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Skill in riding terrestrial mounts. Higher skill allows you to keep your mount calm even in terrifying situations. Earn XP by riding in many different and dangerous locations.
Skill Type:
Other Skill
Max Level:
80
Skill Trainers:

Skill in riding terrestrial mounts. Higher skill allows you to keep your mount calm even in terrifying situations. Earn XP by riding in many different and dangerous locations.

Riding Overview

Riding is a skill that helps prospective humanoid equestrians command their horses or animals use their special mount-forms. Although Riding is not a skill used for combat, it will override active combat bars when the ability is being used.

In-Game Description

Skill in riding terrestrial mounts. Higher skill allows you to keep your mount calm even in terrifying situations. Earn XP by riding in many different and dangerous locations.

Training Riding

  • Mythander in Eltibule teaches Riding to humanoids for a fee or in exchange for doing a quest, and also sells a mount. He also unlocks levels 51-60 and teaches some high-level riding abilities (Gallop and Gentle Horse). The horse-based riding skill is available to all humanoids, as well as Giant Bats and Rabbits currently.
  • Silvia in Sun Vale teaches mount-form to Deer players who are at least level 25, as well as a unique speed-up that reduces mount anxiety and increases jump ability.
  • Raul in Animal Town teaches mount-form to Cow players who are at least level 25, as well as a speed-up that consumes grass.
  • Norbert in Animal Town teaches mount-form to Pig players who are at least level 25, as well as a speed-up that increases both land and water speed temporarily.
  • Legs in Animal Town teaches mount-form to Spider players who are at least level 25, as well as a Move Those Legs speed boost.
  • Sanja in Kur teaches the wolf mount-form to Lycan players who are at least level 30 in Lycanthropy. Hunting Speed (1 through 3) are now Wolf mount abilities (they used to be sidebar abilities), and are activated in the usual way at the Altar of Norala each month at Full Moon.

Note: At present, all beast form mounts use and benefit from the same riding tack as is used for horses (shoes, reins, saddles, and saddlebags), and the mount equipment UI shows a horse even for the mount forms where one is not actually used.

Note: If you have purchased and activated a pledge package that includes a mount and riding skill, you can redeem that for a single character on your account. You will receive one free horse, free riding skill at level 40, and a special level 40 50-slot "Easy Deluxe" saddlebag. Horse breeding pairs will be released at a future date. Current horses are considered to be an initial prototype version (Gen 1) for game testing purposes.

Connected Skills

Sub-Skills:
  • N/A
Secondary Skills:
  • Saddlery - Saddlery is a Leatherworking sub-skill used to create tack for horses, including saddles, saddlebags, and reins.
  • Blacksmithing - Blacksmithing is used to create horseshoes.
Related Skills:
  • Endurance - When Riding appears on a character's skill bar, stat boosts from combat skills are unavailable. Permanent stat increases from Endurance will remain active though.
Synergy Levels:

Bonus Synergy Levels for Riding can be obtained from the following skills and levels:

Animal Handling
Level 25, Level 75
Druid
Level 37
Endurance
Level 55, Level 75
Meditation
Level 35


