Mounts & reputation
Forever moves the mount price into the riding trainer, the way The Burning Crusade did: pay for the skill, get your first mount with it. There is no flying and no level scaling, so ground mounts and ships cover all 60 levels.
Riding: what it costs
| Tier | Level | Cost at the trainer | What you get | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apprentice (60% speed) | 40 (expected) | 100 gold | Riding skill plus your race's first mount | Cost stated by Blizzard designer Kris Zierhut (BlizzCon 2026); the level comes from beta files and could not be tested in the level-30 beta |
| Journeyman (100% speed) | 60 (expected) | 1,000 gold | Epic riding plus the swift mount; beta testers saw 900–960 gold, which points to reputation discounts | Same sources; exact discount table unpublished |
Classic comparison: about 100 gold all-in at 40 and about 1,000 gold at 60, so the total is the same, just paid in one place. Pack mounts (the Cerulean Prideclaw from the Skyborne Heroic Pack, pre-order mounts) sit in your collection until the character learns riding.
Racial mounts
| Race | Mount | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Human | Horses (Stormwind) | Stormwind Horse rep vendor; swift versions at 60 |
| Dwarf | Rams (Ironforge) | Rams; Dwarf Shamans are new in Forever and ride them too |
| Night Elf | Nightsabers (Darnassus) | Quickness now stacks with other movement bonuses (Blizzard forum confirmation) |
| Gnome | Mechanostriders (Gnomeregan Exiles) | Engineering flavor; same speed as everyone else |
| Orc | Wolves (Orgrimmar) | |
| Tauren | Kodos (Thunder Bluff) | Plainsrunning returns as +3% mounted speed while moving |
| Troll | Raptors (Darkspear) | |
| Undead | Skeletal horses (Undercity) | Undead Paladins (new) get a Forsaken charger quest at 60 |
| Skyborne (new) | Galestriders (Empyrean, Stormy, Umber) | Reported at 20 gold at 40 and 200 gold for the swift versions at 60 by one guide; Walk on Air racial cooldown cut to 90 seconds |
Cross-race mounts need the other race's reputation at Exalted, as in Classic. The Winterspring Frostsaber (Alliance) and the Venomhide-style rep mounts are the long grinds.
Class mounts
| Class | Level 40 | Level 60 |
|---|---|---|
| Paladin | Warhorse from the class quest (Alliance); Forsaken Paladins get their own version | Charger quest: Alliance claim it in the name of Redemption, Forsaken in the name of Retribution (Blizzard panel). Riding skill still required; gold cost of the quest chain not yet published |
| Warlock | Felsteed from the class quest | Dreadsteed chain through Dire Maul West (Classic 1.12 version until Forever documents changes) |
Full quest steps are on the class quests page.
Getting around without flying
| Ship route | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stormwind Harbor | Auberdine (Darkshore) |
| 2 | Menethil Harbor (Wetlands) | Southshore, then on to Auberdine |
| 3 | Steamwheedle Port (Tanaris) | Powderfuse Port (The Riverglades, new zone) |
Flight paths, zeppelins (Horde) and the Deeprun Tram are as in Classic. Mounts are part of Collections; the Legacy track awards the Reins of the Spectral Bear at 55 points.
Reputation grinds that matter at 60
| Faction | Why | How |
|---|---|---|
| Argent Dawn | Scourgestone trinket, enchants, Stratholme and Scholomance rewards | Scourgestones and Insignia turn-ins in the Plaguelands; Argent Dawn commission trinket |
| Timbermaw Hold | The tunnel between Felwood, Winterspring and Moonglade, plus leather and mail recipes | Deadwood and Winterfall feathers/beads in Felwood and Winterspring |
| Thorium Brotherhood | Dark Iron crafting recipes (Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, Tailoring, Engineering) | Thorium Point turn-ins: Dark Iron Residue, Fiery Core, Lava Core, Blood of the Mountain |
| Cenarion Circle | Silithus rewards and the twilight texts | Silithus quests, Encrypted Twilight Texts, Abyssal summons |
| Hydraxian Waterlords | Aqual Quintessence (Molten Core runes) when that raid arrives | Azshara quests; Molten Core bosses |
| Zandalar Tribe | Zul'Gurub enchants and gear when that raid arrives | Coins and Bijous in Zul'Gurub |
| Home-city reputations | Cross-race mounts at Exalted | Runecloth turn-ins, low-level quests |
| Wintersaber Trainers (Alliance) | Winterspring Frostsaber mount | Repeatable Winterspring quests; one of the longest grinds in the game |
Forever adds its own reputations with the new zones and raids; Blizzard has not published them. Raid-tied factions (Hydraxian, Zandalar) only matter once their raids are in the game; the December 9 raids are the Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit and Onyxia.
Sources
Riding costs: Kris Zierhut at BlizzCon 2026, as reported by LFCarry (updated Oct 25) and MMOnster; levels from beta files, unverified. Racial changes: Blizzard forum posts quoted in the same guides. Ship routes: Blizzard screenshots and the Riverglades reveal. Classic reputations: 1.12 data Forever inherits.
Data from talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0), read from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70425. Updated 2026-10-25. World of Warcraft is a trademark of Blizzard Entertainment; this is a fan site.