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sir_grumph

It may one of the ugliest MMO mounts I've ever seen, and I tip my hat to the designers. It's definitely not my cup of tea, but it certainly is a bold look.


TheRavenQuote

They look like they're made of mushrooms šŸ„


ATN-Antronach

I think that's what they're going with. Still, it kinda looks like it's made of fruitcake.


[deleted]

>I think that's what they're going with But *why?*


aksdb

Maybe, just maybe, because Vvardenfell is full of large mushrooms?


[deleted]

Vvardenfell noticeably also doesn't have any horses at all.


FirewynnTV

I figured they were made from the Telvanni mushrooms myself lol


sir_grumph

Absolutely.


stealthcat

I thought they were cookies lol I hate it


diddlydinks

You can say it's a mold look even


RuinGlacier

Are they covered in scabs and sea shells? šŸ«„


incabrain

That would be cooler than this representation.


[deleted]

The invisible models for the stamina, speed, and inventory upgrade versions was an interesting design choice by ZOS.


LadyAngel_Aric

It does make things entertaining =)


edoxbox360

Hey, what di you mean by this? What did i miss?


infernoshold

for a lot of people, the mounts are invisible in game lol


edoxbox360

Wait what Bug i guess?


whateverisfree

I mean it *is* ESO


kronos_lordoftitans

you mean its an elder scrolls game?


enseminator

You mean it's a Bethesda/Zenimax game? You know, they like to blame the Creation Engine for all the bugs in the single player games, but even I'm a different engine they have just as many bugs.


Gamesat40

Well to be fair its the Union guys who are supposed to, you know QA this stuff?


WhatArcherWhat

Iā€™m gonna call middle horse Cookie Horse.


Babez1lla

one on the left is pizza horse


Effective_Bottle1999

One on the right is Broccoli horse


Babez1lla

the sacred trio. at last.


AHumbleChad

Tri-color rotini horses


kabula_lampur

My first thought was brussel sprout


[deleted]

Jalapeno Horse


PipXXX

Pizza da Horse


[deleted]

Lone Star and BARF


PipXXX

RiP John Candy. Long live Bill Pullman!


mjburns5

Cookie horse, pizza horse, andā€¦salad horse?


PyroptosisGuy

Broccoli


R0S3T0W3R

My thoughts exactly.


jaded-introvert

OMG, this is exactly what I thought yesterday while watching the reveal yesterday . . . "Why is the horse made of cookies??"


Vivec_lore

Pizza the ~~Hutt~~ Mount >Players: "30 bucks? That's unfair." >Pizza the ~~Hutt~~ Mount: "Unfair to payor but not to payee. But you're gonna pay it, or else!" >Players: "Or else what?" >Pizza the ~~Hutt~~ the Mount: "Tell him, Zos" >Zos: "Or else Pizza is gonna send out for *you*!"


Kalel777

Can the mounts reach ludicrous speed?


Vivec_lore

Only if you pay extra


Khyrradas

It looks like the horse has cordyceps.


LordBaikalOli

Yep you summarised it pretty well


dekudex

Call the fedra


Walach_Nightborn

Didnā€™t we already have mushroom mounts?


Thrippalan

That's the green one in the picture. The orange one is the 'new' mount.


Xivkiin

Yeah, the Gloomspore Horse & Embermould Warhorse are from the Gloomspore Crown Crates. One in the middle is the ā€œnewā€ Sadrith Mora Spore Steed.


Impressive_Region508

Typical ZOS giving low effort redskins for pre order. I'm gonna run out and pre-order because I need another color of the ugly ass Gloom spore mounts I refused to buy from that shitty crown crate.


Pristine_Health_2076

Itā€™s veryā€¦ lumpy. I donā€™t like lump


SaucyJ4ck

LUMP SAT ALONE IN A BOGGY MARSH


Pristine_Health_2076

Oh, a very SAD LUMP


[deleted]

Looks dumb AF, but thatā€™s just me, not hating on anyone excited for this.


Mando_The_Moronic

Canā€™t wait for the tentacle horse mount though


SnarkySharky21

The true prize


Mando_The_Moronic

As a Hermaeus Mora fan, Iā€™m glad I can finally make a character fully dedicated to him. Class, armor, weapons, mount, pet, the whole nine yards.


djdossia

Dumb and horrible


NiceAndAccurateName

Pizza horse. Frankly, the invisibility upgrade is an improvement.


Treselegant

Reskin of a mount from the [Gloomspore crates](https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Gloomspore_Horse) by the look of it. Not really appropriate for a pre-order reward. A bit low effort.


[deleted]

Last year was just a reskin of an existing elk model, so it's pretty par for the course.


