What is Dragonriding in WoW?
Dragonriding is the new flying method added by Blizzard in the latest WoW expansion, Dragonflight. Players are now able to ride dragons, crossing the Dragon Isles. There are four Dragonflight mounts you can use and customize to fit your personality & style.
The legacy mounts are unable to fly in Dragon Isles, so you have to learn Dragonriding and add Dragonflight mounts to your collection to be able to travel through the air in WoW patch 10.0.
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As you progress through the Dragonflight expansion, you will unlock Dragon Riding, learn the mechanics, and upgrade your flying ability to fast travel between the new Dragon Isle zones. Also, a contest called Dragon Racing is available for players who want to test their flying skills against others.
How does Flying Work in Dragonflight?
Dragon Riding is no more like the flying we were used to from the previous WoW expansions. Flying in Dragonflight feels more like soaring through the air at high speed. You use your basic skill to take off, and then you accelerate using the Surge Forward skill, trying to reach more height at the best speed possible until you have to land again. Dragon Riding has stunning mechanics, but it takes plenty of time to master.
There are two ways you can launch your dragon into the air:
- Using the Skyward Ascent skill
- Double-tap the jump button while mounted.
Vigor (Dragonriding Resource)
The Vigor is your primary resource for Dragonriding in WoW. You use the Vigor during your flight to cast active flying abilities. When you run out of Vigor, you will be unable to use your Dragonriding skills, but it recharges while you’re on the ground and while dragonriding at high speeds.
The easiest way to recharge your Vigor without landing is to get to a lower altitude, build momentum, speed up and let it restore while flying.
Flying changes in WoW Dragonflight
The main flying change that came along with the Dragonflight expansion is the new system called Dragon Riding. The legacy mounts cannot fly in the Dragon Isles and will only act as ground mounts, so you must add the new Drakes to your collection as quickly as possible and learn how to dragon ride.
The flying speed in Dragonflight is stunning. Dragon Riding speed is way higher than flying was in past expansions, so instead of a +310% flying speed, the Drakes have a +830% flying speed.
Dragon Riding vs Flying in past expansions
Dragonriding is the new aerial travel method added by Blizzard in the latest World of Warcraft expansion. It replaces the conventional flying that you are used to from past expansions. Dragon Riding brings some unique features such as:
- Dragonriding has a +830% flying speed bonus instead of +310% in past expansions
- The legacy mounts can’t fly in Dragon Isles
- A new Abilities & Talents system was added in Dragonflight
- Four new Drake mounts that can Dragonride
- New aerial movement mechanics
- New mini-game activities that will test your Dragon Riding skills
How to Unlock Dragonriding in WoW Patch 10.0?
Dragon Riding unlock is a straightforward process that requires following a few simple steps during the campaign in Dragon Isles while leveling in The Waking Shores region.
Dragonriding unlock steps:
- Reach the 2nd zone of Dragon Isles.
- Go to the Waking Shores region.
- Talk to Lord Andestrasz in the Ruby Lifeshrine.
- Accept the Dragonriding quest.
- Go to the Ruby Lifeshrine by following the quest mark on the map.
- Talk with Lord Andestrasz and get your first Dragon mount.
How Long to Unlock Flying in Dragonflight?
It takes 30-60 minutes to unlock Dragonriding in WoW. Since the quest is so simple, you can unlock your new flying technique and get your first Dragon Isles Drake pretty quickly. However, mastering your dragonriding skills will take quite some time.
WoW Dragon Riding Abilities & Talents
You can use a few Dragon Riding abilities to improve your flying experience in Dragonflight. We grouped the abilities for you as follows:
Dragonriding Basics:
- Skyward Ascent – you can use it to take off with your dragon.
- Surge Forward – an active ability that gets you a short speed boost when used.
- Lift Off – you can use the double jump to take off and start gliding.
- Thrill of the Skies – a passive ability that grants you 1 Vigor every 15 seconds while flying at high speeds.
These abilities are available by default after you unlock Dragonriding.
