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Update:

January 19, 2013: Updated with list of mounts mentioned in ZAM's article.
January 14, 2013: Added flightpath mount.

We've been told there will be "many" mounts, including flying mounts that will allow completely unhindered exploration. Here are a few screencaps of the ground and flying mounts we've seen thus far in the trailers and videos from Pmang/BLESS.

Hopefully there will be several additional types of ground mounts. We've seen lizard mobs; those could be a cool mount.

A. Flying Mounts

1. Dragons/Wyverns
   
2. Flightpath/Waypoint
   

B. Ground Mounts

1. Camels
   
2. Elephants
3. Horses
4. Turtles

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A. Flying Mounts

1. Dragons/Wyverns






2. Flightpath/Waypoint





B. Ground Mounts

1. Camels (slow in desert, but go far)

2. Elephants



3. Horses (fastest over land)







4. Turtles (fastest across water)

Quoted from "Grom"

From what I read, dragons are used jut for automated flying between waypoints.. But it could be really cool to have the opportunity fly freely around the map..

Here you go, directly from Jacob:

Quoted

Please tell us more about the flying dragon mounts showcased in trailers. Will we be able to explore freely, or are they tethered to specific paths?

As your character progresses, you will encounter these dragon mounts, or Wyverns, in a very dramatic and very specific story-driven way. Once you reach a certain level, you will be able to freely control and explore the vast and beautiful world of BLESS on top of this epic mount. There will also be plenty of other mounts in the game, many of which we will reveal in the near future.

Nasuuna - you're gonna go crazy then. There are three new species of mounts just added to the list!

Quoted from "Grom"

I'm really curious about turtles.. water mounts whohooo

RIFT had a few colors of turtle mounts. I'd be happy if the turtles in BLESS looked the same.

Just to be clear, these two screencaps are from RIFT.

Quoted from "Drowsie"

The stuff about desert travel looks really cool. Hopefully you can't fly across the desert because that would make Camels useless . And I love Camels

I'm wondering if we have to reach level cap before we get Wyvern mounts? In that case, all the exploration we've done before that would require mounts for that terrain type. As with all flying mount games, as soon as you can fly, it ruins the value of all the other mount types. I'm hoping the BLESS devs are taking this into account given how precise they've been about everything else.

As for camels/horses in desert...wonder if there's some kind of stamina bar? Can only sprint on mounts for so long before it runs out? That could explain why camels would work better than horses over "land".