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 more or less exotic beasts (or machinations). Warlocks, Paladins and Death Knights can learn to summon mounts as a class perk. Mounted travel is almost always faster than walking/running (some vanity mounts such as the  [Sea Turtle] provide only circumstantial speed boosts). World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade introduced flying mounts in select areas, which further increased the maximum possible player movement speed and also increased accessibility to various locations previously unreachable. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm introduced flying to Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms, as well as the new areas exclusive to the expansion.

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 other currencies (such as honor points) and will drop at very low rates from bosses in instances such as Stratholme, Tempest Keep, Magisters' Terrace, Sethekk Halls, Karazhan, and Utgarde Pinnacle. There are numerous other methods to obtain mounts as well, such as class quests, completing achievements, and even playing the Trading Card Game.

Mounts have a 1.5 second cast time, which will be interrupted by taking any damage, moving, or entering combat.

Riding skills and abilities

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

Blood Knights riding their Horde paladin mounts.

Since patch 4.0.1 most mounts no longer have intrinsic values for speed; their speed is dependent only on the player's riding skill.

Mounts can swim (but not any faster than swimming without the mount). There are two aquatic mounts, one that can be used anywhere but only moves at +60% swimspeed and can walk on land, and another that can only be used underwater in Vashj'ir but moves at +450% swim speed. Vanity mounts confer no benefits (and thus, require no riding skill or character level).

Apprentice: Level 20

Apprentice riding skill (75) costs 4 for training and an additional 1 for each mount, both reduced by the appropriate reputation discounts. Increases mounted movement speed by 60%.

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. Additionally, worgen learn [Running Wild] at level 20, which functions as their racial mount.

Journeyman: Level 40

Journeyman riding skill (150) costs 50 for training and an additional 10 for each mount, both reduced by the appropriate reputation discounts. Increases mounted movement speed by 100%.

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

Expert riding skill (225) costs 250 for training and an additional 50 for each mount, both reduced by the appropriate reputation discounts. Increases mounted movement speed by 150% in the air and 100% on the ground. Flying in Northrend requires Cold Weather Flying training, while flying in Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor requires a Flight Master's License (see below).

Druids can learn [Flight Form] from any druid trainer at level 60 for 3, which grants them expert riding skill for next to nothing.

Flight Master's License: Level 60

The [Flight Master's License] (often referred to as "Old Weather Flying") costs 250 and unlocks the ability for players to fly in the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor excluding the zones that requires The Burning Crusade expansion (like Eversong Woods and Ghostlands), much like [Cold Weather Flying] can at 68 for flight in Northrend. It requires level 60 and 225 skill. It also requires purchasers to have World of Warcraft: Cataclysm attached to their account.

This ability is not required for Cold Weather Flying or any higher skill tier.

Cold Weather Flying: Level 68

The [Cold Weather Flying] skill costs 500. This non-discountable training grants players the ability to also use their flying mounts in Northrend and requires level 68 and expert riding skill. Before Patch 4.0.1, only level 80 characters were are able to buy this training directly for 1000. In Patch 3.2.0, a bind to account heirloom, the  [Tome of Cold Weather Flight], was made available for level 80 characters to purchase for 1000, which allowed characters of level 68 to learn the spell making flight in Northrend possible from an even earlier level. Patch 4.0.1 made the tome redundant, so it was removed.

This ability is not required for any higher skill tier or flying on Outland.

Artisan: Level 70

Artisan riding skill (300) costs 5,000, reduced by the appropriate reputation discounts. Increases mounted 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.

Master: Level 80

Master riding skill (375) costs 5,000 for training, reduced by the appropriate reputation discount. Introduced with Patch 4.0.1, no mounts require it, but it increases the air speed of all flying mounts to +310%. 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. Adding  [Reins of the Violet Proto-Drake] to your collection also awards Master riding.

Summary

Proficiency		Cost		+Speed		Required for	Requires
		Skill	Mounts	Land	Flying
75	Apprentice	4	1	60%		Ground mounts	Level 20
150	Journeyman	50	10	100%		Ground mounts	Level 40
225	Expert	250	50	60%	150%	Flying mounts	Level 60
300	Artisan	5000	100	100%	280%	Flying mounts	Level 70
375	Master	5000	—	100%	310%	Maximum speed on all flying mounts	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

Increasing your speed

Through guild perks

The guild perk [Mount Up] increases your speed while mounted by 10% except in Arenas and Battlegrounds.

Through class abilities and talents

Two trolls riding raptors.

Shaman and druids 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.

•  Death knight
  • [On a Pale Horse] in the Frost tree (tier 2). Increases your speed while mounted by 10%/20%. The mounted movement speed increase does not stack with other effects.
•  Hunter
  • [Pathfinding] in the Beast Mastery talent tree (tier 2). Increases your speed while mounted by 5%/10%. The mounted movement speed increase does not stack with other effects.
  • [Aspect of the Cheetah] Hunter ability learned at level 24. Increases movement speed by 30%. However, if hit while in the aspect, you will get dazed.
•  Paladin
  • [Pursuit of Justice] in the Retribution talent tree (tier 2). Increases your movement speed (and mounted movement speed) by 8%/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.

