Emerald Dream Dragonriding Races (10.2)

Emerald Dream has 6 races; below we will detail some tips and tricks for each race along with a video showing each race completed on Normal, Advanced, Reverse, Challenge and Reverse Challenge difficulties with a gold timer.

This race is shown as 1 on the map at the top of this page. Alternatively you can use the script below to place an in-game map pin. Simply copy and paste the script below in-game to have a pin added to your world map:

• /script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("24cffffff0024Hworldmap:2200:5910:288024h[24A:Waypoint-MapPin-ChatIcon:13:13:0:024a Ysera Invitational Map Pin]24h24r");

Medal	Timer Normal	Timer Advanced	Timer Reverse	Timer Challenge	Timer Reverse Challenge
Gold	98 seconds	87 seconds	87 seconds	95 seconds	97 seconds

• Flicking for more Speed: This trick can get you the same speed as Whirling Surge but only spend one point of Vigor. Once you have some momentum tilt your camera up, use Skyward Ascent (Spacebar), and tilt your camera back down. This will push all of your upwards momentum forwards and you can maintain this speed for most of the race with Surge Forward.
• Challenge Tips: Preserve your Vigor. For any downward areas of the races just glide down and focus on spending Vigor when you are ascending or you have more than 2 Vigor.

This race is shown as 2 on the map at the top of this page. Alternatively you can use the script below to place an in-game map pin. Simply copy and paste the script below in-game to have a pin added to your world map:

• /script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("24cffffff0024Hworldmap:2200:3720.0000000000005:441024h[24A:Waypoint-MapPin-ChatIcon:13:13:0:024a Smoldering Sprint Map Pin]24h24r");

Medal	Timer Normal	Timer Advanced	Timer Reverse	Timer Challenge	Timer Reverse Challenge
Gold	80 seconds	73 seconds	73 seconds	79 seconds	80 seconds

• Flicking for more Speed: This trick can get you the same speed as Whirling Surge but only spend one point of Vigor. Once you have some momentum tilt your camera up, use Skyward Ascent (Spacebar), and tilt your camera back down. This will push all of your upwards momentum forwards and you can maintain this speed for most of the race with Surge Forward.
• Reverse Only:There is a point near the end of the race where you are racing close to the floor, avoid following the line to the next ring too closely here as you may accidentally hit the ground.
• Challenge Tips: Preserve your Vigor. For any downward areas of the races just glide down and focus on spending Vigor when you are ascending or you have more than 2 Vigor.

This race is shown as 3 on the map at the top of this page. Alternatively you can use the script below to place an in-game map pin. Simply copy and paste the script below in-game to have a pin added to your world map:

• /script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("24cffffff0024Hworldmap:2200:3229.9999999999995:482024h[24A:Waypoint-MapPin-ChatIcon:13:13:0:024a Emerald Amble Map Pin]24h24r");

Medal	Timer Normal	Timer Advanced	Timer Reverse	Timer Challenge	Timer Reverse Challenge
Gold	84 seconds	70 seconds	70 seconds	73 seconds	73 seconds

• A large portion of this race is close to the ground. Take advantage of this with Swift Skimming (new talent in 10.2) as you will regenerate Vigor faster even if you are already in Thrill of the Skies (blue glow around your mount).
• Flicking for more Speed: This trick can get you the same speed as Whirling Surge but only spend one point of Vigor. Once you have some momentum tilt your camera up, use Skyward Ascent (Spacebar), and tilt your camera back down. This will push all of your upwards momentum forwards and you can maintain this speed for most of the race with Surge Forward.
• Advanced, Reverse and Challenge: You can Surge Forward through the Arcane Orbs and not be stunned.
• Reverse Only:There is a point near the end of the race where you are racing close to the floor, avoid following the line to the next ring too closely here as you may accidentally hit the ground.
• Challenge Tips: Preserve your Vigor. For any downward areas of the races just glide down and focus on spending Vigor when you are ascending or you have more than 2 Vigor.

This race is shown as 4 on the map at the top of this page. Alternatively you can use the script below to place an in-game map pin. Simply copy and paste the script below in-game to have a pin added to your world map:

• /script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("24cffffff0024Hworldmap:2200:3510:552024h[24A:Waypoint-MapPin-ChatIcon:13:13:0:024a Viridescent Venture Map Pin]24h24r");

Medal	Timer Normal	Timer Advanced	Timer Reverse	Timer Challenge	Timer Reverse Challenge
Gold	78 seconds	64 seconds	64 seconds	73 seconds	73 seconds

• This race is through a dense forest. It can be very easy to accidentally hit a tree and lose all of your momentum. For the regular race this isn't that big of a deal (as shown in the video), but for other difficulties, you may want to restart if this happens.
• There are multiple moments in the race where you cannot clearly see where the next ring will be due to the foliage covering the indicator line. Be prepared to do some quick turns if this is your first time.
• Flicking for more Speed: This trick can get you the same speed as Whirling Surge but only spend one point of Vigor. Once you have some momentum tilt your camera up, use Skyward Ascent (Spacebar), and tilt your camera back down. This will push all of your upwards momentum forwards and you can maintain this speed for most of the race with Surge Forward.
• Challenge Tips: Preserve your Vigor. For any downward areas of the races just glide down and focus on spending Vigor when you are ascending or you have more than 2 Vigor.

This race is shown as 5 on the map at the top of this page. Alternatively you can use the script below to place an in-game map pin. Simply copy and paste the script below in-game to have a pin added to your world map:

• /script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("24cffffff0024Hworldmap:2200:6280:881024h[24A:Waypoint-MapPin-ChatIcon:13:13:0:024a Canopy Concours Map Pin]24h24r");

Medal	Timer Normal	Timer Advanced	Timer Reverse	Timer Challenge	Timer Reverse Challenge
Gold	105 seconds	93 seconds	96 seconds	105 seconds	105 seconds

• Flicking for more Speed: This trick can get you the same speed as Whirling Surge but only spend one point of Vigor. Once you have some momentum tilt your camera up, use Skyward Ascent (Spacebar), and tilt your camera back down. This will push all of your upwards momentum forwards and you can maintain this speed for most of the race with Surge Forward.
• Challenge Tips: Preserve your Vigor. For any downward areas of the races just glide down and focus on spending Vigor when you are ascending or you have more than 2 Vigor.
• Challenge Tips: When you are ascending the big tree, ensure you have at least 2 Vigor for this period. Any less than this and you may run out partway through the climb.

This race is shown as 6 on the map at the top of this page. Alternatively you can use the script below to place an in-game map pin. Simply copy and paste the script below in-game to have a pin added to your world map:

• /script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("24cffffff0024Hworldmap:2200:6959.999999999999:526024h[24A:Waypoint-MapPin-ChatIcon:13:13:0:024a Shoreline Switchback Map Pin]24h24r");

Medal	Timer Normal	Timer Advanced	Timer Reverse	Timer Challenge	Timer Reverse Challenge
Gold	73 seconds	63 seconds	62 seconds	70 seconds	70 seconds

• Flicking for more Speed: This trick can get you the same speed as Whirling Surge but only spend one point of Vigor. Once you have some momentum tilt your camera up, use Skyward Ascent (Spacebar), and tilt your camera back down. This will push all of your upwards momentum forwards and you can maintain this speed for most of the race with Surge Forward.
• Challenge Tips: Preserve your Vigor. For any downward areas of the races just glide down and focus on spending Vigor when you are ascending or you have more than 2 Vigor.

Emerald Dream only contains a fraction of the overall courses available as part of Dragon Racing. If you would like to learn more about the other zones' courses or about Dragon Racing's rewards, see our other guides below!