WoW Dragonflight: When do you learn to ride a dragon and how do you unlock it?

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Dragon riding is one of the highlights of the new WoW expansion Dragonflight. But when can you finally use it and how do you unlock dragon riding? We at MeinMMO will tell you.

Where do you unlock dragon riding? The new feature is integrated into one of the main quests. So you will automatically learn how to ride a dragon simply by following the story of Dragonflight.

The quest is aptly named “Dragon Riding” and is obtained from Alexstrasza at the Ruby Lifepool in the first zone, “The Awakening Coast”. As a task you have to talk to Lord Andestrasz, who will then give you the appropriate ability.

How long does it take to get there? If you follow the main quest quickly, you should have unlocked dragon riding in 30 to 60 minutes after entering the new area.

This video gives you a first insight into dragon riding:

4 minutes gameplay of Dragon Riding, the new feature in WoW Dragonflight

Dragon glyphs are important if you want to level up quickly

What happens after unlocking? After you have unlocked the first dragon, you will learn the functions of the dragon in subsequent quests. After that, you should start collecting the dragon glyphs.

With these you unlock new talents that make flying more comfortable, such as a longer flight duration, speed boosts or a boost in height. All this will help you to get to level 70 faster.

The fastest way to find them is with the help of an addon, as we have explained to you here: Find dragon riding glyphs – addon shows all locations on the map. However, you have to keep in mind that although the addon shows the position on the map, the glyphs are sometimes on mountains or floating in the air.

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In addition, you get a new dragon in each of the different level areas, in this order:

  • Renewed Proto-Drake
  • highland dragon
  • Cliff Wind Dragon
  • Windborn Velocid Dragon

Why is kite riding so important? Riding the dragon makes questing faster and is also required to reach certain locations in the new areas. Resources are often located in places that cannot be reached on foot. There is also new gameplay content such as the dragon races, for which you obviously need the dragon riding.

On top of that, flying with it is incredibly fun and it is the only way to fly in the new areas at all at the beginning. Because the classic flight mounts are deactivated for now.

By the way, if you are really fast in Dragonflight, you can not only mount your kite quickly, but also reach the max level within a few hours:

WoW: First player reaches new max level 70 in less than 2.5 hours – that’s how he did it

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