Royal mounts

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Royal mounts are a tier 3[2] 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.[3][4]

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.[5]Jeffrey Bard

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.[7]Steven Sharif

There are different types of royal mounts.[4]

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.[4]Steven Sharif

List of royal mounts

Royal mount limitations

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.[4]

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. [4]Steven Sharif

Royal stables

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Royal stables are a type of building in Ashes of Creation.[4]

  • Castles come with a royal stables.[4]
  • Mayors can choose to build royal stables within their node. Once chosen, the community will need to build the stables through quests.[4]
  • Royal mounts must be mounted in a royal stables in order to fly.[4]

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.[4]Steven Sharif

Dragons

Dragons (sometimes referred to as Wyrms or Wyrmlings) are able to be used as mounts, others will serve as NPCs: Some will be bosses or monsters that players can fight.[16]

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.[5]Steven Sharif

Abilities

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Dragons are flying mounts with strong battle abilities, such as AoE breath attacks, swooping flyby attacks, and others.[20][4]

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.[4]Steven Sharif

Undermounts

The guild leader of a castle can grant the use of flying undermounts (such as wyrmlings) to guild officers during a castle siege.[22][23][24][25]

  • These may only be granted if the castle nodes are successfully established prior to the siege.[25]
    • Node A grants 1 undermount, Node B grants 2 undermounts, and Node C grants 2 undermounts.[26]
  • This system is subject to change during testing.[26]

Little wyrmlings that you can grant to officers if you're a castle owner, and they can fly around too.[23]Steven Sharif

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