WoW Riding Guide 1-300

This WoW Guide (up-to-date for patch 3.3) will cover training your Riding skill from 1 to 300 and also provide information about the mounts available for Riding in the World of Warcraft. Although Riding is a secondary profession, it doesn’t require training up through levels like other professions do. Instead the Riding skill levels are simply purchased from a Riding Trainer. After purchasing the Riding skill available for your character’s level, you will then be able to purchase the mounts appropriate for that skill level.

Riding Trainers

Rank	Faction	Trainer	Location
Apprentice Journeymen	Alliance	Aalun	Entrance to The Exodar
		Binjy Featherwhistle	Steelgrill’s Depot, Dun Morogh
		Jartsam	Cenarion Enclave, Darnassus
		Randal Hunter	Eastvale Logging Camp, Elwynn Forest
		Ultham Ironhorn	Amberstill Ranch, Dun Morogh
	Horde	Kar Stormsinger	Bloodhoof Village, Mulgore
		Kildar	The Valley of Honor, Orgrimmar
		Perascamin	Outside the entrance to Silvermoon, Eversong Woods
		Velma Warnam	Brill, Tirisfal Glades
		Xar’Ti	Sen’jin Village, Durotar
Apprentice Journeymen Expert Artisan	Alliance	Hargen Bronzewing	Honor Hold, Hellfire Peninsula
		Ilsa Blusterbrew	Wildhammer Stronghold, Shadowmoon Valley
		Maigra Keenfeather	Valiance Keep, Borean Tundra
	Horde	Olrokk	Shadowmoon Village, Shadowmoon Valley
		Wind Rider Jahubo	Thrallmar, Hellfire Peninsula
		Wind Rider Sabamba	Warsong Hold, Borean Tundra
Cold Weather Flying	Neutral	Hira Snowdawn	Krasus’ Landing, Dalaran
		Pilot Vic	Lakeside Landing, Sholazar Basin
		Roxi Ramrocket	K3, The Storm Peaks

Riding Levels

The table below list each of the Riding levels that can be trained. A Base training cost and mount cost is provided, but these will be discounted based on your current reputation with whom you are purchasing from.

Rank	Character Level Required	Base Training Cost	Base Mount Cost
Apprentice	20	5G	1G
Journeymen	40	50G	10G
Expert	60	600G	50G
Artisan	70	5000G	200G
Cold Weather Flying	77	1000G	N/A

Racial Mounts

There are no reputation requirements to purchase the mount associated with your character’s race, but to purchase the mount of any other race in your faction, your reputation with that race must be Exalted.

Faction	Race	Land Mount	Epic Land Mount	Flying Mount	Epic Flying Mount
Alliance	Draenei	Brown Elekk Gray Elekk Purple Elekk	Great Blue Elekk Great Green Elekk Great Purple Elekk	Ebon Gryphon Golden Gryphon Snowy Gryphon	Swift Blue Gryphon Swift Green Gryphon Swift Purple Gryphon Swift Red Gryphon
	Dwarves	Brown Ram Gray Ram White Ram	Swift Brown Ram Swift Gray Ram Swift White Ram
	Gnomes	Blue Mechanostrider Green Mechanostrider Red Mechanostrider Unpainted Mechanostrider	Swift Green Mechanostrider Swift White Mechanostrider Swift Yellow Mechanostrider
	Humans	Black Stallion Brown Horse Chestnut Mare Pinto	Swift Brown Steed Swift Palomino Swift White Steed
	Night Elves	Spotted Frostsaber Striped Dawnsaber Striped Frostsaber Striped Nightsaber	Swift Frostsaber Swift Mistsaber Swift Stormsaber
Horde	Blood Elves	Black Hawkstrider Blue Hawkstrider Purple Hawkstrider Red Hawkstrider	Swift Green Hawkstrider Swift Pink Hawkstrider Swift Purple Hawkstrider	Blue Wind Rider Green Wind Rider Tawny Wind Rider	Swift Green Wind Rider Swift Purple Wind Rider Swift Red Wind Rider Swift Yellow Wind Rider
	Orcs	Black Wolf Brown Wolf Dire Wolf Timber Wolf	Swift Brown Wolf Swift Gray Wolf Swift Timber Wolf
	Tauren	Brown Kodo Gray Kodo White Kodo	Great Brown Kodo Great Gray Kodo Great White Kodo
	Trolls	Emerald Raptor Turquoise Raptor Violet Raptor	Swift Blue Raptor Swift Olive Raptor Swift Orange Raptor
	Undead	Black Skeletal Horse Blue Skeletal Horse Brown Skeletal Horse Red Skeletal Horse	Green Skeletal Warhorse Ochre Skeletal Warhorse Purple Skeletal Warhorse