Through items and enchants

There are five other methods for increasing your mounted speed, with no effects beyond level 70:

•  [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.
•  [Mithril Spurs]: +4% (stacking), world drop Blacksmithing plans
•  [Riding Crop]: +10% (non-stacking), Leatherworking pattern sold in Old Hillsbrad Foothills.
•  [Skybreaker Whip]: +10% (non-stacking), quest reward from  [70] Dragonmaw Race: Captain Skyshatter, must be Honored with Netherwing.

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  [Riding Crop] is only usable for two levels (69 and 70), and the  [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).

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.

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	[Mount Up]/Crop/Whip	[Crusader Aura]
Vanity mounts	0%	10%	20%
Apprentice riding (ground)	60%	76%	92%
Journeyman riding (ground)	100%	120%	140%
Master riding (flying)	150%	175%	200%
Artisan riding (flying)	280%	318%	356%
Expert riding (flying)	310%	351%	392%

Available mounts

The tables below are separated based on mount source, such as purchase requirements, killing specific creatures, participating in world events, completing achievements or more.

Racial mounts

Racial ground mounts are typically the first mounts players will acquire. To purchase a racial ground mount, players must either purchase their race's mount (such as horses for humans, or wolves for orcs), or gain exalted standing with that race's representative faction (such as exalted with Darnassus to purchase sabers). Flying mounts do not require any reputation rating.

Worgen are an exception and do not have purchasable mounts, but instead learn [Running Wild] at level 20. Running Wild functions exactly like a mount as far as the game is concerned, but using the player's model instead of some mount. Running Wild confers the standard 60% speed bonus from level 20 to 39, then unlock 100% speed at level 40. Other Alliance races cannot learn Running Wild, but worgen can learn other mounts.

Mount family		Type	Cost	Requirements
				Race	Faction	Riding skill
	Elekk mounts	Ground	1	Draenei	Exodar	Apprentice (75)
	Ram mounts	Ground	1	Dwarf	Ironforge	Apprentice (75)
	Mechanostrider mounts	Ground	1	Gnome	Gnomeregan	Apprentice (75)
	Horse mounts	Ground	1	Human	Stormwind	Apprentice (75)
	Saber mounts	Ground	1	Night elf	Darnassus	Apprentice (75)
	Swift elekk mounts	Ground	10	Draenei	Exodar	Journeyman (150)
	Swift ram mounts	Ground	10	Dwarf	Ironforge	Journeyman (150)
	Swift mechanostrider mounts	Ground	10	Gnome	Gnomeregan	Journeyman (150)
	Swift horse mounts	Ground	10	Human	Stormwind	Journeyman (150)
	Swift saber mounts	Ground	10	Night elf	Darnassus	Journeyman (150)
	Gryphon mounts	Flying	50			Expert (225)
	Swift gryphon mounts	Flying	100			Artisan (300)
	Hawkstrider mounts	Ground	1	Blood elf	Silvermoon City	Apprentice (75)
	Trike mounts	Ground	1	Goblin	Bilgewater Cartel	Apprentice (75)
	Wolf mounts	Ground	1	Orc	Orgrimmar	Apprentice (75)
	Kodo mounts	Ground	1	Tauren	Thunder Bluff	Apprentice (75)
	Raptor mounts	Ground	1	Troll	Darkspear Trolls	Apprentice (75)
	Skeletal horse mounts	Ground	1	Undead	Undercity	Apprentice (75)
	Swift hawkstrider mounts	Ground	10	Blood elf	Silvermoon City	Journeyman (150)
	Swift trike mounts	Ground	10	Goblin	Bilgewater Cartel	Journeyman (150)
	Swift wolf mounts	Ground	10	Orc	Orgrimmar	Journeyman (150)
	Swift kodo mounts	Ground	10	Tauren	Thunder Bluff	Journeyman (150)
	Swift raptor mounts	Ground	10	Troll	Darkspear Trolls	Journeyman (150)
	Skeletal warhorse mounts	Ground	10	Undead	Undercity	Journeyman (150)
	Wyvern mounts	Flying	50			Expert (225)
	Swift wyvern mounts	Flying	100			Artisan (300)

Class-specific mounts

There are four classes in the game that can acquire special mounts and abilities linked to their own class through lore: death knights, druids, paladins, and warlocks. The original quests to gain the paladin charger, warlock dreadsteed, and druid's swift flight form are all still in-game and reward feats of strength if they are completed. The aforementioned quests are not required to learn the ability, however, and are on the class trainers at the level listed in the table.

Druid and paladin abilities are slightly different based on race and faction. For example, the Alliance charger is blue and golden, while the Horde version is red and bronze. Similarly, night elf druids are black in flight form, while tauren are tan. With Cataclysm, tauren and draenei paladins receive Sunwalker Kodo and Exarch's Elekk, respectively, in place of chargers.