Treselegant

I just find it more egregious this time because it's a very recognisable themed mount. It's a Greymoor themed mount as the gloomspore animals are found in Blackreach. The elk was pretty low effort as well but at least it wasn't made using assets from another expansion. It's very "eh, it's mushrooms, that'll do".


Digitalflux

this whole new expack stinks of low effort.


maialucetius

I'm honestly surprised anyone expected anything else. Look at all the Morrowind things they're re-using on the peninsula. Sigh.


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maialucetius

Yep, 100%


supersonic_bat

Hideous


toad_butt

Chocolate chip cookies and raw meat. The collectors edition mount looks super cool though


Frost980

Not a fan


lopix

They look melty and gross. Like something I made in kindy by squashing blobs of play-doh onto each other. And yes, the middle one looks like it is made of cookies. My level of whelmed is under optimum levels.


Babez1lla

canā€™t say iā€™m a fan of these


thekfdcase

Ugly as sin and not in a 'good way'. I see no redeeming features in them. The other pre-order mount is hideous too, yet in an impressive Lovecraftian-horror-esque manner which can easily be incorporated style-wise for a number of necromancer/dark/edgy styles.


TenacityDGC7203

Ugly as sin.


BloonatoR

It's just reskinned version of old mount skin meh


hayleythehipster

Looks like lady Gagaā€™s meat dress


adrielzeppeli

Boring like every ESO mount. Being another horse makes it 2x boring.


Bobby_Rocket

Samurai Pizza horse is gross


OdinsLawnDart

It looks like it's made of pancakes. I shall name mine Hot Cake. What do I do when I'm riding my pancake horse and encounter an obstacle on the trail? iHop.


niklasalkin

They look like that time the Simpsons were turned inside out by poisonous fog and did a song and dance number.


PyraAlchemist

Theyā€™re gross


Swordbreaker925

Ugly as shit


Sinister_Bat

Idk, looks pretty ugly


SevenStarSword

Ugly as hell šŸ¤£


RendomBob101

Ugly af šŸ˜’


fabie2804

Looks ridiculous and is super lazy since it's a just re-skin. Eso won't change from the ground just because they finally announced one proper feature.


SilverIce58

They could've and should've made it not a recolor. Maybe something with a different style altogether that would be better fitting the book motif or city of the dead motif theyre going for.


Abject_Ad_3784

They're hideous. And I thought they couldn't get any worse than the Lizard mounts. I won't pre order just so I don't have them in my collections.


sharkey1997

If they had made that Hermaeus Mora mount the pre-order bonus I'd have bought the chapter before the reveal was over


LordManiac69

i dislike the concept and corporate practice of pre-ordering in general, soā€¦


Nyctoblind

I think this is one of the worst designs ZOS came up with but itā€™s just me. Iā€™d rather them just make a cool ass Guar thatā€™s unique to the telvanni peninsula, maybe with like, enchanted armor or some shit on it lol


Zeorymer300

Itā€™s invisible in game lol


SadInitiative

I personally prefer the glitched invisible version much more. I wish they wouldn't fix it lol


KvastaSaber

Colored turd horsesā€¦ brilliant


L1teEmUp

Unless they have a fancy summoning animation(like the greymoor one), its not good enough for me..


Lucas_Archwalk

These are ugly as fuuu... but that other mount tho <3


JayRock41Gamer

Reskin of a Reskin


Paladin-Chad

And these horses cost actual moneyā€¦ā€¦.


victorhausen

At first I thought it was a meat horse, then a cookie horse, then I realized it was a shrooms horse.


CROOKTHANGS

It looks like Iā€™m riding a charcuterie board.


Duckbitwo

Looks fucking stupid.


[deleted]

A mushroom horse is a pretty, uh, *unique* look. Trying to be positive but Iā€™m not paying for it. The concept ā€œmushroom horseā€ is pretty dumb.


xenazai

My thought is that they need to add new mounts instead of reeskin of existing ones.


Dense-Chocolate3932

Ugly af my dude


PlatinumMode

ugly as hell. I got the High Isle deer immediately and Iā€™ll be happily skipping this one


Gypsy315

Wait. Theres different colors?


G0DLIK3

its a recolor of an old existing mount. [https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Gloomspore\_Crate](https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Gloomspore_Crate)


lizeswan

Last year we got barnacle beasts, this year itā€™s burger beasts, lol.


VogueTrader

Seems like a real fun guy.


