Riding

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:


 * Apprentice and Journeyman riding are discounted based on your standing with whatever race you buy them from. All playable races have trainers.
 * Expert riding can be discounted by buying it in Honor Hold or  Thrallmar, which will apply a Stormwind or Orgrimmar discount, respectively.
 * Artisan riding can be discounted in Honor Hold (Stormwind reputation is used to determine the discount of riding skill) or  Thrallmar in the same fashion as Expert, or it can be discounted with Valiance Expedition and Warsong Offensive rep by going to  Valiance Keep and  Warsong Hold, respectively.

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.

Free riding skills

 * Death Knights receive the 150 skill at character creation (level 55); they learn to summon an Acherus Deathcharger, a swift land mount, as a quest reward in the Acherus starting zone.


 * Druids receive the 225 skill (if they already have 150) with Flight Form at level 60.


 * Paladins receive the 75 skill as part of buying their level 20 mount spell from their trainer.


 * Warlocks also receive the 75 skill as part of buying their level 20 mount spell from their trainer.


 * Reins of the Violet Proto-Drake rewards Master flying, but requires Artisan flying to use. It is a reward from.
 * Before Patch 4.0.1, several other mounts existed that could fly at 310% speed with Artisan flying. Any character that owned one of these before Patch 4.0.1 automatically learned Master Riding Skill at no cost, making all other flying mounts 310% speed.

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. Associated quests for the paladin and warlock mounts, while obsolete in the sense that they are no longer required, have not been removed from the game.

Flying
Disambiguation:


 * Flying mounts
 * Content exclusive to flying mounts
 * Flight master
 * Flight path
 * Movement → Transportation
 * Flight Form (The Druid's flight form)
 * Swift Flight Form (The Druid's epic flight form)
 * Flying Machine

Patch changes

 * Master Flying Skill (310% flight speed) is now available from riding trainers in Dalaran, Valiance Expedition, Warsong Offensive at a cost of.
 * 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.
 * Initially, the did not give 310% speed, this was corrected in a hotfix.
 * Cold Weather Flying reduced to 500g.
 * Cold Weather Flying can now be purchased at level 68.
 * The  removed from vendors.
 * The can now also be used as a ground mount.
 * The speed of nearly all mounts now scales with riding skill.