A Netherwing Drake may seem like an odd choice for the next Dragonriding mount, but it closely follows the discovery of new Dragonriding races in Outland datamined in last week’s PTR update, making it very likely the two are connected. Similar to the Kalimdor Cup, which adds Dragonriding races throughout the old world continent of Kalimdor, this kind of limited old world flying is likely being used as a way to test Dragonriding in the Old World before it becomes a game-wide feature.
The Swift Nether Drake is one of several unobtainable TBC Gladiator mounts, which gives us an idea of what Dragonriding customizations could look like.
As Blizzard clarified that these features were still very much a work in progress and would not be complete until much later in Dragonflight, it’s possible we won’t be seeing Outland dragonriding races or the Grotto Netherwing Drake anytime soon, but the possibilities of new mounts and customizations are always exciting!
Good day dragonriders,As data-miners have guessed, we are indeed working on dragonriding outside of the Dragon Isles and broadening the set of mounts that can dragonride. Our initial work on this can be seen in the Fractures in Time game files, but that feature will not be complete or featured in the live game until later in Dragonflight.As we continue to develop the game in this way, we expect there to be many examples in the future of content that is a work-in-progress becoming visible to data-miners in test environments. We intend to announce the contents of any given patch in our official posts about that patch.For the latest details on what’s included in Fracture in Time, please check out our official development notes.
