How to Get a Flying Mount and Soar the Skies in WoW

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Last Updated: May 10, 2024 Fact Checked

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Are you wondering how you can fly in World of Warcraft? Whether you’re playing Modern (or Retail) WoW or WoW Classic, we’ve got you covered. To fly in Modern WoW, all you need to do is reach level 30 and purchase a mount. In WoW Classic, you have to reach level 60 and pay to learn the Expert Riding skill. Keep reading to learn all about flying in World of Warcraft, including how to use Druid flying forms and fly in the Shadowlands.

Flying in WoW

To fly in Modern WoW, reach level 30. In WoW Classic, reach level 60 and pay 250 gold to learn Expert Riding or Flight Master’s License. Purchase a flying mount from a vendor. To equip it, open your Collections journal, click on the mount, and click “Mount.” Hold down the spacebar or look up and left-click to fly.

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Meeting the Requirements

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Reach level 30 to learn the Expert Riding skill in Modern WoW. All players automatically learn the Expert Riding skill when they reach level 30, which allows you to ride mounts in most areas in the game. However, some areas and other game modes have their own restrictions and requirements to learn flying.^{[1]
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- Modern WoW is also sometimes called “Retail” WoW.^{[2]
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- To fly in Zereth Mortis, you need to complete the achievement "Unlocking the Secrets", which is a meta-achievement containing 6 other achievements.^{[3]
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- To fly in Battle for Azeroth (Legion) zones, you need the Broken Isles Pathfinder, Part Two achievement.^{[4]
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Reach level 60 to fly in WoW Classic. Once you reach level 60, visit Bralla Cloudwing in Stormwind or Maztha in Orgrimmar, and pay 250 gold to learn Expert Riding or Flight Master’s License.^{[5]
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- In Wow Classic, Expert Riding allows you to fly in most areas. The Flight Master’s License allows you to fly in Kalimdor, Eastern Kingdoms, and Deepholm.^{[6]
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- When you reach level 68 in WoW classic, you can purchase Cold Weather Flying for 500 gold, which allows you to fly in Northrend.^{[7]
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Purchase a flying mount. The cheapest mounts cost 50 gold. If you are in the Alliance, you can purchase a Gryphon from Tannec Stonebeak.^{[8]
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- WoW Classic: Alliance players purchase a Gryphon from Grunda Bronzewing. Horde players purchase a Windrider from Bana Wildmane.^{[10]
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Flying on Your Mount and Upgrading It

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Open up the Collections Journal (or press Shift-P) and click on the "Mounts" tab. There, you’ll find a list of mounts that are available to ride. Left-click on your flying mount, then click “Mount.”^{[11]
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Left-click to move forward and right-click to look around. Right-click on your mouse to aim your view. Hold down the left button on your mouse or the forward key on your keyboard to move forward.^{[12]
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- To dismount, open the Collections journal and click “Dismount.”
- You can also click and drag your mount from the journal to your Action Bar. Click the icon once to mount and a second time to dismount.^{[13]
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Hold down the spacebar or look up and left-click to fly. Flying will allow you to cruise long distances or scout out an area. Here is how you can move around on your mount:^{[14]
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- Press W to move forward.
- Press S to move back.
- Press A to turn left, and D to turn right.
- Press Q to strafe left, and E to strafe right.
- Press the spacebar to tilt up.
- Press X to tilt down.
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Reach level 80 to unlock Master Riding. It will cost you 5,000 gold (or 4,000 if your reputation is Exalted), and give your mount 310% movement speed flight.^{[15]
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- WoW Classic: The speed of your flying mount can also be increased with the Riding Crop trinket (10%), Mithril Spurs (4%), or the Carrot on a Stick trinket (3%).^{[16]
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Know what areas you can fly in and how. Once you reach level 60, you will be able to fly almost anywhere since previous requirements have been removed.^{[17]
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- Oribos, the Maw, and Korthia (Shadowlands)
- Argus (Legion)^{[19]
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- Tanaan Jungle (intro to Warlords of Draenor), requires completion of the Draenor Pathfinder meta-achievement.^{[20]
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- Isle of Thunder and Timeless Isle (Pandaria), requires level 90 and costs 2,500 gold.^{[21]
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- The Molten Front (near Firelands)
- Tol Barad (PvP area introduced in Cataclysm)
- The Darkmoon Faire and Darkmoon Island
- Exodar, Azuremyst Isle, Wandering Isle, and Bloodmyst Isle
- Silvermoon, Eversong Woods, and Ghostlands
- Most instanced content (like scenarios, dungeons, raids, battlegrounds, and arenas).^{[22]
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Flying as a Druid

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Purchase the Expert Riding skill. This will cost 250 gold and will let you fly at 150% movement speed.^{[23]
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- If you reach Exalted reputation with your faction, you can purchase the skill for 200 gold.^{[24]
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Know the limitations of your flying travel form. While flying as a Druid comes with many benefits, such as increased movement speed and no threat generation, it also comes with some drawbacks as well. Here are a few things to keep in mind before using your travel form:^{[25]
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- You cannot use it while fighting.
- You cannot use it indoors.
- You cannot use it while already in another form.
- You cannot use a flying form in Dragonflight.^{[26]
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- It will not benefit from Mount Equipment or Guild Perks (which make your riding faster).
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Open your Spellbook and use Travel Form. Once you know Expert Riding, your Travel Form will automatically shift you into a flying form, like a raven.^{[27]
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- Increase your flying speed by 310% when you buy Master Riding at level 80.^{[28]
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Flying in Shadowlands

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Complete the Covenant storyline to quickly reach Renown 45. Completing the Covenant storyline will definitely give you renown, but if you're still short, try running dungeons, killing world bosses, and completing callings.
- When you complete your Covenant campaign in Chains of Dominion, you will also receive a Covenant-specific flying mount.^{[29]
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Complete The Last Sigil from the Chains of Domination campaign. Once you finish The Last Sigil, you'll get an item in your bags called the "Memories of Sunless Skies" that will unlock Shadowlands flying on all the characters on your account.^{[30]
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- You'll then be able to fly in Bastion, Maldraxxus, Ardenweald, and Revendreth. You cannot, however, fly from one zone to another since flying is not permitted in Korithia, Obrios, and The Maw.^{[31]
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what button do you need to press to fly

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Using the default keybinds: Press "Shift +P" to open up your collections window. Then, click the "Mounts" tab to see all your mounts. You can drag one of those to an action slot on your window so you can click it to mount, or you can drag the "Random Mount" icon that's in the top left corner of the window to an action slot so you can summon a random mount when you want to fly. Once you're on a flying mount (in the "Mount Collection" window, you can select filters for "Ground" "Swimming/Water" or "Flying" mount ) press the Spacebar to tilt up and X to tilt down.

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I am level 48 in Shadowlands tol barad. how can I learn to fly?

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That's a PVP area, so there is no flying there. You can learn to fly in Stormwind or Orgrimarr.

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can you fly in a older version of wrath?

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If you're talking about Crystalsong Dalaran, yes, you can fly there.

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If you dismount in midair you will not be able to remount whilst falling and will take fall damage. Druids, however, can still use flying form whilst falling.

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