How to Get a Mount in FFXIV? A Complete Mounts Guide

How to Get a Mount in FFXIV?

Mounts are a vital part of many MMORPGs. They can very often combine two incredibly important factors – convenience and looks. First of all, they can enable you to travel around the game's world faster and save precious time. In some specific cases, they can also allow you to beat obstacles that would have otherwise stopped you. Besides, mounts present a great opportunity for visual artists to showcase their skills. The in-game characters can look incredibly cool when they ride a mount. They very often are some of the most beautifully and interestingly designed elements of many games. This combo of usefulness and visuals makes mounts highly desirable objects in the majority of MMORPGs.

This all remains true for Final Fantasy XIV. There are plenty of mounts in FFXIV, and acquiring some of them will be much easier than the others. The majority of them are capable of flying – this feature has been introduced in the Heavensward expansion, and it's only available in a handful of supported areas. There are no differences in terms of movement speed between the mounts – that's why the players often make their choice based entirely on the visual aspect. It shouldn't be too surprising - after all, we're talking about Final Fantasy XIV. Without further ado, let's jump into the contents of this - how to get a mount in FFXIV guide!

Getting Your First FFXIV Mount

The process of acquiring your first mount is the same for all the character classes. It happens during the level 20 Main Scenario Quest called A Hero in the Making. It's a simple talk quest that ends with joining a Grand Company. There are three Grand Companies within the game – Immortal Flames in Ul' dah - Thanalan, Maelstrom in Limsa Lominsa - La Noscea, and Order of Twin Adder in Gridania - Black Shroud. They act as the NPC factions of Final Fantasy XIV.

After you make your choice (no matter which GC you join), you have to accept a quest called My Little Chocobo – there are three variants of this task, one for each Grand Company. You'll have to earn 200 Company Seals and exchange them for a document called Chocobo Issuance. After you purchase a Chocobo Issuance, you can take the paperwork to your faction's stablemaster and receive your personal Chocobo whistle . You can use this item at any time to summon your Chocobo mount – remember, you're going to have to name it! The Grand Company stables can also be used to rent Chocobos temporarily for a small amount of Gil. Later on, you'll be able to complete a quest called My Feisty Little Chocobo - this will get you a mount that's able to fight!

The Company Chocobo is a single-person mount that's capable of flying. In terms of pure functionality, it has everything that you're going to need during your adventures in Eorzea. That being said, most players take their time to unlock different mounts later in the game. Chocobos are cool, but you'll likely be able to find something more fitting visually or thematically. You can also keep multiple great mounts and change between them for multiple occasions! 

Job-specific Mounts

While most mounts are available to each job or class, there are a few exclusive ones. To be more precise, each tank job gets specific mounts, and there's a single extra one for one of the healers' – the Conjurer class that can advance into the White Mage. There was a time in Final Fantasy XIV when almost everyone wanted to play a DPS character. Because of that, Square Enix decided to introduce these exclusive mounts that were supposed to provide extra motivation to play the less popular jobs.

As all the FFXIV combat classes, Conjurer has the opportunity to specialize into its more advanced version - White Mage when they reach level 30. However, they also get access to a very special side quest called Unicorn Power. You can obtain it from Braya in the Old Gridania. Then, you'll have to visit Fallgourd, find the Injured Mare, and heal it with your Cure spell. The creature turns out to be a Unicorn that becomes your loyal mount, companion and friend.

It's important to note that this quest only becomes available after you unlock your White Mage Soul Crystal (job advancement). That being said, you have to approach Braya as a Conjurer in order to be eligible for this quest. This means having to unequip the Soul Crystal. It makes the Unicorn Power quest semi-hidden and somewhat difficult to find if you don't know what exactly you must do.

Acquiring the tank mounts is significantly different. It requires a lot more than simply finishing a quick low-level quest. Instead, you'll have to complete achievements that consist of multiple runs through challenging pieces of content (level 61+ dungeons, trials, and raids). Each job has its own variants of these achievements – they're called Tank You and But Somebody's Gotta do It, and they require 200 or 300 finished group encounters.

As you may already know, there currently are four tank jobs in Final Fantasy XIV – Warrior, Paladin, Dark Knight, and Gunbreaker. Warrior can receive Battle Bear and Warbear. Paladin can acquire Battle Lion and Warlion. Dark Knights are awarded Battle Panther and Warpanther. Finally, Gunbreakers receive Battle Tiger and Wartiger. Each one of these mounts is single-seated and has the ability to fly in the areas that support that.