Class		Mount/form	Type	Source	Level
	Death knight	[Acherus Deathcharger]	Ground	Into the Realm of Shadows	55
		[Winged Steed of the Ebon Blade]	Flying	1000	60
	Druid	[Flight Form]	Flying	3 from trainer	60
		[Swift Flight Form]	Flying	20 from trainer	71
	Paladin	// [Summon Warhorse], [Summon Sunwalker Kodo], [Summon Exarch's Elekk]	Ground	1 from trainer	20
		// [Summon Charger], [Summon Great Sunwalker Kodo], [Summon Great Exarch's Elekk]	Ground	2 from trainer	40
		[Argent Charger]	Ground	100 & <Crusader>	40
	Warlock	[Summon Felsteed]	Ground	1 from trainer	20
		[Dreadsteed]	Ground	2 from trainer	40

PvP mounts

PvP mounts can be obtained by exchanging [Honor Points] or other world PvP currency. For Arena rewards, see the Arena section.

Mount		Type	Cost	Riding skill
	[Black Battlestrider]	Ground	2000	Journeyman (150)
	[Reins of the Black War Elekk]	Ground	2000	Journeyman (150)
	[Reins of the Black War Mammoth]	Ground	2000	Journeyman (150)
	[Black War Ram]	Ground	2000	Journeyman (150)
	[Black War Steed Bridle]	Ground	2000	Journeyman (150)
	[Reins of the Black War Tiger]	Ground	2000	Journeyman (150)
	[Stormpike Battle Charger]	Ground	2000	Journeyman (150)
	[Reins of the Spectral Steed]	Ground	165	Apprentice (75)
	[Reins of the Drake of the West Wind]	Flying	200	Artisan (300)
	[Black War Kodo]	Ground	2000	Journeyman (150)
	[Reins of the Black War Mammoth]	Ground	2000	Journeyman (150)
	[Whistle of the Black War Raptor]	Ground	2000	Journeyman (150)
	[Horn of the Black War Wolf]	Ground	2000	Journeyman (150)
	[Horn of the Frostwolf Howler]	Ground	2000	Journeyman (150)
	[Red Skeletal Warhorse]	Ground	2000	Journeyman (150)
	[Swift Warstrider]	Ground	2000	Journeyman (150)
	[Reins of the Spectral Wolf]	Ground	165	Apprentice (75)
	[Reins of the Drake of the West Wind]	Flying	200	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Dark Riding Talbuk]	Ground	75 15	Journeyman (150)
	[Reins of the Dark War Talbuk]	Ground	100 20	Journeyman (150)

Quest reward mounts

Some laborious or involved quest chains reward mounts.

Mount		Type	Quest	Riding skill
	[Reins of the Winterspring Frostsaber]	Ground	They Grow Up So Fast	Apprentice (75)
	[Whistle of the Venomhide Ravasaur]	Ground	They Grow Up So Fast	Apprentice (75)
	[Reins of the Crimson Deathcharger]	Ground	Mograine's Reunion	Apprentice (75)
	[Subdued Abyssal Seahorse]	Aquatic	The Abyssal Ride	Expert (225)
	Tarecgosa's Visage	Flying	The Stuff of Legends

Faction reward mounts

As a reward for gaining high reputation standing with various factions, players can purchase mounts. Such high reputation is a function of large quantities of time.

Mount type		Type	Cost	Faction	Riding skill
	[Reins of the Winterspring Frostsaber]	Ground	100	Wintersaber Trainers exalted	Apprentice (75)
	[Reins of the Ice Mammoth]	Ground	1,000	Sons of Hodir revered	Journeyman (150)
	[Reins of the Grand Ice Mammoth]	Ground	10,000	Sons of Hodir exalted	Journeyman (150)
	[Reins of the Ice Mammoth]	Ground	1,000	Sons of Hodir revered	Journeyman (150)
	[Reins of the Grand Ice Mammoth]	Ground	10,000	Sons of Hodir exalted	Journeyman (150)
	[Cenarion War Hippogryph]	Flying	2,000	Cenarion Expedition exalted	Artisan (300)
	Riding talbuk mounts	Ground	70	Kurenai/Mag'har exalted	Journeyman (150)
	War talbuk mounts	Ground	100	Kurenai/Mag'har exalted	Journeyman (150)
	Netherwing drake mounts	Flying	200	Netherwing exalted	Artisan (300)
	Nether ray mounts	Flying	200	Sha'tari Skyguard exalted	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Red Drake]	Flying	1,600	Wyrmrest Accord exalted	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Brown Riding Camel]	Ground	80	Ramkahen exalted	Journeyman (150)
	[Reins of the Tan Riding Camel]	Ground	80	Ramkahen exalted	Journeyman (150)

Notes:

Rare drop mounts

Rarely, specific creatures will drop a mount as a reward. If the mount drops, only one mount will appear per kill, no matter the size of the party or raid killing the creature. Also, mounts may rarely be inside other containers rewarded for doing other objectives.

