Dracthyr Race Guide for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight: Availability, Racials, Mounts, Starting Zone, Available Classes (2024)

Last updated on Jan 13, 2024 at 17:40by Stan1 comment

Dracthyr are a new playable race in the Dragonflight expansion.The following guide provides all the necessary information we currentlyknow about them, including racial abilities and mounts, starting zone,available classes, and more.

The Dracthyr Evoker is only available to players who purchasedthe Dragonflight expansion.

Dracthyr are limited to Evokers at the beginning of theDragonflight expansion. However, it is possible that more classeswill be able to play as them in the future.

You can learn more about Evokers in our dedicated guide linked below.

Dracthyr Evokers start at Level 58, and by the time you finish the starting zone,you will hit Level 60.

Dracthyr Evokers start in the Forbidden Reach.

The Forbidden Reach, once the secret training grounds of the Black Dragonflight,has descended into a broken and deserted landscape, lost to the ravages of time.Those few dragons who remember the island know that it is taboo to visit,a place where something dreadful fell. Those who braved the shores found littleof consequence in this cauldron-like caldera apart from a shattered landscapeand nature-claimed ruins half buried by magma.

Deep beneath the surface, vast underground chambers contain armies ofdracthyr, resting in magical stasis for thousands of years. The dracthyr arewaking up from their slumber as an ancient, magical surge ripples throughthe Forbidden Reach.

The Dracthyr's iconic Soar has become the equivalent to Dragonridingin Patch 10.2.5 and fully supports Dragonriding abilities. It is on a 10-second cooldown,available to players who complete the starting zone and unlocked Dragonriding.

Below is a complete list of racial abilities Dracthyr players will have accessto in the new expansion:

• Chosen Identity — Activate to automatically assume yourVisage when you leave combat or after Soaring.
• Glide — Reduces your falling speed. You can activate thisability with the jump key while falling. (Instant, 1 second cooldown)
• Soar — Muster your strength and launch into the air. Cooldownbegins when you land. (1.5-second cast, 3 minute cooldown)
• Empowered Soaring — Your Soar is empowered after co-opting newflight techniques from the dragons of the Dragon Isles. Soar is now equivalent toDragonriding, granting access to Vigor and all Dragonriding abilities.
• Expedited Takeoff — Soar's cooldown is reduced to 10 seconds.
• Principles of Soaring (Passive) — While Soaring through theair, pointing yourself toward any given direction sends you into that direction.Pointing yourself downward grants more momentum. Evening out can transfer thatmomentum forward. Pointing yourself upward slows you down. When at your slowest,you will start to fall slowly toward the ground, forward and down. You also gainaccess to Surge Forward and Skyward Ascent.
• Skyward Ascent — Flap upward, gaining height at thecost of some momentum. (Instant, Max 1 Charge)
• Surge Forward — Flap forward a short distance, gaining speed.(Instant, Max 2 Charges)
• Tail Swipe — Lash out with your tail, knocking enemies within8 yards into the air. (Instant, 1.5 minute cooldown)
• Visage — Switch between your Dracthyr and Visage forms. YourVisage emanates magic, significantly increasing out-of-combat health regenerationfor your party. (Instant)
• Wing Buffet — With a powerful flap of your wings, knock awayenemies in front of you. (Instant, 1.5 minute cooldown)
• Awakened (Passive) — Increases Mastery by 1.8%.
• Discerning Eye (Passive) — Increases your Perception by 2%.Perception increases your ability to spot rare reagents while gathering.

The Dracthyr racial mounts are the Vorquin. They can be purchased fromTreysh in the Forbidden Reach during the second chapter of the intro.If you forget to buy them, do not worry. You will find Tethalash inValdrakken who sells them at 26, 34.

You will receive one rare mount from a quest free of charge.

• Bronze Vorquin (Rare mount) costs 40 ;
• Crimson Vorquin (Rare mount) costs 40 ;
• Obsidian Vorquin (Rare mount) costs 40 ;
• Sapphire Vorquin (Rare mount) costs 40 ;
• Armored Vorquin Leystrider (Epic mount) costs 80 ;
• Majestic Armored Vorquin (Epic mount) costs 80 ;
• Swift Armored Vorquin (Epic mount) costs 80 .

Dracthyr have two forms: a Visage Form and a Dragon Form. Transmog is differentbetween them.

While in Visage Form, transmog works the standard way and allarmor slots are visible.

Transmog in Dragon Form is more complex. You pick some armor for yourDragon Form when you create your character or at the Barber Shop later. OnlyShoulders, Tabards and Belt appearances will carry overfrom your Visage Form's transmog and be visible in Dragon Form.

You also cannot choose any belt; it must have a three-dimensional buckle and oldbelts will not work. If you transmogged some shoulders, but would like to havethe Barber Shop option visible instead, you must first remove the shoulder transmog.