Final Fantasy XIV Mounts

As we already mentioned, mounts are not differentiated in terms of movement speed. There is, however, a single systemic advantage that a few mounts have over the others. There are some two-seated mounts in FFXIV and even less four-seater ones. It's not likely to matter too much during your gameplay, but it's an interesting option.

We have also established that there are tons of mounts that you can acquire in Final Fantasy XIV. Each one of them has a unique unlocking process. Some of the game's mounts are tradable, which means that you can buy them from other players for Gil. Now we're going to talk about some of the top methods that can yield you amazing FFXIV Mounts!

Gold Saucer

The Manderville Gold Saucer is a special location in Final Fantasy XIV, where players can engage in multiple mini-games. Engaging in these activities will reward you with Manderville Gold Saucer Points (MGP). They can't be traded between players, but you can exchange them for multiple interesting rewards, including mounts!

This is the complete list of Gold Saucer mounts and their prices (new mounts may be added in the future patches):

Adamantoise – 200,000 MGP

Archon Throne – 750,000 MGP

Korpokkur Kolossus – 750,000 MGP

Typhon – 750,000 MGP

Fenrir – 1,000,000 MGP

Sabotender Emperador – 2,000,000 MGP

PvP

Final Fantasy XIV isn't exactly known as a PvP-focused title. However, fighting against other players can net you a few worthwhile trophies. The list also includes mounts.

Aerodynamics System is a floating orb that you can receive after winning 100 Fields of Glory matches. There's also a more prestigious variant called Logistics System. It requires 200 won Frontline matches with a single Grand Company. Meanwhile, a similar Safeguard System requires only 100 Frontline wins.

Gloria-Class Airship is a small flying vehicle that can be earned by winning 200 Feast games.

Magitek Avenger is a robot mount that's awarded for 100 won Rival Wings matches. A similar Magitek Avenger A-1 can be obtained for 100 Hidden Gorge victories.

Magitek Sky Armor can be bought for 20,000 Wolf Marks – it's the PvP currency of FFXIV. You will slowly generate it by participating in various PvP activities.

Construct VII is a mechanical golem that you can get by winning 100 Onsal Hakair games.

Moreover, each Grand Company has a special mount that's awarded for winning 100 Frontline with it. For Maelstrom, it's the Storm Warsteed. Twin Adder has the Serpent Warsteed. Winning with Immortal Flame will grant you the Flame Warsteed.   

Main Story Quests

We have already covered the Company Chocobo, which is the first mount that you're going to get in Final Fantasy XIV. That being said, it's not the only one that's awarded to the players for their Main Story progress.

Magitek Armor is one of the rewards for The Ultimate Weapon. It's a level 50 quest that's the last part of the Seventh Umbral Era chapter of the game.

Black Chocobo can be acquired by completing another level 50 quest – Divine Intervention. It takes relatively early in the Heavensward Mains Scenario story. The same campaign will later grant you the Manacutter for a quest called Into the Aery and a dragon called Midgarsomr for the Fetters of Lament quest.

Finally, the Stormblood Main Scenario level 65 quest called In the Footsteps of Bardam the Brave will provide you with a bird mount - Yol.

Dungeon and Raid Drops

There also are many mounts that you can receive for completing raids and a single dungeon.

Magitek Predator is a rare drop from Zenos yae Galvus – the final boss in the Ala Mhigo dungeon. The chance to get this mount is relatively low, so you will likely need multiple successful runs in order to get it.

The Raids are significantly harder to complete, but they provide guaranteed mount drops as long as the encounter is being played on the Savage level. The most recent raids are also limited to 1 guaranteed drop per week. Remember - it's determined by the number of players in your party who have already completed the raid this week, not by your personal status. The "outdated" raids can be run multiple times and still provide all the loot.  

Alexander, The Burden of the Father, rewards the players with a Gobwalker.

Alexander, The Soul of the Creator, grants the Arrhidaeus mount.

Beating the Alphascape V4.0 raid gives the players a mechanical walker mount called Model O.   

Deltascape V4.0 provides the players who completed the raid with a serpent mount called Alte Roite.

The loot in Sigmascape V4.0 includes an airship mount named Air Force.