Mount		Type	Source	Riding skill
	[Deathcharger's Reins]	Ground	Lord Aurius Rivendare, Stratholme	Journeyman (150)
	[Fiery Warhorse's Reins]	Ground	Attumen the Huntsman, Karazhan	Journeyman (150)
	[Reins of the Raven Lord]	Ground	Anzu, Heroic Sethekk Halls	Journeyman (150)
	[Swift White Hawkstrider]	Ground	Kael'thas Sunstrider, Heroic Magisters' Terrace	Journeyman (150)
	[Reins of the White Polar Bear]	Ground	[Hyldnir Spoils], Gretta the Arbiter	Journeyman (150)
	Reins of the Grand Black War Mammoth	Ground	Vault of Archavon, any boss, 10- or 25-player	Journeyman (150)
	[Ashes of Al'ar]	Flying	Kael'thas Sunstrider, The Eye	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Blue Drake]	Flying	Malygos 10-player, Eye of Eternity	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Azure Drake]	Flying	Malygos 25-player, Eye of Eternity	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Blue Proto-Drake]	Flying	Skadi the Ruthless, Heroic Utgarde Pinnacle	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Green Proto-Drake]	Flying	[Mysterious Egg], Oracles revered	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Onyxian Drake]	Flying	Onyxia 10- or 25-player, Onyxia's Lair	Artisan (300)
	[Invincible's Reins]	Both	The Lich King 25-player Heroic, Icecrown Citadel	Artisan (300)
	[Mimiron's Head]	Flying	Alone in the Dark (25), Ulduar	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Drake of the North Wind]	Flying	Altairus, Vortex Pinnacle	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Drake of the South Wind]	Flying	Al'Akir, Throne of the Four Winds	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Vitreous Stone Drake]	Flying	Slabhide, Stonecore	Artisan (300)
	[Flametalon of Alysrazor]	Flying	Alysrazor, Firelands	Artisan (300)
	[Smoldering Egg of Millagazor]	Flying	Ragnaros, Firelands	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Blazing Drake]	Flying	Madness of Deathwing, Dragon Soul (normal mode)	Artisan (300)
	Qiraji battle tank mounts	Ground	AQ40 Drop	Apprentice (75)

Guaranteed drop mounts

A guaranteed drop mount will result in one mount being awarded upon killing the specified creature under the condition listed, regardless of the size of the party or raid. For mounts rewarded such that everyone who completes the achievement gets the mount, see the "Achievements" section. There is no direct achievement for killing the Time-Lost Proto-Drake or Aeonaxx; the hard part is actually finding either drake alive. There is likewise no achievement for killing Dormus the Camel-Hoarder; the hard part is finding a working Mysterious Camel Figurine in Uldum.

Mount		Type	Achievement	Creature	Riding skill
	[Reins of the Bronze Drake]	Flying	Culling of Time	Infinite Corruptor	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Black Drake]	Flying	Twilight Zone (10)	Sartharion	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Twilight Drake]	Flying	Twilight Zone (25)	Sartharion	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Time-Lost Proto-Drake]	Flying		Time-Lost Proto Drake	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Grey Riding Camel]	Ground		Dormus the Camel-Hoarder	Journeyman (150)
	[Reins of Poseidus]	Aquatic		Poseidus	Expert (225)
	[Reins of the Phosphorescent Stone Drake]	Flying		Aeonaxx	Artisan (300)
	[Life-Binder's Handmaiden]	Flying		Madness of Deathwing, Dragon Soul (heroic mode)	Artisan (300)

Crafted mounts

Mounts can also be created by players. Typically such mounts are a perk of the profession and are not available to other players, but a few are.

Mount		Type	Required skill
			Profession	Riding
	[Mekgineer's Chopper]	Ground		Journeyman (150)
	[Mechano-Hog]	Ground		Journeyman (150)
	[Flying Machine]	Flying	300 Engineering	Expert (225)
	[Flying Carpet]	Flying	300 Tailoring	Expert (225)
	[Turbo-Charged Flying Machine]	Flying	375 Engineering	Artisan (300)
	[Magnificent Flying Carpet]	Flying	425 Tailoring	Artisan (300)
	[Frosty Flying Carpet]	Flying	425 Tailoring	Artisan (300)
	[Fossilized Raptor]	Ground	150 Archaeology	Journeyman (150)
	[Scepter of Azj'Aqir]	Ground	450 Archaeology	Journeyman (150)
	[Vial of the Sands]	Flying		Expert (225)

Dalaran mounts

Mei Francis in Dalaran sells mounts to all comers, with no requirements outside of gold or [Justice Points].

