Ground Skimming allows you to recharge your vigor while flying near the ground which is a departure from current Dragonflight where the only way to rapidly recharge your vigor is to to fly at really high speeds. In order to obtain Ground Skimming, you’ll need to collect the new Dragonriding Glyphs found throughout Zaralek Cavern. Dragonriding and the ability to Ground Skim will likely be available Day 1 of Patch 10.1.
Read the full quote below for more context and Blizzard’s philosophy on Dragonriding in Patch 10.1: Embers of Neltharion.
Morgan Day: Definitely you’ll be able to Dragonride from moment one. That feedback is something that we’ve heard loud and clear from previous expansions. We didn’t want to make you re-earn Dragonriding. Being able to in that opening experience take your dragonriding mount and fly through this huge hole in the ground that the Incarnates have created to bore their way into Zaralek Cavern. You’ll be able to do that minute one. And similar to Dragonflight launch there will be glyphs that are available within Zaralek Cavern that you can collect as well as races that you can participate in that will be able to open up new options for your Dragonriding mount. I forget if mentioned this earlier, but there’s a new trait called Ground Skimming that will actually let you recharge your vigor while you’re flying really close to the ground rather than right now the only way to recharge your vigor is to fly at that really high speed. That’s a trait you’ll be able to earn once you’ve collected some of the glyphs down there. That’s very much aligned with the philosophy of Dragonflight where we want you to use this right way and what unlocks look like is just unlocking more potential. We didn’t want to turn it off just so that you could turn it right back on again.
Be sure heck out our coverage on the new Dragonriding Mount you’ll be able to obtain in Patch 10.1, the Winding Slitherdrake.
New Patch 10.1 Dragonriding Mount
