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Mount Riding Updates with Patch 10.1.5 – Automatically Learned for Free, New Mount
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Starting with Patch 10.1.5, the Riding Skill will be learned automatically by characters at certain level thresholds for free. In addition, by reaching level 30 and visiting Boralus or Dazar’alor, players will receive a quest to learn a new flying mount, 
Reins of the Sprightly Proudmoore Gryphon or 
Reins of the Exuberant Scarlet Pterrordax, based on your faction.
Originally Posted by Linxy
Characters now learn the appropriate mount riding skill upon reaching the appropriate level without needing to visit a mount trainer:
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Level 10 – Apprentice Riding
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Level 20 – Journeyman Riding
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Level 30 – Expert Riding
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Level 40 – Master Riding
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Developers’ note: Riding trainers will still exist in the world, but you will be unable to purchase riding skills from them.
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Characters that reach level 30 will receive the quest “Time to Fly” and be awarded with a flying mount, Harbor Gryphon for Alliance characters and Scarlet Pterrordax for Horde characters.