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Mounts are far more than a speed boost—they're a whole new way to explore the world of Tyria. Unlock and train your new companions using the max-level Mastery character progression system, and explore freely by leaping across canyons, bounding up high cliffs, and skimming over quicksand.
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Mounts are creatures used to enhance travel through the open world of the world of Tyria They are available through the Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire, Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons and Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure expansions. Two additional mounts can be obtained through the Living World Season 4, with the Roller Beetle being obtained in episode 3, Long Live the Lich, and the Skyscale in episode 6, War Eternal, or Secrets of the Obscure. The Warclaw is available exclusively through WvW. Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons added the Siege Turtle.
Contents
- 1 Types and acquisition
- 2 Mechanics
- 3 Mastery skills
- 4 Related equipment
- 4.1 Jade Bot equipment that improve this mechanic
- 5 Mount skins
- 5.1 List of mount skins
- 5.2 Raptor
- 5.3 Springer
- 5.4 Skimmer
- 5.5 Jackal
- 5.6 Griffon
- 5.7 Roller Beetle
- 5.8 Warclaw
- 5.9 Skyscale
- 5.10 Siege Turtle
- 6 Gallery
- 7 Notes
- 8 Trivia
- 9 See also
- 10 External links
Types and acquisition[edit]
There were five mounts released with the Path of Fire expansion, each tied to the mastery system with their own mastery tracks. Living World Season 4 introduced two additional mounts, each with their own additional mastery tracks. Another mount, the Warclaw, was also introduced in WvW, with abilities tied to the World Experience system. Finally, End of Dragons introduced the Siege Turtle, with its own mastery track. Must be noted that Raptor and Springer mounts can be obtained in End of Dragons as well, but their mastery tracks can't be trained without Path of Fire.
Each mount has its own unique set of abilities and characteristics; they also possess one offensive skill that, when used, dismounts the player. Their skills are documented on the individual mount pages, linked from the first column of the following table.
Mount | Acquisition | Notes |
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![]() | New Player Experience: New accounts with an expansion unlocked will be granted permanent access to the mount after they reach level 10 (or the next multiple of 10) on a single character. In Path of Fire: Complete Sparking the Flame story mission. |
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![]() | In Path of Fire: Complete ![]() and purchase for 50 ![]() ![]() (Requires Raptor mastery Canyon Jumping) In End of Dragons: Talk to the |
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![]() | Complete ![]() and purchase for 50 ![]() ![]() (Requires Raptor mastery Canyon Jumping) |
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![]() | Complete ![]() and purchase for 200 ![]() ![]() (200 ![]() ![]() ![]() (Requires Springer mastery High Vault or Skimmer mastery Ride the Wind) |
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![]() | Completing the Open Skies collections (Requires Path of Fire story to be completed) |
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![]() | Completing the Beetle Juice, Beetle Saddle, and Beetle Feed collections (Requires Forearmed Is Forewarned story mission to be completed) |
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![]() | Purchased from Elvie the Warclaw Tender for 8![]() (Requires completion of Warclaw Companion achievement) |
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![]() | In Living World Season 4: Speak with Gorrik and complete the relevant collections. In Secrets of the Obscure: Train the Who Rescues Whom? mastery and complete relevant collections. |
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![]() | Completing the Stomping Around collections (Requires a Turtle Egg acquired from the Dragon's End meta event or bought from the Peddler) |
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- Certain mounts can be rented for a short time during festivals and for certain adventures and may only be used in the map they were rented in.
Mechanics[edit]
Once unlocked, mounts can be used by any character on the player's account. Mounts can be summoned any time using the X default key. Right-clicking the skill icon will also allow you to choose one of your unlocked mounts. Pressing the same key will dismount you a short distance from the ground, meaning you can dismount and then glide. Player characters themselves are immune to fall damage while mounted; with certain exceptions, they will instead be forcibly dismounted and knocked down. This does not, however, impact the mount in any way; the player can mount again once the character recovers.
A player cannot mount while in combat, in a Mounts Disabled zone, or an area where the mount would not fit. Being in combat does not affect the movement speed of a mount. Entering a Mounts Disabled zone will dismount the player.
Mounts' health, stamina and engage skill damage are all separate and independent from the player's gear.