Unlockable Dragonriding Abilities:
The abilities in this category require completing specific quests while progressing through the Dragonflight campaign.
- Winds of the Isles – allows you to detect and use the winds to boost your speed in their direction.
- Whirling Surge – a skill that allows you to move in a spiral for a long distance at high speed.
- Bronze Timelock – allows you to mark a waypoint and retreat to it anytime, anywhere in Dragon Isles.
You will unlock these abilities by completing the Dragonflight campaign for the following zones:
- Ohn’ahran Plains – unlock Winds of the Isles
- Azure Span – unlock Whirling Surge
- Thaldraszus – Bronze Timelock
The Dragonriding Talents are account-wide perks that help you stay longer in the air, store more Vigor, recharge quicker and master the flying technique in WoW Dragonflight. To unlock the Dragon Riding Talents, you have to find Dragon Glyphs, collect them, and get talent points that you can spend on unlocking your talents.
In the following list, we present all the Dragonriding Talents available in the talent tree:
- Take to the Skies – Your Vigor is increased to 4. – Costs 1 Glyph
- Redirection – Increases Surge Forward skill effect by 125% while flying at low speed. – Costs 3 Glyphs
- Dynamic Stretching – Vigor regeneration increased to 1 Vigor/25 seconds while grounded. – Costs 3 Glyphs
- Thrill Chaser – Your Thrill of the Skies generates 1 Vigor/10 seconds. – Costs 3 Glyphs
- Ohn’ahra’s Gusts – Improves your Surge Forward skill to avoid obstacles while racing. – Costs 3 Glyphs
- Dragonrider’s Initiative – You get up to 10 stacks of Dragonrider’s Initiative while riding at mid-speed & above, allowing you to generate a shockwave that deals damage to your enemies. – Costs 3 Glyphs
- Dragonrider’s Compassion – You get up to 10 stacks of Dragonrider’s Compassion in the air, which generate a shield of 1% of your health & get you +1% movement speed/stack for 30 seconds when you dismount. – Costs 3 Glyphs
- Restorative Travels – Vigor regeneration increased to 1 Vigor/20 seconds while grounded.– Costs 4 Glyphs
- Airborne Tumbling – Your Whirling Surge skill is able to evade wingshredders & dismount enemy players. – Costs 4 Glyphs
- Dragonriding Learner – Vigor increased to 5 slots. – Costs 4 Glyphs
- Dragonrider’s Cultivation – By gathering herbs & minerals, you increase the Vigor recharge rate by 10% for 10 seconds. – Costs 5 Glyphs
- Dragonrider’s Hunt – Killing an enemy, you increase the Vigor recharge rate by 10% for 3 seconds. It can only be used once/in 10 seconds. – Costs 5 Glyphs
- Beyond Infinity – Vigor increased to 6 slots. – Costs 5 Glyphs
- Yearning for the Sky – Vigor regeneration rate increased to 1 Vigor/15 seconds & while grounded. – Costs 5 Glyphs
- At Home Aloft – Your Thrill of the Skies generates 1 Vigor/5 seconds. – Costs 5 Glyphs
WoW Dragon Riding Glyph Locations
Dragon Glyphs are shiny objects distributed around the Dragon Isles, which you can collect by flying through them. Collecting these Glyphs gets you Talent Points you can spend to unlock your Dragon Riding talents. You will feel drastic improvements in your Dragon Riding once you collect all Glyphs and complete your talent tree. After you do that, your Dragonflight flying will be way better, so we recommend unlocking all talents as soon as possible in your journey.
There are 48 Glyphs in the Dragon Isles, 12 in each of the four zones that you can find and collect. You can spend your Dragon Glyphs and unlock additional flying perks by opening the Dragonriding Skills & Unlocks tab on the minimap.