Mount		Type	Cost	Riding skill
	[Reins of the Armored Brown Bear]	Ground	750	Journeyman (150)
	[Armored Snowy Gryphon]	Flying	2,000	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Wooly Mammoth]	Ground	2175	Journeyman (150)
	[Reins of the Traveler's Tundra Mammoth]	Ground	20,000	Journeyman (150)
	[Reins of the Armored Brown Bear]	Ground	750	Journeyman (150)
	[Armored Blue Wind Rider]	Flying	2,000	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Wooly Mammoth]	Ground	2175	Journeyman (150)
	[Reins of the Traveler's Tundra Mammoth]	Ground	20,000	Journeyman (150)

Argent Tournament mounts

A major draw of the Argent Tournament is the large quantity of mounts rewarded in exchange for Champion's Seals.

Mount		Cost	Requirement	Riding skill
	[Exodar Elekk]	100	Champion of the Exodar	Journeyman (150)
	[Darnassian Nightsaber]	100	Champion of Darnassus	Journeyman (150)
	[Ironforge Ram]	100	Champion of Ironforge	Journeyman (150)
	[Stormwind Steed]	100	Champion of Stormwind	Journeyman (150)
	[Gnomeregan Mechanostrider]	100	Champion of Gnomeregan	Journeyman (150)
	[Great Red Elekk]	500 5	Champion of the Exodar	Journeyman (150)
	[Swift Moonsaber]	500 5	Champion of Darnassus	Journeyman (150)
	[Swift Violet Ram]	500 5	Champion of Ironforge	Journeyman (150)
	[Swift Gray Steed]	500 5	Champion of Stormwind	Journeyman (150)
	[Turbostrider]	500 5	Champion of Gnomeregan	Journeyman (150)
	[Quel'dorei Steed]	100	Silver Covenant exalted	Journeyman (150)
	[Silver Covenant Hippogryph]	150	Silver Covenant exalted	Artisan (300)
	[Forsaken Warhorse]	100	Champion of the Undercity	Journeyman (150)
	[Thunder Bluff Kodo]	100	Champion of Thunder Bluff	Journeyman (150)
	[Orgrimmar Wolf]	100	Champion of Orgrimmar	Journeyman (150)
	[Darkspear Raptor]	100	Champion of Sen'jin	Journeyman (150)
	[Silvermoon Hawkstrider]	100	Champion of Silvermoon City	Journeyman (150)
	[White Skeletal Warhorse]	500 5	Champion of the Undercity	Journeyman (150)
	[Great Golden Kodo]	500 5	Champion of Thunder Bluff	Journeyman (150)
	[Swift Burgundy Wolf]	500 5	Champion of Orgrimmar	Journeyman (150)
	[Swift Purple Raptor]	500 5	Champion of Sen'jin	Journeyman (150)
	[Swift Red Hawkstrider]	500 5	Champion of Silvermoon City	Journeyman (150)
	[Sunreaver Hawkstrider]	100	Sunreavers exalted	Journeyman (150)
	[Sunreaver Dragonhawk]	150	Sunreavers exalted	Artisan (300)
	[Argent Warhorse]	100	<Crusader>	Journeyman (150)
	[Argent Hippogryph]	150		Artisan (300)

Aquatic mounts

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

This section concerns content exclusive to Cataclysm.

For the Subdued Abyssal Seahorse, see quest rewards.

For the Reins of Poseidus, see guaranteed drops.

Aquatic mounts confer a slight increase in swim speed, but when designed to be amphibious, move no faster than walking while on land. Aquatic mounts do not give their riders the ability to breathe underwater, so plan accordingly with an appropriate item or abilities.

Mount		+Speed		Source	Riding skill
		Water	Land
	[Sea Turtle]	60%	0%	Fishing in Northrend fishing pools, Cataclysm fishing pools and around Darkmoon Island	Apprentice (75)

Achievement system mounts

These mounts are obtainable by completing certain achievements. As part of completing the achievement, the mount will be mailed directly to the player.

Mount		Required achievement	Riding skill
	[Blue Dragonhawk]	Mountain o' Mounts	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Black War Bear]	For The Alliance!	Journeyman (150)
	[Red Dragonhawk]	Mountain o' Mounts	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Black War Bear]	For The Horde!	Journeyman (150)
	[Reins of the Albino Drake]	Leading the Cavalry	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Red Proto-Drake]	Glory of the Hero	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Violet Proto-Drake]	What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Rusted Proto-Drake]	Glory of the Ulduar Raider (10)	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Ironbound Proto-Drake]	Glory of the Ulduar Raider (25)	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Bloodbathed Frostbrood Vanquisher]	Glory of the Icecrown Raider (10)	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Icebound Frostbrood Vanquisher]	Glory of the Icecrown Raider (25)	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Volcanic Stone Drake]	Glory of the Cataclysm Hero	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Drake of the East Wind]	Glory of the Cataclysm Raider	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Dark Phoenix]	Guild Glory of the Cataclysm Raider	Artisan (300)
	[Flameward Hippogryph]	The Molten Front Offensive	Artisan (300)

Holiday mounts

There are several disguises and time-limited items that are available during holidays. Disguises simply turn the player's mount into something "more festive" like a kodo or a reindeer but do not otherwise affect mount mechanics. Time-limited items exist only during the duration of the holiday itself. Previously, time-limited items had a set time such as seven or 14 days, but were changed to be directly tied to the holiday.

