World of Warcraft at Ten Ton Hammer

In the next major patch for World of Warcraft (patch 3.2), Blizzard intends to make changes to mount requirements. This is good news for new players and new alts, or alts who have been neglected. The changes they will be doing to mount requirements will lower the costs to train and buy a mount, and lowering some level requirements.

In the next major content patch, we intend to adjust mount requirements to further improve the leveling experience in World of Warcraft. In addition, cast times for summoning all mounts will be reduced to 1.5 seconds, down from 3 seconds. The following is a breakdown of the upcoming cost and level requirement changes we are making for each riding skill.

Apprentice Riding (Skill 75)

-60% land mount speed
-Requires level 20
-Cost: 4 gold
-Mount cost: 1 gold
-Mail will be sent to players at level 20 guiding them to the riding trainer

Journeyman Riding (Skill 150)

-100% land mount speed
-Requires level 40
-Cost: 50 gold
-Mount cost: 10 gold
-Mail will be sent to players at level 40 guiding them back to the riding trainer

Expert Riding (Skill 225)

-150% flying mount speed; 60% land mount speed
-Requires level 60
-Cost: 600 gold (faction discounts now apply)
-Mount Cost: 50 gold
-Can now be learned in Honor Hold (Alliance) or Thrallmar (Horde)

Artisan Riding (Skill 300)

-280% flying mount speed; 100% land mount speed
-Requires level 70
-Cost: 5,000 gold (faction discounts now apply)
-Mount Cost: 100 gold

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