Man, your feet are killing you.
You’ve spent the better part
of a week walking up and down that long, winding road in Stranglethorn
Vale. It seems that each quest you get requires you to travel the
breadth of Stranglethorn Vale, then walk all the way back, then only to
repeat the process again. Worse, as you travel along the road, the dust
choking you while the sun beats down harshly upon you, are the higher
level jerks who flaunt their fancy mounts in front of you. They
gleefully run a few circles around you, do a few mocking jumps, and
generally kick dirt in your face as they drive home the message:
we’re going a lot faster than you and doesn’t it
suck to be you? Well, don’t lose hope, my friend. Salvation
is closer than you think. You won’t be able to beat them, but
you will be able to join them. Soon, very soon, you will be able to
join the ranks of the mounted hero and you too will revel in the joy of
faster travel. You will become one of those jerks, prancing around
plodding lower-level characters, showing off your superiority. You too
will decide to check your mail while riding your giant mammoth, if for
no other reason than to just make it more difficult for those lower
level peons to see the mailbox.
This handy-dandy guide is here to provide an overview of mounts in
World of Warcraft. We’ll look at the different types of
mounts that you can acquire, and the different methods in which you can
acquire said mounts. Don’t let the sheer number of mounts
confuse you. All in all, mounts are pretty simple.
Basically, a mount is an animal
(or vehicle) that you summon to ride.
While you’re mounted, your speed of travel is increased.
Mounts can be broken down into four categories.
Basic
Ground Mounts: These mounts
are available at level 30 and require you to purchase the apprentice
riding skill, which gives you a riding skill of 75. These mounts can be
bought at racial vendors and have a speed increase of 60%.
Epic
Ground Mounts: These mounts
are available at level 60 and require you to have the journeyman riding
skill, which is 150. These mounts can be bought at various vendors.
These animals have a speed listed as “very fast”
which actually means a 100% increase in your movement rate. So,
you’ll move twice as fast when riding one of these bad boys.
Basic
Flying Mounts: Once you reach
the Outlands at level 70, you can get flying mounts. Doing so requires
you to get the expert riding skill of 225. Flying mounts are a
necessity as that certain areas can only be reached by flying. In
addition, being able to fly over pesky obstacles really rocks! The
basic flying mounts provide a 60% increase to speed while on the ground
or in the air. To be able to fly in Northrend, you have to purchase
Cold Weather Flying, which is only available starting at level 77.
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Epic
Flying Mounts: These mounts
are available at level 70, but require the artisan riding skill of 300.
These mounts provide a 100% increase in land speed and a 280% speed
increase in the air. You will love and worship these mounts.
Basically, there is no real difference between one mount and another,
only speed, despite the fact that there are several hundred mounts
available in WoW. The differences are cosmetic. The harder to get
mounts look way cooler than the normal mounts. A normal epic mount
might be a simple armored horse, while a rare drop epic mount might be
a spiky armored horse with glowing red eyes with flaming hooves. One
looks cooler than the other one, but the speed increase is still the
same.
Where
to get mounts?
Basic ground mounts are available at racial vendors and the basic
flying mounts can be bought from Brunn Flamebeard in the Outlands. He
can be found at the Wildhammer Stronghold in Shadowmoon Valley. Epic
mounts can be bought from various vendors. In addition, you can get
epic mounts (flying and ground) through quest rewards, PvP rewards, by
having a high enough reputation with a faction, achievements, and rare
drops.
Listed below are the various mounts that you can get in WoW, grouped by
type.