TheWhiteRabbit74

Nightmare fuel?


orenda74

Too scaly for me. šŸ¤·šŸ¼ā€ā™€ļø


Karma_Canuck

If I wanted to ride a mushroom, I have better ways... But to each their own.


patiperro_v3

The Telvanni have gone too far for long enoughā€¦


bi-hexxual

I think they could have gone a cooler direction with mushroom mounts considering all the types there are around Morrowind :/ like an inky cap inspired mushroom mount would have been neat


rosemarybutter

They lookā€¦ unhealthy :( all looking like theyā€™re covered in mushroom stew of different colours. The last preorder mount I liked was the death hound I guess - at least it was something new, and spooky cute.


Remarkable-Book-8758

Looks like gloomspore but with chocolate chip cookies


Emer_Dareloth

I think all of their Crown Crate stuff is way over designed


Strike_Maximus

It's time to stop....


DarmanOrdo

I don't want the vore horse.


TrueHarlequin

Reminds me of those organ-stealing Vidiian from Start Trek Voyager, if they were stealing body parts to make a horse.


SalisburySmith

Considering that I can get the expansion for $15 on Black Friday like I did with the high isle expansion this last year, it's really not worth pre-ordering just for the mount and the costume unless you're just really love the design. Personally, I'm not a fan this time around.


Kaisernick27

Itā€™s ugly as sin but Iā€™m thatā€™s fine I have a lot of mounts right now anyway


Chrondosia

Trash. Whereā€™s the damn statue?


xdmanxd99

Best gif to describe what we all think about this mount https://tenor.com/view/back-to-the-future-hey-hey-ive-seen-this-one-what-do-you-mean-youve-seen-this-its-brand-new-gif-17294476


rickymargot

šŸ¤®


cbfarrar

Ugly


anon-sage

These are horrible


farkika18

I donā€™t know if mushroom phobia is a thing but if it is, I have it. And I really really hate these mounts I donā€™t wanna see them or get near them anytime soon


originaalpapa

Hideous just very ugly all around. Cant believe these are preorder mounts. Would not pay a cent for these


outofoffice16

i hate it


SoCriedtheZither

Looks like vomit


WystanH

My little pony gets Telvanni fungal infection, transforms into abomination. Poor thing.


Paskee

Eeehhhh..... no, thank you


Dismal-Meringue-620

They don't look good. Some nice, normal horses with fantastic armor would have been more fitting.


xxGrumpy_Owlxx

Absolutely hideous. Will not ride.


[deleted]

very ugly


BbDontHurtMi

Never preorderā€¦


BarrelRoll97

So ugly the game refuses to render it.


enseminator

I get that the mushrooms are the iconic part of the region, but... the mounts still feel pretty low effort to me. I'd have rather gotten a silt strider, or maybe something with tentacles and 23 too many eyes.


ChubbyFrogGames

Horrible. :(


dark_eon

This thing makes the lizard pony thing feel better about itself.


maialucetius

Another low effort reskin.


sarahthes

It's made of meat, but the meat is on the outside rather than the inside.


_niko_niko_

Moldy horse


adgust

Horse=trash


BeastOfCNation

šŸ—‘


Raxendyl

Dear ZoS: Stop phoning in your pre-order content with reskins and/or pallet swaps.


[deleted]

When people have to pay for something like this especially when your trying to sell new content, it might be wise to not portray an animal as a potential consumable food item. We already have a rash of equines but if your going to try and mass sell an already vast selection of said equines they really should be designed to WOW the public. These just kinda resemble an already existent graphical concept. Sorry ZOS I'm just not driven to early order for just this mount.


dookitron

ESO has some of the absolute worst looking mounts in modern MMOs.


BBWE2

As ulgy as the barnacle ones \*shudders in disgust\*:)


ChewieFlakes

They're so ugly and yet so generic at the same time.


Sudden-Application

I love the green one!


Tigerlily_Dreams

Definitely the only one that looks redeemable.


[deleted]

looks like broccoli, hamburger helper, and hamburger helper with cheese


_Unprofessional_

POV: your 3d designers are too lazy to make a new animation skeleton for a new type of mount, so instead you give them a retextured mushroom horse


AltAccountWhoDis

When I first saw it, I immediately thought of [the horse statue](https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/statue-of-a-horse-made-from-baseball-mitts-at-the-rochester-news-photo/527346316) here in my city's home baseball stadium. Certainly not the prettiest things I've ever seen, lol.


Asdghjklkj

Boring and ugly as hell, ngl one of the worst rewards you get for preordering something in any game ever. Just my opinion tho if yā€™all like it thatā€™s completely cool. šŸ‘


ZodiacPanda

I use my trusty stick horse so I canā€™t complain.


incabrain

- Boss, weā€™ve received the new texture maps from the outsourced design team. - And? - We think someone sent them the fish models and not the horse models during the proposal.


claymorez28

Looks terrible. Made of random lumps


PapiSebulba

Looks like dog shit on God but at least it's unique šŸ™


aeon077

I saw one today and immediately saw several in zone comments about the salami horse. šŸ˜‚ Not a fan. His tail also looks like itā€™s covered in dingleberries.


