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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.

— Official site

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Mounts are a feature that enhances movement, exploration, and combat in the PvE and, to a degree, WvW game modes. Each mount has unique mechanics and combat skills, such as the ability to leap charge and pull enemies together. Each mount can be upgraded via the mastery system, which requires owning the respective expansion or Living World content. Players may also test their mechanical mastery with mounts by engaging in various adventures and mount races.

The first set of mounts were introduced in 2017 with the second Guild Wars 2 expansion, Path of Fire. New mounts have since been released, with existing mounts further expanded upon.

Types and acquisition[edit]

Each mount has unique movement and combat mechanics, as well as one or more mastery tracks that may enhance the capabilities of itself and other mounts.

Certain mounts can be temporarily rented during festivals or specific events, as well as for certain adventures. However, they may only be used in the map they were rented in.

The below table is an overview of all mounts. Some have multiple unlock methods, which may not include a mastery track. A more in-depth overview can be found on each individual mount page.

Mount Owned
Content 		Mastery
Track 		Acquisition Notes
Raptor (map icon).png Raptor None 0No Reach level 10 (or next multiple of 10) on any character for a one-time, character-specific 10-hour mount trial.
GW2Logo new.png 0No Purchase the Guild Wars 2 Starter Pack for the Raptor (item).pngRaptor Mount Unlock.
Any expansion 0No Reach level 10 (or next multiple of 10) on any character.
PoF Texture Trans.png 1Yes Purchase from Complete heart (map icon).png Aksim for free during the first Path of Fire chapter, Sparking the Flame.
Springer (map icon).png Springer PoF Texture Trans.png 1Yes 1. Purchase from Complete heart (map icon).png Stablemaster Unja for 50 Trade Contract 1 Gold coin after completing the renown heart in Desert Highlands.
(Requires Raptor (map icon).png Canyon Jumping mastery)
  1. Resistant to fall damage
EoD Texture Trans.png 0No Talk to Complete heart (map icon).png Lieutenant Zhao in New Kaineng City (Heart completion not required)
Janthir Wilds logo.png 0No Start the Janthir Wilds prologue, Prologue: The Tyrian Alliance.
Visions of Eternity logo.png 0No Start the Visions of Eternity prologue, Prologue: On the Sly.
Skimmer (map icon).png Skimmer PoF Texture Trans.png 1Yes Purchase from Complete heart (map icon).png Skimmer Trainer Ardra for 50 Trade Contract 4 Gold coin after completing the renown heart in Elon Riverlands.
(Requires Raptor (map icon).png Canyon Jumping mastery)
  1. Fastest aquatic mount
  2. Immune to most ground-based environmental hazards and fall damage
  3. Mid-air dismounting and limited in-combat mounting
  4. Training both PoF and VoE mastery tracks increases base ground speed and grants Stealth.png Stealth (3s) when entering/exiting water
Visions of Eternity logo.png 1Yes 1. Progress through the second Visions of Eternity chapter, Solid Ground.
2. Complete the relevant collection.
Jackal (map icon).png Jackal PoF Texture Trans.png 1Yes Purchase from Complete heart (map icon).png Drojkor, Spirit Squall for 200 Trade Contract 20 Gold coin after completing the renown heart in The Desolation.
(Increased to 200 Trade Contract 30 Gold coin 40 Silver coin if not purchased same day as heart completion)
(Requires Springer (map icon).png High Vault or Skimmer (map icon).png Ride the Wind mastery)
  1. Mid-air blinks negate fall damage
  2. Can use Sand Portals with Shifting Sands.pngShifting Sands
Griffon (map icon).png Griffon PoF Texture Trans.png 1Yes 1. Complete the Path of Fire story.
2. Purchase from 10 x Complete heart (map icon).png vendors for 25 Gold coin each (250 Gold coin total) and complete the Open Skies collections.
  • Released: September 22, 2017
  • Movement: Gliding flight controlled by diving and flapping
  • Combat:  Swoop (griffon).png Swoop
  • Other:
  1. Fastest land and aerial mount when skillfully used
  2. Immune to fall damage
  3. Mid-air mounting/dismounting with Soaring Rescue.pngSoaring Rescue
  4. Gains altitude/speed boosts after diving with Aerial Prowess.pngAerial Prowess /Aerial Finesse.pngAerial Finesse
Roller Beetle (map icon).png Roller Beetle Living World Season 4 logo.png 1Yes 1. Complete the second Living World Season 4: Episode 3 story mission, Forearmed Is Forewarned.
2. Complete the relevant collections.
  • Released: June 26, 2018
  • Movement: Rapidly accelerates, drifts, and, at high speeds, bounces off water (max. 5)
  • Combat:  Roll Out.png Roll Out (breaks certain walls and objects with Barrier Smash.pngBarrier Smash)
  • Other:
  1. Fastest land mount on flat terrain
  2. Successful airborne tricks recharge endurance with Big Air.pngBig Air (lose endurance if unsuccessful)
Warclaw (map icon).png Warclaw PoF Texture Trans.png 0No (PvE) Enter a WvW map.
(WvW) Enter a WvW map and spend 1 World Ability Point in the Warclaw Mastery section.
  1. (WvW) Only mount usable in WvW but with different mechanics
  2. (PvE) Immune to fall damage with Nine Lives.pngNine Lives
  3. (PvE) Mid-air dismounting and limited in-combat mounting
  4. (PvE) Easily accessible crowd control skills (enhanced with Feral Fury.pngFeral Fury)
Janthir Wilds logo.png 1Yes (PvE) Progress through the first Janthir Wilds chapter, Unknown Territory.
Skyscale (map icon).png Skyscale Living World Season 4 logo.png 1Yes Speak with Gorrik and complete the relevant collections.
(Requires all LWS4 episodes and completion of the Legacy and Descent story steps)
  1. Inflicts siege damage to certain environmental objects, such as gates in Drizzlewood Coast
  2. Immune to fall damage
  3. Mid-air mounting/dismounting with Air Rescue.pngAir Rescue or Who Rescues Whom?.pngWho Rescues Whom?
  4. Limited in-combat mounting with Combat Launch.pngCombat Launch
  5. Can repair Reality Rifts with Rift Repair.pngRift Repair (required for the Legendary trinket, Vision)
  6. Training both LWS4 and SotO mastery tracks grants Bond of Vigor (effect).png Bond of Vigor (4s) after mid-air mounting and enhances  Wall Jump.png Wall Jump
Secrets of the Obscure logo.png 1Yes 1. Complete the second Secrets of the Obscure chapter, Hell Breaks Loose.
2. Train Who Rescues Whom?.pngWho Rescues Whom? and complete the collections for use outside of Secrets of the Obscure zones.
Siege Turtle (map icon).png Siege Turtle EoD Texture Trans.png 1Yes 1. Obtain a Turtle Egg from succeeding the Dragon's End meta event, or purchasing from the Peddler for 200 Writ of Dragon's End
2. Complete the collections.
  • Released: February 28, 2022
  • Movement: Accelerates on land, walks underwater, and hovers using jump jets
  • Combat:  Slam.png Slam (driver),  Turtle Siege.png Turtle Siege (passenger)
  • Shared benefit: Increased maximum health
  • Other:
  1. Two-player mount with a defiance bar (dismounts if broken) and highest mount health pool
  2. Inflicts siege damage to certain environmental objects, such as gates in Drizzlewood Coast
  3. Waypointing or taking portals transports together both driver and passenger

