World of Warcraft is making some huge improvements to both flying and Dragonriding in its next patch for Dragonflight. Once the update drops, World of Warcraft fans will be able to soar across Azeroth faster, easier, and cheaper than ever before.
In a recent blog post, World of Warcraft revealed the first details for Patch 10.1.5. Titled Fractures in Time, this next content update introduces a mega-dungeon with huge story implications, a new public event called Time Rifts, and a third specialization for Dragonflight's new Evoker class.
However, World of Warcraft is also making some important changes to unlocking mounts in the upcoming update as well. Previously, players would have to visit a riding trainer at level 10, 20, 30, and 40 in order to purchase their riding skill, the last of which costs nearly 5000 gold. Starting in World of Warcraft Patch 10.1.5, players will automatically unlock these skills at the appropriate levels, without needing to visit a trainer or spend gold. What’s more, all players will receive a new free flying mount through a quest when they reach level 30–the Harbor Gryphon for Alliance characters, and the Scarlet Pterrordax for the Horde.
If that were not enough, it seems like World of Warcraft may be expanding Dragonriding to other zones outside the Dragon Isles. The blog post listed the “Kalimdor Grand Prix” as a new Dragonriding event, and the Patch 10.1.5 Public Test Realm has achievements linked to Dragonriding races on the old world continent. Additionally, over 100 flying mounts–including almost every draconic steed–have been given a new mount classification and Dragonriding animations, meaning they may be usable with the dynamic flying feature soon.
There has not been official confirmation that Dragonriding is headed to the old world, but it seems like it is definitely coming to Kalimdor, if not all flying-enabled zones in World of Warcraft. Likewise, the ability to use old flying mounts in Dragonriding might not come in Patch 10.1.5, but it seems probable, even if it might arrive a little later. More information will likely come in the next few weeks as details about the content update are made available.
Players are overjoyed about the upcoming changes to flying. While evidence suggested World of Warcraft would bring Dragonriding outside the Dragon Isles into the future, few expected it could come to the game so soon. With flying becoming easier to unlock, and Dragonriding possibly coming to the old world soon, World of Warcraft players can soon soar the skies of Azeroth better than ever before.
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