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Compendium · Hearthold
Part of The Deep, the endgame: start here
Mounts
24 mounts on the gear tiers, from a shaggy wold pony to a horse of living flame. Better tiers run faster, and the rarest carry a trait of their own. Choose the one you ride in the Riding Yard's Mount Journal.
Every mount
| Mount | What it is | Tier | Speed | How you earn it | Trait and effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thistle | Shaggy wold pony | Common | +60% speed | Ada at the Riding Yard, after Bramble Hollow | - |
| Dusk | Hearthold draught horse | Common | +60% speed | Side quest: A Horse for the Road (Ada) | - |
| Bonny | Sir Rattleby's bone charger | Uncommon | +60% speed | Side quest: Sir Rattleby's Avenue | - |
| Reedback | Fen elk | Uncommon | +60% speed | Side quest: Old Bogwort | - |
| Watch Destrier | Iron-barded warhorse | Uncommon | +60% speed | The Watch: Honoured reputation | - |
| Bramble | Briar-brown wold cob | Rare | +70% speed | World boss: the Thornfather's first fall | - |
| Toll | Bone-grey bridge mare | Rare | +70% speed | World boss: the Bell-Wight's first fall, or the Watch's Alarm side | - |
| Silt | Fen-black marsh pony | Rare | +70% speed | World boss: the Sump-Mother's first fall | - |
| Vow | Pale ridge charger | Rare | +70% speed | World boss: the Unsworn's first fall | - |
| Cinder | Ash-dappled caldera horse | Rare | +70% speed | World boss: the Ash-Herald's first fall | - |
| Gloomfang | Dire wolf | Rare | +70% speed | Drop: any act's final boss (2%, sure by the 50th kill) | - |
| Scorchmaw | Magma hound | Epic | +80% speed | Side quest: Scorchmaw's Ember | Her paws leave little sparks. |
| Oathbear | Armoured ridge bear | Epic | +80% speed | Side quest: The Last Squire's Oath | Flies the Order's banner. |
| Ravenmare | Feathered black mare | Epic | +80% speed | Achievement: Tyrantsbane (defeat 100 bosses) | Sheds black feathers at the gallop. |
| Duskmantle | Shadow panther | Epic | +80% speed | Achievement: Stablehand (own 6 mounts) | Trails a ribbon of shadow. |
| The Nightmare | Hellfire warhorse | Legendary | +90% speed | Hallowtide drop: the Headless Rider (5%, sure by the 30th kill) | Hellcharge: For 2.5 seconds after you mount, 20% faster still. Leaves burning hoofprints. |
| Gloamhart | Spirit stag | Legendary | +90% speed | Achievement: Stablemaster (own 12 mounts) | Spirit-walk: Outdoors, sleeping packs only notice you at half the usual distance. Spirit wisps drift in his wake. |
| The Hollow Charger | The Hollow King's warhorse | Legendary | +90% speed | Hardcore: Ember-Hearted (all 25 campaign dungeons with one hardcore hero) | Unshakable: Only a blow worth 10% of your health throws you off. Burns with cold ghostfire. |
| Ashen Gryphon | Gryphon of the caldera | Legendary | +90% speed | Drop: Vhoruun on Pyre IV or deeper (3%, sure by the 40th kill) | Skyborne: Roots and knockbacks never throw you from the saddle. Sheds warm ash as it flies. |
| Emberwing | Ember drake | Mythic | +100% speed | Achievement: Lord of the Last Pyre (unlock Pyre XIII) | Wingbeat: In the saddle after a step or two, and back up a second after a fight. Drips molten embers. |
| Voidstrider | Starfield lynx | Mythic | +100% speed | Achievement: Unthroned (win the White Effigy's Audience) | Voidstep: Every 5 seconds at the gallop, you skip 3 tiles ahead along a clear line. Trails a scatter of stars. |
| Marrowback | Bone colossus bear | Mythic | +100% speed | Achievement: The Abyssal (depth 50 of the Endless Descent) | Soul-lantern: While you ride, you uncover the map 50% farther. A soul-lantern glows in its ribs. |
| The Pyre-Sovereign | Horse of living flame | Unique | +100% speed | Feat: The Unbroken (all 25 campaign dungeons on Legendary without a fall) | Ember Road: Friends on foot within 5 tiles of you run 15% faster. Hellcharge: For 2.5 seconds after you mount, 20% faster still. Leaves the road burning behind you. |
| Dawnmane | Dawn lion | Unique | +100% speed | Collection: Riders of the Hearthvale (all five Wake steeds) | Dawnstride: Rides wherever you can run: dungeons and dens as well as the open road, and Auto-ride needs no open ground. Unshakable: Only a blow worth 10% of your health throws you off. Flowers grow where she steps. |
Speed by tier
| Tier | Speed |
|---|---|
| Common | +60% |
| Uncommon | +60% |
| Rare | +70% |
| Epic | +80% |
| Legendary | +90% |
| Mythic | +100% |
| Unique | +100% |
How to earn them
- The story: Thistle, after Bramble Hollow.
- Road side jobs: Dusk, Bonny, Reedback, Oathbear and Scorchmaw, each from the last step of its side job.
- Reputation: the Watch Destrier, once the Watch counts you Honoured.
- Wakes: each act's Wake steed, the first time you bring its Wake down.
- Deeds: achievements such as Tyrantsbane, The Abyssal, Unthroned and The Unbroken, and the collection deeds Stablehand (6 mounts), Stablemaster (12) and Riders of the Hearthvale (all five Wake steeds).
- Drops: a few mounts only come from one kind of kill. Each has printed odds and a count of kills, and the last kill of the count is sure (see the table). In co-op every player rolls for their own.
- Earned something before its mount existed? Ada hands it over on your next visit to town.
Riding rules
- You ride outdoors only: never in dungeons, Hearthold, arenas, Audiences or Rites.
- Auto-ride is on by default: walk 1.5 seconds out of a fight on open ground and you're in the saddle. Turn it off in Settings or the Journal and the saddle chip mounts you instead.
- There is no mounted combat: any skill or attack from the saddle drops you on your feet and fires as a Saddle Strike, with a little more Poise. A class dash from the saddle is free.
- A blow worth 4% of your health, or any stun, root, fear or hard knockback, throws you. 3 seconds after the fight you can ride again.
- Riding speed is your own speed plus the tier's bonus, between 7 and 11 tiles a second. Sellswords and pets keep up with you.