Travel Form

Travel Form
	Travel Form; Level 30 druid ability; 13% of base mana; Instant; Shapeshift into travel form, increasing movement speed by 40%. Also protects the caster from Polymorph effects. Only useable outdoors.; ; The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.;
Properties
Class	Druid
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	30
Related buff
	; Travel Form ; Immune to Polymorph effects. Movement speed increased by 40%. ;

Travel Form
	Travel Form; Level 30 druid ability; 20% of base mana; Instant; Transforms the druid into a travel form, increasing movement speed by 40%. Also protects the caster from Polymorph effects. Only useable outdoors.; ; The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.;
Properties
Class	Druid
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	30
Related buff
	; Travel Form ; Immune to Polymorph effects. Movement speed increased by 40%. ;

Travel Form
	Travel Form; Level 10 druid ability; Instant; Shapeshift into a travel form appropriate to your current location, increasing movement speed on land, in water, or in the air, and granting protection from Polymorph effects.; ; The act of shapeshifting frees you from movement impairing effects.; Rank 2: You gain an additional 60% movement speed while in the land version of Travel Form. This movement speed bonus will not be granted if Travel Form is activated while in combat.; ; This effect is disabled in battlegrounds and arenas.;
Properties
Class	Druid
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	10
Rank levels	20 (rank 2)
Improvements	[Malorne's Swiftness], [Tireless Pursuit]
Glyphs	[Glyph of the Swift Chameleon]
Related buff
	; Travel Form ; Immune to Polymorph effects. Movement speed increased. ;

When it's time to run, four feet are better than two.^[1]

Travel Form is a druid shapeshifting spell available at level 10, or learned from [1-10] A Druid's Form. It allows the druid to move faster depending on the environment.

At level 17, [Aquatic Form] is learned, allowing Travel Form to be used underwater with the benefits of increased swim speed and underwater breathing. Rank 2 is learned at level 20, causing Travel Form to gain an additional 60% movement speed while in the land version, effectively making it an epic ground mount. This movement speed bonus will not be granted if Travel Form is activated while in combat. At level 30, [Flight Form] is learned, allowing Travel Form to fly after training Expert Riding.

Notes

This form can only be used outdoors.
This form changes the druid into a stag if in land-restricted areas, a very fast bird in flying-enabled areas, and a seal in the water (which is immensely useful in Vashj'ir).
You cannot use abilities in this form. You are also considered a Beast, so spells that target Beasts can be used on you ( [Hibernate], for instance).
Your caster form will start regaining mana 5 seconds after you change to Travel Form.
Travel Form has three specific advantages over a mount:
1. Unlike a mount, which players cannot use while in combat, a druid is able to shift into travel form while fighting either a mob or another player if they choose to.
2. Travel Form is instantly cast, making it even better for those sticky situations. With Travel Form, druids are able to escape from nearly any fight or simply put distance between themselves and their attackers practically whenever they wish.
3. As with any form, you may harvest herbs through herbalism, and skin dead beasts through skinning. This makes it an excellent way to achieve the fastest results with a gathering profession.
The ground based travel form increases your speed by 100% when activated out of combat, and 40% when in combat or when in an arena or battleground. Previously it always increased speed by just 40%. Which speed you get depends on your combat status when you shapeshift.

Tips and tactics

This form is instant cast, so it can be used to beat a strategic retreat if a fight is going badly. However when used in combat you'll be considered land-restricted, even in flying-enabled zones, and so must wait until you're out of combat to use the flying form.
The travel form does not stack with speed enchants or speed gems, with the exception of the level 60 and 70 Feral PvP 4 piece set bonus.
When combined with [Darkflight], Worgen Druids are able to go nearly as fast as a Journeyman Mount.

Improvements

[Tome of the Wilds: Mount Form]

Speculation

This article or section includes speculation, observations or opinions possibly supported by lore or by Blizzard officials. It should not be taken as representing official lore.

It was widely speculated that a stag model was intended to be implemented from day one but changed before release, explaining the odd hoof-shaped icon, and the fact that while the other forms had unique skins, this form looked identical to cheetahs in the game.

Gallery

Zandalari troll's travel forms.
Kul Tiran's travel forms.

Travel Form on the ground

Travel Form before patch 5.0.4
Travel Form for night elves and worgen races
Travel Form for tauren and troll races
Highmountain tauren Travel Form.
Zandalari troll Travel Form.
Kul Tiran Travel Form.
Travel Form with Glyph of the Doe
Travel Form with Glyph of the Cheetah
Travel Form with Mark of the Auric Dreamstag
Travel Form with Mark of the Auroral Dreamtalon

[Masquerade] ability usable in Suramar City also changes Travel Form to look like a [Arcanist's Manasaber].

