be level 60 and be exalted with the Wintersaber Trainers to purchase this mount. The mount costs 80 gold and is sold by Rivern Frostwind on Frostsaber Rock.

Riding Talbuk: This epic mount requires the player to be exalted with the corresponding Nagrand faction (Mag'har for the Horde and Kurenai for the Alliance) to purchase. The mount costs 70 gold and is sold by two vendors: Provisioner Nasela for the Mag'har, and Trader Narasu for the Kurenai.

War Talbuk: This epic mount requires the player to be exalted with the corresponding Nagrand faction (Mag'har for the Horde and Kurenai for the Alliance) to purchase. The mount costs 100 gold and is sold by two vendors: Provisioner Nasela for the Mag'har, and Trader Narasu for the Kurenai. [1]

Dropped Mounts

Dropped mounts are mounts that are found in instances all over both the Outlands and Azeroth. All of these mounts have an extremely low drop rate.

Dropped Mounts
Faction Mount Drop Mob Drop Location
Both Black Qiraji Battle Tank Varies Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
Both Deathcharger's Reins Baron Rivendare Stratholme
Both Swift Zulian Tiger High Priest Thekal Zul'Gurub
Both Swift Razzashi Raptor Bloodlord Mandokir Zul'Gurub
Both Fiery Warhorse's Reins Attumen the Huntsman Karazhan
Both Reins of the Raven Lord Anzu Heroic Sethekk Halls
Both Amani War Bear - Zul'Aman, Timed Run, Chest 4
Both Swift White Hawkstrider Kael'thas Sunstrider Heroic Magisters' Terrace

Holiday Mounts

Special mounts are available during game-wide events throughout the year.

Feast of Winter Veil: During this festival, Fresh or Preserved Holly can be obtained, which changes the players mount into a reindeer. If the player is on a flying mount, the reindeer will fly. Both items require level 40. The Preserved Holly can be obtained by completing quests "Metzen the Reindeer" or "The Hero of the Day".

Brewfest: During this fun festival, 600 Brewfeast Prize Tickets can be turned in along with gold to obtain a Brewfest Ram or a Swift Brewfest Ram. The Brewfest Ram costs 10 gold, along with the 600 tickets. The Swift Brewfest Ram costs 100 gold and 600 tickets. The Alliance can buy their Ram from Belbi Quikswitch in Dun Morogh, while the Horde can see Blix Fixwidget in Durotar.

Hallow's End: During this seasonal event, players can obtain rideable broomsticks. All brooms are dropped from the Headless Horseman in Scarlet Monastary's graveyard wing. Each different broomstick requires a deifferent level/riding skill combination.

Mount Speed

There are five ways to increase the speed of your mount. All methods work on both ground and flying mounts. The first three methods can be "stacked" or used together, while the last two cannot.

  1. Enchant Gloves - Riding Skill:
    • Gives +2% to riding speed (stackable). This enchant can be created from a world dropped Enchanting recipe.
  2. Carrot on a Stick:
    • Gives +3% to riding speed (stackable). This item is a reward from the Gahz'rilla quest in Zul'Farrak.
  3. Mithril Spurs:
    • Gives +4% to riding speed (stackable). This item can be created from world drop Blacksmithing plans.
  4. Riding Crop:
    • Gives +10% to riding speed (not stackable). This item is a Leatherworking pattern sold in Old Hillsbrad Foothills.
  5. Skybreaker Whip:
    • Gives +10% to riding speed (not stackable). This item is a quest reward from the quest Dragonmaw Race: Captain Skyshatter. The player must also be Honored with Netherwing.
  6. Charm of Swift Flight:
    • Increases speed in Flight Form and Swift Flight Form by 10%.(not stackable). This item is a quest reward from the Druid's quest for the Swift Flight Form Skill.(only available to Druids, and the only trinket that increases speed in flight form.)

In addition, both Paladins and Hunters have abilities that can increase their riding speed:

Paladins:

    • Pursuit of Justice - increases mount speed by 5%, 10%, or 15% respectively. This ability cannot be stacked.
    • Crusader Aura - increases mount speed for all members in the party by 20%. This ability cannot be stacked. The ability is available at level 62.

Hunters:

    • Animal Handler - increases mount speed by 4% or 8% respectively and cannot be stacked.

Notes

  1. ^ This mount is the armored version of the Riding Talbuk.
Much of the above information has been obtained from WowWiki-Mounts.

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