ArcheAge Mounts - Full Guide
The world of ArcheAge is huge and sooner or later you will become tired of running from one village to another on foot. That’s where a mount will help you a lot. Mounts in ArcheAge are not only for fast traveling, they can also help you to move trade packs quickly and you can use some of them in combat. There are different types of traveling options in the game and this guide will tell you about all of them.
There are 2 general ways to get a mount: you can either buy it from merchant or receive from a quest. Your first transport will most likely be received from guest at the early stages of the game (at about 5th level). You will be given a quest to raise it by yourself. This short quest line of feeding and entertaining your future horse/elk etc. will reward you with a pet you can use for traveling. Each race receives its own pet in the beginning.
- Nuian : Horse
- Harani: Leomorph
- Firran: Snowlion
- Elf: Elk
Horses, elk, and snowlions can carry 2 characters at the same time allowing you to travel with your friend.
Horse
- Movement Speed – 9 m/s
- Movement Speed with Trade Pack - 1.8 m/s
How to get: You can get a horse in the starting location of Nuian race. Nuian can get a horse for free after completing Animal Care quest chain in Solzreed Peninsula at level 6. Other races can buy this mount for 10 silver in the same location.
| Ability | Cooldown | Description |
| Dash | 30 sec | Increases movement speed by 50% for 5 seconds. You can’t use this ability while carrying trade pack. |
| Attack | 2 sec | Character attacks enemies on the left and on the right sides of the horse. Attacks deal 350% melee damage. |
| Kick | 18 sec | The horse kicks backwards, dealing damage and knocking the target down. Damage depends on the level. Cast time: 0,3 sec. |
| Protection | 60 sec | Horse and rider receive 5 seconds immunity to stun. |
| Breakthrough | 30 sec | Increases movement speed of horse by 50% for 3 sec. If a horse meets an enemy on the way an enemy will be knocked down. You can’t control the pet while the ability is active. Ability can’t be used while you are transporting trade pack. |
Elk
- Movement Speed – 8.5 m/s
- Movement Speed with Trade Pack - 1.7 m/s
How to get: You can get Elk in the starting location of Elven race. Other races can buy this pet for 10 silver in the same location.
| Ability | Cooldown | Description |
| Dash | 30 sec | Increases movement speed by 50% for 5 seconds. You can’t use this ability while carrying trade pack. |
| Shoot | 12 sec | Shoots a target with an arrow dealing 80% ranged damage. Range of the ability is 30 meters. |
| Firebolt | 0 sec | Deals 500% ranged damage and applies a DOT dealing extra 200% damage over time. |
| Aim Shot | 24 sec | Deals 700% ranged damage attack power immediately. If target burns damage will be increased by 50%. |
| Graceful Leap | 15 sec | Jumps 25 meters forward. Can’t be used with a trade pack. |
Snow Lion
- Movement Speed – 8.8 m/s
- Movement Speed with Trade Pack - 1.8 m/s
How to get: You can get Snow Lion in Falcorth Plains - starting location of Firran race. Other races can buy this pet for 10 silver in the same location.
| Ability | Cooldown | Description |
| Dash | 30 sec | Increases movement speed by 50% for 5 seconds. You can’t use this ability while carrying trade pack. |
| Shoot | 0 sec | Shoots a target with an arrow dealing 80% ranged damage. Range of the ability is 30 meters. |
| Jump | 24 sec | Jumps and stuns target within 15 meters range. You can’t use this ability while carrying trade pack. |
| Thrill of the Hunt | 60 sec | Increase power of all attacks by 30% for 30 seconds. The effect will disappear if dismount. |
| Breakthrough | 30 sec | Increase movement speed by 100% and gains immunity to all attacks for 3 seconds. Invulnerability is for lion only. |
Leomorph
- Movement Speed – 8.3 m/s
- Movement Speed with Trade Pack - 1.7 m/s
How to get: You can get Leomorph in Arcum Iris - starting location of Harani race. Other races can buy this pet for 10 silver in the same location.
| Ability | Cooldown | Description |
| Dash | 30 sec | Increases movement speed by 50% for 5 seconds. You can’t use this ability while carrying trade pack. |
| Attack | 2 sec | Performs two attacks, one to the left and one to the right, dealing 350% melee damage. This attack can knock down enemy. |
| Backflip | 18 sec | Leomorph jumps 12 meters backwards to avoid danger. Can't be used with a trade pack. |
| Escape | 30 sec | Teleports rider 18 meters forward. Can't be used with a trade pack. |
| Invisibility | 3 min | Leomorph and his rider become invisible for 30 seconds. Movement speed becomes 30% lower. The effect disappears when you take damage. |
More Information
Once you get the mount you can summon it anytime you want to travel. Just place it into one of your quick slots and activate it. Later on you can purchase or find new pets while traveling. You can have a lot of different ways to travel if you wish.
Each mount is a separate character: it has its own health bar, stats, level, equipment and abilities you can use while riding. You need to level your pet in order to unlock all his abilities and make it stronger.
Leveling a Mount
As it was said earlier each mount is an independent NPC with its own characteristics and level. You can increase its level by traveling on it and by summoning it during combat. When you level it up your pet gets extra health, mana, skills and access to special armor. The armor looks great and it’s not just visual decoration – it gives additional protection and increases survivability.
Healing
Sometimes there may be situations when enemy attacks you and injures your pet. It will enter an injured state and collapse. You can still use it for traveling but the movement speed will be 30% lower and it will not gain experience until it recovers fully. It’s possible to heal it in stable for a fee or you can use special potions for that. For example owners of Archeum Founder’s Pack receive 10 Pet Healing Potions for healing their pets.
Renaming
Once you get a pet you can rename it as you wish by right clicking the name when you select it and you will see a dropdown menu. Click Rename and enter new name in the field.