Back during Brewfest 2007, an Honorary Brewer Hand Stamp was available for purchase and granted access to the  [Brewfest Ram] and  [Swift Brewfest Ram] vendors. Coren Direbrew (the holiday boss in the Grim Guzzler of Blackrock Depths) had not yet been implemented, so completing the quest was the only way to get the mounts. The hand stamp was removed for the 2008 Brewfest and the Swift Brewfest Ram added to Coren Direbrew's loot table (along with the new  [Great Brewfest Kodo]), but the 60%-speed Brewfest Ram can no longer be purchased except by players who completed the Hand Stamp quest.

Mount			+Speed	Limited	Requirements	Source
Disguises		[Fresh Holly]	—	Yes	Level 20	/kiss holiday NPCs during the Feast of Winter Veil
		[Preserved Holly]	—	No	Level 20	Quest rewards during the Feast of Winter Veil
		[Fresh Brewfest Hops]	—	Yes	Level 20	2 during Brewfest
		[Preserved Brewfest Hops]	—	No	Level 20	20 during Brewfest
		[Fresh Goblin Brewfest Hops]	—	Yes	Level 20	5 during Brewfest
		[Fresh Dwarven Brewfest Hops]	—	Yes	Level 20	5 during Brewfest
Love is in the Air		[Swift Lovebird]	Ground	No	Apprentice (75)	270 during Love is in the Air
		[Big Love Rocket]	60–310%	No	Apprentice (75)	Apothecary Hummel
Noblegarden		[Swift Springstrider]	Ground	No	Apprentice (75)	500 during Noblegarden
Hallow's End		[Rickety Magic Broom]	0%	Yes	None	[Crudely Wrapped Gift]
		[Flying Broom]	150%	Yes	Expert (255)	[Loot-Filled Pumpkin]
		[Magic Broom]	60–310%	Yes	Apprentice (75)	Headless Horseman
		[The Horseman's Reins]	60–310%	No	Apprentice (75)	Headless Horseman
Brewfest		[Swift Brewfest Ram]	100%	No	Journeyman (150)	Coren Direbrew
		[Great Brewfest Kodo]	100%	No	Journeyman (150)	Coren Direbrew

Outside of game mounts

The mounts in previous sections are acquired using solely in-game means. The mounts that follow require some real-world interactions, such as getting a rare loot card in the TCG, going to BlizzCon, or purchasing mounts from the Blizzard Store.

Trading Card Game mounts

This section contains lore or items taken from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game and expansion sets.

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		Cost	Riding skill
	[Riding Turtle]	Free	None
	[Reins of the Spectral Tiger]	1	Apprentice (75)
	[Reins of the Swift Spectral Tiger]	10	Journeyman (150)
	[Big Battle Bear]	10	Journeyman (150)
	[X-51 Nether-Rocket]	50	Expert (225)
	[X-51 Nether-Rocket X-TREME]	100	Artisan (300)

Blizzard Store mounts

Mounts are also available from Blizzard Store. They function exactly like Pet Store-purchased pets do: all characters on the account will get mail from Breanni with the mount attached.

Mount		Cost	Riding skill
	[Celestial Steed]	$25 at US Store or €20/£17 at EU Store	Apprentice (75)
	[Winged Guardian]	$25 at US Store or €20/£17 at EU Store	Apprentice (75)
	[Heart of the Aspects]	$25 at US Store or €20/£17 at EU Store	Apprentice (75)

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 NPCs for unlocking the mounts can be found in the Valley of Honor in Orgrimmar if you are Horde, or in the Forlorn Cavern in Ironforge if Alliance.

Mount		Riding skill
	[Big Blizzard Bear]	Apprentice (75)

Recruit a friend mounts

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

Mount		Available	Riding skill
	[X-53 Touring Rocket]	27 April 2010 – Present	Expert (225)

WoW Annual Pass

Announced at BlizzCon 2011, players that sign up for the World of Warcraft Annual Pass will receive as one of the additional bonuses a winged horse called  [Tyrael's Charger].

Mount		Available	Riding skill
	[Tyrael's Charger]	October 21, 2011 - April 30, 2012	Apprentice (75)

Scroll of Resurrection

Reintroduced to players on March 6, 2012 for a limited time, the Scroll of Resurrection service, when accepted by an inactive player, will reward the inviting player one  [Spectral Mount Crate] to the character of their choice. The resulting mount is faction-specific.

Mount		Available	Riding skill
	[Spectral Gryphon]	March 6, 2012 - ?	Apprentice (75)
	[Spectral Wind Rider]	March 6, 2012 - ?	Apprentice (75)

No longer available mounts

Arena System reward mounts

At the end of each Arena season, the top 0.5% of teams in the 3v3 and 5v5 bracket each battlegroup are rewarded with a 310% speed flying mount.

Such mounts are inherently time-limited and are not currently available.

