Any ant can become a mount you ride around the map — but training can fail, and a failed ant is gone.
How to train a mount
- Take an ant out of the nest (placed ants can't be trained).
- Walk to the Mount Trainer — the cowboy ant near the centre of the map.
- Choose "I want to train this" and confirm.
- Success: you are riding the ant. Failure: the ant is lost.
The trainer's own warning: all ants have a chance to become mounts, rare ants have a lower success rate.
Is it worth it?
Mounts are mostly about movement:
- Faster travel between your nest, the shop and events.
- The Vine event climb becomes trivial.
- Winged ants (like the Starwing Ant) hover over the ground.
A mounted ant no longer works in your nest, so it does not add income.
Which ant to train
- Early: a spare Common or Uncommon — high success rate, nothing to lose.
- Later: a duplicate Wheel Ant is a favourite. A winged ant looks the best.