Dragons

Dragon depicted on Ashes of Creation MMORPG official Gamescom 2019 teaser trailer.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Dragons (sometimes referred to as Wyrms or Wyrmlings) are able to be used as mounts, others will serve as Неигровые персонажи: Some will be bosses or monsters that players can fight.^[5]

Dragon mounts are classed as royal mounts (tier 3) that are capable of true flight when utilized by Mayors of metropolis nodes or Kings and Queens of Guild castles.^[6]^[7]
- Royal mounts are 3 or 4 times larger than gliding mounts (tier 2 mounts).^[8]
- Certain tier 2 mount skins can be upgraded to tier 3 skins to accommodate the size difference.^[8]

Dragon eggs can also drop from legendary world bosses.^[9]^[6] These will be temporary mounts that exist for a limited duration.^[10]^[11]^[12]

We reserved it to very very few people per server, which is also going to make it a lot more meaningful when those flying dragons come into play for certain events.^[7] – Steven Sharif

Dragon mounts

Emberstorm Dragon

Abilities

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Dragons are flying mounts with strong battle abilities, such as AoE breath attacks, swooping flyby attacks, and others.^[13]^[6]

Dragons have PvP capabilities relating to Осады замков and Осады узлов.^[6]

The dragon will have a lot of capability in PvP. It's primarily its purpose, because as it relates to Castles and the sieges they're in, or Nodes and the sieges they're in. We want dragons to have large scale ramifications against player raids.^[6] – Steven Sharif

Сражения верхом

Для определённых ездовых животных будут доступны боевые способности.^[14]^[15]^[16]

Игроки не смогут использовать классовые навыки верхом на животном.^[15]

Для ездовых животных запланирован ряд эффективных PvP-способностей, некоторые из которых будут полезны в масштабных сражениях, если правильно организовать их применение.^[17] – Steven Sharif

Навыки ездовых животных будут зависеть от породы и редкости. Также в отношении навыков ездовых животных будет иметься некоторый элемент случайности.^[18]
- Рывок через врагов (чтобы сбить их с ног).^[18]
- В качестве одной из дизайн-идей обсуждалась способность создавать копьё при езде верхом.^[18]
- При езде на многоместных ездовых животных для разных мест могут присутствовать свои системы вооружения.^[19]

Некоторые способности контроля толпы способны выбить игрока из седла.^[20] В этом случае ездовое животное останется поблизости и у него будет собственная полоса здоровья и прочие характеристики.^[21]

Всегда будет присутствовать опасность пересечения местности поблизости от врагов; есть способности, которые могут выбить ездока из седла, если он окажется чересчур близко к врагам.^[20] – Steven Sharif

Ездовые животные могут быть убиты игроками, но по истечении определённого времени их можно будет воскресить.^[22]^[23]^[24]

Чтобы снизить это время ожидания, можно будет использовать зелья, создаваемые алхимиками.^[22]^[25]^[23]
Ездовые животные, погибшие определённое количество раз за какое-то время, могут получить негативный эффект, из-за чего для их воскрешения потребуется другой материальный компонент.^[25]
Получаемый урон от падения при езде в первую очередь применяется к ездовому животному, затем, если оно погибает, оставшийся урон наносится игроку; однако это будет тестироваться.^[26]

Ездовые животные могут выбираться в качестве цели отдельно от оседлавшего их игрока.^[23]

После смерти игрока включается таймер, по истечении которого его вьючное животное исчезнет. Чтобы собрать с него добычу, другие игроки должны успеть убить его за это время.^[27]
Если вьючное животное игрока будет убито, то с его трупа можно будет собрать такой же процент добычи, что и с игрока.^[27]^[28]

List of dragon mobs

List of dragon bosses

Внешний вид

Dragon appearances are based on the region of their origin.^[29]

Elder dragons

Forest elder dragon 3D render. 3D model by Chris Myers.^[30]

Elder dragon 3D render. 3D model by Keith Kovach.^[31]

Elder dragons are more traditional looking dragons: They are much larger, heavier, and slower than other dragons.^[30]