Travel Form in water

Old model of [Aquatic Form]
Current model (base model excluding for Zandalari troll and Kul Tiran human druids).
Kul Tiran human's aquatic form.
Zandalari troll's aquatic form.
Travel Form with Glyph of the Orca
Travel Form with Glyph of the Dolphin
Travel Form with Glyph of the Tideskipper

Travel Form in the air

Night elf, formerly [Swift Flight Form]
Tauren, formerly [Swift Flight Form]
Worgen, formerly [Swift Flight Form]
Troll, formerly [Swift Flight Form]
Highmountain tauren
Zandalari troll
Kul Tiran
Tauren and night elf with Glyph of the Humble Flyer, formerly regular [Flight Form]
Troll with Glyph of the Humble Flyer, formerly regular [Flight Form]
Zandalari troll with Glyph of the Humble Flyer
Kul Tiran with Glyph of the Humble Flyer
Glyph of the Sentinel (troll coloration, the form color depends on race)
Archdruid's Lunarwing Form (troll coloration, the form color depends on race)
Travel Form with Mark of the Slumbering Somnowl

Art

Travel Form in TCG.
Flight Form in TCG.
Tauren druid in TCG.
Night elf druid in TCG.
Thalyss Greyoak in Traveler shapeshifted as a stag.

Patch changes

Patch 10.2.0 (2023-11-07): New customizations added: Gladeheart and Dreamtalons.
Patch 9.2.0 (2022-02-22): Cheetah Travel Form has now been updated to a new and higher resolution model.
Hotfix (2021-11-09): Fixed an issue where Flight Form would unexpectedly change to ground Travel Form upon logging into a Shadowlands zone.
Patch 9.1.5 (2021-11-02): New customization options added for Travel Form.
Hotfix (2021-09-23): Fixed an issue preventing Druids in Flight Form from using [Skyguard Bombs] during the " [20-30] Bombing Run" quest and using [Skyguard Blasting Charges] during the " [15-30 Daily] Fires over Skettis" quest.
Hotfix (2020-11-23): Fixed an issue where characters would occasionally be shifted out of Travel Form when logging in after being disconnected or force quitting the game.
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13):
- Travel Form's ground forms are no longer mountable. The Stag Form ability has been renamed to [Mount Form], and ground forms are mountable when using this ability. Option for druids to choose the appearance of their shapeshifting forms are in Barber Shops. The Lunarwing appearance is mountable when selected as the Flight Form appearance at the Barber Shop.
- Now learned at level 10, or from [1-10] A Druid's Form (was level 18). Rank 2 now learned at level 20 (was 38).
- No longer automatically teaches Expert Riding.
Patch 7.2.0 (2017-03-28): Broken Isles Pathfinder mount speed bonuses now apply to Travel Form.
Hotfix (2017-01-11): Fixed a bug where Travel Form was not granting its full intended movement speed.
Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25):
- Now learned at level 18 (was 16).
- Rank 2 added at level 38: Land speed increased when used out of combat. This effect is disabled in battlegrounds and arenas.
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): No longer costs mana. [Aquatic Form], [Flight Form] and [Swift Flight Form] have been merged into Travel Form, which changes depending on location.
- Night elf and tauren models for Flight Form have been updated.
- Stag Form taught by Tome of the Wilds: Stag Form.
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Travel Form now automatically transitions between Aquatic, Land, and Flight forms depending on the Druid's location.
- [Glyph of the Stag] now teaches the Druid a separate shapeshift ability, Stag Form. Stag Form allows the Druid to act as a mount for party members and will not switch between different Travel Forms.
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Travel Form now uses a stag model rather than cheetah.
The cheetah appearance can be regained with [Glyph of the Cheetah].
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now costs 8% of base mana, down from 13%.
Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Can now be learned at level 16 (was 30).
Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12):
- Shapeshifting will now counteract the slowing effects of frost-based spells (Frostbolt, Frost Shock, Cone of Cold, etc.).
- Druid shapeshift form buttons are no longer dimmed while under the effects of Polymorph.
Patch 1.4.0 (2005-04-19): Shapeshifting into an animal form will now remove Polymorph effects.
Patch 0.12 (2004-10-11):
- Shapeshifting now breaks roots, snares, and freeze effects.
- Shapeshift forms now include an immunity to polymorph effects.
- Travel Form is now only usable outdoors.
Patch 0.9 (2004-08-17):
- Now considered a beast in Travel Form.
- Shapeshifting will no longer cancel all buffs on the Druid.
- Shapeshifting cooldown reduced from 10 to 1.5 seconds.
- Druids now regenerate mana while in shape shift form.
- Travel Form is no longer usable underwater.
- Travel Form mana cost now scales with level.

References

^ Through the Dark Portal, Travel Form

Other versions

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Wrath Classic

Travel Form
Travel Form Level 16 druid ability 13% of base mana Instant Shapeshift into travel form, increasing movement speed by 40%. Also protects the caster from Polymorph effects. Only useable outdoors. The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.
Properties
Class	Druid
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	16
Improvements	[Improved Barkskin]
Related buff
Travel Form Immune to Polymorph effects. Movement speed increased by 40%.

Cataclysm Classic

Travel Form
Travel Form Level 16 druid ability 8% of base mana Instant Shapeshift into travel form, increasing movement speed by 40%. Also protects the caster from Polymorph effects. Only useable outdoors. The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of movement slowing effects.
Properties
Class	Druid
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	16
Related buff
Travel Form Immune to Polymorph effects. Movement speed increased by 40%.

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