Mounts can swim! (finally!)

AzuraFan

Just wanted to give kudos to the devs for finally teaching mounts how to swim. Looking forward to this U47 QoL improvement.

MorallyBipolar

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moo_2021

But what about slaughterfishes? Can we finally swim across the sea?

LunaFlora

screenshot from the livestream
"ESO Live | Feast of Shadows & Update 47 Preview | July 1 @ 2pm ET" https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda/v/2501011524?sr=a


promo picture from the preview post
https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/68403

AzuraFan

moo_2021 wrote: »

But what about slaughterfishes? Can we finally swim across the sea?

No, from what was said in the stream, if there are slaughterfish, you and your mount will share the experience of being eaten alive lol.

Asikoo

What the hell!? Bro... They can’t even stop the server from sinking, that’s all it’s been doing lately. And you really believe they can make mounts swim? The whole game feels like it’s sinking to the bottom of the ocean, and our hope is... swimming mounts!?

Kallykat

This was also my favorite reveal in the stream. I have my ornaug mount ready.

MorallyBipolar

I didn't see any announcement on this forum that there was even going to be a reveal stream.

Kinda hard to be around for an event that isn't announced.

LunaFlora

MorallyBipolar wrote: »

I didn't see any announcement on this forum that there was even going to be a reveal stream.

Kinda hard to be around for an event that isn't announced.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/679920/official-discussion-thread-for-update-47-preview-livestream#latest

and the July Survival Guide mentioned it too
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/679693/official-discussion-thread-for-eso-s-july-2025-survival-guide#latest

Abelon

Yoo what? Completely missed this. I know this is technically a small change, but it's kind of a huge QoL. I get irrationally annoyed whenever water dismounts me. And it's kind of immersion breaking how your mount just disappears. So I'm all for this change.

Also saw surveys will stack (amazing). And the event ticket home looks absolutely beautiful (though only a screenshot so far and I imagine it will be a bit too big as always).

Versalium

Asikoo wrote: »

What the hell!? Bro... They can’t even stop the server from sinking, that’s all it’s been doing lately. And you really believe they can make mounts swim? The whole game feels like it’s sinking to the bottom of the ocean, and our hope is... swimming mounts!?

I'm sure the people who are responsible for the server stability and those who are responsible for the implementation of new features are different people who have never even seen each other. Those who implement new features can't just sit around without doing their job and wait for the guys from the server department to fix things.

Swimming mounts is definitely something I want, it really sucks not having it right now.

Heren

On one hand, it's definitely an improvement.

On the other... it's quite a minor one.

Frankly I don't know how much a feat of engineering it is, so yeah maybe it represent a very hard work from the devs and well congratulations to them, but somehow reducing the content released for that... I don't know.

Also because I was curious about the "the long-awaited and much-requested Mount Swimming functionality", I did a quick search throughout the pinned 'Top bug and pain points' topic, and found a grand total of... 4 requests for mount swimming. So I don't know, maybe the requests are somewhere else, but... I don't know my trust for ZOS words is a bit eroded here.

Bit off topic, did they get into the details of stackable survey maps ? In the article they say "Similar to Update 46’s stackable crafting writs", so I guess ( dread ) you will get stackable unknown survey maps which will reveal a specific survey map once opened ? I don't want to be pessimistic because of my ignorance, but if it is so... it's hardly a QoL improvement, I'm sorry to say. I hope I'm wrong here though.

onyxorb

Do the Argonian and the Ring of Wild hunt perks to swim speed also apply to the mount?
Watching the VOD and didn't see a response , although it's possible I missed it.

JustLovely

LunaFlora wrote: »

screenshot from the livestream
"ESO Live | Feast of Shadows & Update 47 Preview | July 1 @ 2pm ET" https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda/v/2501011524?sr=a


promo picture from the preview post
https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/68403

The announcement for this live stream was posted today. Somewhat less than appreciable notification to say the least.

MorallyBipolar wrote: »

I didn't see any announcement on this forum that there was even going to be a reveal stream.

Kinda hard to be around for an event that isn't announced.

JustLovely

LunaFlora wrote: »

MorallyBipolar wrote: »

I didn't see any announcement on this forum that there was even going to be a reveal stream.

