World of Warcraft: Dragonflight will let players fly with Dragonriding

World of Warcraft’s latest expansion is all about dragons, so it wouldn’t feel quite right unless you got to do some flying of your own. Blizzard will introduce Dragonriding to help players get started in the new expansion. Dragonflight expansion.

Dragonriding isn’t exactly like the free-flying that players are used to in World of Warcraft at the moment, instead it’s somewhere between flying and gliding. Drakes will allow players to hop onto their wings and fly slowly, with their momentum as their guide. While the Drakes will start off with flying that’s barely better than a glider, their abilities will upgrade as you progress through the expansion, getting closer and closer to true flight.

To help take advantage of this new method of travel, Blizzard has designed the Dragon Isles to be bigger and more expansive than some of Azeroth’s previous zones.

“One of the things about the new zones that we’ve done is, they’re a lot bigger because of Dragonriding,” Brian Holinka, a game designer on DragonflightIn a Zoom interview, he explained how he got to Polygon. “We’ve tried to make spaces that are bigger that really take advantage of that and make it a lot more fun. So for the time being, players will be having a good time in the Dragon Isles on their dragons and seeing it in a whole new, different perspective.”

The customization aspect is also an important part of Dragonriding. Blizzard wants players to feel that the Drake they’re riding is unique to them, so Dragonflight Mounts will be available with many customization options.

“We got the player customization in Shadowlands and now we’re turning our attention towards things like the Drake mounts in Dragonflight,” Steven Danuser, World of Warcraft’s narrative lead, told Polygon. “There’s just tons and tons of options for you to customize those mounts. We really like giving players those options to individualize not only their own character, but how they’re moving around the world and what kind of mount that they’re choosing to take through and explore these ancient runes with them.”

During their exploration of the Dragon Isles players will receive four Drakes. One for each Dragon Aspect and one for each zone. Beyond just customizing these mounts, players can also earn new moves for their Drakes, upgrade them with special max-level challenges, and eventually explore hidden areas of the Isles thanks to their Drake’s new powers.

Blizzard has also revealed several additional features, including Dragonriding. World of Warcraft DragonflightThis includes the Dracthyr Race, Evoker Class, revamped skill trees and numerous other improvements in quality-of-life. Blizzard made several announcements during the same event. World of Warcraft Classic’s Wrath of the Lich King expansion.