Royal mounts

Nighthunter Gryphon royal mount.^[32]

Royal mounts are a tier 3^[8] class of flying mounts available to Mayors of metropolis nodes and Kings and Queens of Guild castles. Royal mounts can also be dropped from legendary world bosses.^[9]^[6]

Royal mounts are capable of true flight when utilized by Mayors of metropolis nodes or Kings and Queens of Guild castles.^[6]^[7]
Flight capable royal mounts are also dropped from World bosses as eggs. These mounts will have a life-span likely between 15 to 30 days (online and offline time)^[9] after which the mounts will pass away.^[6]^[33]
- Royal mounts are dropped as eggs that can be cultivated through the Животноводство profession for artisans with a high enough stable upgrade on their freehold.^[9] The eggs themselves also have a lifetime.^[34]
- Royal mount eggs are able to be sold to other players.^[35]
- Royal mounts are not breedable.^[36]
Each server may have between 10 to 20 royal mounts based on the legendary world boss timers.^[34]^[37]

Royal mounts are 3 or 4 times larger than gliding mounts (tier 2 mounts).^[8]
- Certain tier 2 mount skins can be upgraded to tier 3 skins to accommodate the size difference.^[8]

At any given point in time you're gonna see anywhere from 10 to maybe at max I would say around 20 based off of the legendary world boss timers. Probably 20 people who have flying abilities.^[34] – Steven Sharif

There are different types of royal mounts.^[6]

Dragons.^[6]
Royal horses will be able to fly.^[38]
Other types of legendary, mythical creatures.^[6]

Dragons are a class of these royal mounts. You can get different types of royal mounts. They don't have to be dragons. They could be some other type of legendary mythical creature... It will be an epic looking large-scale creature and people will notice you and it while you are approaching.^[6] – Steven Sharif

Limitations

Royal mounts are capable of true flight when utilized by Mayors of metropolis nodes or Kings and Queens of Guild castles.^[6]^[7]
Flight capable royal mounts are also dropped from World bosses as eggs. These mounts will have a life-span likely between 15 to 30 days (online and offline time)^[9] after which the mounts will pass away.^[6]^[33]

Generally flying is not something that we're going to be doing in this game and there's a lot of reasons for that: Some of it is economic, some of it is ... you create this really great looking world and we don't want you flying over all the time.^[7] – Jeffrey Bard

The maximum flight time on a royal mount is probably limited between 20 and 30 minutes. This will limit the range of effectiveness for these mounts.^[6]

There will be a flight time associated with it, but the flight time will be considerable. We're thinking probably between 20 and 30 minutes. So will that limit the range of effectiveness? Yes it will limit the range of effectiveness for that particular mount. ^[6] – Steven Sharif

Royal mounts must be mounted in a royal stables in order to fly.^[6]

Royal stables

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Royal stables are a type of building in Ashes of Creation.^[6]

Castles come with a royal stables.^[6]
Mayors can choose to build royal stables within their node. Once chosen, the community will need to build the stables through quests.^[6]
Royal mounts must be mounted in a royal stables in order to fly.^[6]

The royal mounts will be the only class of mounts that can fully fly in the world; and they are will be needed to be mounted while in a royal stables. Royal stables are a building that can be built in a node if elected to be built by the mayor and supported by the community building it up through the quests to do so; and castles come with a royal stable as well. So once you have a royal stable and you become that Mayor or King or Queen, you may then mount the creature there and then take it wherever you wish.^[6] – Steven Sharif

Undermounts

Wyrmling 3D render. Concepted by Ryan Richmond. 3D model by Jessica Jennings.^[39]

The guild leader of a castle can grant the use of flying undermounts (such as wyrmlings) to guild officers during a castle siege.^[23]^[40]^[41]^[42]

These may only be granted if the castle nodes are successfully established prior to the siege.^[42]
- Node A grants 1 undermount, Node B grants 2 undermounts, and Node C grants 2 undermounts.^[43]
This system is subject to change during testing.^[43]