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=== Learning Riding ===
When Riding is first learned, the ability '''Lope''' is automatically learned. A horse icon also appears on the right-side menu, between the social window and settings. This grants access to the '''Mount Window'''. You can also assign hot-keys to mount and unmount and to access saddlebag storage.
===Acquiring Riding Experience===
The basic instructions for gaining XP in Riding are to ride near monsters and enemies, and you will gain Riding experience, which will increase both your health and armor while riding. Initially, this encourages a practice of quartering a zone map so that you try to cover as much of it as possible and keep riding near monsters and enemies. However, at level 30 in riding, you can equip player-crafted reins which include an XP checkmark to indicate whether you have gained riding XP in a particular area. Once you have done so, you should move on to a place where the checkmark disappears and then find another monster or enemy to ride near to gain XP again (and light up that checkmark).
There are some poorly understood mechanics about timers and first-in/first-out lists and how and when areas become available once more to gain riding XP, but they do happen over an extended period of time (a month or so?). In any case, even a fairly low-level character in terms of combat abilities can actually advance riding skills quite far, provided you avoid being dismounted in highly dangerous locations.
=== Mount Window ===