Get Swift Brown Steed mount

Swift Brown Steed is an epic ground mount of the Alliance, one of the racial steeds of humans. It is a large horse of a dark brown coat with a black mane and tail, visually stern and restrained — the complete opposite of the bright Swift Palomino. The model appeared in the game back in patch 1.4 and has since remained one of the classic steeds of the Eastern Kingdoms.

The mount is purchased from horse-breeder vendors for just 10 gold. A human can acquire it right away, while the other Alliance races will need Exalted reputation with Stormwind. After using the item, the horse is automatically added to the collection across your entire account.

• Simple and quick acquisition — no raids, long quest chains or weekly farming required. All you need is to fly to the nearest vendor and pay 10 gold
• Part of the human racial horse trio — together with the Swift Palomino and the Swift White Steed it completes the full set of epic Stormwind horses
• +3 points to the mount collection for one purchase — a contribution to the achievements for 300, 400 and 500 mounts
• Speed on par with top ground mounts — grants +60% or +100% movement speed depending on riding skill
• Available account-wide — once purchased on one character, the horse appears for all your Alliance characters, including future alts

For non-human Alliance races the only restriction is reputation with Stormwind at the Exalted level. It is easiest to raise via the Stormwind tabard in old dungeons or through the story campaigns of past expansions.

There are three vendors selling the Swift Brown Steed. They all have the same stock and the same price, so choose whichever is easiest to reach.

Katie Stokes — Stormwind

The main and most convenient option. Katie stands in Stormwind at the entrance to Old Town, next to the SI:7 headquarters, in the horse pens.

The easiest way to get there is through a portal to Stormwind from any faction capital or via your hearthstone. From the Trade District, keep to the right side of the canal, pass by Stormwind Keep, enter Old Town — the horse pens will be on the left, in front of the entrance to the SI:7 building.

Katie Hunter — Elwynn Forest

The second vendor is located at Eastvale Logging Camp in Elwynn Forest, on the eastern edge of the human starting zone.

If you are leveling a human along the classic route or simply happen to be nearby, Katie is more convenient than returning to Stormwind.

Gregor MacVince — Dustwallow Marsh

The third vendor stands on Theramore Isle in Dustwallow Marsh (Kalimdor). Useful if you find yourself on Kalimdor and do not want to teleport to Stormwind.

The destination is a small area with a horse pen within the Theramore fortress grounds. Nearby there is a portal and a flight point, which makes the location convenient for a "swoop in, buy, fly away" run.

1. Create or select a human character. If you play another Alliance race — make sure you have Exalted reputation with Stormwind
2. Level up to at least level 10
3. Learn Apprentice Riding
4. Approach Katie Stokes — she stands literally a couple of meters from the trainer
5. Buy the Swift Brown Steed for 10 gold
6. Use the item from your bag — the mount is automatically added to the collection and becomes available to all Alliance characters on the account

The entire process takes 2–3 minutes if you are already in Stormwind.

If you play a dwarf, night elf, gnome, draenei, worgen, pandaren, mechagnome, dark iron dwarf, kul tiran or void elf — the vendor will refuse to sell you horses until you reach Exalted reputation with Stormwind.

Step 1. Buy the Stormwind tabard

Head up to the Trade District of Stormwind and find Captain Lancy Revshon — he stands on a small platform at the entrance to the Park, next to the Stormwind banners.

From him buy the Stormwind Tabard for 10 gold. The purchase requires at least Friendly reputation with Stormwind — by default most Alliance races already have it above this level.

Step 2. Equip the tabard and farm reputation in dungeons

Insert the Stormwind tabard into the tabard slot. While it is worn, all reputation from killing mobs inside dungeons goes to the Stormwind fund — this is the main way to quickly reach Exalted.

The best dungeons for farming reputation via the tabard:

• The Underbog and Botanica — many mobs, quick runs
• Utgarde Keep — a classic choice, killed quickly solo
• Magisters' Terrace — a short dungeon, easily reset and started again
• Any Pandaria dungeons with a large number of mobs, for example Mogu'shan Palace

The farming scheme is simple: enter the dungeon, kill all the mobs along the way, leave, reset the instance via the Escape menu → "Reset all instances", enter again. Repeat until the "Exalted" notice lights up.

Step 3. Check reputation and discount

Open the reputation window (hotkey U → "Reputation" tab → "Alliance Capitals" → "Stormwind"). As soon as Exalted appears, the discount at Stormwind vendors reaches 20%, and the Swift White Steed will cost you not 10 gold but 8.

Step 4. Buy the mount

Return to Katie Stokes and buy all three swift steeds in a single visit. After Exalted the vendor stops objecting to non-human races.