How much gold do you need for a mount in WoW Forever?
Being fully mounted at level 60 in World of Warcraft: Forever costs about 1,300 gold, counting class training. Forever has no WoW Token, so every coin of that has to be earned in game.
The costs, level by level
| Milestone | Level | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class training | 1–60 | ~206g | From Blizzard's development notes (November 2). Heaviest in the 50s. |
| Apprentice Riding (60% speed) | 40 | 100g | Includes a basic racial mount. Beta client price. |
| Dual specialization | 40 | ~50g | From class trainers. Not confirmed by Blizzard. |
| Respecs | Any | 1–50g | Reportedly rises with each respec up to a 50g cap, then slowly decays. |
| Journeyman Riding (100% speed) | 60 | 1,000g | Skill only. Beta client price. |
| Epic mount | 60 | ~200g | Community figure. Extra racial mount colors are about 20g. |
| Fully mounted at 60 | ~1,306g | Training plus both riding ranks. About 1,506g with an epic mount. |
How to save about 110 gold
- Reach Honored with your home faction first. It takes 10% off riding skill and racial mounts, about 110g on the full set.
- The Bartering Legacy talent takes up to another 10% off mounts, but not the riding skill.
- Skip ability ranks you never use. On some classes that saves a meaningful slice of the ~206g of training.
What to buy first
- Class training you actually use.
- Apprentice Riding at 40. 60% speed means more quests, nodes and kills per hour, so it pays for itself.
- Bags. The Cozy Sleeping Bag quest chain, from level 14 in Westfall or the Barrens, gives you a free 12-slot bag.
- Profession training and recipes that make things you can sell.
- Dual spec, once it doesn't delay riding. Make one spec your farming spec.
- Journeyman Riding, after reaching Honored.
How long 1,000 gold takes
Community estimates put income at roughly 3–10g per hour in the 20–30 range and 20–60g per hour at level 60. At 30g per hour, Journeyman Riding alone is about 33 hours of pure farming. The way to cut that number is to earn while you level, sell what other players need, and stop leaking gold on things that don't make you faster.
Want the full playbook?
The Forever Gold Guide: A level 1–60 gold budget, the professions that pay, scarce-material supply chains, crates, the auction house and a week-by-week plan for the December 9 raids. 31 pages, free updates.
More free WoW Forever guides
Facts as of November 9, 2026, from the Forever guides. Some details come from the beta or community trackers and may change.