Mounts

Mounts are a means of fast transportation in Villagers & Heroes. They allow for fast travel outside of combat, and exist in many variations of both speed and appearance.

Speed
Mounts come at a variety of different speeds:
 * Free Mounts are the slowest, though still faster than being on foot. You travel at this speed if you only have free mounts - as soon as you get at least one Premium mounts, every single mount increases to premium speed.
 * Premium Mounts travel at a significantly higher speed. Once you obtain a Premium mount, every one of your mounts (including free and event mounts) will travel at this increased speed.
 * The Golden Bridle is a Premium item that further increases the speed of your mount, regardless of whether it's a Premium mount or not.

Dismounting and Auto-Mounting
By default, as soon as you have one or more mounts, you will auto-mount whenever dismounted for any reason. The following things will cause you to dismount: Once the action that caused you to dismount ends (combat ends, etc.), then you will remount again.
 * Entering Combat
 * Entering Water
 * Crafting and Gathering

Free Mounts
Free Mounts can be acquired by any player at any time.

Premium Mounts
Premium Mounts can be purchased for Crowns in the Item Shop. They always run at the fastest possible mount speed (aside from the Golden Bridle boost), and buying a Premium mount instantly makes all owned mounts - Premium or not - run at this speed level as well.

Ardent Society Mounts
Ardent Society mounts can only be acquired as part of having Ardent Society Membership.

Red Darrig Mounts
Red Darrig mounts can only be acquired through Red Darrig Chests and, as such, are quite rare.

Event Zone Mounts
Event Zone mounts can only be acquired by completing specific quests or tasks present in certain Events.

Vendor Mounts
Vendor Mounts can be purchased in-game for gold. They come at a very high price and are often viewed as "prestige" mounts.

Blight Vendor Mounts
Blight Vendor Mounts can be purchased in-game for either Shadenor Medallions, Quietus Medallions, Cinder Medallions or Bloodstone Medallions. They come at a very high price and only become available to buy once you have a very high reputation with each specific faction (Shade, Death, Ash, and Blood). They can be bought on the different Blight Islands: Shadenor, Quietus, Cinder Strand and Bloodstone.

Level 95 Elder Mounts
These mounts can only be acquired through killing the level 95 Elders, but rarely drop.

Raid Mounts
Raid Mounts can be purchased in-game for ducats. They come at a very high price and are often viewed as "prestige" mounts. They can be bought in the Raid section of the game.