Reins of the Red Drake. Mounts (wow) :: Wiki :: World of Warcraft :: ZAM. 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 - The Eye, Magisters' Terrace, Sethekk Halls, and Karazhan (these mounts, however, have an extremely low drop rate).
The ability for another race to be able to acquire a different race's mount, requires the reputation of exalted with the faction. Mount. Mounts have a 1.5 second cast time, which will be interrupted by taking any damage, moving, or entering combat. Mounts also have a special emote that can be seen by either jumping (the Space key by default) while not moving or performing the /mountspecial slash command. For example hawkstriders will shriek and horses will rear up on their hind legs. Riding skills and abilities Edit NOTE: After Cataclysm, speed is not based on mount class but only on riding skill!
There are a total of eight classes of mounts: The majority of mounts (the first four classes) are directly related to the four ranks of riding skill. 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. 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. Journeyman: Level 40 Expert: Level 60 . Zones. . Warcraft Mounts: A field guide to mounts in the World of Warcraft.
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