Riding Complete Ability List

Icon Level Name Description Special Effects Stats [Expand] Source
icon_3528.png 1 Hunting Speed Increase your mount speed while traveling as a wolf. (This ability can only be used after you've unlocked it from the Altar of Norala.) Increase mount maximum land speed +2. Lasts 5 minutes or until you are attacked. Power Cost: 20
Range: 4
Cooldown: 10
Gift: Altar of Norala
icon_3528.png 1 Hunting Speed 2 Increase your mount speed while traveling as a wolf. (This ability can only be used after you've unlocked it from the Altar of Norala.) Increase mount maximum land speed +4. Lasts 5 minutes or until you are attacked. Power Cost: 40
Range: 4
Cooldown: 10
Gift: Altar of Norala
icon_3528.png 1 Hunting Speed 3 Increase your mount speed while traveling as a wolf. (This ability can only be used after you've unlocked it from the Altar of Norala.) Increase mount maximum land speed +6. Lasts 5 minutes or until you are attacked. Power Cost: 60
Range: 4
Cooldown: 10
Gift: Altar of Norala
icon_3833.png 1 Lope Boost your horse's max speed briefly. (This does not stack with other abilities that boost max speed.) Increase mount's top speed +5 for 15 seconds.
Mount Anxiety Cost 10
Power Cost: 27
Range: 4
Cooldown: 30
Leveling
icon_3830.png 3 Calm Horse Lower your horse's anxiety with a calming word. Restore: 20 Mount Anxiety Power Cost: 30
Range: 4
Cooldown: 20
Leveling
icon_3832.png 10 Coax Coax your horse into accelerating much faster. Mount Anxiety Cost 20 Power Cost: 38
Range: 4
Cooldown: 10
Leveling
icon_2149.png 25 Cud Speed Eat grass to increase your maximum mount speed. (This does not stack with other abilities that boost max mount speed.) (Must be a cow.) Increase mount's top speed +7 for 15 seconds. Consumes 1 grass. Power Cost: 38
Range: 5
Cooldown: 15
Training: Raul
Training: Suspicious Cow
icon_2151.png 25 Bounding Speed Boost your max mount speed and jumping power, while simultaneously calming yourself. Speed is life. (This does not stack with other abilities that boost max mount speed.) (Must be a deer.) Increase mount's top speed +9 and leap power +5 for 15 seconds.
Restore: 20 Mount Anxiety
Power Cost: 32
Range: 4
Cooldown: 30
Training: Silvia
icon_2225.png 25 Porcine Speed Boost your max mount speed on land and water, while simultaneously calming yourself. Move in the flow. (This does not stack with other abilities that boost max mount speed.) (Must be a pig.) Increase mount's top land and water speed +9 for 15 seconds.
Restore: 30 Mount Anxiety
Power Cost: 32
Range: 4
Cooldown: 30
Training: Norbert
icon_3442.png 25 Move Those Legs! Skate a LOT faster for a moment, boosting your max land speed dramatically. Increase mount's top land speed +15 for 7 seconds. Power Cost: 53
Range: 4
Cooldown: 60
Training: Legs
icon_3836.png 35 Canter Boost your horse's max speed briefly. (This does not stack with other abilities that boost max speed.) Increase mount's top speed +8 for 15 seconds.
Mount Anxiety Cost 20
Power Cost: 64
Range: 4
Cooldown: 45
Leveling
icon_3834.png 50 Soothe Horse Lower your horse's anxiety with a soothing gesture. Restore: 40 Mount Anxiety Power Cost: 77
Range: 4
Cooldown: 40
Leveling
icon_3837.png 70 Gallop Boost your horse's max speed briefly. (This does not stack with other abilities that boost max speed.) Increase mount's top speed +11 for 15 seconds.
Mount Anxiety Cost 30
Power Cost: 96
Range: 4
Cooldown: 60
Training: Mythander
icon_3835.png 80 Gentle Horse Lower your horse's anxiety with a practiced gentle demeanor. Restore: 60 Mount Anxiety Power Cost: 107
Range: 4
Cooldown: 60
Training: Mythander

Riding Mechanics

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

How do I get better at Riding?

By riding of course! And I have a technique for getting better fast: you should ride in lots of different places, and always ride near dangerous monster.

I should ride TOWARD dangerous monsters?

Just ride near enemies -- don't get so close that you get injured! Just get close enough for the horse to experience anxiety. Then you can practice overcoming that anxiety.

So I should just ride around monsters? Like, in a loop?

No, no! You can't get better if you just stay in the same area. You have to ride near different monsters in many different places! Explore all types of terrain, and dodge monsters everywhere you go.

That's how you get better at riding: keep exploring! Keep fleeing!

That sounds insane, but you're the riding expert.

Mythander

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

The Mount Window provides statistics for an active horse or for a beast-form players mount form, a button to mount or dismount, and slots to equip horse tack. (Beast forms at present use standard horse tack to improve their Riding stats.) It should be noted that mount equipment is tied to equipment loadouts, therefore you will need to equip your mount (or mount form) with your desired tack and save it for each loadout.

Horse Stats

Three categories of horse stats are available through the Mount Window. Additional information about a horse can be seen when it is in a stable.

