Mounts

Mounts

Rideable mounts have arrived in New Britannia! Now, players of Shroud of the Avatar will be able to zip across the lands of Novia, Hidden Vale, and Mistrendur atop 16 beautiful mounts, with many additional varieties coming in the near future! Of note, 6 of the Crown Shop mounts will also be obtainable by players who already own particular foal decoration pets! Also, 3 of the new mounts will be obtainable through exchange of the tamed versions of those horses. Additionally, to add a bit of spice and fun to riding, 4 new mounted skills have been added to the Tactics Skill Tree!

The first iteration of mounts added to the game are as follows, and should become available throughout the early part of R83:

Appaloosa Horse Mount (Crowns, Foal Exchange)
Bay Horse Mount (Taming Necklace Exchange)
Black Horse Mount (Crowns, Foal Exchange)
Black Unicorn Mount (Crowns)
Blanket Horse Mount (Taming Necklace Exchange)
Buckskin Horse Mount (Crowns, Foal Exchange)
Dun Horse Mount (Crowns, Foal Exchange)
Ghost Horse Mount (Crowns)
Nightmare Mount (Crowns)
Palomino Horse Mount (Taming Necklace Exchange)
Roan Horse Mount (Crowns, Foal Exchange)
Shadow Horse Mount (Crowns)
Skeleton Horse Mount (Crowns)
White Horse Mount (Crowns, Foal Exchange)
White Unicorn Mount (Crowns)
Zombie Horse Mount (Crowns)

Following through with the mount stretch goals, players with the following foal decoration pets will soon be able to trade-in these pets at a quest NPC to receive domesticated versions of the foal PLUS the corresponding Crown Store horse mount! Also, players will receive domesticated versions of the foals from all future Crown Store purchases. Whether a domesticated foal version is received via the foal quest trade-in or through a future store purchase, the domesticated versions of these foals cannot be traded-in at the quest NPC. More details are coming soon, but the current plans for the trade-ins at the quest NPC will yield the following:

Appaloosa Foal, Trade-in Yields: Appaloosa Foal (Domesticated), Appaloosa Horse Mount
Black Foal, Trade-In Yields: Black Foal (Domesticated), Black Horse Mount
Buckskin Foal, Trade-In Yields: Buckskin Foal (Domesticated), Buckskin Horse Mount
Dun Foal, Trade-In Yields: Dun Foal (Domesticated), Dun Horse Mount
Roan Foal, Trade-In Yields: Roan Foal (Domesticated), Roan Horse Mount
White Foal, Trade-In Yields: White Foal (Domesticated), White Horse Mount

Three of the new mounts are specifically reserved for the tamers of New Britannia! Tamers will be able to exchange their tamed horse pets for a bridle, which is the inventory item that allows players to summon a mount. More details will soon be revealed, but current plans will allow players to trade-in the following Taming Necklaces:

Taming Necklace (Bay Horse), Trade-In Yields: Bay Horse Mount
Taming Necklace (Blanket Horse), Trade-In Yields: Blanket Horse Mount
Taming Necklace (Palomino Horse), Trade-In Yields: Palomino Horse Mount

You'll be able to make both types of trades at the same NPCs.^[1]

Nob - The stableboy in Owl's Head.
Bodan Koren - The Master Taming Trainer in Braemar.
Corsten - the Master Tactics Trainer in Desolis.
Falcon - An animal trainer in Aerie. Her stables are outside the gates near the main entrance.
Oakley - A new stablegirl in Brittany Fields. Her stables are south of the gate to Central Brittany.

To provide players some additional functionality as riders gallop across New Britannia, 4 additional skills have been added to the Tactics Skill Tree:

Horsemanship (+Mounted Speed, +Mounted Carry Capacity)
Horse Gallop Speed (+Mounted Sprint Speed)
Horse Carry Capacity Focus (-Mounted Speed, +Mounted Carry Capacity)
Horse Speed Focus (+Mounted Speed, -Mounted Carry Capacity

These newly created mounts are just the beginning! Players can expect many more mount varieties to come their way in the future! Please stay tuned for more mount related news just on the horizon.^[2]

Use[edit]

Mounts can be accessed by double clicking on their icon in Inventory, right clicking and selecting 'use item' or by dragging the mount onto the Utility bar and then clicking when ready to use.

Commands:
/walk (or walk/run keybind) - Mount will walk
/run (or walk/run keybind) - Mount will gallop
double tap W - Mount will hard gallop

Mounts will be available in the Crown Shop, as well as tamable in game. If a horse is tamed in game, the default behavior will be that of a pet, the player may bring the horse to a specified NPC to trade it in for a mount of the same type.

Stretch goal foals can optionally be traded in for full grown mounts via the same NPC.

COMBAT: Combat is not supported while mounted. If a player is attacked while mounted, they will drop to the ground and combat can continue as usual.

USING ITEMS, SKILLS or EMOTES: These actions are not supported while mounted.

MOUNTS ARE TALL. You should not expect to be able to enter a building while mounted.^[3]

CLOAKS get in the way. Cloaks are automatically hidden when using a mount.