How to get a mount?

[ElibbytheAdventurer]

What level do I need to be in game to get a mount?

[Elitewrecker PT]

Well, depends, technically you can do it from lvl 1, if you buy the riding skill and a mount with lotro points. But you'll get a quest to buy a horse at around lvl 20, but you'll still have to buy the riding skill with points.

[ElibbytheAdventurer]

I have a bloodbay steed but I'm at level 28 and the mount is level 35 so I take it i'd need to level up before it becomes useable?

[Elitewrecker PT]

You should be able to activate it.
By using it you gain the skill to summon it.

[edorward]

Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

But you'll get a quest to buy a horse at around lvl 20, but you'll still have to buy the riding skill with points.

There is a quest to get both a horse and the riding skill at level 20, but it only grants the riding skill if you are a VIP.

[ElibbytheAdventurer]

Originally posted by edorward:

Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

But you'll get a quest to buy a horse at around lvl 20, but you'll still have to buy the riding skill with points.

There is a quest to get both a horse and the riding skill at level 20, but it only grants the riding skill if you are a VIP.

oh okay, I'm not a V.I.P. So what would I do?

[edorward]

Originally posted by elibbythefab:

oh okay, I'm not a V.I.P. So what would I do?

Buy the riding skill from the store. Unfortunately it's a character-level purchase, so you'll need to make it for each of your characters. Alternatively, you could drop some coin and buy the apprentice or journeyman riding trait, which are actually on sale in the store today. They increase the speed of your mounts and there are account-wide options. I have the journeyman trait on my account, which costs something like 2400 points on sale. That's a lot, but it's about as expensive as it would be for me to buy the regular riding skill for all of my characters and mules, so it's actually a pretty good deal.

[TenThousandPineapples]

Just buy the riding skill from the store. It's only 95 points.

[ElibbytheAdventurer]

Originally posted by TenThousandPineapples:

Just buy the riding skill from the store. It's only 95 points.

Thank you for the help!