In the following table, we present the location of each Glyph in Dragonflight:
| Zone | Location | Coordinates |
|
The Waking Shores |
Crumbling Life Archway
Dragonheart Outpost Flashfrost Enclave Life-Binder Observatory Obsidian Bulwark Obsidian Throne Overflowing Spring Ruby Life Pools Scalecracker Peak Skytop Observatory Rostrum Skytop Observatory Tower Wingrest Embassy |
57.65, 54.83
69.18, 46.23 58.09, 78.58 52.60, 17.12 40.98, 71.91 21.91, 51.41 46.39, 52.07 54.43, 74.22 73.21, 20.51 74.37, 57.51 75.26, 57.07 74.94, 37.50 |
|
Ohn’ahran Plains |
Dragonsprings Summit
Emerald Gardens The Eternal Kurgans Mirewood Fen Mirror of the Sky Nokhudon Hold Ohn’ahra’s Roost Ohn’iri Springs Rubyscale Outpost Rusza’thar Reach Szar Skeleth Windsong Rise |
84.57, 77.79
30.12, 61.35 29.44, 75.42 78.31, 21.31 46.97, 72.84 30.71, 35.57 57.76, 30.85 57.08, 80.47 48.84, 86.80 86.51, 39.40 44.61, 64.57 61.48, 64.36 |
|
The Azure Span |
Azure Archive
Brackenhide Hollow Cobalt Assembly Drake Eye’s Pond The Fallen Course Forkriver Crossing Imbu Kalthraz Fortress The Lost Ruins Ruins of Karnthar Vakthros Summit Zelthrak Outpost |
39.30, 63.12
10.40, 35.89 45.83, 25.73 26.74, 31.67 56.81, 16.12 36.33, 28.78 60.58, 70.25 67.64, 29.13 70.58, 46.26 68.64, 60.26 72.62, 39.78 52.95, 49.09 |
|
Thaldraszus |
Algeth’ar Academy
Algeth’era Court Gelikyr Overlook Passage of Time South Hold Gate Stormshroud Peak Temporal Conflux Thaldraszus Apex Tyrhold Valdrakken’s Seat of the Aspects Vault of the Incarnates Veiled Ossuary |
62.41, 40.50
49.94, 40.32 52.67, 67.42 55.73, 72.25 35.60, 85.51 46.10, 74.10 66.10, 82.30 72.90, 69.21 61.61, 56.61 59.21, 27.90 72.12, 52.3 67.12, 11.81 |
Dragon Riding Mounts in WoW (Dragons)
There are 4 Dragon Riding mounts available in WoW Dragonflight. These mounts are unique because they are the only ones that can fly in Dragon Isles. You can ride them, explore the four zones in the new expansion, and customize them as you like.
The Dragonriding Mounts in WoW Dragonflight are:
- Renewed Proto-Drake – you unlock it by completing the How to Glide with Your Dragon quest.
- Windborne Velocidrake – you unlock it by completing the Windborne Velocidrake achievement.
- Highland Drake – you unlock it by completing the Highland Drake achievement.
- Cliffside Wylderdrake – you unlock it by completing the Cliffside Wylderdrake achievement.
Each dragon mount looks fantastic and can travel the skies at high speed. They come with a +830% flying speed, making Dragonriding the fastest aerial travel method in World of Warcraft so far.
Dragon Riding Customization
Each Dragon Riding mount is customizable, so you can change your drake’s appearance at the Rostrum of Transformation in any outpost. You unlock different customization options by exploring Dragon Isles and finding Drakewatcher Manuscripts. These items can be obtained from quests, raids, dungeons, reputation, and other activities or challenges. For example, the Vault of the Incarnates raid gets you a Full Transformation for your Renewed Proto-Drake.
Dragonriding Mount Customization Options:
You can change almost anything on your Dragon Riding mount to make it unique. The mount customization options available in Dragonflight are:
- Skin Color
- Skin Scale Type
- Pattern
- Horns
- Horn Color
- Horn Style
- Throat
- Body Armor
- Armor Color
- Snout
- Crest
- Jaw
- Brow
- Hair Color
- Eyesight
- Eye Color
- Eye Style
Please note that all these mount customization options only have cosmetic purposes, so you can only change your Drake’s look and not its traits. The Dragonriding experience after customization will be the same, but you’ll do it in style.
