Mounting Made Easy
 Mounting Made Easy | |
|---|---|
| Start | Namha Moonwater |
| End | Namha Moonwater |
| Level | 45 (Requires 45) |
| Category | Leatherworking |
| Experience | 16,450 |
| Rewards |
 [Recipe: Elderhorn Riding Harness]19  40 |
| Previous |
  [45] Fel Tanning |
Mounting Made Easy requires level 100 in Legion Leatherworking.
Objectives
Capture the Great Northern Elderhorn.
- Mount Up and Capture the Great Northern Elderhorn
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.
Rewards
|
[Recipe: Elderhorn Riding Harness] |
- 16,450 XP
Progress
Good luck, <name>.
Completion
Now that's a beast worth riding. Here's the pattern for that harness, if you want one for yourself.
Notes
The quest requires the player, while on their mount, to 'lasso' the Great Northern Elderhorn and follow it closely enough to prevent the rope from breaking. It will run wild across most of the zone in an attempt to get away. The path it takes is static. This is very similar to the taming quests from the WoD garrison Stables, but much, much longer.
This quest is considered very difficult and usually quite frustrating for someone who does not look up how to do it first, at least a video showing how the moose moves and how to keep within range. There are many false leads that it will perform; once you think you know how it will move in a certain situation, it will then start to act completely contrary to that. It would be extremely unusual, if not impossible, to have to try again only two or three times.
There are at least three 'checkpoints' that the moose will pass through. These are not markers to note your progress, but rather "save points" for when you invariably screw up. If you reach the first checkpoint at the edge of the waterfall, you will not have to return to the original spot to grab the moose. Just go towards the quest marker on your map, and once you get close enough the moose will phase in for you.
There are at least two universal recommendations:
- Make a
[Stonehide Leather Barding] for yourself as you will be dragged through many hostile mobs. - Get the mats for one instance of
[Fighter Chow], cook it up and eat one before going past Vadrak to enter Storm's Reach to get to the Great Northern Elderhorn. This is a full PvP area on a schedule; speak with Vadrak to find out if it is active or not. Should you decide to enter while PvP is active, you should make a beeline for the moose to immediately lasso it. Do not dawdle, as someone could decide to target you. If you die, you'll lose any buff that doesn't persist beyond death.
- In Storm's Reach, the mechanic of this full PvP area is to subdue one of the wild animals and use it as a PvP mount. (This is NOT the mount you will use: you are using one of your own mounts.) In particular is the ability to charge others and send them flying, ideally off the cliff that makes up most of the area, to their death. The Great Northern Elderhorn just happens to be at the edge of the cliff.
One other thing you can do is to have at least a Level 2 Forge in your garrison for the Song of the Anvil buff, as there are many long drops that must be performed. This is also why you will need Fighter Chow.
Progression
- [10-45] Skin Deep
- [10-45] Over Your Head
- Complete all:
- [10-45] Leather Lady
- [10-45] Stormheim Savagery & [10-45] Vestment Opportunity
- [10-45] Mail Men
- [10-45] Black Rook Bandit & [10-45] Too Good To Pass Up
- [10-45] From Head to Toe
- Complete all
- [10-45] Tauren Tanning
- [10-45] Drogbar Durability & [10-45] Shoulder the Burden
- [10-45] Links in the Chain
- [10-45] Naga Know-How & [10-45] Best Served Cold
- [10-45] Adventuring Anxieties
- [10-45] The Necessary Materials
- [10-45] Dazed of the Past
- Complete all of:
- [10-45] Hardening the Hide (optional)
- [10-45] Claw of the Land & [10-45] Stamped Stories
- [10-45] Getting the Kinks Out (optional)
- [10-45] A Daring Rescue -> [10-45] Testing the Metal
- [10-45] Reclaimed Cargo
[10-45] Battle Bonds
- [10-45] Playthings
- [10-45] Rats! & [10-45] Leather Legwork
- Complete all:
- [10-45] The Final Lessons
- [10-45] Respect for the Past, [10-45] Evolution of the Past & [10-45] Strength of the Past
- [10-45] Well Spent Time
- [10-45] A Debt Paid
- [10-45] Scales of the Earth, [10-45D] Eye of Azshara: Scales of the Sea & [10-45] Scales of the Arcane
- [10-45] Time Well Spent
- [45] Demon Flesh
- [45] Hounds Abound, [45] Wrong End of the Knife
- [45] Fel Tanning
- [45] Mounting Made Easy
Patch changes
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Added.