Thread: How do i get a horse of my own????

How do i get a horse??

The Turbine Store

only way, without knowing more info on your subscription. are you free to play or have you subbed?

Having your own horse or goat can really speed up your LOTRO adventuring. As soon as you finish the Introduction, you can be riding a temporary horse and working toward getting your first permanent mount. Want to know how to get your first LOTRO horse? How about setting up your UI to mount and dismount quickly? Let's saddle up and ride!
Horses for Rent!
Horses for Rent!
Rental horses are temporary mounts. All new characters get a Wrapped Horse Whistle in the level 5 Gift Pack, so you get a chance to experience LOTRO's wonderfully realistic horseback-riding animations. Once unwrapped you have use of the mount for 24 hours (tracked in real-time), so you may want to wait until you have a block of time to play. Additional temporary horses can be purchased from the LOTRO store.
Horses for Keeps!
The formula for any mount in LOTRO is Mount = Riding Skill + Mount Skill. There are some exceptions, but let's start here.

Getting the Riding Skill
Before you can own a permanent mount, you’ll need to get the Riding Skill. Anyone can purchase the Riding Skill from the LOTRO Store for 95 Turbine Points as soon as you finish the Introduction (get your map and the passive “Novice” trait).

Alternatively, VIPs can save their Turbine Points and earn the Riding Skill via a level 20 quest at Hengstacer’s Farm. No more horse deliveries to other zones about Middle-earth - the quest has been simplified to just the race portion at the horse farm!

There is one exception to the riding skill requirement. VIPs can purchase the Bree-land Starter steed from Hengstacer’s Farm for 200 silver. This horse has a mount speed of "very slow" (+33%). This means it's faster than running on foot - about the same as a hunter or warden using their class run speed buffs. You’ll probably want to replace it with a regular horse (+68% mount speed) after you complete the riding skill quest at 20.
Getting Your First Mount Skill

Once you have the Riding Skill, just add mount! You are likely to get your first mount skill in one of two ways:
Buy one from Hengstacer Farm in Bree-land with in-game coin (500 silver).
Buy one from the LOTRO Store. Some special mounts will only be offered in the store.
During the seasonal festivals, there are a few more ways to get your first mount.
Win a festival horse race (you'll need the Riding Skill to enter the race). Barter the token you win along with a “Document of Horse Ownership” (purchased from the festival horse vendor) for your new mount skill.
Earn Kindred standing with the Inn League or Ale Association and barter for a mount skill. You'll need a Document of Mount Ownership for these as well.
Win a special item, like the Aged Deed from the Haunted Burrow, that awards a mount skill. These are rare and require a healthy helping of luck to get.
Technically, you could get your first mount in a few more ways, but these are more expensive, or require a high level to get. See LOTRO Steeds for a full list of LOTRO Mounts, including info on the new reputation mounts being added in the November Update.
Using Your Mount
When you acquire a new mount, it is added to your Mounts Panel. To see the Mounts Panel, open your Character Journal (C), click the Skills tab along the top, then the Mounts tab along the bottom. You can summon your mount by right-clicking it in this list, or you can drag the icon onto one of your hotbars and using it like any other skill.

Another approach is to set a key mapping for "Dismount / Remount" (Options > Key Mapping | Misc). Then summon whichever mount strikes your fancy directly from your Mounts tab and use your new key mapping to dismount and remount.

You can buy a horse at Hengstacer Farms which is north of Bree. The cost is 200 silver (i think) for the starter horse or 500 silver (i think again) for the other horses. You also have to buy a Certificate of Mount Ownership, also from an NPC at Hengstacer Farms (don't remember the price....... also 200 silver?) AND you need to either buy the Riding Skill from the Turbine Store using your turbine points (i think around 95 points) OR if you wait until level 20 there is a quest at Hengstacer Farms that will get you the skill.

This is all from memory, so I might be slightly off on all of the costs


EDIT: better, more detailed post above......... my account is VIP so don't rely on what I wrote unless you are VIP

Yes yes, i would wholeheartedly recommend the turbine store for all your horse needs. They come in all colors, get yourself a real flashy one so you can set yourself apart from the rest. Those horse blankets come in real handy for all those wonderfull impromptu picnic's your going to be enjoying in this game, specially if your a hobbit.

When you get to Hengstacer farm, pay no attention to the sad, impoverished queue of adventurers like yourself, feeding, watering and bedding down Eogar's horses. Not all of us make it to fame and fortune in this game, I'm afraid

I'm hoping my own indentured servitude will start to lift on Saturday.