Default key for Mount Action 1 is V and Mount Action 2 is C. A mount's Engage skill is triggered with 1. See the individual mount pages for further skill details.
Mastery skills[edit]
The following additional skills are unlocked and available on all mounts when their respective mastery is fully trained.
Skill | ![]() | Description | Mastery | |
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6 | ![]() | 180 | Temporarily grant your mount the use of your own health pool at the risk of being downed in your mount's place. | ![]() |
7 | ![]() | 60 | Increase your mount's endurance regeneration. | ![]() |
8 | ![]() | 30 | Launch off of your mount! | ![]() |
9 | ![]() | 40 | Grants stealth to you and your mount. | ![]() |
9 | ![]() | 30 | Grants stealth to you and your mount. | ![]() |
Related equipment[edit]
Jade Bot equipment that improve this mechanic[edit]
Mount Energy Booster 1 - Boosts mount energy regeneration by 10%.
Mount Energy Booster 2 - Boosts mount energy regeneration by 20%.
Mount Energy Booster 3 - Boosts mount energy regeneration by 30%.
Mount skins[edit]
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Use a random mount skin each time you summon a mount. (Only picks from your favorites if any have been selected.)
See AlsoGuild Wars 2: Best Classes For Solo Players, RankedGuide:What Profession Should I PlayProfession changer - Guild Wars Wiki (GWW)META Events - Guild Wars 2 Guide - IGN— Randomize Mounts
Mount skins can be unlocked account-wide by purchasing them in the Gem Store, and they can be changed for unlocked mounts at any time in the hero panel (default H). The skins have only cosmetic effects; there are no gameplay advantages associated with them. Every skin can be dyed and has up to four dye channels (one for the default skins) to customize colors, with some skins also having altered models and special effects. Applying a skin does not cost any Transmutation Charge.
Add/Remove from Favorites: Skins can be added to Favorites by placing the cursor on the top right corner and clicking on the heart icon.
Randomize Mounts: Skins can be also randomized by selecting the Randomize Mounts option. If no skin has been added to Favorites, it will cycle through all unlocked skins upon summoning a mount.
List of mount skins[edit]
- See also: Gallery of mount skins
- See also: Gallery of mount theme skins
Raptor[edit]
Archaius Sprinter
Astral Ward Feathered Raptor *
Aurene's Prismatic Raptor
Auric Salamander
Aurora Blessed Canthan Raptor
Awakened Raptor
Bioluminescent Raptor
Blazing Canthan
Blazing Feathered Raptor *
Branded Raptor
Canthan Raptor
Canyon Spiketail
Charged Feathered Raptor *
Coastal Spiketail
Cozy Wintersday Raptor
Crested Plainsrunner
Dark Matter Raptor
Darkmist Prowler
Dreadnought
Dzalana Ice Scale
Elegant Pool Canthan
Exalted Gate Guardian
Exo-Suit Raptor
Feinting Smoke Canthan
Flamelander
Gallant Lightbearer
Glacial Canthan *
Grand Barbel Canthan
Imperial Crane
Island Sprinter Feathered Raptor *
Jade Tech Raptor
Kintsugi Raptor
Lahtenda Bog Hunter
Lithosol
Luminous Prowler
Mad King Raptor
Mad Realm Raptor
Marshland Sage Canthan Raptor
Marshland Salamander
Masked Runner
Ntouka Snakescale
Plush Raptor
Primal Maguuma Feathered Raptor *
Primeval
Primordial Raptor
Pyroclast Canthan Raptor *
Raptor
Resplendent Avialan
Roadrunner
Savannah Monitor