Mount		Season	Riding skill
	[Swift Nether Drake]	Season 1	Artisan (300)
	[Merciless Nether Drake]	Season 2	Artisan (300)
	[Vengeful Nether Drake]	Season 3	Artisan (300)
	[Brutal Nether Drake]	Season 4	Artisan (300)
	[Deadly Gladiator's Frost Wyrm]	Season 5	Artisan (300)
	[Furious Gladiator's Frost Wyrm]	Season 6	Artisan (300)
	[Relentless Gladiator's Frost Wyrm]	Season 7	Artisan (300)
	[Wrathful Gladiator's Frost Wyrm]	Season 8	Artisan (300)
	[Vicious Gladiator's Twilight Drake]	Season 9	Artisan (300)
	[Ruthless Gladiator's Twilight Drake]	Season 10	Artisan (300)

Removed from game mounts

These mounts are no longer obtainable in the game.

Mount		Original availability	Removed	Riding skill
	[Palomino Bridle],  [White Stallion Bridle]	1000	Patch 1.4.0	Journeyman (150)
	[Black Ram],  [Frost Ram]	1000	Patch 1.4.0	Journeyman (150)
	[Icy Blue Mechanostrider Mod A],  [White Mechanostrider Mod B]	1000	Patch 1.4.0	Journeyman (150)
	[Reins of the Ancient Frostsaber],  [Reins of the Nightsaber]	1000	Patch 1.4.0	Journeyman (150)
	[Swift Alliance Steed]	Argent Crusade Tribute Chest	Patch 4.0.3	Journeyman (150)
	[Crusader's White Warhorse]	A Tribute to Immortality	Patch 4.0.3	Journeyman (150)
	[Horn of the Arctic Wolf],  [Horn of the Red Wolf]	1000	Patch 1.4.0	Journeyman (150)
	[Green Kodo],  [Teal Kodo]	1000	Patch 1.4.0	Journeyman (150)
	[Whistle of the Ivory Raptor],  [Whistle of the Mottled Red Raptor]	1000	Patch 1.4.0	Journeyman (150)
	[Swift Horde Wolf]	Argent Crusade Tribute Chest	Patch 4.0.3	Journeyman (150)
	[Crusader's Black Warhorse]	A Tribute to Immortality	Patch 4.0.3	Journeyman (150)
	[Amani War Bear]	Ashli's Bag, Zul'Aman	Patch 3.0.2	Journeyman (150)
	[Reins of the Plagued Proto-Drake]	Glory of the Raider (10)	Patch 3.1.0	Artisan (300)
	[Reins of the Black Proto-Drake]	Glory of the Raider (25)	Patch 3.1.0	Artisan (300)
	[Black Qiraji Resonating Crystal]	Bang a Gong!	Patch 3.2.0	Journeyman (150)
	[Swift Zhevra]	Recruit-A-Friend	27 April 2010	Journeyman (150)
	[Swift Zulian Tiger]	High Priest Thekal, Zul'Gurub	Patch 4.0.3a	Journeyman (150)
	[Swift Razzashi Raptor]	Bloodlord Mandokir, Zul'Gurub	Patch 4.0.3a	Journeyman (150)

Flying mounts in Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms

With careful use of [Eagle Eye] or [Far Sight], it was possible to see why Flying Mounts were not allowed in the old world until the Cataclysm expansion hit.

At BlizzCon 2009 it was revealed that flying mounts would be available in some form to use in Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms with the release Cataclysm. Blizzard officials had previously stated that it was unlikely that they would allow flying mounts in these continents since doing so would require them to redesign the continents with flying mounts in mind.

The former state of the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor was unsuitable for flying mounts; there were visual glitches like mountains and high buildings whose tops could not be seen, and places where the terrain abruptly changed from one tileset to another, creating a grossly unrealistic appearance in some areas. There were also zones which should be there lore-wise but were empty and unfinished.

Notes

• 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+Del combination (on the laptop) will start it.
• Additionally, while in a loop, you can use your strafe keys.
• Mounts that allow passengers (the two choppers, the Reins of the Grand Ice Mammoth, the Reins of the Traveler's Tundra Mammoth and Reins of the Grand Black War Mammoth) allow other characters to ride as passengers. Currently, the only flying mounts that allow passengers are the Recruit-A-Friend mount, the  [X-53 Touring Rocket], and the  [Vial of the Sands] mount the [Sandstone Drake].

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.
• If you want to get a head start, read a Guide for Preparing to Buy a Mount.
• Locations of fixed devices throughout Azeroth, including where to purchase mounts.

Patch history

Cataclysm

• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12):
  • All mounts now scale to the appropriate riding skill. This means that all 310% speed mounts earned from achievements or were awarded from this patch onward are 280% in order to match the current max riding skill, Artisan. Players who already have a 310% mount are grandfathered into the system.
  • Mounts that are both ground and flying will no longer need to be dismounted and then re-mounted to switch between types. This will now be automatic.
    

Wrath of the Lich King

• Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): Battlegrounds will no longer award Marks of Honor. Items which previously required Marks of Honor will have their costs adjusted to remove these requirements.
  