Class Mounts

A few classes have access to class specific mounts – these classes are Death Knight, Paladin and Warlock.

Class	Race	Land Mount	Epic Land Mount	Epic Flying Mount
Death Knight	Alliance Horde	N/A	Archerus Deathcharger	Winged Steed of the Ebon Blade
Paladin	Alliance	Warhorse	Charger	N/A
	Horde	Warhorse	Charger	N/A
Warlock	Alliance Horde	Felsteed	Dreadsteed	N/A

Profession Mounts

A few professions have access to BoP (Bind on Pickup) mounts – these professions are Engineering, Fishing and Tailoring.

Profession	Race	Epic Land Mount	Flying Mount	Epic Flying Mount	Aquatic Mount
Engineering	Alliance	Mekgineer’s Chopper	Flying Machine Control	Turbo-Charged Flying Machine Control	N/A
	Horde	Mechano-hog			N/A
Fishing	Alliance Horde	N/A	N/A	N/A	Sea Turtle
Tailoring	Alliance Horde	N/A	Flying Carpet	Magnificient Flying Carpet	N/A

PvP Mounts

Marks of Honor earned in PvP battlegrounds and tokens earned in Halaa, Nagrand can be used to purchase some Faction specific Epic Land Mounts.

Faction	Race	Epic Land Mount	Cost
Alliance	All	Stormpike Battle Charger	50 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor
	Draenei	Black War Elekk	30 Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor 30 Arathi Basin Mark of Honor 30 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor
	Dwarves	Black War Ram	30 Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor 30 Arathi Basin Mark of Honor 30 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor
	Gnomes	Black Battlestrider	30 Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor 30 Arathi Basin Mark of Honor 30 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor
	Humans	Black War Steed	30 Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor 30 Arathi Basin Mark of Honor 30 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor
	Night Elves	Black War Tiger	30 Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor 30 Arathi Basin Mark of Honor 30 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor
Horde	All	Frostwolf Howler	50 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor
	Blood Elves	Swift Warstrider	30 Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor 30 Arathi Basin Mark of Honor 30 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor
	Orc	Black War Wolf	30 Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor 30 Arathi Basin Mark of Honor 30 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor
	Tauren	Black War Kodo	30 Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor 30 Arathi Basin Mark of Honor 30 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor
	Trolls	Black War Raptor	30 Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor 30 Arathi Basin Mark of Honor 30 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor
	Undead	Red Skeletal Warhorse	30 Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor 30 Arathi Basin Mark of Honor 30 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor
Alliance Horde	All	Dark Riding Talbuk	70 Halaa Battle Token 15 Halaa Research Token
		Dark War Talbuk	100 Halaa Battle Token 20 Halaa Research Token

Vendor Mounts

The following ‘exotic’ mounts are available to purchase from Mei Francis in Dalaran.

Faction	Race	Epic Land Mount	Cost
Alliance	All	Armored Brown Bear	750G
		Armored Snowy Gryphon	2,000G
		Traveller’s Tundra Mammoth	20,000G
		Wooly Mammoth	200 Emblem of Heroism
Horde	All	Armored Blue Wind Rider	2,000G
		Armored Brown Bear	750G
		Traveller’s Tundra Mammoth	20,000G
		Wooly Mammoth	200 Emblem of Heroism

In addition to the racial and class specific mounts there are also additional mounts available from World Drops, Quest rewards and Achievement rewards. I will try to add all of these to this guide in the near future.

I hoped you found this WoW Riding Guide useful and that it has helped you on your way to level 300 and your 1st Epic Flying Mount. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think.