Shiverpeaks Raptor
Sky Runner Feathered Raptor *
Southsun Feathered Raptor *
Spooky Raptor
Star Blessed Canthan
Starlit Sky Feathered Raptor *
Starscale
Storm Ridge
Striped Jarin
Striped Pool Canthan Raptor *
Striped Tri-horn
Super Outlaw Raptor
Veiled Chameleon
Venomous Feathered Raptor *
Vital Geode
Wild Trihorn
Windswept Mystic Canthan Raptor
Springer[edit]
Alloyed Irontail
Arctic Jerboa
Aurene's Prismatic Springer *
Awakened Springer
Blazing Cuckoo
Branded Springer
Brisban Brushtail
Caledon Short-Tail
Canthan Cuckoo
Cascade Heeler
Cozy Wintersday Springer
Darkmist Cuckoo *
Desert Lop
Elonian Jackalope
Exalted Ley Vaulter
Exo-Suit Springer
Fisher Lord Cuckoo
Glacial Cuckoo *
Infernal Horror
Issnur Long Hair
Kourna Jackrabbit
Krytan Lop
Lake Lord Cuckoo *
Lucent Cuckoo *
Lucent Long Ear
Mad King Springer
Mad Realm Springer
Maguuma Jackrabbit
Painted Mesa
Pleasant Country Cuckoo
Plush Cuckoo
Primal Hare
Primeval
Sargol Thunderer
Savannah Stripetail
Shiverpeaks Springer
Sinister Feline
Spooky Springer
Spotted Springtail
Springer
Star Blessed Cuckoo
Starfall
Stormy Cuckoo
Striped Cuckoo *
Summit Wildhorn
Sun Temple Gecko
Tawny Hare
Tiger-Breasted Cuckoo
Timberland Badged
Vital Geode
Whistling Tranquility Cuckoo
Windy Spot
Woodland Sprite
Skimmer[edit]
Alluring Devilfish
Arid Hammerhead
Aurora Blessed Skimmer *
Awakened Skimmer
Banded Wave Fin
Branded Skimmer
Bright Ringfin
Cozy Wintersday Skimmer
Dajkah Lantern
Dappled Reef Glaucus
Elonian Waverider
Exalted Sea Sentry
Exo-Suit Skimmer
Iceberg
Lithosol
Luminous Ray
Mad King Skimmer
Mad Realm Skimmer
Magnificent Hummingbird
Mossback
Oasis Skate
Oceanic Broadtail
Oceanic Ray
Open Ocean Glaucus
Primeval Skimmer
Primus Beta
River Moth Wing
Sand Souled
Shell Surfer
Shiverpeaks Skimmer
Skimmer
Southsun Torpedo
Spined Longtail
Spooky Skimmer
Spotted Orchid
Aurora Blessed Skimmer *
Stardrift
Synergetics Hoverbike
Umbral Demon
Volcanic Ray
Jackal[edit]
Alloyed Quicksilver
Armored Wolf *
Aurora Blessed Vulpine *
Awakened Jackal
Banded Mystic
Branded Jackal
Canthan Vulpine
Ceylon Cut
Cozy Wintersday Jackal
Crowned Ancient
Darkmist Moorhound
Darkmist Vulpine
Deep Sea Jackal *
Desert Shiba
Dune Mastiff
Exalted Ley Hunter
Exo-Suit Jackal
Fluffy Samoyed
Fulgurite Ridgeback
Glacial Vulpine *
Glacial Wolf *
Heavenly Thunder Vulpine
Hidden Paths Vulpine
Howling Wolf Jackal
Iceflow
Jackal
Kintsugi Jackal
Kirin
Liminal Moorhound
Lucent Sands
Lucent Vulpine
Luminous Jackal
Mad King Jackal
Mad Realm Jackal
Mirror Masked
Mischievous Woods Vulpine
Mordrem Alpha
Mystic Elder Vulpine
Noble Aurochs
Oceanic Vulpine
Plush Vulpine *
Polished Stone
Primal Spirit
Primeval
Pyroclast
Reforged Warhound
Ring-Tailed Vulpine
Royal Anubis
Shiverpeaks Jackal
Shrine Guardian
Sleek Dunerunner
Spooky Jackal
Star Blessed Vulpine *
Stardust
Sun Stalker
Synergetics Cyberhound *
Taiga Lupine
Tidal Lightpaw
Twin Sands
Vabbian Lightpaw
White Tiger
Griffon[edit]
Arctic Icewing
Aurene's Prismatic Griffon
Aurora Blessed Tigris *
Awakened Griffon
Badlands Stalker
Blazing Tigris
Branded Griffon
Canthan Tigris
Cloud Stalking Tigris
Clouded Corvus
Cozy Wintersday Griffon
Crested Southernland
Crowned Skyfisher
Darkmist Shrike
Darkmist Tigris *
Enchanted Owl Griffon *
Exalted Sky Sentry
Exo-Suit Griffon
Fire Pinion
Forest Guardian Tigris
Gendarran Hawkeye
Glacial Tigris *
Grand Lion