Originally Posted by SapienChavez

The Turbine Store

only way, without knowing more info on your subscription. are you free to play or have you subbed?

Actually the riding skill has to be bought in the store (except for level 20+ VIP's can do a quest), horses can be bought in game by all account tiers. 500s for your first regular horse and 200s for each one after that (like festival horses).

You can also get a horse (250/68%) for all of your characters - past, present, and future - by spending $15 on the steam download which includes a nice mount. Then all you need is the riding skill - 95 TP in the store for any level or the level 20 quest at the farm if you are VIP.

Horse/Goat tiers:

• The Bree starter horse is the cheapest and slowest (100/32%) but still much faster than running, even faster then the Hunter and Warden skills.
• The normal mounts obtained from festivals, the Farm, and for rent from the store (a large variety ranging from 24 hours up to 30 days) are all 200/62%.
• The highest tier are the 250/68% available in the store, from rep, and special festival quests.

You know, you get an in game letter that starts a level 5 quest that tells you all you need to know on how to obtain a horse in game (minus the lotro store method of course). If peeps would actually read these quests we'd see less of these posts on the forums.

Just saying

Originally Posted by Unique

Actually the riding skill has to be bought in the store (except for level 20+ VIP's can do a quest), horses can be bought in game by all account tiers. 500s for your first regular horse and 200s for each one after that (like festival horses).

true that! you are absolutley correct...

however, i do know how to read between the lines



actually, im usually VERY literal... im suprised i didnt respond, "buy one." so hey, at least theres some progress

Originally Posted by Grieyls

You know, you get an in game letter that starts a level 5 quest that tells you all you need to know on how to obtain a horse in game (minus the lotro store method of course). If peeps would actually read these quests we'd see less of these posts on the forums.

Just saying

Ahhh yes, it's that lovely time of year when the new players are in blossom, everywhere. They have sooo many questions, and are sooo lost. Lot's of good info here, after all, that's what we are here for, to be helpful, right?

Originally Posted by OnyxSoulbane

Ahhh yes, it's that lovely time of year when the new players are in blossom, everywhere. They have sooo many questions, and are sooo lost. Lot's of good info here, after all, that's what we are here for, to be helpful, right?

And yet, the information provided in game is good and the information given here is conflicting.

There is nothing wrong with answering questions here or in game, but teaching people to use the resources provided in game (such as checking the mail) leads to less confusion. The note you get in the mail not just tells you the details but also gives you a quest that leads you directly to the farm.

I've only been in playing for a couple weeks now and already have ended up fielding questions on this subject in game a few times.

Or... you could get kindred rep with some group and buy one for 5gold pcs and some change. I personally wouldn't go the store route... they are out of this world expensive $20-$30 each one. 1995-2995 TPs. good luck!

Old man impersonation...

"And don't complain. In my day you had to be level 35 to get a horse, and the horse would cost you 4.2 gold, which at the time was a large amount of money, hard to get by level 35, and there were more quests to get your riding skill, including riding all the way from the farms to Michel Delving and to Esteldin...but we were happy folk..."

Originally Posted by Adder

You can also get a horse (250/68%) for all of your characters - past, present, and future - by spending $15 on the steam download which includes a nice mount. Then all you need is the riding skill - 95 TP in the store for any level or the level 20 quest at the farm if you are VIP.

Horse/Goat tiers:

• The Bree starter horse is the cheapest and slowest (100/32%) but still much faster than running, even faster then the Hunter and Warden skills.
• The normal mounts obtained from festivals, the Farm, and for rent from the store (a large variety ranging from 24 hours up to 30 days) are all 200/62%.
• The highest tier are the 250/68% available in the store, from rep, and special festival quests.

I believe the Steam Starter Pack has returned to it's regular price of $30.00

Originally Posted by commodore1

Or... you could get kindred rep with some group and buy one for 5gold pcs and some change. I personally wouldn't go the store route... they are out of this world expensive $20-$30 each one. 1995-2995 TPs. good luck!

They are currently 500 silver for the cheapest, no faction required. (Actually a VIP can get one for as little as 200, but it is a 'starter horse' and it is much better to wait til you have the 500sp).

Originally Posted by Alex53

Old man impersonation...

"And don't complain. In my day you had to be level 35 to get a horse, and the horse would cost you 4.2 gold, which at the time was a large amount of money, hard to get by level 35, and there were more quests to get your riding skill, including riding all the way from the farms to Michel Delving and to Esteldin...but we were happy folk..."

Was this back when we used to eat gravel 'cause the elves wouldn't give us waybread? Sigh - I miss the old days.