General Stats
  • Saddlebag Size
  • Mystic Saddlebag?
  • Show Mount Speedometer?
  • Show "Riding XP Earned" Checkmark?
Mount Speed
  • Top Speed (Land)
  • Top speed (Shallow Water)
  • Top Speed (When Swimming)
  • Turning Speed (Land)
  • Turning Radius (Shallow Water)
  • Turning Radius (When Swimming)
  • Acceleration (Land)
  • Acceleration (Shallow Water)
  • Acceleration (When Swimming)
  • Jump Power
Mount Anxiety
  • Cur Mount Anxiety
  • Max Mount Anxiety
  • Anxiety Reduction Per Sec (Riding)
  • Anxiety Reduction Per Sec (Stabled)
  • Mount Resilience to Damage
Stable Stats
  • Name
  • Level
  • Bond Level
  • Husbandry
  • Tamed
  • Stabled
  • Ferocity
  • Toughness
  • Ruggedness
  • Enthusiasm
  • Friendliness
  • Intelligence
  • Fertility
Generation 1 Horse

The Generation 1 horse could be obtained from Mythander after the February 2, 2022 Game Update. It could also be unlocked by characters with appropriate pledge packages.

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Gen 1 Horse Default Stats


Equipment

See Saddlery and Blacksmithing.

Riding Maps

Click expand for each zone to see a player-created map of areas Riding XP can be earned in.

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Serbule Riding Map

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Serbule Hills Riding Map

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Eltibule Riding Map

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Sun Vale Riding Map

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Kur Mountains Riding Map

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Ilmari Riding Map

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Rahu Riding Map

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Gazluk Riding Map

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Fae Realm Riding Map

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Povus Riding Map


Riding Treasure Effects

See also: Riding/Treasure Effects:By Slot

See also: Riding/Treasure Effects:By Ability

Prefix Suffix Max-Level Version Rarity Slot [Expand] Other Versions
Calming Level 100 - Max Mount Anxiety +21 Uncommon Saddle
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of Splashing Level 100 - Top Speed (Shallow Water) +3. Top Speed (When Swimming) +3 Uncommon Saddle
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of Leaping Level 100 - Mount Jump Power +15 Uncommon Saddle
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Level 100 - Max Mount Anxiety +10 Uncommon Saddlebag
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Level 100 - Saddlebag Size +6 Uncommon Saddlebag
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Level 76 - Inventory Slots +4 Uncommon Saddlebag
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Level 100 - Turning Speed (Land) +2 Uncommon Reins
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Level 100 - Riding XP Earned +7% Uncommon Reins
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Level 100 - Mount Resilience to Damage +10 Uncommon Reins
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Calming Level 100 - Max Mount Anxiety +21 Uncommon Horseshoes
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of Acceleration Level 100 - Acceleration (Land) +0.005. Acceleration (Shallow Water) +0.005 Uncommon Horseshoes
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Level 100 - Top Speed (Shallow Water) +4. Top Speed (When Swimming) +4 Uncommon Horseshoes
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Riding Stat Bonuses

These bonuses will only be applied when this skill is active.