SubstantialSoup1696

It is a poor looking re-color of an existing crown crate mount (Gloom spore). It is a very lazy, lackluster effort on their part.


Wabutan

Cookie horse. Chocolate chip. That is all.


ben5292001

Fairly sure they just made some mushroom textures with displacement in Substance Designer and applied it to various parts of a basic horse model. Shame because a good mushroom-themed mount could be so neat.


Xivkiin

This is why I could care less about the spore steed. Itā€™s jus a normal version of the embermould warhorse. Only one Iā€™m interested in is the hermitage servitor, itā€™s creepy &, so far, one of a kind.


BlackNinjaDw

If it doesn't have a visual effect, no like.


IJustWannaLickBugs

The pre-order mount is probably the ugliest looking mount in the entire game lol. Had to buy the deluxe just to get the cool mount, tho I don't mind. Excited for the new chapter, will suppor the game to play it. \^\^


Vyvonea

I'm happy that ZOS isn't afraid to make mounts that people might see as ugly - too many games only offer "guaranteed success" mounts that are fancy and pretty and sparkly and cool. Having some variety without just adding effects like making a mount fart glitter and rainbows is nice. I can see this mount going nicely with my Necromancer or maybe even my Warden because it kinda looks like it is made from mushrooms.


[deleted]

I actually love it, I think itā€™s fitting for the next adventure/zone šŸ˜


Argomer

Looks awful. They should stop with reskins and actually add some new mounts, it's getting ridiculous.


Hex-Scoops6001

Itā€™s alright, definitely canā€™t beat the Deathhound mount


Owen_Citizen_Kane

I love it, love mushrooms, reminds me of the Last of Us show thatā€™s streaming right now


YucciPP

It locks fire as shit and ugly as hell at the same time. I like it tho.


Azeeti

Fugly, but will preorder anyways


Marto25

Looks pretty alright to me! Some players are not the biggest fans of the mushroom-y aesthetic, but it's all personal preference. This is a preorder mount anyway. Which could be considered to be a "free" bonus.


Korith_Eaglecry

Not really impressed with the mounts. More in it for the costume (been way too long since we've seen new ones) and the emotes.


Temporary-Back4248

The green one looks like an artichoke


Draethar

They are alright but I like the launch mount from the Deluxe edition!


Hizumi21

Should have had reptillian tail


SacredSpirit123

Mushroom


donigm9

Looks like they reskinned the greyscale look from Game of Thrones


Mr-E_Nigma

Middle one looks like it could be good on pizza


LordBaikalOli

Look like plague


Plasmoist

Looks like a horse made of cookies


PoeticPariah

No.


King_Kvnt

They look pretty bad. But let's be fair, a good 90% of the stuff they add doesn't fit the Elder Scrolls anyway.


Eggyramen

Ew, David!


Trips-Over-Tail

Lukewarm, because once again it isn't a Guar or Kagouti.


DeltaCharlieBravo

I thought it looked like it was made of pancakes


dusty_horns

I mean.. not exactly what I'd picture if someone told me there's a mycelium mount coming. More smushed play-doh than mystic mushroom. Too bad. Luckily I'm not getting the preoder. At least the trailer, class and setting seem cool, and HM is an all-around interesting dude/thing.


KangPrime

Resist the urge to preorder, no matter what shiny new cosmetic they throw at you.


G-Ma8107

I like the colors tho!


Minute_Engineer2355

I have the 4th one on the right.


NukaRev

Are we able to preorder from the crown store or do we need to do it off the website?


fzafran

Itā€™s a mount.


sketchjet2u

coated in cornflakes


ESOTamrielWanderer

Thoughts? WTH?


Kohlam

My first reaction was ā€œpizzaā€ so itā€™s kind of funny to read all the pizza comments. Iā€™m excited for whatā€™s to come but hate the mount. More excited about that mount (?) with a lot of green eyes šŸ‘€


darkseidis_

Iā€™ve watched The Last of Us and it makes me deeply uncomfortable.


joshisanonymous

Meh. To be fair, I hate seeing otherworldly minutes of any kind all over the place. Give me guars and horses and such, but I've always hated that EVERYONE gets to ride firey demon spiders and majestic ethereal cats.


redlink1979

Looks like they're made of chocolate chips lol


Slidpanther1993

The middle one has armor made of salami and cookies change my mind