Eden's Gate Sepulture rewards the players with a four-seater airship mount called Skyslipper.

Eden's Verse: Refulgence provides a centaur mount Ramuh as a guaranteed drop.

Trial Mounts

Trials are another type of content that can provide you with some mounts. They're much easier than Raids, but the drops are not guaranteed. In some cases, you can help your luck by collecting special Totems and exchanging a 100 of them to get a guaranteed mount. If you're lucky, you'll get the drop much faster than you'd be able to gather enough Totems, but it's good to have it as a plan B. In order to get the mounts, you'll have to complete trials on the Extreme difficulty level. All of the mounts can only drop from the final encounter of each trial.

There are six horse mounts that you can get from trials - Xanthos for Howling Eye, Gullfaxi for The Navel, Aithon in The Bowl of Embers, Enbarr for The Whorleater, Merkab The Striking Tree and, Boreas in the Akh Afa Amphitheatre. When you collect them all, you'll be able to complete A Legend for a Legend quest that will grant you another mount – Kirin. There's also a dark unicorn mount called Nightmare that can drop in Howling Eye, Navel, and Bowl of Embers.

Then, there are the bird mounts. White Lanner drops in The Limitless Blue. Rose Lanner can be received for completing the Thok ast Thok trial. Round Lanner is a potential reward for finishing The Minstrel's Ballad: Thordan's Reign and Dark Lanner can be acquired for beating Minstrel's Ballad: Nidhogg's Rage. Containment Bay S1T7 is a trial that can provide the players with a Warring Lanner, Containment Bay P1T6 drops Sophic Lanner, and Containment Bay Z1T9 has Demonic Lanner as potential loot. Collecting all these lanners enables you to complete a quest called Fiery Wings, Fiery Hearts that provides you with a phoenix mount called Firebird. It's one of the most prestigious mounts that are still obtainable in Final Fantasy XIV.

Moreover, players can get multiple wolf mounts. The first one is called Blissful Kamuy, and it's available in Emanation. Reveling Kamuy can be acquired in The Pool of Tribute. You can get Legendary Kamuy for completing Minstrel's Ballad: Shinryu's Domain and Lunar Kamuy for Minstrel's Ballad: Tsukuyomi's Pain. Auspicious Kamuy is a possible reward in The Jade Stoa. A trial called Hell's Kier can provide you with Euphonious Kamuy, while The Wreath of Snakes may grant you Hallowed Kamuy. Getting all these wolves makes you eligible for the Lone Wolf No More quest to reward you with the incredible Kamuy of Nine Tails.

Furthermore, Rathalos is a possible reward for The Great Hunt. Fae Gwiber is available in The Dancing Plague, and Innocent Gwiber is a random drop in The Crown of the Immaculate. Ruby Gwiber can be found in Cinder Drift, and Shadow Gwiber can be obtained as loot in The Minstrel's Ballad: Hades's Elegy.

These were the most interesting methods of acquiring some of the best mounts in the entire game. You can also get other ones in Hunts, FATEs, Beast Tribe quests, real money purchases in the game store, and multiple other ways!  

Summary

We hope that our guide helps you with getting some of your favorite FFXIV Mounts! The game has a lot of them, so you have tons of options to choose from - some of them may require multiple days of grinding or playing through some high difficulty instances to be acquired. Make sure to let us know in the comments which FFXIV mount is your favorite!

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is a popular MMORPG developed and published by Square Enix. Since its initial release, the game has received three major expansion packs: Heavensward, Stormblood, and Shadowbringers. If you're interested in more free content about FFXIV, make sure to search around our website and check out the posted guides!

FAQ

How do I make my mount fly in FFXIV?

In order to fly, you have to attune to Aether Currents. It can only be done in zones that support that, and you have to unlock this feature for each area.

Can you buy mounts in FFXIV?

Some mounts are tradeable, so you can buy them from other players. There are a few mounts that you can buy from the game shop for real money. The ones that can be purchased for Gil from vendor NPCs are locked behind the Beast Tribe quests. Moreover, the selection is really limited this way.

How do I get the Little Chocobo quest?

You can get it after completing the level 20 Main Story Quest called A Hero in the Making. After that, you'll be able to receive the quest from your Grand Company NPC. This character will give you the quest, then you have to come back to your GC building after collecting 200 Company Seals.