Hiking

You gain hiking experience when traveling between locations without a mount. You receive hiking experience equal to half the total travel time.

Minimum Hiking time between locations with or without a mount is 10 seconds.

While hiking without a mount you have a small chance of finding the following drops. Note: Flowers don't currently have a use in game.

Gear
Leather Gear provides an Agility bonus, which lowers hiking time. 1 agility reduces your travel time by 1 second.

Leather is level 1 Hiking

Lizard Skin Suit items are level 25.

Caribou Hide Suit items are level 40.

Mounts
Mounts may be purchased to and ridden to reduce travel time. You obtain no experience and no drops while riding a mount. Mounts have a small chance of dying while riding one and moving between locations.