How to Get a Mount in Season of Discovery (SoD)

Phase 4 of Season of Discovery brings us to level 60, which means players can finally acquire their epic mount. This guide will detail where to go to learn the Riding skill, how to buy a mount, and the cost of both as well as the mounts that are currently available. But first we’ll cover the two lucky exceptions who don’t have to buy a mount at all: Paladins and Warlocks!

Paladin and Warlock Class Mounts

Paladins and Warlocks are each able to learn a spell to summon a special class mount by completing a quest when they reach level 40, so they do not need to train the skill or buy a mount.

The quest for Paladins is The Tome of Nobility, which can be picked up from Duthorian Rall inside the Cathedral in Stormwind City (39.8, 29.8). This will teach you the Summon Warhorse spell.

The quest for Warlocks is Summon Felsteed, which can be obtained from Strahad Farsan at Ratchet in The Barrens (62.6, 35.5). This will teach you the Summon Felsteed spell.

At level 60, the epic Charger and Dreadsteed both require you to collect a sizeable amount of gold and mats and complete a quest chain. However, we have individual guides for those, which you can find below.

• WoW Classic Paladin Epic Mount Guide
• WoW Classic Warlock Epic Mount Quest Guide

If you want to use a different mount as a Paladin or Warlock, you’ll need to train the appropriate Riding skill and purchase or acquire the mount the same as any other class.

Mount Cost in Season of Discovery

At Level 40, the total cost to obtain a mount in Season of Discovery is 50 gold without any discounts. That’s 10 gold for training and 40 gold for the mount. This is a 50% reduction from the original vanilla WoW costs, a change that was made partway into Phase 2 to make getting a mount easier for alts and players who had fallen behind.

There are two ways to get discounts, which will reduce the price by 10% each:

• Earning Honored reputation with your race’s faction (or the faction of the race you’re buying from)
• Reaching PvP Rank 3

That means that you can reduce the cost of getting a mount to 45 or even 40 gold total.

At Level 60 and with both discounts in place, you’ll still be paying a whopping 800 gold for an epic riding mount. With that said, you won’t need to get a new version of the Riding skill.

Where and How to Buy a Mount

Most mounts in vanilla WoW have specific Riding skill requirements based on their type, so you must train the correct Riding skill for the mount you plan to buy. To train a particular Riding skill, you’ll either need to be a member of the associated race, or you’ll need to reach exalted with that race’s faction.

There are also three new mounts that have been added to the game in Season of Discovery, which we’ll cover in the next section. These mounts can be used if you have any Riding skill trained. At level 60, these new mounts can be exchanged for an epic version for 800 gold.

PVP Faction Mounts

Both Horde and Alliance have unique epic riding mounts reserved for those ranked 11 or above in PVP. The cost in Season of Discovery is 90 gold, and you only need rank 11 to initially purchase the mount; the rank is not required to ride it.

Horde

These mounts can be purchased from Raider Bork in the Hall of Legends in Orgrimmar, more specifically near The Valley of Spirits. (40.2, 69.7)

• Horn of the Black War Wolf (Orc)
• Red Skeletal Warhorse (Undead)
• Black War Kodo (Tauren)
• Whistle of the Black War Raptor (Troll)

At Exalted reputation with the Frostwolf Clan, you’ll also be able to obtain the Horn of the Frostwolf Howler for 800 gold. You can buy this from two locations: from Jekyll Flandring (62.8, 59.3), who you can find outside of the Alterac Valley battleground in the zone itself — the easiest way to find him is to take a flight path to Hillsbrad and walk due north — and then from Grunnda Wolfheart (49.3, 82.5), who is inside the Alterac Valley battleground.

Alliance

These mounts can be purchased from Lieutenant Karter in Champions Hall in Stormwind City, more specifically in Old Town. (72.4, 50.8)

• Black War Steed Bridle (Human)
• Black War Ram (Dwarf)
• Reins of the Black War Tiger (Night Elf)
• Black Battlestrider (Gnome)

At Exalted reputation with the Stormpike Guard, you’ll be able to obtain the Stormpike Battle Charger for 800 gold. You can buy this from two locations: from Thanthaldis Snowgleam (39.4, 81.7), who you can find outside of the Alterac Valley battleground in the zone itself, and from Gaelden Hammersmith (44.3, 18.2), who is inside the Alterac Valley battleground.

Winterspring Frostsaber

At level 60 you can begin building rep with the Wintersaber Trainers for the eventual goal of buying the Reins of the Winterspring Frostsaber, an Alliance-only epic mount. You can find our in-depth guide below.

• Winterspring Frostsaber Reputation Guide

Deathcharger’s Reins

If you’re truly lucky, and maybe a little insane, you’ll get your hands on Deathcharger’s Reins, which drops off Baron Rivendare in Stratholme. That would be exceptionally rare, however, as the drop rate has been cited to be as low as 1/5000, or .02%. The item is technically a 100% mount but only rare quality and the only undead horse model mount that Alliance players have access to.

New Mounts in Season of Discovery

There are currently three brand-new mounts that have been added specifically for Season of Discovery. Two can be earned through the new PvP event and one drops in the new level 40 raid.

The Fluorescent Green Mechanostrider

A new mount has been found in the new Gnomeregan raid. Fluorescent Green Mechanostrider has a chance to drop from Mekgineer Thermaplugg, the last boss of the raid.

This mount was famously not available in the game until now, despite its existence in the game files since the original launch of vanilla WoW. Only one player had ever owned it due to a mix-up when a GM restored their mount. Now it’s there for anyone who is lucky enough to see it drop and win the roll!

At level 60, the epic version of the Fluorescent Green Mechanostrider can be purchased from Ziri “The Wrench” Littlesprocket in Gnomeregan. Before doing so, you’ll need to finish her questline.

The Blood Moon Mounts

There are two new mounts available through The Blood Moon PvP Event: Reins of the Golden Sabercat and Whistle of the Mottled Blood Raptor. These mounts can be purchased from the event vendor for one Gold Blood Coin each. There are no faction or racial restrictions for either mount.

At level 60, the epic versions of these two mounts — which look exactly the same — can be purchased from Mai’Zin in the Gurubashi Arena for 800 gold and the rare version of the mount.

Battle for Ashenvale Mounts

There are also two special mounts available through the Battle for Ashenvale PvP Event from Phase 1. Alliance are able to earn a Trainee’s Sentinel Nightsaber and Horde can earn a Trainee’s Outrider Wolf. These mounts are only usable in the Ashenvale zone and do not require Riding skill to use.

Riding Gear

There are a few items in Vanilla WoW that can increase your mounted movement speed. While the increase may seem small, you will notice the difference immediately when riding alongside other players. These items can help you cut down your travel time and can be particularly useful in PvP.

These effects do stack. Not only that, but they are multiplicative, so combining them will actually increase your total movement speed by more than 9%. Many players like to have a “riding set” that they equip when mounted with a separate enchanted pair of boots and gloves that they pair with their trinket.