fastest speed in the game!

[nerdywow]

Please note that this is not my guide, i am sharing it though because i found it interesting and im sure other people will too. It just shows the different speeds you can go at and the fastest you can go in the game. Feel free to flame

The spurs DO NOT add 6% as many people have stated.

Those people failed math class.
Mithril Spurs add 4%.

If you can convert numbers to percents, there's a hope you will understand the following:

• Your base run speed is 1 or 100%.
• Your mount adds a 60% increase or multiplies your speed by 160% (which is 1.6).
• 1 * 1.6 = 1.6 or 160%. So your mounted speed is 160% of your run speed.

Adding only Mithril Spurs as a speed enhancement, Titan MonkeySpeed reports my mounted speed as 166.4%. (Which does not mean the spurs added 6.4% or about 6%. That's stupid. Why would Blizzard bother with the .4%? Follow along.)

• 166.4% is 1.664 and my previous mounted speed was 160% or 1.6.
• To calculate my speed % increase: 1.664/1.6 = (exactly) 1.04 or 104%. Subtract the 100% to get the increase amount and you have 4%.

(Thottbot confirms this: Thottbot World of Warcraft: Mithril Spurs)

Extra Credit:
Suppose you used the Carrot on a Stick instead of Mithril Spurs.
The carrot states (hmm, duh) that it will give you a 3% speed increase.
(Thottbot confirms this as well: Thottbot World of Warcraft: Mount Speed)

• 3% increase means multiply by 103% or 1.03.
• My run speed times my mount increase times my carrot increase is:
• 1 * 1.6 * 1.03 = 1.648 or 164.8% faster than my run speed.

What if we add the Spurs and the Carrot?

• 1 * 1.6 * 1.04 * 1.03 = 1.71392 or 171.392%

According to Thottbot, the Riding Skill Enchant for Gloves increases your mounted speed by 2%: Thottbot World of Warcraft: Minor Mount Speed
And what if we add the Spurs, the Carrot, and the enchant?

• 1 * 1.6 * 1.04 * 1.03 * 1.02 = 1.7481984 or 174.81984%

Still not fast enough to catch an epic mount (100% increase).

• The increase means it's added to the original 100%, so 100% + 100% = 200% or 2.
• Take our original run speed (100% or 1) and multiply by our epic mount modifier (2):
• 1 * 2 = 2 or 200%

UPDATE: The Winged Mounts come in two types, just like the original mounts: regular and swift. The regular Winged Mount is as fast as the regular Mount BOTH on the ground and in the air. The Swift Winged Mount is as fast as the Epic Mount on the ground, but gives a 280% speed increase (multiply by 3. in the air.

RideGround Speed Air SpeedMount60%
Epic Mount100%
Winged Mount60%60%Swift Winged Mount 100%280%
The Riding Crop gives you a NON-STACKING speed increase of 10% (multiply by 1.1). Since the chant, carrot, and spurs only combine to give an increase of:

• 1.04 * 1.03 * 1.02 = 1.092624 (9.2624% increase)

the Riding Crop is faster and either frees up 2 slots in your inventory as djl1080 stated below, or allows you to now place a different chant on your gloves and boots if you're too lazy to carry a 2nd pair. (What are you guys looking at me like that for?)

Thirdly, the Animal Handler talent is a Hunter talent, that for mounted purposes, is just like the Pursuit of Justice talent for Paladins. (Yes, the POJ talent also increases running speed. The AH talent only increases mounted speed, but also gives the hunter's pet a 2% or 4% increase to hit chance.)

In summary:

Modifier% increase multiplier
Running0% 1
Mount60% 1.6
Epic Mount100% 2
Winged Mount60% 1.6
Swift Winged Mount280% 3.8
Riding Skill Enchant2% 1.02
Carrot on a Stick3% 1.03
Mithril Spurs4% 1.04
Pursuit of Justice (PoJ) 1 4% 1.04
Animal Handler (AH) 14% 1.04
PoJ 28% 1.08
AH 28% 1.08
Riding Crop10% 1.1


(Note: Pursuit of Justice is a Paladin talent, and Animal Handler is a Hunter talent. They do not stack with the other modifiers.)

