Mounted Speed Running Strat Discovered??

randconfig · February 2025

Using auto-walk, the initial speed boost when you start sprinting while mounted, and well-timed jumps, you can maintain the initial speed boost speed for longer than intended and it's like a fun mini-game to do while you're traveling long distances. Here are the steps:

1) Mount
2) Begin auto-walking
3) Start sprinting until you hit the initial speed boost then jump
4) As you're falling, the moment your horse/mount is going to hit the ground, jump again
5) If you do it successfully, your momentum/speed will stay constant, and you can continue to repeat step 4 to travel much faster

Lol it's kinda fun to do, so just figured I'd share it with you guys.

Dragonnord · February 2025

Sounds like an exploit to me as it is obviously not inteded.

You should report directly to ZOS, not share here.

It's like when players could jump very far away using a combination of keys and movement, that ZOS said it was not intended and that it shouldn't be used nor shared, and could get you banned.

Sluggy · February 2025

Dragonnord wrote: »

Sounds like an exploit to me as it is obviously not inteded.

You should report directly to ZOS, not share here.

It's like when players could jump very far away using a combination of keys and movement, that ZOS said it was not intended and that it shouldn't be used nor shared, and could get you banned.

This has been in the game forever and is very well known. By this point it falls into that same category of "won't fix" as standing on your mount and equipping the wrong weapons on the wrong bars.

It can be done both mounted and unmounted and doesn't necessarily require autorun. It's usually referred to as super jumping.

Attorneyatlawl · February 2025

Sluggy wrote: »

Dragonnord wrote: »

Sounds like an exploit to me as it is obviously not inteded.

You should report directly to ZOS, not share here.

It's like when players could jump very far away using a combination of keys and movement, that ZOS said it was not intended and that it shouldn't be used nor shared, and could get you banned.

This has been in the game forever and is very well known. By this point it falls into that same category of "won't fix" as standing on your mount and equipping the wrong weapons on the wrong bars.

It can be done both mounted and unmounted and doesn't necessarily require autorun. It's usually referred to as super jumping.

This is nothing new as you said... It's an accepted mechanic as much as light attack weaving is.

colossalvoids · February 2025

Attorneyatlawl wrote: »

Sluggy wrote: »

Dragonnord wrote: »

Sounds like an exploit to me as it is obviously not inteded.

You should report directly to ZOS, not share here.

It's like when players could jump very far away using a combination of keys and movement, that ZOS said it was not intended and that it shouldn't be used nor shared, and could get you banned.

This has been in the game forever and is very well known. By this point it falls into that same category of "won't fix" as standing on your mount and equipping the wrong weapons on the wrong bars.

It can be done both mounted and unmounted and doesn't necessarily require autorun. It's usually referred to as super jumping.

This is nothing new as you said... It's an accepted mechanic as much as light attack weaving is.

Not really, game overall and mechanics are baked the way that accommodate la weaving but with keeping momentum you'd generally get booted after some time or when speed exceed some artificially set limit as it can occur after one single jump done that way while having too much speed already.

Sluggy · February 2025

colossalvoids wrote: »

Attorneyatlawl wrote: »

Sluggy wrote: »

Dragonnord wrote: »

Sounds like an exploit to me as it is obviously not inteded.

You should report directly to ZOS, not share here.

It's like when players could jump very far away using a combination of keys and movement, that ZOS said it was not intended and that it shouldn't be used nor shared, and could get you banned.

This has been in the game forever and is very well known. By this point it falls into that same category of "won't fix" as standing on your mount and equipping the wrong weapons on the wrong bars.

It can be done both mounted and unmounted and doesn't necessarily require autorun. It's usually referred to as super jumping.

This is nothing new as you said... It's an accepted mechanic as much as light attack weaving is.

Not really, game overall and mechanics are baked the way that accommodate la weaving but with keeping momentum you'd generally get booted after some time or when speed exceed some artificially set limit as it can occur after one single jump done that way while having too much speed already.

Yeah, while i personally see this as a bit of a skillful trick people can pull off, given that line of logic it does technically fall into the category of unintended then. I think mostly people probably just do it by accident or when the situation makes it easier (like on a mount mount when going downhill with some ledges to use though) and probably don't think of it as an exploit as much as just having a bit of fun playing with the game's physics.

That being said, I don't know that any human would likely ever be able to pull it off enough times in a row for safety checks to kick in. On foot, I rarely get more than one or two in a row and that's if I'm really really trying.

colossalvoids · February 2025

Sluggy wrote: »

colossalvoids wrote: »

Attorneyatlawl wrote: »

Sluggy wrote: »

Dragonnord wrote: »

Sounds like an exploit to me as it is obviously not inteded.

You should report directly to ZOS, not share here.

