FFXIV How to Increase Mount Speed

From the moment you get your Chocobo at level 20 in Final Fantasy XIV, the game speeds up, even if your mount’s speed doesn’t feel that fast. After a few levels, however, you’ll likely want to increase your mount’s speed to something that has you blazing across the zones at a pace more befitting of the Warrior of Light. 

There are two main ways to increase your mount speed in FFXIV, and both methods and the ways to obtain these speed boosts are detailed. While initial speed boosts primarily come from the Main Scenario Quests, or MSQ, later boosts will need you to actively work to unlock them, usually through Hunts or Shared FATEs.

Mount Speed in FFXIV

Initially, when you first obtain a mount in FFXIV, your speed is minimal, especially in the zones in A Realm Reborn, Heavensward, and Stormblood. Once you pass certain Main Scenario Quest thresholds, your mount speed in particular areas will increase, for which you’ll receive an on-screen notification. After this, you must unlock Riding Maps to increase your mount speed.

There are two Mount Speed thresholds after the initial base mount speed — Enhancement I and Enhancement II. From the Shadowbringers expansion onwards, there are only two mount speeds: the base speed and Enhancement I. However, the base mount speed in Shadowbringers and beyond is as fast as Enhancement I in A Realm Reborn, Heavensward, and Stormblood, while Enhancement I is as fast as the original Enhancement II. It can be confusing, but you can view it as having a faster base speed in the later expansions.

How to increase Mount Speed in FFXIV

There are two ways to increase your mount speed in FFXIV. The first is through playing the Main Scenario. There is one Main Scenario Quest in A Realm Reborn, Heavensward, and Stormblood that increases your Mount Speed to Enhancement I. The second method is to purchase area Riding Maps. In A Realm Reborn, Heavensward, and Stormblood, you can buy these Riding Maps with Allied Seals or Centurio Seals, depending on the expansion. Shadowbringers and Endwalker's Riding Maps, however, require Bicolor Gemstones earned from Shared FATEs.

Checking your Mount Speed

You can check your mount speed in an area with the "/mountspeed" command. Alternatively, you can navigate to the Travel Menu on your Menu Bar and select Mount Speed for the same information. Areas in A Realm Reborn, Heavensward, and Stormblood will have two stars representing Enhancement I and Enhancement II, while areas found in Shadowbringers and beyond only have a single star representing the improved Enhancement I.

Increasing your Mount Speed through MSQ

Below is a list of the Main Scenario Quests that unlock the Enhancement I speed boost for your mount, as well as which expansion they’re in and the locations they unlock mount speed for:

Increasing Mount Speed through Riding Maps

A Realm Reborn Riding Maps

All A Realm Reborn Riding Maps are purchased for 250 Allied Seals each from your Grand Company Hunt Billmaster. These will be in Ul’dah (X: 8.1, Y: 9.3) if you’re a member of the Immortal Flames, Gridania (X: 9.7, Y: 11.2) if you’re affiliated of the Order of the Twin Adder, or Limsa Lominsa (X: 13.2, Y: 12.5) if you hold rank with The Maelstrom.

Heavensward Riding Maps

Heavensward Riding Maps are purchased for 250 Centurio Seals each from Ardolain in The Forgotten Knight in Ishgard (X: 13.1, Y: 11.9).

Stormblood Riding Maps

Stormblood Riding Maps are purchased for 250 Centurio Seals each from Estrild in Kugane (X: 10.3, Y: 10.2) and Leuekin in Rhalgr’s Reach (X: 13.0, Y: 11.7).

Shadowbringers Riding Maps

Shadowbringers Riding Maps are bought with 70 Bicolor Gemstones earned from Shared FATEs. There are six locations for each of the zones. The Bicolor Gemstone Trader in each of the expansion's six zones carries the Riding Map for their respective area.

Endwalker Riding Maps

Just like Shadowbringers, Endwalker Riding maps are purchased for Bicolor Gemstones from each Bicolor Gemstone Trader in their respective zones.