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Riding Horse Icon WoW Icon update Riding (Profession)
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Riding is a secondary profession in which characters may learn to ride mounts, which provide movement speed bonuses and, when applicable, the ability to fly. As of Patch 4.0.1, increasing riding skill grants further increases to movement speed. All ground mounts increase movement speed by 60/100% (Apprentice/Journeyman) and all flying mounts increase ground movement speed by 100% and flying movement speed by 150/280/310% (Expert/Artisan/Master).

More detail on the requirements for each mount can be found on the mounts page.

Skill levels

The following table lists the skill levels available and the cost to train each skill. Due to the high cost of training, the price with discount is also listed in the table. The only discounts available are faction discounts, which vary depending on where you train in the riding skill:

Also, note that the prices listed for the mount itself refer to the basic mounts available to each race, usually purchasable from a vendor near the riding trainer. Special, reputation reward, or vanity mounts may cost more or require special currency to purchase. To save space, faction discounts on the mounts themselves are not included in the table.

Skill Proficiency Riding Friendly Honored Revered Exalted Required for Necessary level
 75 Apprentice 4g 3g 80s 3g 60s 3g 40s 3g 20s Mounted riding (+60% movement speed) 20
150 Journeyman 50g 47g 50s 45g     42g 50s 40g     Faster mounted riding (+100%) 40 with Apprentice
225 Expert Bc icon 250g 237g 50s 225g     212g 50s 200g     Mounted flying (+150% in the air) 60 with Journeyman
n/a Inv scroll 11 [Flight Master's License] Icon Cataclysm 18x18 250g 237g 50s 225g     212g 50s 200g     Allows flying in Kalimdor, the Eastern Kingdoms and Deepholm 60 with Expert or higher
n/a Spell frost arcticwinds [Cold Weather Flying] Wrath-Logo-Small 500g 475g     450g     425g     400g     Allows flying in Northrend 68 with Expert or higher
300 Artisan Bc icon 5,000g 4,750g     4,500g     4,250g     4,000g     Faster mounted flying (+280%) 70
375 Master Icon Cataclysm 18x18 5,000g 4,750g     4,500g     4,250g     4,000g     Fastest mounted flying (+310%) 80
n/a Spell magic managain [Wisdom of the Four Winds] Mists of Pandaria 2,500g 2,375g     2,250g     2,125g     2,000g     Allows flying in Pandaria 90
Total Price 13,554g 12,851g 30s 12,148g 60s 11,445g 90s 10,843g 20s

Free riding skills

  • Death Knights receive the 150 skill at character creation (level 55); they learn to summon an Acherus Deathcharger (ability), a swift land mount, as a quest reward in the Acherus starting zone.
  • Paladins and Warlocks receive the 75 skill as soon as they reach level 20, and as of Patch 5.0.3, automatically learn the spell to summon their class mount.
  • Draenor flying is rewarded to the player once they complete Achievement zone draenor 01 [Draenor Pathfinder], unlocking flying for all characters on the account.

Note that like all professions, all lower ranked skill levels must be learned before training further (e.g. Expert skill is required to train Artisan skill).

This is a summary of the class mounts. Obsolete quests for the paladin and warlock mounts have since been removed from the game.

Class Ability Level
Deathknight Death Knight Acherus Deathcharger (ability) 55
Deathknight Death Knight Ability mount ebonblade [Winged Steed of the Ebon Blade] 60
Paladin Paladin Spell nature swiftness [Summon Warhorse] (Human/Dwarf)
Spell nature swiftness [Summon Thalassian Warhorse] (Blood Elf) Bc icon
Spell nature swiftness [Summon Exarch's Elekk] (draenei) Icon Cataclysm 18x18
Ability mount kodo 03 [Summon Sunwalker Kodo] (tauren) Icon Cataclysm 18x18
20
Paladin Paladin Ability mount charger [Summon Charger] (Human/Dwarf)
Ability mount charger [Summon Thalassian Charger] (Blood Elf) Bc icon
Ability mount charger [Summon Great Exarch's Elekk] (draenei) Icon Cataclysm 18x18
Ability mount kodosunwalkerelite [Summon Great Sunwalker Kodo] (tauren) Icon Cataclysm 18x18
40
Warlock Warlock Felsteed 20
Warlock Warlock Ability mount dreadsteed [Dreadsteed] 40