It's like when players could jump very far away using a combination of keys and movement, that ZOS said it was not intended and that it shouldn't be used nor shared, and could get you banned.

This has been in the game forever and is very well known. By this point it falls into that same category of "won't fix" as standing on your mount and equipping the wrong weapons on the wrong bars.

It can be done both mounted and unmounted and doesn't necessarily require autorun. It's usually referred to as super jumping.

This is nothing new as you said... It's an accepted mechanic as much as light attack weaving is.

Not really, game overall and mechanics are baked the way that accommodate la weaving but with keeping momentum you'd generally get booted after some time or when speed exceed some artificially set limit as it can occur after one single jump done that way while having too much speed already.

Yeah, while i personally see this as a bit of a skillful trick people can pull off, given that line of logic it does technically fall into the category of unintended then. I think mostly people probably just do it by accident or when the situation makes it easier (like on a mount mount when going downhill with some ledges to use though) and probably don't think of it as an exploit as much as just having a bit of fun playing with the game's physics.

That being said, I don't know that any human would likely ever be able to pull it off enough times in a row for safety checks to kick in. On foot, I rarely get more than one or two in a row and that's if I'm really really trying.

I remember the time hopping in vAS when we were going for tri ages ago and it was the only thing to occupy downtime, got myself account locked that way for a day lol. The terrain there is perfectly flat for that kind of thing to do back to back ones, but still it appeared as non bannable offense in the end after looking at my account, just need to make sure not to exceed speed limits too much or can get locked again for a review. One time a single jump was enough for a boot but it indeed gave me too much of a momentum probably due to specific terrain in one of the houses.

HatchetHaro · February 2025

Dragonnord wrote: »

Sounds like an exploit to me as it is obviously not inteded.

You should report directly to ZOS, not share here.

It's like when players could jump very far away using a combination of keys and movement, that ZOS said it was not intended and that it shouldn't be used nor shared, and could get you banned.

Sounds to me like a replicable movement quirk. These things happen in video games all the time, and are either generally accepted as part of the movement system in those games (air strafing and bunny hopping in Source Engine games, and tap-strafing in Titanfall 2 and Apex Legends), or are patched out with an alternative that respects the players' usage of that prior mechanic (replacement of coptering with bullet jumping in Warframe).

If ZOS doesn't like it, they can patch it out. Movement systems are core to the gameplay in any game where you control an avatar, and players won't be able to tell the difference between what is a bug and what is simply just a quirk, on the basis that it's all interactable through simple WASD movement.

Besides, what's there to gain from players being able to get from point A to point B slightly faster on a mount? The only place where it might matter is Cyrodiil, and even then, it'll only work on flat ground (which much of Cyrodiil isn't), and it's just going to be one or two players doing it in a sea of hundreds, hardly enough to make a difference.

Dragonnord · February 2025

HatchetHaro wrote: »

Dragonnord wrote: »

Sounds like an exploit to me as it is obviously not inteded.

You should report directly to ZOS, not share here.

It's like when players could jump very far away using a combination of keys and movement, that ZOS said it was not intended and that it shouldn't be used nor shared, and could get you banned.

Sounds to me like a replicable movement quirk. These things happen in video games all the time, and are either generally accepted as part of the movement system in those games (strafe jumping in Source Engine games, and tap-strafing in Titanfall 2 and Apex Legends), or are patched out with an alternative that respects the players' usage of that prior mechanic (replacement of coptering with bullet jumping in Warframe).

If ZOS doesn't like it, they can patch it out. Movement systems are core to the gameplay in any game where you control an avatar, and players won't be able to tell the difference between what is a bug and what is simply just a quirk, on the basis that it's all interactible through simple WASD movement.

Besides, what's there to gain from players being able to get from point A to point B slightly faster on a mount? The only place where it might matter is Cyrodiil, and even then, it'll only work on flat ground (which mucht of Cyrodiil isn't), and it's just going to be one or two players doing it in a sea of hundreds, hardly enough to make a difference.

I understand, but anything that is not intended should not be shared in public as you could be sharing a potential exploit, even if it seems not to be one (maybe yes, maybe not).

Faster mounts "trick" (not intended) sounds like an exploit to me (Cyrodiil, trials where you can use mounts - World Record, score pushing, etc).

Then someone else finds out that that mount trick combined with x other thing, make mounts even faster and then you have an even more serious exploit.

So, it's never good to share in public non intended stuff.

In any case, ZOS will tell.

irswat · February 2025

This used to trip automated cheat detection due to moving too fast.

barney2525 · February 2025

tried it

only problem was continuous jumping keeps you in a straight line, and my mount really wasn't pleased with that wall.

Kaelthorn_Nightbloom · February 2025

This is an exploit and you will get a warning from ZOS that you are triggering the speed hack detection.

I've seen this happen to at least one streamer.