Bonded Mounts (at least for paladins and nature oracles) have an Int of at least 6, so the argument of "They're too dumb to know better and are therefore true neutral" might not hold water anymore.
So what alignment would a bonded mount like that be?
Rules wise? Probably still Neutral. I mean, nothing says to change it, so the basic assumption would be that it stays the same.
If I was to adjudicate it myself? Probably the same alignment as the character, or within one of them. Although the idea of a LG Paladin of a NG deity being sent a CG mount is pretty appealing to me, in a vaguely Disney movie sort of way.
The mount wouldn't have an agenda of it's own and would still be an animal. Even at a 6 int it's not going to think of how it fits in the grand cosmos and what it can do to move the median in one direction or another.
It would take direction from it's master but not because it wants to do good or evil but because it's master is it's master.
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A 6 int should be enough for them to be able to make choices, and thus have an alignment.
For a Paladin, the alignment should either be LG or the alignment of the deity (who is the one granting the paladin the mount anyway). For a Druid, it should either be Neutral or the Druid's alignment (so Neutral for at least one part).
Not in the RAW (nothing in the RAW one way or the other), but would make sense.
A druid's AC doesn't get an Int 6, neither does the Cavaliers, they both have Int 2 by default.
Paladin and Nature Oracle are the only ones I saw where it says that they have at least an Int of 6.
Int 6 is almost as smart as half the half-orc population out there, and they get an alignment. ;)
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A druid's AC doesn't get an Int 6, neither does the Cavaliers, they both have Int 2 by default.
Paladin and Nature Oracle are the only ones I saw where it says that they have at least an Int of 6.Int 6 is almost as smart as half the half-orc population out there, and they get an alignment. ;)
The Druid's could have an int of 3 by level 4 (enough to understand common), and 4 by level 9.
If you raise the int of the druid AC past 3, it should gain an alignment.
Looking over the divine bond section I think the Mount should share the Paladins Deities alignment as it is directly provided by the god.