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.png 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.

Endurance[edit]

Mounts have their own endurance bar (sometimes referred to as "mount energy") that serves as a resource for their special movement abilities. The mount endurance bar percentage is shared between mounts, but not shared with the player's endurance bar. The time it takes for the endurance bar to refill varies with each mount.

Equipping a jade bot Mount Energy Booster 1, 2, or 3 increases mount endurance regeneration by 10, 20, or 30%, respectively. The Well Rested mastery from the Warclaw Mount mastery line permanently increases mount endurance regeneration by 20%.

Using the Bond of Vigor skill greatly increases mount endurance regeneration for a short duration. On a skyscale, it will instantly refill the mount endurance bar instead.

Food effects and the Vigor boon have no impact on mount endurance regeneration.

Mastery skills[edit]

The following additional skills are unlocked and available on all mounts when their respective mastery is fully trained.

Skill Recharge time Description Mastery
6  Bond of Life.png Bond of Life 180 Temporarily grant your mount the use of your own health pool at the risk of being downed in your mount's place.  Bond of Life (mastery).png Bond of Life
7  Bond of Vigor.png Bond of Vigor 60 Increase your mount's endurance regeneration.  Bond of Vigor (mastery).png Bond of Vigor
8  Bond of Faith.png Bond of Faith 30 Launch off of your mount!  Bond of Faith (mastery).png Bond of Faith
9  Stealth (mount).png Stealth 40 Grants stealth to you and your mount.  Ash Legion Mount Stealth.png Ash Legion Mount Stealth
9  Stealth (mount).png Stealth 2.0 30 Grants stealth to you and your mount.  United Legions Waystation Mastery.png United Legions Waystation Mastery

Related equipment[edit]

Jade Bot equipment that improve this mechanic[edit]

Mount skins[edit]

Mount tab.
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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.)

— 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 (as long as a Mount Mastery has been unlocked) 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 Favorite.png 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]

Springer[edit]

Skimmer[edit]

Jackal[edit]

Griffon[edit]

Warclaw[edit]

Skyscale[edit]

(*) 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, Gallery of mount theme skins
  • Raptor

    Raptor

  • Springer

    Springer

  • Skimmer

    Skimmer

  • Jackal

    Jackal

  • Griffon

    Griffon

  • Roller Beetle

    Roller Beetle

  • Warclaw

    Warclaw

  • Skyscale

    Skyscale

  • Siege Turtle

    Siege Turtle

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.
  • 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.
Anomalies:
  • 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 generally 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.

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

Mounts

Raptor (map icon).pngRaptor•Springer (map icon).pngSpringer•Skimmer (map icon).pngSkimmer•Jackal (map icon).pngJackal•Griffon (map icon).pngGriffon

Roller Beetle (map icon).pngRoller Beetle•Warclaw (map icon).pngWarclaw•Skyscale (map icon).pngSkyscale•Siege Turtle (map icon).pngSiege Turtle

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