PvP mounts now cost 50,000

• Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): Knockbacks no longer dismount players. If on a flying mount, you will be knocked back a short distance before being able to resume flying.
  
• Patch 3.2.2 (2009-09-22): Undocumented change
  

The riding trainers in Thrallmar and Honor Hold are now part of the Orgrimmar and Stormwind factions respectively. Note also that this change doesn't apply to trainers in Northrend.

• Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04):
  • The cast time for summoning any ground or flying mount is now 1.5 seconds, down from 3 seconds.
  • Apprentice Riding (Skill 75): Can now be learned at level 20 for 4. Mail will be sent to players who reach level 20 directing them to the riding trainer.
  • Journeyman Riding (Skill 150): Can now be learned at level 40 for 50. Mail will be sent to players who reach level 40 directing them back to the riding trainer.
  • Expert Riding (Skill 225): Can now be learned at level 60 for 600 from trainers in Honor Hold or Thrallmar. Faction discounts now apply (Honor Hold for Alliance; Thrallmar for Horde). Flight speed at this skill level has been increased to 150% of run speed, up from 60%.
  • Artisan Riding (Skill 300): Faction discounts now apply (Honor Hold or Valiance Expedition for Alliance; Thrallmar or Warsong Offensive for Horde).
  • Flying over Dalaran and Wintergrasp is now possible so long as players keep a healthy distance above the ground.
    
  • The ravasaur trainer Mor'vek has returned to Un'Goro and will offer to help Horde players raise and train a  [Whistle of the Venomhide Ravasaur] as a mount... if they can survive the creature's deadly poison.
• Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): All Ground Mounts may now swim without dismounting the rider. Flying Mounts still may NOT, and will dismount the rider upon entering water.
  
• Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Racial restrictions on mounts have now been lifted. Night elves on mechanostriders? Tauren on raptors? You're not seeing things.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14):
  • Mounting is now permitted in Ahn'Qiraj.
  • New Vanity Pet and Mount changes: Players will now be able to access their non-combat pets and mounts by clicking on the pets tab in the Character Info panel. These pets and mounts will be now learnable much like spells or abilities. Once a vanity pet or mount is learned, the icon will disappear from within a player's inventory and reappear in the appropriate tab under the pet tab under Character Info. Say goodbye to your vanity pets and mounts taking up bag and bank slots! Lost pets and mounts (one time quest rewards) can be recovered by visiting a stablemaster.
    

Burning Crusade

• Patch 2.4.3 (2008-07-15): Mounts at 30?! Yes, it's true: Apprentice Riding and mounts are now available at level 30. Training costs 35.
  
• Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): Nutral, the flight master in Shattrath City, now has a quest for characters who are level 70 and do not yet have a riding skill of 225. The quest will direct a character to visit the appropriate riding instructor in Shadowmoon Valley so that the player will know where they can purchase the skill necessary to use a flying mount.
  
• Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22):
  • Swift Flying Mounts: All the swift flying mounts will now display as epic items, rather than superior-quality items.
  • Using abilities and casting spells that cannot be used while mounted will now auto-dismount players as needed. This can be disabled by turning off the auto-dismount option in the UI options.
  • New Lua conditional [flyable] which is true if you're in a location where you could use a flying mount.
    
• Patch 2.0.3 (2007-01-09): New macro command: /dismount
  
• Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Honor system revamp
  

PvP mounts no longer limited to rank 11s, now available for 30 30 30 each.

Classic

• Patch 1.12.1 (2006-09-26): The riding skill has been changed. A riding skill of 75 is now needed to ride level 40 mounts and a skill of 150 for level 60 mounts. Those that already have mounts will automatically be granted the appropriate level skill.
  
• Patch 1.12.0 (2006-08-22): The Items that summon mounts have been changed in their color/quality. Items that summon normal mounts are now blue (superior) items and items that summon swift mounts are now purple (epic) items.
  
• Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Clarified the error message when trying to attack while mounted.
  
• Patch 1.5.0 (2005-06-07): Many of the Swift Mounts have gained eye glows and some have had other tweaks made to them to improve their looks.
  
• Patch 1.4.0 (2005-05-05): Level 60 mounts purchased at vendors now have a whole new look. Faster undead mounts already have a different look and so have not changed. The new mounts can be seen standing near the mount vendors. If you have one of the old fast mounts, you can exchange it for one with a new look at the mount vendor.
  
• Patch 1.3.0 (2005-03-07): Mounts now are Horde or Alliance restricted in the tooltip. We do not intend to allow Horde players to ride Alliance vendor-purchased mounts and vice versa.
  
• Patch 1.2.0 (2004-12-18): Players will now be able to purchase and train mounts from other races in their faction. However, you will first need to obtain "Exalted" reputation status with that race in order to do so. Mounts of the opposing faction are not available for purchase.
  

External links

WarcraftMounts.com Images of all the currently available mounts!

WoW Insider Images, descriptions, and prices of all WoW mounts.

WarcraftOverachiever Complete Horde/Alliance Mount Guide