Griffon
Heavenly Thunder Tigris
Highlands Harrier
Istani Bald
Jungle Heart Tigris
Kournan Bright-Tail
Lithosol
Lucent Tigris *
Luminous Hunter
Mad King Griffon
Mad Realm Griffon
Molten Phoenix
Moonshadow Bat *
Nightfang
Northern Feather Wing
Phosphor Coast Osprey
Plush Griffon
Point-Tipped Corvus
Primeval
Qinkaishi Tigris
Sacred Pegasus
Sand Souled
Scaled Hellwing *
Shiverpeaks Griffon
Shiverpeaks Pileated
Sky Bandit
Skyborne Sprinter Tigris
Snow Stalker
Spooky Griffon
Spotted Sylph
Star Blessed Tigris
Starbound
Storm Chaser
Sunrise Macaw
Swirling Mists Tigris
Tufted Night Eye
Roller Beetle[edit]
Alloyed Construct
Arctic Razor
Awakened Roller Beetle
Branded Roller Beetle
Colossal Ladybird
Deep Desert Scarab
Exalted Way Seeker
Exo-Suit Roller Beetle
Flame-Brushed Roller Beetle
Funerary Scarab
Great Lavashell
Jagged Kournan
Luminous Roller
Nautiloid
Ntouka Snakeshell
Primeval
Roller Beetle
Starshell
Striped Bahdzan
Swift Stinger Roller Beetle *
Synergetics Gyrocycle
Trailblazer
Tremor Armadillo
Warclaw[edit]
Armored Tiger *
Assault Warclaw
Battle Horn Nian
Bighorn Charger
Blazing Nian
Branded Warclaw
Brushtail Nian *
Canthan Nian
Dark Hunter Nian
Divine Predator Nian
Embermane Warclaw
Exalted Mists Champion
Exo-Suit Warclaw
Glacial Nian
Guildrider Warclaw
Heavenly Thunder Nian *
Hound of Balthazar
Iceforged Reaver
Kinya Nian
Luminous Raider
Luminous Warlord Nian
Mad Realm Warclaw
Outrider Warclaw
Plated Conqueror Warclaw *
Renegade Warclaw
Sand Lion
Savage Gladiator
Scaled Hellcat *
Shoal Slayer Nian
Spinetail Nian *
Starclaw
Stormclaw
Striped Grimalkin
Tiger Soul Nian
Tundra Grimalkin
Unyielding Haechi
Vanguard Warclaw
Vigilant Saberclaw
Vital Geode
War-Torn Marauder
Warclaw
Skyscale[edit]
Aeolian Spikes Noble
Astral Ward Manticore *
Aurene's Prismatic Noble
Aurene's Prismatic Skyscale
Aurora Blessed Noble
Auspicious Pixiu
Axejaw Skyscale
Bearded Dragon
Bioluminescent Skyscale
Blazing Manticore *
Branded Skyscale
Broad-Horn Bull
Caldera Skyscale
Canthan Noble
Charged Manticore *
Cozy Wintersday Skyscale
Dark Monarch Skyscale
Darkmist Terror
Enchanted Lancer Noble
Exalted Sky Emperor
Flare-Marked Skyscale
Frostsoul Skyscale
Gilded Shortfang
Glacial Noble
Glademire
Heavenly Thunder Noble
Hooded Cobra Noble
Hooded Viper Noble *
Hundred Petals Noble
Incarnate Flame
Kryptis Skyscale *
Luminous Manticore *
Lunar Maned Skyscale
Moth-Marked Skyscale
Mountain Hopper Manticore *
Oceanic Noble
Plush Skyscale *
Primal Maguuma Feathered Manticore *
Raging Breeze Noble *
Regal Moth Skyscale *
Scaled Saurian Manticore *
Shattered Nightscale
Shimmerwing
Skyscale
Skywatch Manticore *
Speckled Shortfang
Star Blessed Noble *
Stargaze
Stormscale
Stripe-Winged Skyscale
Synergetics Cyberscale
Venomous Greathorn
Wandering Breeze Noble
Winged Axolotl Skyscale *
Siege Turtle[edit]
Aurora Blessed Turtle
Crested Dragon
Deepwater Barbshell
Glacial Turtle
Hard Lamina Siege Turtle *
Jade Tech Siege Turtle *
Luminous Bastion
Magmaback Snapper
Marbled Slider Siege Turtle *
Painted River
Plush Siege Turtle
Prehistoric Siege Turtle *
Siege Turtle
Southern Terrapin
Star Blessed Turtle *
Super Sophisticated Siege Turtle
(*) The mounts in the marked rows either don't appear in API:2/account/mounts/skins and API:2/mounts/skins and/or don't have an id set. Therefore it cannot be checked if the skins have been unlocked.