Riding trainers

Alliance Alliance Mount Trainers and Vendors
Type Location Faction Trainer
Horse Eastvale Logging Camp
Menethil Harbor
Southshore
Theramore Isle
Stormwind Randal Hunter
Saber Cenarion Enclave Darnassus Jartsam
Ram Amberstill Ranch Ironforge Ultham Ironhorn
Mechanostrider Steelgrill's Depot Gnomeregan Binjy Featherwhistle
Elekk The Exodar (front entrance) Bc icon Exodar Aalun
Gryphon Honor Hold Bc icon
Wildhammer Stronghold Bc icon
Valiance Keep Wrath-Logo-Small
Stormwind City
Stormwind
Honor Hold
Valiance Expedition
Stormwind
Hargen Bronzewing
Ilsa Blusterbrew
Maigra Keenfeather
Bralla Cloudwing
Horde Horde Mount Trainers and Vendors
Type Location Faction Trainer
Wolf Valley of Honor Orgrimmar Kildar
Raptor Sen'jin Village Darkspear Trolls Xar'Ti
Kodo Bloodhoof Village Thunder Bluff Kar Stormsinger
Skeletal Horse Brill Undercity Velma Warnam
Hawkstrider Thuron's Livery Bc icon Silvermoon City Perascamin
Trike Goblin Slums Bilgewater Cartel Kall Worthaton
Wyvern Thrallmar Bc icon
Shadowmoon Village Bc icon
Warsong Hold Wrath-Logo-Small
Orgrimmar
Orgrimmar
Thrallmar
Warsong Offensive
Orgrimmar
Wind Rider Jahubo
Olrokk
Wind Rider Sabamba
Maztha
Neutral Neutral Mount/Cold Weather Flying Trainers
Location Faction Trainer
Krasus' Landing Wrath-Logo-Small
River's Heart Wrath-Logo-Small
K3 Wrath-Logo-Small
Neutral
Neutral
Neutral
Hira Snowdawn
Pilot Vic
Roxi Ramrocket

Patch changes

Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Mount Changes

Cataclysm Patch 4.0.3 (2010-11-16): Mount Changes

  • Master Flying Skill (310% flight speed) can now be purchased from most riding trainers.

Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Mount Changes

  • Master Flying Skill (310% flight speed) is now available from riding trainers in Dalaran, Valiance Expedition, Warsong Offensive at a cost of 5,000g.
  • Characters that already had a 310% mount pre-4.0.1 are given this skill free of charge. All other characters must purchase Master Flying to receive 310% flight speed.
  • Cold Weather Flying reduced to 500g.
  • Cold Weather Flying can now be purchased at level 68.
  • The heirloom [Tome of Cold Weather Flight] removed from vendors.
  • The Ability mount rocketmount2 [X-53 Touring Rocket] can now also be used as a ground mount.
  • The speed of nearly all mounts now scales with riding skill.

Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.2.2 (2009-09-22): Mount Changes

  • Reduced the expert riding skill price to 250g.
  • Changed the faction discounts for the riding skill vendors in Honor Hold and Thrallmar to use Stormwind and Orgrimmar faction, respectively. This is because newly-arrived 60s in Outland are unlikely to have any Honor Hold or Thrallmar rep.[1]

Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Mount Changes

  • The cast time for summoning any ground mount is now 1.5 seconds, down from 3 seconds.
  • Apprentice Riding (Skill 75): Can now be learned at level 20 for 4g. 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 50g. 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 600g 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).
  • In order to further equalize the number of purchasable mounts available to each race, a new 60% speed ground mount has been added for night elves, and a new 100% speed ground mount has been added for the undead.
  • Flying over Dalaran and Wintergrasp is now possible so long as players keep a healthy distance above the ground.
  • For 1,000g level 80 Main characters can purchase the Heirloom [Tome of Cold Weather Flight] and give it to their alts level 68+ that have a flying skill of 225+ (not 150 as previously stated) to learn Cold Weather Flying.

Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Cold Weather Flying added at level 77 at a cost of 1,000g.
Bc icon Patch 2.4.3 (2008-07-15): The level requirement for Apprentice Riding was lowered from 40 to 30. It also reduces the cost from 90g to 35g, and its respective reputation discounts.
Bc icon Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): PvP rankings also no longer grant the player an additional 10% discount

  • Before TBC, the cost of Journeyman riding was 900g, so the total cost of getting an epic mount was the same as before. It has since been reduced to 600g to make it easier to buy Expert riding skill.

WoW Icon update Patch 1.12.1 (2006-09-26): The cost structure and functionality of Riding and Mounts was changed.

  • Prior to that patch, Riding was an ability rather than a secondary Profession, and had only one rank. Each faction had its own riding skill (tiger riding, horse riding, mechanostrider piloting, ram riding) and the cost was 20g, available at level 40. Exalted reputation was required to learn cross-faction riding skill, but mounts were Bind on Use and purchasable by anyone for 80g. This meant that characters who were PvP rank 3 or higher could pass on the 10% discount directly to other characters by buying the mount for them. This is no longer possible because all mounts are now Bind on Pickup, and the majority of the cost is built into the riding skill training (which is no longer faction-specific) rather than the cost of the mount.

See also

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