Level Bonus [Expand] Totals
1 Max Health +37
Max Power +20
Max Health +37
Max Power +20
2 Max Health +4
Max Power +2
Max Health +41
Max Power +22
3 Max Health +3
Max Power +2
Max Health +44
Max Power +24
4 Max Health +4
Max Power +2
Max Health +48
Max Power +26
5 Max Health +3
Max Power +2
Max Health +51
Max Power +28
6 Max Health +4
Max Power +2
Max Health +55
Max Power +30
7 Max Health +3
Max Power +2
Max Health +58
Max Power +32
8 Max Health +4
Max Power +1
Max Health +62
Max Power +33
9 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +65
Max Power +34
10 Max Health +4
Max Power +2
Max Health +69
Max Power +36
11 Max Health +3
Max Power +2
Max Health +72
Max Power +38
12 Max Health +4
Max Power +1
Max Health +76
Max Power +39
13 Max Health +3
Max Power +2
Max Health +79
Max Power +41
14 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +82
Max Power +42
15 Max Health +3
Max Power +2
Max Health +85
Max Power +44
16 Max Health +3
Max Power +2
Max Health +88
Max Power +46
17 Max Health +3
Max Power +2
Max Health +91
Max Power +48
18 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +94
Max Power +49
19 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +97
Max Power +50
20 Max Health +3
Max Power +2
Max Health +100
Max Power +52
21 Max Health +3
Max Power +2
Max Health +103
Max Power +54
22 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +105
Max Power +55
23 Max Health +3
Max Power +2
Max Health +108
Max Power +57
24 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +110
Max Power +58
25 Max Health +3
Max Power +2
Max Health +113
Max Power +60
26 Max Health +2
Max Power +2
Max Health +115
Max Power +62
27 Max Health +3
Max Power +2
Max Health +118
Max Power +64
28 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +120
Max Power +65
29 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +123
Max Power +66
30 Max Health +2
Max Power +2
Max Health +125
Max Power +68
31 Max Health +3
Max Power +2
Max Health +128
Max Power +70
32 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +130
Max Power +71
33 Max Health +3
Max Power +2
Max Health +133
Max Power +73
34 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +135
Max Power +74
35 Max Health +3
Max Power +2
Max Health +138
Max Power +76
36 Max Health +2
Max Power +2
Max Health +140
Max Power +78
37 Max Health +3
Max Power +2
Max Health +143
Max Power +80
38 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +145
Max Power +81
39 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +148
Max Power +82
40 Max Health +2
Max Power +2
Max Health +150
Max Power +84
41 Max Health +3
Max Power +2
Max Health +153
Max Power +86
42 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +155
Max Power +87
43 Max Health +3
Max Power +2
Max Health +158
Max Power +89
44 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +160
Max Power +90
45 Max Health +3
Max Power +2
Max Health +163
Max Power +92
46 Max Health +2
Max Power +2
Max Health +165
Max Power +94
47 Max Health +3
Max Power +2
Max Health +168
Max Power +96
48 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +170
Max Power +97
49 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +173
Max Power +98
50 Max Health +2
Max Power +2
Max Health +175
Max Power +100
51 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +178
Max Power +101
52 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +180
Max Power +102
53 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +183
Max Power +103
54 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +185
Max Power +104
55 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +188
Max Power +105
56 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +190
Max Power +106
57 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +193
Max Power +107
58 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +195
Max Power +108
59 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +198
Max Power +109
60 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +200
Max Power +110
61 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +203
Max Power +111
62 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +205
Max Power +112
63 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +208
Max Power +113
64 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +210
Max Power +114
65 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +213
Max Power +115
66 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +215
Max Power +116
67 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +218
Max Power +117
68 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +220
Max Power +118
69 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +223
Max Power +119
70 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +225
Max Power +120
71 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +228
Max Power +121
72 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +230
Max Power +122
73 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +233
Max Power +123
74 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +235
Max Power +124
75 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +238
Max Power +125
76 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +240
Max Power +126
77 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +243
Max Power +127
78 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +245
Max Power +128
79 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +248
Max Power +129
80 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +250
Max Power +130
81 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +253
Max Power +131
82 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +255
Max Power +132
83 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +258
Max Power +133
84 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +260
Max Power +134
85 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +263
Max Power +135
86 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +265
Max Power +136
87 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +268
Max Power +137
88 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +270
Max Power +138
89 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +273
Max Power +139
90 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +275
Max Power +140
91 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +278
Max Power +141
92 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +280
Max Power +142
93 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +283
Max Power +143
94 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +285
Max Power +144
95 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +288
Max Power +145
96 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +290
Max Power +146
97 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +293
Max Power +147
98 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +295
Max Power +148
99 Max Health +3
Max Power +1
Max Health +298
Max Power +149
100 Max Health +2
Max Power +1
Max Health +300
Max Power +150


Riding Level Up Rewards

Level [Expand] Reward
1 Gain Ability: Lope
3 Gain Ability: Calm Horse
10 Gain Ability: Coax
35 Gain Ability: Canter
50 Gain Ability: Soothe Horse
70 +1 to Saddlery

Riding Experience Table

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Click Expand to view the Experience Table for Riding


Trivia

  • Riding was introduced in February 2022! Mount forms for Cows, Deer, Pigs, and Werewolves were added in June 2022.

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