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Black War Bear
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Blue Skeletal Horse
Basic
Ground Mounts
Stallion
Kodo
Horse
Kodo
Mare
Wolf
Wolf
Ram
Wolf
Ram
Skeletal Horse
Ram
Skeletal Horse
Mechanostrider
Skeletal Horse
Mechanostrider
Raptor
Mechanostrider
Raptor
Mechanostrider
Raptor
Elekk
Hawkstrider
Elekk
Hawkstrider
Elekk
Hawkstrider
Frostsaber
Hawkstrider
Frostsaber
Nightsaber
Steed
Kodo
Kodo
Steed
Kodo
Ram
Wolf
Wolf
Ram
Wolf
Mechanostrider
Raptor
Mechanostrider
Raptor
Mechanostrider
Raptor
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Sea Turtle
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Black War Mammoth
Epic Ground Mounts
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PvP
Rewards
Battlestrider
War Wolf
War Ram
Howler
War Steed
Skeletal Warhorse
War Elekk
War Kodo
War Talbuk
Warstrider
Riding Talbuk
War Talbuk
Battle Charger
Riding Talbuk
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Faction
Rewards
Frostsaber
Mammoth
Mammoth
Ice Mammoth
Ice Mammoth
Riding Talbuk
Riding Talbuk
Riding Talbuk
Riding Talbuk
Riding Talbuk
Riding Talbuk
Riding Talbuk
Riding Talbuk
War Talbuk
War Talbuk
War Talbuk
War Talbuk
War Talbuk
War Talbuk
War Talbuk
War Talbuk
Epic Ground Mounts
Argent Tournament
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Azuremyste Elekk
Forsaken Warhorse
Mistsaber
Mulgore Kodo
Ironforge Ram
Ogrimmar Wolf
Elwynn Steed
Darkspear Raptor
Silvermoon
Hawkstrider
Epic Ground Mounts
Various
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Zulian Tiger
Razzashi Raptor
Warhorse
Lord
War Bear
Polar Bear
White Hawkstrider
Chopper
450 Engineering to make.
450 Engineering to make. Horde.
Brown Bear
Vendor
Mammoth
Vendor
Tundra Mammoth
Vendor - comes with vendors
Qiraji Battle Tank
usable in
of
Qiraji Battle Tank
usable in
of
Qiraji Battle Tank
usable in
of
Qiraji Battle Tank
usable in
of
Quiraji Battle Tank
Reward
Zhevra
Reward
War Bear
Reward
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Onyx Netherwing Drake
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Blue Wind Rider
Basic Flying Mounts
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Flying Mounts
Crafting
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Machine
350 Engineering.
Flying
Machine
375 Engineering.
Carpet
380 Tailoring
Flying Carpet
420
Tailoring
Epic Flying Mounts
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Red Gryphon
Yellow Windrider
Blue Gryphon
Red Windrider
Green Gryphon
Purple Windrider
Purple Gryphon
Green Windrider
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Cenarion Hippogryph
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Bronze Drake
Epic Flying Mounts
Faction Rewards
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War Hippogryph
- Exalted with Cenarion Expedition.
Riding Nether Ray
- Exalted with Sha'tari Skyguard
Riding Nether Ray
- Exalted with Sha'tari Skyguard
Riding Nether Ray
- Exalted with Sha'tari Skyguard
Riding Nether Ray
- Exalted with Sha'tari Skyguard
Riding Nether Ray
- Exalted with Sha'tari Skyguard
Netherwing Drake
- Exalted with Netherwing.
Netherwing Drake
- Exalted with Netherwing.
Netherwing Drake
- Exalted with Netherwing.
Netherwing Drake
- Exalted with Netherwing.
Netherwing Drake
- Exalted with Netherwing.
Netherwing Drake
- Exalted with Netherwing.
- Exalted with Wyrmrest Accord
Proto-Drake
- Revered with The Oracles
Epic
Flying Mounts
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Various
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Nether Drake
- Season 1 Arena award – 310% speed
of Al'ar
Drop – 310% speed
Snowy Gryphon
Vendor - Alliance
Blue Wind Rider
Vendor - Horde
Drake
Drop
Drake
Drop
Drake
Drop
Drake
Drop
Drake
Drop
Proto-Drake
Drop
Proto-Drake
from a very rare monster
Hippogryph
Reward
Drake
Reward
Dragonhawk Mount
Reward
Dragonhawk Mount
Reward
Proto-Drake
Reward
Proto-Drake
Reward
Proto-Drake
Reward
Proto-Drake
Reward
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Swift Purple Windrider
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Purple Skeletal Warhorse
Other Mounts
mounts include mounts from the WoW trading card game (TCG), BlizzCon
promos, and holiday mounts (mounts that can only be acquired during
special events).
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get in Northrend via fishing
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