There are a variety of racial mounts that are available to Alliance Players in World of Warcraft. Basically, a mount is a particular type of pet that becomes permanent to the player that earns it. Normally, with racial mounts a character has to reach a specific level and has to obtain the particular riding skill required to use the pet. The pets are usually thought of as a status symbol because it provides a high level of functionality to the player that owns it. A character can travel very quickly when traveling by mount. When a character possesses a mount in WOW, a pet can be summoned or dismissed with ease whenever the need arises. This article with introduce you to the racial mounts that can be acquired while playing World of Warcraft on the Alliance side.On the Alliance side, the racial mounts that are available are the Elekks, Horses, Mechanostriders, Nightsabers, and Rams. On the Horde side, the available racial mounts available are the Wolves, Hawkstriders, Skeletal Horses, Kodos, and Raptors. Depending on the race that you elect to play, you will be able to incorporate one of these particular mounts into your pet inventory when you reach a particular level, or acquire a certain reputation. As soon as your character is high enough to acquire a mount, you should do so. This will enhance your game play overall by increasing your speed and will assist in your acquiring respect from other players in the game.Playing WOW on the Alliance side as the Draenei character, will provide the opportunity to acquire an Elekk. The mount can be acquired when level thirty is reached. The Draenei will have to pay only 10 gold just to obtain the mount. The riding skill required for this mount must be purchased for just 35 gold. This particular racial mount gives a speed increase of 60% to the Draenei. At level 60 the speed increases by 100%. The riding skill required is 150 and the rider will be considered a Journeyman. At level 60 this racial mount can be purchased for 100 gold.Playing the Alliance side of World of Warcraft as a human character will give the player the option to obtain the Horse mount. The Horse racial mount will be able to be purchased for 10 gold after level thirty is reached. The speed will be increased by 60% once the Horse mount is selected. The character can choose either a Chestnut Mare, Brown Horse, Black Stallion, or Pinto. Once your human character gets to level 60 the horse mount can be purchased for 100 gold and gives a 100% speed increase. The choices at level sixty are a Swift Brown Steed, Swift White Steed, or Swift Palomino.For the Gnome characters, the racial mounts that that can be acquired are the Mechanostriders. The Mechanostrider racial mount costs just 10 gold once the Gnome has reached level 30 and will cost 100 gold when level 60 is reached. The speed of the mount will increase by 60% at level 30 and will increase by 100% at level 60. The Mechanostriders that are available when the highest level is reached are the Swift Yellow Mechanostrider, the Swift White Mechanostrider, and the Swift Green Mechanostrider.For the Night Elf that plays the Alliance side, a Nightsaber racial mount can be purchased at level thirty for 10 gold. You will have to pay 35 gold to acquire the riding skill with the mount itself costing another 10 gold. When level sixty is reached, the mount will cost 100 gold and the riding skill goes for 600 gold. The lower level Nightsabers that are available are the Riding Striped Nightsaber, Riding Striped Frostsaber, and the Riding Spotted Frostsaber. The racial mounts for the Night Elf at higher levels include the Swift Stormsaber, the Swift Frostsaver, and the Swift Mistsaber.If you play a Dwarf on the Alliance side, you may elect to purchase a racial mount of a Ram. At level thirty, you may choose from a White Riding Ram, a Brown Ram, or a Gray Ram for only 10 gold. Of course, the riding skill will cost 35 gold. If you are level sixty, it will cost you 600 gold to learn the riding skill for the advanced Rams for your race. The racial mount itself will cost 100 gold. Y