Dragonriding Races in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight (10.2) (2024)

Last updated on Nov 14, 2023 at 22:00by Panthea3 comments

Dragon Racing is an optional part of Dragonridingin Dragonflight that gives you the opportunity to put your ridingskills to the test in over 50 different courses across the Dragon Isles.Here, you will learn more about racing and the cosmetic rewards available forthose with a need for Dragonriding speed!

Welcome to Dragon Racing! These races will test your mastery over your newlyobtained Dragonriding skills. Races can be found in every zone, and completing themwill award you either a Bronze, Silver, or Gold

Before you begin Dragon Racing, we would recommend that you obtain all of theGlyphs to fully upgrade your talent tree. This will make the races much easierand is required in order to complete any advanced race.

We have dedicated guides for Glyphs and Talents, which can be found below.

We would also recommend that you turn off enemy nameplates (Default Keybind: V)during the races, as you will sometimes fly through areas with a lot of hostile targets, and having your screen filled with nameplates will make the races unnecessarilyharder.

Finally, we need to talk about Thrill of the Skies. This is how most ofyour Vigor is generated during Dragon Racing. Maintainingthe buff is essential for completing races as fast as possible.

• Thrill of the Skies is triggered by moving at a high speed on yourDrake.
• Flying upwards will cause you to lose speed and lose the buff. This can be negatedby using Surge Forward or Skyward Ascent.

Normal races are unlocked by default, and every zone will have a quest to completeevery race. These quests are retroactive, so if you have completed the raceswhen you pick up the quest, they will be marked as completed in the quests whenyou pick them up.

You start these quests in the waking shores with The Waking Shores Tourand after completing this quest, you will be taken to the next zone.

• The Waking Shores Tour
• The Ohn'ahran Plains Tour
• The Azure Span Tour
• The Thaldraszus Tour

After completing all four zone quests, you will unlock advanced racesand a new set of quests for advanced races.

• The Waking Shores Advanced Tour
• The Ohn'ahran Plains Advanced Tour
• The Azure Span Advanced Tour
• The Thaldraszus Advanced Tour

Every Dragon Race has a Bronze Timekeeper at the location. Talk to them tostart the race.

To find other races in the zone, you can speak to the Bronze Timekeeper Assistant, who will mark your map for the race you select. Alternatively, the pages we havefor each zone has a map showing you the locations of every race.

In normal races, you will see very few obstacles, a large amount of wind boosts, and some Vigor nodes.

In advanced races, you will see very few wind boosts, but more Vigor nodesare placed in the races to replace this. Obstacles are added in many races, andthe timers are harder to beat.

The buttons below will take you to pages for each zone which will detailwhere the races are, videos for every race on Basic and Advanced, and some tipsand tricks to help you get the gold time on every race!

Whilst you are in a Dragon Race, you will notice checkpoint rings which youneed to fly through, as well as both beneficial and negative effects. In the sectionsbelow, we will detail all of these and what they do:

You will only see two checkpoint rings at a time whilst you are in a Dragonrace.A Yellow checkpoint ring indicates your nextcheckpoint, while a faded Blue checkpointring indicates the checkpoint after your current one to help you plan turns andability usage.

You will also see arrows pointing you towards these checkpoints. These showyour direct path to the checkpoint and is not an indicator of the route youneed to take.

Throughout races (and more commonly in advanced races), you will see greenVigor orbs. These restore 1 Vigor when you fly through them.

In normal races (and some advanced races), you will see small clusters of wind.Flying through these will give you a very large speed boost.

There are two types of obstacles; flying into any of these will have a negativeeffect on you and, more importantly, your race timer!

Stun Orbs will debuff you with Zapped if you fly into it.Zapped will stun you for 2 seconds and remove all momentum. If you have the Ohn'ahra's Guststalent, you can Surge Forward through these and not be stunned for 1 second.

Elemental Orbs will debuff you with Flames if you fly into them.Flames will slow you for 2 seconds and remove momentum. If you have the Ohn'ahra's Guststalent, you can Surge Forward through these and not be slowed for 1 second.

There are many achievements from doing Dragon Racing. Some of these achievementshave rewards which are listed below:

Achievement	Criteria	Reward
Waking Shores: Gold	Obtain gold in all normal races in The Waking Shores.	Renewed Proto-Drake: Red Hair
Ohn'ahran Plains: Gold	Obtain gold in all normal races in Ohn'ahran Plains.	Windborne Velocidrake: Red Hair
Azure Span: Gold	Obtain gold in all normal races in The Azure Span.	Highland Drake: Brown Hair
Thaldraszus: Gold	Obtain gold in all normal races in Thaldraszus.	Cliffside Wylderdrake: Blonde Hair
Waking Shores Advanced: Bronze	Complete all advanced races in The Waking Shores.	Renewed Proto-Drake: Gold and Red Armor
Ohn'ahran Plains Advanced: Bronze	Complete all advanced races in Ohn'ahran Plains.	Windborne Velocidrake: Gold and Red Armor
Azure Span Advanced: Bronze	Complete all advanced races in The Azure Span.	Highland Drake: Gold and Red Armor
Thaldraszus Advanced: Bronze	Complete all advanced races in Thaldraszus.	Cliffside Wylderdrake: Gold and Orange Armor
Dragon Racing Completionist	Complete all races in the Dragon Isles.	Spiked Crimson Spaulders
Dragon Racing Completionist: Silver	Obtain silver in all races in the Dragon Isles.	Bronze Racing Enthusiast
Dragon Racing Completionist: Gold	Obtain gold in all races in the Dragon Isles.	"Isles Racer" title
Forbidden Reach Racing Completionist: Gold	Obtain gold in all races in the Forbidden Reach.	"Forbidden Reach Racer" title
Zaralek Cavern: Silver	Obtain silver in all normal races in the Zaralek Cavern.	Winding Slitherdrake: Red Hair
Zaralek Cavern Advanced: Silver	Obtain silver in all Advanced races in the Zaralek Cavern.	Winding Slitherdrake: Red and Gold Armor
Emerald Dream Racing Completionist: Gold	Obtain gold in all races (Normal, Advanced, Reverse) in the Emerald Dream.	"Dream Racer" title
Emerald Dream Challenge Racing Completionist: Gold	Obtain gold in all races (Challenge, Reverse Challenge) in the Emerald Dream.	"Emerald Ace" title