TheWoWDBObjective of this quest is to capture [npc=105337]. It's not an easy quest, the reward is Great Northern Elderhorn after all. You'll put [npc=105337] on a leash from which he'll try to break out running around Stormheim, he'll jump down cliffs, try to fool you, run into packs of wildlife and Vrykuls so you have to be prepared! You have to be mounted to do this quest, if you dismount you'll lose the leash. If your leash breaks you don't start from the beginning there are check points that save your progress.
Before you start this quest you need to have these two things:
1. [item=133577] - buy it on AH or make it yourself, recipe [item=133828] is a reward for Morale Booster quest in Azsuna. You need this food because there will be an area with the waterfall where [npc=105337] will jump down and you'll take fall damage. You can make it without food but it'll be much harder.
2. Stonehide Leather Barding - buy or craft, the recipe [item=137952] is a reward for doing [skill=165] quest Dazed of the Past. As i said he'll run into packs of wildlife so the mobs will daze you if you don't have Stonehide Leather Barding. You can do it without barding but it'll take you few attempts because you'll have to kill mobs and make an attempt before they respawn.I've made a video of this quest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAqvQM_Nukk so you can watch it if you don't like to read a lot of text.
So let's break it down, Elderhorn is at 62.5, 23.8 Storm's Peak. Easy run, just follow him, no traps in this area, he'll run from Strom's Peak to Nastrondir.
First trap is in Nastrondir 43.0, 37.0 he'll jump between two narrow rocks, don't jump after him just run around it.
Then follow him to the next hard area - the waterfalls 31.6, 46.5. Here you'll have to jump down in a way that don't break the leash, Elderhorn will jump down 4 times. His first and second jump you have to jump with him facing the mountain to avoid jumping too far. Third jump - don't stagger and jump with him. On his fourth jump he'll do a high leap so don't follow him right away, jump when he starts to fall down. I did it with [item=133577], without it you'll have to jump from higher rock to lower or you'll die from fall damage.
Shortly after the waterfall at 39.7, 47.3 he'll start to jump on rocks, you don't have to follow him just stick to the road.
When you reach the bridge at 42.8, 58.6 you have to run on the bridge, he'll try to fool you by running close to the bridge and then jumping on it.
After the bridge he'll run into packs of wildlife, so if you have Stonehide Leather Barding you're safe, if you don't then after they daze you just clear the packs and try again before they respawn.
Next tricky area starts from Cullen's Post he'll do a series of jumps down the mountain to the river, jump after him. When you reach the path up the mountain at 47.3, 61.2 he'll try to fool you and run around it but then he'll jump on the rock breaking the leash so you have to go up the mountain. When you're near the top you have to take the right side at 48.3, 59.5 near the fire torch. Because he'll jump again and break the leash if you don't take the right side to climb.
Next he'll follow into Amberfall Mesa where he'll try to lose you in the trees at 52.6, 57.2, position your camera in a way that you don't lose him in the trees. At 51.0, 51.1 he'll run into a bull so again if you don't have Stonehide Leather Barding, you may break the leash.
When you reach the path down to Hellmouth Shallows he'll make 2 jumps down at 52.7, 49.5. He will not wait so don't stagger and jump straight with him.
In Hellmouth Shallows don't run into mist clouds they'll slow you down.
The end of the path is at 55.4, 46.7. He'll jump on the big rock, you can't jump there so don't panic just jump on the smaller one and stand there.For TomTom users, important points in this quest:
/way Stormheim 62.5, 23.8 Start (Mounting Made Easy).
/way Stormheim 43.0, 37.0 Trap, he'll jump between two rocks, run around (Mounting Made Easy).
/way Stormheim 31.6, 46.5 Waterfalls, series of jumps (Mounting Made Easy).
/way Stormheim 39.7, 47.3 Stick to the road don't jump after him (Mounting Made Easy).
/way Stormheim 42.8, 58.6 Run on the bridge (Mounting Made Easy).
/way Stormheim 47.3, 61.2 Trap, run up the mountain (Mounting Made Easy).
/way Stormheim 48.3, 59.5 Take the right path (Mounting Made Easy).
/way Stormheim 52.6, 57.2 He'll try to lose you in trees (Mounting Made Easy).
/way Stormheim 52.7, 49.5 Two jumps without waiting, don't hesitate (Mounting Made Easy).
