Final Fantasy 14 mounts are considered by many as status symbols in the game. Mounts are one of the best ways to show off your character to other players. As is usually the case with MMOs, there are different types of mounts to collect in Eorzea. The easiest mounts to stock up on should be on everyone’s list, so nabbing them as soon as you can is a must for any Warrior of Light.
Accessorizing is strategizing. So making sure your glamours are being complimented by your mount is also a must for any head-turning Warrior of Light. Variety is key, so settling for just your standard Chocobo may not always work. This is especially true for those who don’t have time to grind Savage-level difficulty trials. These are some of the best and easiest mounts to collect.
Updated August 25th, 2022 by Quinton O'Connor: We've swapped a few mounts out and added some newer suggestions, including a certain pretty pupper from Endwalker. Additionally, we've clarified the steps you'll need to take for each of these fairly easy mounts so you can spend less time reading and more time riding.
10 Unicorn: Consolation Prize For A Life Of Healing
Does riding around Eorzea in the most majestic way possible tickle your fancy? Then look no further than the Unicorn. Being a functional healer is a thankless task in Final Fantasy 14, so those dedicated enough to level a Conjurer class to 30 are rewarded as such with a sweet Unicorn.
The pathway towards Unicorn majesty is unlocked after completing the side quest Unicorn Power as a level 30 conjurer. A Unicorn Whistle is then granted once the quest is completed. Using this item calls the Unicorn mount and forever adds it to your mount list. Easy.
9 Jonathas Achievement Mounts: Behemoth, Ahriman, and Magitek Deathclaw
Many new players may miss Jonathas, the NPC that helps you exchange your earned in-game achievements for rewards. Jonathas can be found in Old Gridania (X:10.6 Y:6.3).
There, you can exchange Achievement Certificates including, and not limited to: Behemoth Warhorn to summon the mighty Behemoth mount; a Magitek Death Claw Identification Key which gives you access to a Death Claw; and Voidal Resonator to summon your very own Ahriman mount. Simply playing through the Main Scenario Quest will eventually earn you enough achievements for all of these.
8 Dhalmel: Cheap Thrills
The market board is an interesting place for those who want to peruse wares and other user-sold items. Surprisingly, and with enough Gil, mount collectors can find a ton of mounts for sale here. A notable mention is the Dhalmel Mount. While marketplace prices vary significantly across servers, we've never heard of this going for higher than a couple of hundred grand. And maybe that sounds like a lot at first, but in due time? Not so much.
7 Cavalry Drake: A Fiery Dragon For Cheap
Completing beast tribe quests is an easy way to build up your mount library. One cool one is the Cavalry Drake mount, which is purchasable for 120,000 Gil after reaching Trusted rank with the Amalj’aa.
Sure, that may sound like a heaping pile of Gil for a single mount, but is riding around on a literal fire-breathing dragon really not worth that much? After all, it breathes fire and walks on all fours. The Cavalry Drake can be appreciated by any fan of the lizard-like aesthetics for mounts.
6 Bomb Palanquin Mount: Floating In Style
Not a fan of riding majestic-looking drakes? Perhaps a bomb-toaded throne is more your style? This mount requires a little more work but is still quite straightforward to obtain:
Find the Kobold quest giver in 789th Order Dig in Outer La Noscea (x21, y18)
Complete the Highway Robbery quest
Reach Trusted reputation rank four
Purchase the Bomb Palanquin Mount for 120,000 Gil
After scooping this mount up, you will get to lavishly glide around Eorzea in your very own personal chair pulled by bombs.
5 Magitek Armor: They Fly Now
After progressing through Final Fantasy 14’s Main Scenario Quest, you will have the chance of owning your very own Magitek Armor Mount to exclusively stomp around in style. Marching through the Main Scenario Quest for A Realm Reborn and finishing The Ultimate Weapon quest will reward players with this neat mount.
Another notable mention: upon receiving this mount, you will also gain the ability to fly with all mounts; you get your very own flying Magitek Armor
4 Black Chocobo: Heavens' Ward
Another Main Scenario Quest grab, or as we like to call them, the easiest mounts of all, the Black Chocobo is yours very early into the Heavensward expansion. Back in the day, this was doubly impressive because it served as an introduction to flying. Courtesy of mid-Shadowbringers' life cycle introducing flight to ARR, that's no longer the case, but hey. Still. Black Chocobo. Free.
3 Midgardsormr: How To Train Your Elders
Nothing beats flying around on the back of a dragon. Unlike other mounts earned within the Main Scenario Quest, Midgardsormr’s respect is earned through your performed heroism within the story, so the mount feels slightly more deserved than previous story-earned mounts.
Known to all as the Father of Dragons, Midgardsormr eventually finds you worthy enough to carry on his back. So, don't pass that up. Because honestly, that would be rude.
2 The Cloud Mallow: Fluffy Bliss
You can't waltz through the MSQ for it, but the Cloud Mallow is still a heck of a nice mount for a relatively easy, if time-consuming, feat of valor.
After attaining Sworn, which is the Rank Seven reputation mark for the Moogle Beast Tribe you will get the opportunity to rest your tired toes atop the Cloud Mallow Mount and float away into Eorzea’s sunset. The Cloud Mallow mount can be summoned after buying Cloud Mallow Seeds for 200,000 Gil from Mogmul Mogbelly from that point forward.
1 Argos: Best Boy
We're skipping ahead all the way to the Endwalker stage of the Main Scenario Quest now, so needless to say, you'll need to have been playing Final Fantasy 14 for a few hundred hours before this adorable and ephemeral golden retriever can be yours. But Argos is an instant pickup, a reward that's yours for carrying on through the MSQ. No bells, no whistles, no credit check required.
You'll even get to sample what it's like to ride up high in the sky aboard a cute dog long before he's yours forever, though you won't be able to direct him at that point. Dogs have a mind of their own, you know.