Since the only aspect of the flying mounts that is numerically different from the grounded mounts is the flying speed of the Swift Winged Mount (and besides, that's the one we all really care about), that is the aspect I refer to below.

Modifier Raw speed
Running 100%
Mount (M) 160%
M + Riding Skill (R) 163.2%
M + Carrot (C) 164.8%
M + Spurs (S) 166.4%
M + PoJ/AH 1 166.4%
M + C + R 168.096%
M + S + R 169.728%
M + S + C 171.392%
M + PoJ/AH 2 172.8%
M + S + C + R 174.81984%
M + Riding Crop (RC) 176%
Epic Mount (EM) 200%
EM + R 204%
EM + C 206%
EM + S 208%
EM + PoJ/AH 1 208%
EM + C + R 210.12%
EM + S + R 212.16%
EM + S + C 214.24%
EM + PoJ/AH 2 216%
EM + S + C + R 218.5248%
EM + RC 220%
Swift Winged Mount (SWM) 380%
SWM + R 387.6%
SWM + C 391.4%
SWM + S 395.2%
SWM + PoJ/AH 1 395.2%
SWM + C + R 399.228%
SWM + S + R 403.104%
SWM + S + C 407.056%
SWM + PoJ/AH 2 410.4%
SWM + S + C + R 415.19712%
SWM + RC 418%

So a Paladin/Hunter with Pursuit of Justice/Animal Handler 1 (compared to someone with the same mount speed) is at least as fast as somone with any single modifier, but any 2 modifiers are better than PoJ/AH 1.

A Paladin/Hunter with PoJ/AH 2 (compared to someone with the same mount speed) is faster than someone with any two modifiers, but all 3 modifiers are better than PoJ/AH 2.

I've ignored the speed modifiers for running. If you know any additional Mount speed modifiers, please reply below.

Nerdywow!

[Democides]

380%?? isnt it 280% for epic flying and 310% for swift epic?

[ChrisC]

280% increase, so you move at 380%

[Democides]

oh, so what about the 310% mount?

[Phygar]

What 310% mount? It's 280%.

[brikaschak]

What 310% mount? It's 280%.

There are currently two different 310% mounts. The one obtainable via PvE is the Ashes of A'lar (A phoenix). The other is obtainable via PvP, given only to the very best of teams in arena. (Swift (Armored) Nether Drake)

[kBlaster]

The arena netherdrakes are 310%, also there is an item (Skybreaker Whip) which is a copy of Riding crop, only this one stacks. So I ask you... how fast could my paladin go with PoJ, the Whip in my bank, and my arena netherdrake?

[Shatterfist]

The arena netherdrakes are 310%, also there is an item (Skybreaker Whip) which is a copy of Riding crop, only this one stacks. So I ask you... how fast could my paladin go with PoJ, the Whip in my bank, and my arena netherdrake?

Just as fast as you go with Crusader's Aura without any of those items.

Skybreaker whip does not stack with anything else. Neither does the riding crop.

Check out WoW site, under Transportation >> Flying Mounts.

[nerdywow]

If you were a pally, had the 310% flying mount and all the items did stack (riding crop, that whip trinket that was mentioned, the hand enchant and the spurs) you would be moving at 673.6164864% speed... thats just.... insane lol

Nerdywow!

[Ferriz]

If you were a pally you could use the 20% mount speed aura... just saying.

[Poopzoor]

wall of meaningless numbers and text crits me 1000k XD

[barnaby08]

Hunter have inc speed inc too so grp with a pally as a hunter

[Kazzin100]

Nice guide, you put alot of effort in, +rep

[Enfeebleness]

Nice guide, you put alot of effort in, +rep

Please note that this is not my guide, i am sharing it though because i found it interesting and im sure other people will too. It just shows the different speeds you can go at and the fastest you can go in the game. Feel free to flame

It was so interesting i skipped the first few paragraphs.