Artisan grants you 300 Skill in Riding, allowing you to ride epic flying mounts at either 280% or 310% speed, and can be trained at level 70. Expert Riding can be trained at the cost of and can be discounted based on reputation from any race's faction trainer to the maximum discounted cost of (at Exalted reputation). For example, training cost with the Orc trainer can be reduced based on the player's Orgrimmar reputation. Players are not required to train Riding at their respective race's trainer, and should try to visit whichever faction's trainer that they have the highest reputation with for a better discount. A riding mount can be purchased from the trainer for and will be consumed upon learning the mount, which will then appear as a usable spell in the 'Mounts' section of the 'Pets' tab, found on the Character pane. At this time, you can only use flying mounts in Outland and Northrend, though Blizzard plans to enable use of flying mounts in Azeroth as well with the next expansion. Class-Specific Information Druids have an exclusive, epic flying shapeshift form, (Spell #40120), which is available via an extremely long quest at level 70 or trained from any druid trainer at level 71 for . Unlike (Spell #33943), (Spell #40120) requires the druid to first train Artisan Flying at the cost of , so there is no significant discount other than not being required to purchase a flying mount. Additional Information Note: If you are training any level of Riding skill in Outland or Northrend, please be aware that the Riding Trainers located on these continents use a different reputation discounting system. Trainers located in Thrallmar or Honor Hold in Hellfire Peninsula will use Orgrimmar or Stormwind reputation to apply discount to training cost. Trainers located in Shadowmoon Village or Wildhammer Stronghold in Shadowmoon Valley, use no faction reputation, therefore training costs cannot be discounted from these trainers. Trainers located in Warsong Hold or Valiance Keep in Borean Tundra, will use Warsong Offensive or Valiance Expedition reputation to apply discount to training cost. Trainers located in Sholazar Basin, The Storm Peaks, and Dalaran use no faction reputation, therefore training costs cannot be discounted from these trainers. [table class=grid] [tr][td]Skill Level[/td][td]Riding Skill[/td][td]Mount Type[/td][td]Speed[/td][td]Training Cost[/td][td]Required Level[/td][td]Mount Cost[/td][/tr] [tr][td](Spell #33388)[/td][td]75 Riding[/td][td]Non-Epic Ground[/td][td]60%[/td][td][/td][td]20[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr][td](Spell #33391)[/td][td]150 Riding[/td][td]Epic Ground[/td][td]100%[/td][td][/td][td]40[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr][td](Spell #34090)[/td][td]225 Riding[/td][td]Non-Epic Flying[/td][td]150%[/td][td][/td][td]60[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr][td](Spell #34091)[/td][td]300 Riding[/td][td]Epic Flying[/td][td]280% or 310%[/td][td][/td][td]70[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr][td colspan=7 align=center]The following passive skill is required to use a flying mount in Northrend, and is available at level 77 (or 68 if player is able to acquire the (Item #49177)).[/td][/tr] [tr][td](Spell #54197)[/td][td]225 Riding[/td][td]Northrend Flying (Non-Epic/Epic)[/td][td]Based on Riding Skill[/td][td][/td][td]77 (or 68)[/td][td]N/A[/td][/tr] [/table]