Sitb / Mount Test Page < nowiki > * < / nowiki > " Snapshot of Mount article as of March 22 , 2016 " Mounts are a much sought after form of transportation in which players ride atop the backs of various more or less exotic beasts ( or machinations ) . They can be accessed via the Mounts and Pets window . Warlock s , paladin s and death knight s can learn to summon mounts as a class perk . The Alliance Worgen have a race skill Running Wild that they will get at level 20 . Druid s can shape shift into multiple forms that improve their speed . Mounted travel is almost always faster than walking / running ( some vanity mounts such as Sea Turtle provide no speed benefit on the ground ) . introduced flying mounts in select areas , which further increased the maximum possible player movement speed . opened up much of Azeroth to flying mounts . Mounts were generally expensive in the past , but their prices have been reduced while the training to ride them increased in order to compensate . However , some mounts do not cost any gold or other currencies ( such as honor point s ) and will drop at very low drop rates from bosses in instances such as Stratholme , Zul ' Gurub , Tempest Keep , Magisters ' Terrace , Sethekk Halls , Karazhan , and Utgarde Pinnacle . There are numerous other methods to obtain mounts as well , such as class quests , completing achievement s , and even a select few rare spawns drop mounts . 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 key by default ) while not moving or performing the codice _ 1 slash command . For example hawkstriders will shriek and horses will rear up on their hind legs . Available mounts . The tables below are separated based on mount source , such as purchase requirements , killing specific creatures , participating in world events , completing achievements or more . PvP mounts . PvP mounts can be obtained by exchanging honor point s or other world PvP currency . For Arena rewards , see the Arena section . Quest reward mounts . Some laborious or involved quest chains reward mounts . Faction reward mounts . As a reward for gaining high reputation standing with various factions , players can purchase mounts . Such high reputation is a function of large quantities of time . Rare drop mounts . Rarely , specific creatures will drop a mount as a reward . If the mount drops , only " one " mount will appear per kill , no matter the size of the party or raid killing the creature . Also , mounts may rarely be inside other containers rewarded for doing other objectives . Guaranteed drop mounts . A guaranteed drop mount will result in " one " mount being awarded upon killing the specified creature under the condition listed , regardless of the size of the party or raid . For mounts rewarded such that everyone who completes the achievement gets the mount , see the " Achievements " section . There is no direct achievement for killing the Time - Lost Proto - Drake ; the hard part is actually finding the drake alive . Purchasable mounts . These mounts are available to all players , with no requirements outside of gold or emblems . Argent Tournament mounts . A major draw of the Argent Tournament is the large quantity of mounts rewarded in exchange for s . Amphibious mounts . Amphibious mount s confer a slight increase in swim speed , but move no faster than walking while on land . Amphibious mounts do not give their riders the ability to breathe underwater , so plan accordingly with one of appropriate items or abilities . Aquatic mounts . Aquatic mount s confer an increase in swim speed , but cannot be used at all on land . Aquatic mounts do not give their riders the ability to breathe underwater , so plan accordingly with one of appropriate items or abilities . Achievement system mounts . These mounts are obtainable by completing certain achievement s . As part of completing the achievement , the mount will be mailed directly to the player , or available for purchase at select locations . Outside of game mounts . The mounts in previous sections are acquired using solely in - game means . The mounts that follow require some real - world interactions , such as getting a rare loot card in the TCG , going to BlizzCon , the Recruit - A - Friend program , sending a Scroll of Resurrection , or purchasing mounts from the Blizzard Store . Retired mounts . Arena System reward mounts . At the end of each Arena season , the top 0 . 5 % of teams in the 3v3 and 5v5 bracket each battlegroup are rewarded with a 310 % speed flying mount . Such mounts are inherently time - limited and are not currently available . Removed from game mounts . These mounts are no longer obtainable in the game . Flying mounts in Kalimdor & Eastern Kingdoms . At BlizzCon 2009 it was revealed that flying mounts will be available in some form to use in Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms with the release of the next expansion , titled . Blizzard officials had previously stated that it was unlikely that they would allow flying mounts in these continents since doing so would require them to redesign the continents with flying mounts in mind . Prior to Cataclysm , the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor were unsuitable for flying mounts ; there were visual glitches like mountains and high buildings whose tops cannot be seen , and places where the terrain abruptly changes from one tileset to another , creating a grossly unrealistic appearance in some areas . There are also zones which should have been there lore - wise but were empty and unfinished . With the expansion , rebuilding the continents is precisely what zone developers did , which explains why flying in those continents became possible . Vanity mounts . Vanity mount s only exist to put the player on a mount . They confer generally no bonuses to movement speed , and thus require no riding skill . The two non - temporary , vanity mounts are the , a fairly common reward for completing daily quests during Hallow ' s End , and the , available from the TCG .