Kinda hard to be around for an event that isn't announced.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/679920/official-discussion-thread-for-update-47-preview-livestream#latest

and the July Survival Guide mentioned it too
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/679693/official-discussion-thread-for-eso-s-july-2025-survival-guide#latest

Ya, that announcement for todays stream was posted today. Not exactly fair warning.

LunaFlora

JustLovely wrote: »

LunaFlora wrote: »

screenshot from the livestream
"ESO Live | Feast of Shadows & Update 47 Preview | July 1 @ 2pm ET" https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda/v/2501011524?sr=a


promo picture from the preview post
https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/68403

The announcement for this live stream was posted today. Somewhat less than appreciable notification to say the least.

MorallyBipolar wrote: »

I didn't see any announcement on this forum that there was even going to be a reveal stream.

Kinda hard to be around for an event that isn't announced.

the comment you quoted has a link to the twitch livestream, you can rewatch it.

AlwaysDancing

Of the top 10 things they could fix/add to the game, this would be number 57 on my list.

JustLovely

LunaFlora wrote: »

JustLovely wrote: »

LunaFlora wrote: »

screenshot from the livestream
"ESO Live | Feast of Shadows & Update 47 Preview | July 1 @ 2pm ET" https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda/v/2501011524?sr=a


promo picture from the preview post
https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/68403

The announcement for this live stream was posted today. Somewhat less than appreciable notification to say the least.

MorallyBipolar wrote: »

I didn't see any announcement on this forum that there was even going to be a reveal stream.

Kinda hard to be around for an event that isn't announced.

the comment you quoted has a link to the twitch livestream, you can rewatch it.

...but no drops if don't watch it live.

JemadarofCaerSalis

I am looking forward to it as well, no longer will I have to leap over puddles because they might go past my horse's hoof! (you can never tell)

wilykcat

Mounts can now swim, cool. I'm so excited for this upcoming update. 😀Now build up on that and add underwater swimming and fighting, please.

valenwood_vegan

Yawn. I mean ok it's not a "bad" feature in and of itself. But there's no content in the water. There are a few places on the map that one has to swim to, sure. I guess it's a slightly better way to get from point A to point B. It'll probably even be fun for the first 10 seconds. Seems like there are tons of bigger fish they could fry.

AlwaysDancing

I hope we get to pay 250 gold per day for 60 days to train mount swimming. Per character.

That would be fun.

Erickson9610

This is one of the big QoL features I'm excited about. Sure, it's practically useless for many activities, but you always feel it when you happen to be dismounted due to water. I'm glad we won't have to deal with that anymore!

JaxontheUnfortunate

lol yeah, I guess they figured out how to animate a doggy paddle for the wolf mounts

ESO_player123

JaxontheUnfortunate wrote: »

lol yeah, I guess they figured out how to animate a doggy paddle for the wolf mounts

This was actually the first question that came to mind. Are the mounts going to swim in all those bodies of water that previously cased dismounting? Seeing your character swimming in a seemingly knee deep puddle is one thing. Seeing a whole horse/camel/bear disappearing into it would be interesting to say the least.

Artem_gig

This is great, but I still want to be able to sail boats!

TX12001rwb17_ESO

AzuraFan wrote: »

moo_2021 wrote: »

But what about slaughterfishes? Can we finally swim across the sea?

No, from what was said in the stream, if there are slaughterfish, you and your mount will share the experience of being eaten alive lol.

Strange cause what if my mount is a robot or some wierd spectral rock monster thing?

Syldras

ESO_player123 wrote: »

This was actually the first question that came to mind. Are the mounts going to swim in all those bodies of water that previously cased dismounting? Seeing your character swimming in a seemingly knee deep puddle is one thing. Seeing a whole horse/camel/bear disappearing into it would be interesting to say the least.

The swimming animation for the Dwemer spider mount will probably also look "interesting".

SilverIce58

JaxontheUnfortunate wrote: »

lol yeah, I guess they figured out how to animate a doggy paddle for the wolf mounts

I wonder how the other mounts will swim. The camel, the dwarven spider, the kagouti with no arms.

ESO_player123

SilverIce58 wrote: »

JaxontheUnfortunate wrote: »

lol yeah, I guess they figured out how to animate a doggy paddle for the wolf mounts

I wonder how the other mounts will swim. The camel, the dwarven spider, the kagouti with no arms.

Because of this discussion I just watched a video of camels swimming. I just had to know. These quality of life updates ....

Finedaible

Jester's stick mounts gonna float I guess.