Getting your first mount
59,578 players own a mount — almost exactly as many as have finished the first quest. That makes it the earliest side system in the game, not a late luxury.
Treat the mount as part of the tutorial, not a reward. If you have finished the first quest and do not own one, you have skipped a step most players finish on day one.
59,578 players own a mount.59,582 players have finished the first quest. Those two numbers are four players apart, which makes this the clearest signal in the whole badge set: mount ownership is not a mid-game milestone in Arcane 101. It is part of the opening.
If you have finished the tutorial and do not have one, you have skipped a step that essentially the entire player base completes.
Where it sits in the data
| Badge | Players | Gap to the badge above |
|---|---|---|
| First Lesson (finish first quest) | 59,582 | — |
| Saddled Up (own a mount) | 59,578 | 4 |
| Bramble Breaker (clear the Forest) | 57,121 | 2,457 |
| Companion (hatch a pet) | 43,960 | 13,161 |
Four players. Whatever the mount costs or requires, it is light enough that 99.99% of players who finish the tutorial also finish it — and it happens before clearing the first land for most of them.
What to do about it
- Check your menu for a mount slot or a mount vendor. If the game has given you a starter mount, you already have the badge and this page is done.
- If not, look at what the tutorial handed you. The mount is early enough that it is very likely tied to the opening questline rather than a purchase. The game's store sells cosmetic kits that include a mount — the Astral Sovereign and Puppet Master kits each list a mount — but the badge is not gated behind them: 59,578 players have it and the game has 24,142 favourites, so the free path clearly exists.
- Mount it and stop thinking about it. The mount is movement and access; it is not a damage system. Do not spend on mount cosmetics before your cards are upgraded.
What the game store actually sells around mounts
The public game-pass list for this game names two cosmetic kits that bundle a pet and a mount. Neither is marked for sale at the time we checked, and neither is required for the badge:
| Kit | Contains | On sale 2026-11-15 |
|---|---|---|
| Astral Sovereign Kit | Astral Regalia, Crown and Mantle; Comet Fox pet; Celestial Stag mount | No |
| Puppet Master Kit | Voodoo Garb, Voodoo Hood, Cursed Pins; Stitch Cat pet; Puppeteer's Hand mount | No |
Both are described as growing with your level and suiting any school. They are cosmetic-plus-convenience, not progression — and since they were not purchasable when we checked, they are not a route to the badge today.
The order to do the early systems in
- Finish the tutorial.
- Join the Lucky's Pals group (needed for codes — see how to redeem).
- Get the mount.
- Upgrade one damage card — card tiers.
- Clear the Forest around level 8–10.
- Hatch a pet — pets.
- Level to 10–12, then enter Frostfang Pass.
That is the whole early game. The mount is step three, not step seven.
