Black Riding Goat

The Black Riding Goat is a ground mount added to World of Warcraft in the Mists of Pandaria expansion (patch 5.5.0). It is a large pandaren mountain goat with thick black fur and massive curved horns — a mount traditional to the inhabitants of the Valley of the Four Winds. Taming a stubborn mountain goat is no easy feat, so this mount symbolizes the patience and gentle approach of the pandaren farmers.

The mount is sold by Gina Mudclaw — the quartermaster of The Tillers faction at the Halfhill Market. To buy the reins, you need an Exalted reputation with the The Tillers faction and 1,500 gold. In addition, this is one of three riding goats from the faction: alongside the black one, Gina also sells the Reins of the Brown Riding Goat and the Reins of the White Riding Goat.

• Unique model — a pandaren mountain goat with black fur that cannot be obtained from any other source in the game.
• Collection of three goats — alongside the black one, you can buy the brown and white goats from the same quartermaster, completing the Tillers goat collection in a single trip.
• Full ground mount speed — +60% or +100% depending on your riding skill.
• Account-wide across all characters — once purchased, the mount appears in the collection of all your characters.
• Additional Tillers rewards — on the way to Exalted you unlock access to your own farm at Sunsong Ranch, earn decorative items, cooking recipes, and the Grand Commendation of the Tillers, which speeds up reputation gains on alts by 100%.

At max level (80 in The War Within), the entire Tillers reputation chain is completed quickly and without any combat difficulty — it is purely homestead content with your own farm and daily quests.

The Valley of the Four Winds zone is located in the southern part of Pandaria. The Halfhill Market with the Tillers quartermaster is found in the western part of the valley.

1. Open the world map and travel to Pandaria. If the continent is unavailable, use the in-game adventure guide window in your faction's capital — from there you can reach the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.
2. In the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, mount a gryphon or wind rider and fly to Halfhill. Most Pandaria flight points are unlocked after your first visit.
3. Land at Halfhill Market. Gina stands next to the central square, across from the main trading tent.

If you have never visited Pandaria before, you can get there through the Horde portal in Orgrimmar or the Alliance portal in Stormwind — both lead to the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.

Building reputation with The Tillers works differently than with most factions: the main income comes from your own farm and daily quests in Halfhill. The path to Exalted takes on average two to three weeks of casual play, or less if you complete everything daily.

Step 1. Introductory quest chain

1. Fly to Halfhill and pick up the introductory quest from Farmer Yoon at Sunsong Ranch
2. Complete the short storyline — it introduces you to The Tillers and grants your first 4 plots on the farm
3. Upon completing the chain you reach Friendly standing and unlock the daily quests

Step 2. Daily quests

Daily quests offer roughly 5 tasks from the Halfhill residents (ordinary chores around the market) and 1–4 tasks for planting specific crops on your farm.

• A full set of dailies grants about 1,075 reputation per day
• Dailies reset each game day
• The single-seed planting quest from Farmer Yoon grants 350 reputation — this is the easiest way to start

Step 3. Grand Commendation of the Tillers

Upon reaching Honored, buy the Grand Commendation of the Tillers from Gina Mudclaw for a small amount of gold. The item binds to the account and increases reputation gains with The Tillers by +100% for all characters on your account permanently.

Step 4. Farm expansion

As your reputation grows, you receive quests to expand the farm:

The more plots you unlock, the more seeds you plant each day — this directly speeds up both reputation and the gathering of cooking ingredients.

In addition to the black goat, the quartermaster offers the following mounts and items (all at Exalted):

If you are deliberately going for the goat collection, it makes sense to first save up 4,875 gold and buy all three mounts in a single trip.

Alongside the faction reputation, The Tillers feature a unique system of personal friendship with 10 residents of Halfhill. This is not required to buy the black goat, but it comes in handy for other rewards and related achievements.

List of the 10 Halfhill residents:

• Gina Mudclaw
• Tina Mudclaw
• Haohan Mudclaw
• Old Hillpaw
• Jogu the Drunk
• Sho
• Chee Chee
• Ella
• Farmer Fung
• Fish Fellreed

Each of them has six relationship tiers: Stranger, Acquaintance, Buddy, Friend, Good Friend, Best Friend. Relationships grow from daily gifts (completing storyline quests, items from the farm given in exchange for reputation) and unlock unique decorative options and rare bonuses on the farm itself.

Do your dailies every day

Skipping dailies is wasteful: 1,000+ reputation per day is the main source of gains. We recommend adding the Tillers farm to your list of mandatory daily activities alongside the core chores in your current expansion.

Log in on several characters

After buying the Grand Commendation on one character, all your alts will receive double reputation. If you are collecting mounts on your main, there is no point in leveling alts for these reins (the mount becomes account-wide as soon as it is purchased).

Don't forget the plantings

Each plant-and-harvest cycle gives you cooking materials, rare seeds for special quests (for example, Songbell Seed for reputation with the Celestials), and gifts for the friendship system. Start the day with planting, then do the rest of your dailies — by the end of the rotation the harvest will be ready to gather.

Budget ahead of time

For all three goat mounts and the Grand Commendation you will need about 5,000 gold in total. At max level this is easily earned over 1–2 evenings of completing quests or selling profession materials.