Gallery[edit]
- See also: Gallery of mount skins
- See AlsoHow to unlock Weaver skills
Springer
Notes[edit]
- Mounts can be dyed.
- The Options game menu allows you to set key bindings for specific mounts after you've unlocked them. There are no default keybindings for selecting specific mounts.
- Mounts benefit from certain bonuses from runes, sigils, food, and utility items, but not profession-specific bonuses.
- They gain the
Toughness from having 1, 3, and 5 Snowfall runes.
- They benefit from Accuracy sigils in a currently equipped weapon. Superior Sigil of Accuracy causes the mount to have 11% baseline crit chance.
- They gain the +HP/second bonus from Tropical Peppermint Cakes, but not the Vitality bonus.
- They do not gain +Endurance regeneration from food or Vigor.
- They gain the
- The mount endurance bar percentage is shared between mounts, but not shared with the endurance bar when dismounted. It regenerates normally while dismounted, which means rapidly re-mounting (including to a different mount) may mean the mount will not be at full endurance.
- Mounts can be rented during seasonal festivals, even by players without access to Path of Fire.
- The Favorite and Randomization options have been added with the February 14, 2023 game update.
- Mounting destroys most allies summoned using skills, like Ranger spirits, or elementals from either Glyph of Elementals or Glyph of Lesser Elementals. However, Necromancer minions are sometimes respawned after using an Engage skill or the Dismount skill. However, they are still sometimes destroyed; this appears to happen when mounting too soon after dismounting, possibly before minions have finished their spawning animation.
- Stowed pets from Ranger won't spawn and attack after engaging battle with a mount attack.
- A Daredevil will have 100 endurance upon dismounting instead of 150.
- A Thief using Trickery's Preparedness will have 12 Initiative instead of 15 upon dismounting.
- The default mount setting of WvW sometimes overrides the PvE setting. This happens consistently when leaving WvW while mounted.
Trivia[edit]
- Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns introduced enemies which used mounts, namely the Zintl Cavalier and the Mordrem Guard Cavalier. However, these enemies did not use a proper mount system. Instead, the mounted enemy would begin attacking as a singular enemy model with shared animations and a single health pool which was replaced by two "unmounted" models with a reduced health pool via a transitional shakeoff animation after the enemy had received a certain amount of damage.
- Some skritt, such as Tirabikkr and Uttakkt, can be seen using boars as their mounts.
- Only the Raptor mount and its first two mastery skills were available during the Path of Fire preview weekend. It could still be dyed during preview.
- Mount sizes do not scale based on the race of the player character; instead they scale based on the height of the character. For example, a short asura will ride a raptor that is the same size as a raptor that a short charr rides.
- Mount health scales based on the level of the zone they are in.
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See also[edit]
- Mount races
- Skiff
- Travel toys
- Guide: Mount speed research
External links[edit]
- Introduction to Mounts in Guild Wars 2, GuildWars2.com
- Advanced Mount Collecting in Guild Wars 2, Guildwars2.com
- Developer Diary: Joy of Movement on Mounts, GuildWars2.com
- Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire – Expansion Feature – Mounts, YouTube.com
- Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire – Developer Diary – Mounts, YouTube.com
- Mount Speed Information, Reddit.com
- Dev Comments/Video on Reddit regarding Griffon Use, Reddit.com
- How Guild Wars 2's mounts were made, rockpapershotgun.com
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