Just days before Runes of Magic (RoM) opens up the public beta, they’ve released information about some of the mounts and pets that are in the game. One unique features of Runes of Magic is that anyone can use a mount, even at level 1. There are no restrictions or skills to learn – you just need the gold to ride.
Mounts can be rented for a short amount of time for a fee – or if you have the necessary coin to purchase one you can have a mount that will be yours for the lifetime of your account. Mounts are considered to be prestigous in Runes of Magic as a way of showing off your wealth. But they are a pretty handy way of navigating the game world to boot. The developers have announced that they are working on a future expansion that will introduce mounted combat into the game, adding Runes of Magic to the growing list of titles that are beginning to include this feature.
Pets in RoM are basically just for prestige at the moment. They follow you all around the game world and for now appear to be purely cosmetic. However, the devs have said they intend on bringing in future pets to the game that will eventually help you in battle or cast useful spells on you to aid you. Look for this in a future expansion as well. Like mounts, pets can also be rented for a trial period or you can buy them for the lifetime of your account.
There is no mention of finding mounts in the wild, but they do say that pets can very rarely be found in the loot of slain monsters. I’m guessing it’s going to be so rarely that you’ll probably end up having to buy most of the pets you want to collect from the item shop. That’s just my guess.
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