/way Stormheim 55.4, 46.7 The end (Mounting Made Easy).After completing the quest you'll get [spell=195314] -> Elderhorn Riding Harness.
Video of the mount: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDJuyq6VCZs
Reagents you need to craft the mount:
Stonehide Leather 50
[item=124124] 25
Felhide 10Here is my main Leatherworking post: [spell=201705].
You can find more info about the profession there.Mounting Made Easy quest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAqvQM_Nukk
Nastrondir Part https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozGXQ5i_G5c
Waterfall Part https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aREpcl2n1wE
Hrydshal Part https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75To300k3OM
Cullen's Post Part https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNgZlTxaxEs
Helmouth Shallows Part https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oy00LGbROU
Full quest chain under the spoiler.
You can see how far you are in the storyline.Spoiler
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Quest
Mounting Made Easy
Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.
Quest designer 1: I'm making a 15 minute escort quest with a really intolerant leash range where the escort target actively tries to make you fail.
Quest designer 2: Hey while you're at it you could use it as a showcase for the game's most popular and well developed mechanics.
Quest designer 1: Like unwanted aggro, dazing, damage dismounting and terrain collision?
Quest designer 2: And throw some unavoidable fall damage in too, why the @#$% not.
Quest designer 1: Another triumph!
i have never died so much to what is nothing more then an escort quest....really blizzard why do you hate leatherworkers
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
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Description
{name}, I'm glad you're here. I confess: I've been working on a secret project behind your back. Behold: the Stonehide Leather Harness! Now, we simply need to find a mount worthy of such a piece of art. The vrykul sing songs of a snow-white elderhorn with endless stamina. Find it, place the harness on it, and tame it.
Where to go
Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.
Coordinates
- Turn-inDalaran 34.9, 29.5
/way #627 34.9 29.5 - Objective areaStormheim 37.6, 66.8
/way #634 37.6 66.8 - Objective areaStormheim 45.2, 60.4
/way #634 45.2 60.4 - Objective areaStormheim 54.0, 60.3
/way #634 54.0 60.3 - Objective areaStormheim 52.9, 46.2
/way #634 52.9 46.2 - Objective areaStormheim 31.6, 46.8
/way #634 31.6 46.8 - Objective areaStormheim 45.2, 36.7
/way #634 45.2 36.7 - Objective areaStormheim 62.5, 23.8
/way #634 62.5 23.8
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Nearby on the Dalaran map
- In One Piece about 10 yards
- Ske'rit's Leather Handbook about 10 yards
- The Core of the Stormscale about 10 yards
- Ske'rit's Scale-Skinning Suggestions about 10 yards
- The Emerald Nightmare: The Pestilential Hide of Nythendra about 10 yards
- Left Behind about 30 yards
- Lining Them Up about 30 yards
- The Final Lesson? about 30 yards
- Sew It Begins about 30 yards
- This Should Be Simple... Right? about 30 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Dalaran, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dalaran:
- Dalaran
- Western Suramar
- Shackle's Den, Azsuna
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
- Objective area
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
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Reward details
Items you receive
“Teaches you how to craft an Elderhorn Riding Harness.”
Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.
Storyline
Legion Leatherworking
Part 45 of 45.
Previous: Fel Tanning
- 34Respect for the Past
- 35A Debt Paid
- 36Scales of the Arcane
- 37Eye of Azshara: Scales of the Sea
- 38Scales of the Earth
- 39Time Well Spent
- 40Well Spent Time
- 41Demon Flesh
- 42Wrong End of the Knife
- 43Hounds Abound
- 44Fel Tanning
- 45Mounting Made Easy
Showing steps 34 to 45 of 45.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
Before this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Fel Tanning
Listen, you. I'm not sure when the crazy side of me will come out again, so let's make our time together short. You want to learn how to make armor to rival the demons? Follow my instructions and you'll have an excellent grasp on the procedures.
The storyline at a glance
Legion Leatherworking has 45 steps, from Skin Deep to Mounting Made Easy.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dalaran (19), Azsuna (11), Highmountain (10), Suramar (4).
Other storylines on the Dalaran map
- Legion Alchemy
- Legion Tailoring
- Legion Inscription
- Legion Blacksmithing
- Legion Engineering
- Legion: Infinitely Different
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.