Mount Training Crash Course (Spoilers)

Right so here I will tell you how to train your Mounts fast and efficiently.Each mount has 4 tiers in their mastery, T1 is a random boost, T2 gives a boost to the mounts attack skill.T3 Is the most important It improves the Mounts special ability which allows you to reach places you couldn't reach before. Which allows you to obtain more Mastery Points among other things. It also is the rank at which your Mount is considered fully mastered, which is required to obtain new Mounts.T4 is simply T1 now shared among all your Mounts. DO NOT train T4 until all your Mounts reach T3. T4 will not allow you to reach any new Mastery Points and it will only make the training more exhausting. The required Mastery Points to reach T4 (except for Raptor) is enough to reach T2 for your other Mounts and it requires almost as much experience as all other ranks combined. So if you decide to train T4 before all Mounts have T3 you may end up struggling to obtain more Mastery Points for your other Mounts.

Now I will do a step by step explanation on how to train your mounts:

1) Obtain your RaptorYou obtain it automatically after finishing "Sparking the Flame" mission which is also how you reach the crystal desert.

2) Train your Raptor to T3The Raptor obtains a super long jump, which will allow you to reach some more Mastery Points for your other Mounts, it will also allow you to obtain the Springer and Skimmer mounts.

3) Obtain the Springer and SkimmerThe Springer is in the Desert Highlands north of Crystal Oasis. Go west from Lommuld Kraal Waypoint and you will meet a guy called Bahir standing next to a raptor. He will inform you that you can reach the Springer Ranch if you have your Raptor mastered by jumping over the large gap that is next to him. The first Waypoint you reach after jumping over is the Springer Ranch. You need to finish the Heart Quest there which will allow you to buy the Springer for 1g and 50 Trade Contracts.The Skimmer is in Elon Riverlands south of Crystal Oasis. You will find the Skimmer Ranch Waypoint in the central west part of the map where the river starts. Although the Skimmer Ranch can be reached any time even without having Raptor T3 the Heart quest will be unavailable before you reach that rank. As with the Springer you have to finish the Heart Quest in order to buy the Skimmer, which costs 5g and 50 Trade Contracts.The Springer and Skimmer will instantly allow you to reach new Mastery Points, as the Skimmer can traverse harsh environments like quicksand, while the Springer can jump high to reach high ledges, however a lot of Mastery Points will be too high for the Springer without it's T3 ability.

4) Train your Springer to T3The Springer gains a super high jump, which allows you to reach more Mastery Points again. Reaching T3 also allows you to obtain the Jackal now. Although Reaching T3 with the Skimmer also allows you to obtain the Jackal, the Springers T3 ability is required in many more places than the Skimmers who has the least required T3 ability.

5) Obtain the JackalThe Jackal is in The Desolation south of Elon Riverlands. You need to reach the Sand Jackal Run which is all the way south, it's most easy using the Skimmer as it is the only mount that you can ride on the blazing hot sand and the Sand Jackal Run is surrounded by it. Although it is possible to reach the Sand Jackal Run at any time the Heart Quest will again be unavailable until you reach T3 with your Springer or Skimmer. Finish the Heart Quest and you will be able to buy the Jackal for 20g and 200 Trade Contracts.Unfortunately the Jackal alone will not allow you to reach any new Mastery Points until you reach T3 with it.

6) Train your Jackal to T3The Jackal gains the ability to use the Sand Portals which again will allow you to obtain more Mastery Points.

7) Train your Skimmer to T3The Skimmer will be able to hover higher above the ground which will also allow you to obtain some new Mastery Points. The Skimmers ability is the least necessary of all the mounts, however the Skimmer allows you to traverse harsh environments i.e. quichsand, blazing hot sand, damaging branded terrain, hence it's most important ability is obtained along with it. Which is why I decided to train it last, however if you don't share my opinion then you can train in any order you like.

8) Train your Mounts to T4This can be done in any order, you just have to decide which T1 ability you want on all your mounts. I guess the Jackals ability to avoid attacks and Raptors increased attack damage are a good start. NOTE: Because there is a 5th mount, the Griffon, which you can obtain after finishing the story you may want to hold back with reaching T4 until you obtain it. However it is not necessary as you can obtain more than enough mastery points you need now. You need 64 to fully master all mounts including the Griffon. There are exactly 40 insights in PoF, however you can only reach 37 without the Griffon (although it is possible to get all 40 using the other mounts in combination with Gliding), you get 1 point for unlocking each mount so up to 5, all story missions except "Sparking the Flame" award a point on first completion which gives a total of 12 and you can obtain 8 more in Domain of Vabbi alone by fighting djinn or solving their riddles, which already gives you a total of 65 points.If you didn't do any story missions yet (except "Sparking the Flame") this is the time you should start, as each mission will not only award you a mastery point but also a Stash of Kournan Coins which gives you 127000 exp so a total of 1524000 and that's not including any other experience you gain along the way. In total you will get enough to almost train 2 mounts from T3 to T4. You can delay story if you wish to do full map exploration first, however once 2 of your mounts reach the exp to unlock T4 then you should move on to your story or you will waste a lot of exp. And since the Griffon can only be unlocked after the story is complete you obviously won't be able to use the awarded exp to train it.

9) Obtain the GriffonWell I'm not going to copy-paste Dulfy's guide obviously, so I'll just give you the link to her guide on how to obtain the Griffon. I will only say that you need to spare 250g to obtain it, so if you don't have it you will have to wait for now.http://dulfy.net/2017/09/24/gw2-griffon-mount-collections-guide/

10) Train your GriffonIf you trained all other mounts to T4 and didn't manage to obtain the 3 insights that require Griffon yet you might be missing 2 mastery points atm to fully train the Griffon. But you have to be really lazy to be in such a situation as apart from the 8 djinn challanges in Domain of Vabbi there are a few extra points in the other areas you can obtain real easy. However if you are then just use your Griffon to get those 3 insights you previously couldn't. You don't need to train your Griffon to obtain them, training your Griffon instead will unlock new adventures which require the Griffon to do them.

11) (optional) Train your Mounts to T4If all your mounts are not yet fully trained then it's time to do so.

The 5th mount is essentially a glider for those whom doesnt have hot, but its able to correct its own height by jumping while gliding with its rank3 skill, and reputedly MUCH faster than gliding. To obtain it you have to complete 5 collections post the campaign, with mat costs of 250g.

Nice guide. Thanks for posting this. It is very helpful