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Achievement
Apex Canopy River Run: Gold
Get Gold ranked time for Waking Shores Apex Canopy River Run.
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Apex Canopy River Run: Gold - https://youtu.be/wrk2DE8nrOQ
Apex Canopy River Run Advanced: Gold - https://youtu.be/K2EruzCFHUM
/way #2022 23.27 84.30 Apex Canopy River Run
General info and hints:
To complete Bronze level you don't need to know any of that, most of the time silver level is also kinda easy if you already have all the dragon upgrades, but here is main hints for gold level:- HINT 1 - COLLECT ALL 48 Dragon Glyphs before you start chasing for gold races
This will unlock all of the dragon abilities and upgrades- HINT 2 - Most of the times you will spam [spell=372608] and on advanced difficulty it is extremally important to time this ability correctly
Dragonriding has 5 main modes of operation
- [No Glow - No Speed] You don't have speed and charges and try to fly up - the dragon will just fall down
- [No Glow - Slow Speed] You don't have have speed and charges, but flying down - dragon will slowly gain speed and if you are high enough not to land, you can get next speed boost
- [White Glow - Normal Speed] If you fly at least a little bit downwards you will get a small speed boost and gain white glow and after some time even blue glow. This is the main mode you always want to keep. If you loose this speed for long enough and want gold, reset the race, at least now the timers are kinda hard
- [Blue Glow - Fast Speed] Most of the time you gain blue glow if you fly downwards for long enough to get the speed buff and get the [spell=383366] ability active
- [Blue Glow - Camera is getting you dragon further away - Fastest speed] Basically you can get this kind of speed only if you get speed level 4 and then use [spell=372608] several times, it costs a lot of Vigor to maintain this kind of speed
To get Gold, and Advanced Gold you need to be on speed level 4 and 5 most of the time, So you will have to
- Direct your dragon downwards when possible, this will give you more vigor in the end
- Use [spell=372608] if you have charges, sometime you will have to preserve charges to achieve speed level 5, but you will never want to loose speed level 4 because of that
- HINT 3 - For advanced races you will have to collect all the speed buffs along the way
- HINT 4 - Yes, you will have to fly and complete every normal race first and then after you get the rep and complete 4 prequest you will be able to fly again and complete every advanced race, at least right now it works this way
How to unlock the Advanced Races and world questsYou will get Aerial Challenges at lvl 7 reputation with 4th faction [faction=2510] - https://youtu.be/GCJuVnS4ct4
Then you will unlock several quests to complete Bronze Level of each normal race:
The Waking Shores Tour - Gold - https://youtu.be/yuuDVsNdkUM
The Ohn'ahran Plains Tour - Gold - https://youtu.be/A_0aIBqEk5w
The Azure Span Tour - Gold - https://youtu.be/5YvRD1bl50c
The Thaldraszus Tour - Gold - https://youtu.be/JMSbxjDcip8
Then you can unlock the Advanced Races
The Waking Shores Advanced Tour - Gold - https://youtu.be/v0h0kPgxutg
The Ohn'ahran Plains Advanced Tour - Gold - https://youtu.be/uQqCUcDTAEs
The Azure Span Advanced Tour - Gold - https://youtu.be/SC057C3n8d8
The Thaldraszus Advanced Tour - Gold - https://youtu.be/xW2WElkwjTg
All Dragon Races:idNameCoordinatesNormal Gold (reward is after Silver)Advanced Gold (reward is after Silver)2257.76 75.01https://youtu.be/rykq-C3Bbh8https://youtu.be/l_oZ1y5L6Xo
/way #2022 63.30 70.90 Ruby Lifeshrine Loop
/way #2022 41.95 67.30 Emberflow Flight
/way #2022 55.42 41.19 Uktulut Coaster
/way #2022 62.78 74.02 Flashfrost Flyover
/way #2022 47.02 85.58 Wild Preserve Slalom
/way #2022 23.27 84.30 Apex Canopy River Run
/way #2022 73.20 33.96 Wingrest Roundabout
/way #2022 42.58 94.46 Wild Preserve Circuit/way #2023 63.75 30.51 Sundapple Copse Circuit
/way #2023 80.89 72.19 Ravine River Run
/way #2023 59.93 35.55 Maruukai Dash
/way #2023 43.74 66.76 River Rapids Route
/way #2023 86.26 35.82 Fen Flythrough
/way #2023 25.71 55.07 Emerald Garden Ascent
/way #2023 47.49 70.62 Mirror of the Sky Dash/way #2024 47.91 40.78 The Azure Span Sprint
/way #2024 71.29 24.66 The Vakthros Ascent
/way #2024 48.49 35.78 Frostland Flyover
/way #2024 20.95 22.62 The Azure Span Slalom
/way #2024 16.56 49.37 Iskaara Tour
/way #2024 42.26 56.74 Archive Ambit/way #2025 57.76 75.01 The Flowing Forest Flight
/way #2025 37.65 48.94 Cliffside Circuit
/way #2025 39.48 76.21 Garden Gallivant
/way #2025 57.25 66.90 Tyrhold Trial
/way #2025 60.26 41.79 Academy Ascent
/way #2025 58.04 33.67 Caverns Criss-Cross
Details
- Category
- Expansion Features › Skyriding
- Points
- None (Feat of Strength)
- Faction
- Both factions
Series
Each tier replaces the one above it in the achievement log.
- Apex Canopy River Run: Bronze
- Apex Canopy River Run: Silver
- Apex Canopy River Run: Gold
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Community notes from Wowhead · 5 comments
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Guide to complete every race at Gold time
In the last few weeks of beta i have been doing all the dragonraces at both normal and advanced, here are a few tips & tricks to get to gold times:
- Upgrading your dragonriding talent tree by collecting Dragon Glyph Embers is not necessary for the normal races, however it does make the races easier.
- For this guide i only collected a few Dragon Glyph Embers and only unlocked one extra Vigor on the top row of the talent tree.
- Try to fly close to the edges of the golden circles instead of flying through the middle, this saves a little bit of time.
- Try to use Surge Forward to gain Thrill of the Skies before using Skyward Ascent or any other dragonflying ability, Thrill of the skies makes your abilities a lot more impactful.
- Try to pick up as many green swirlies as you can, these give you one charge of Vigor.
Below are a set of video's in which you can see how i completed the races within gold time.Race/CoordinatesRequired time for GoldYoutube GuideApex Canopy River Run
/way 23.40, 83.9 Apex Canopy River Run52 Secondshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asD45wn64AYEmberflow Flight
/way 41.9, 67.3 Emberflow Flight50 Secondshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ipZsnMUCsMFlashfrost Flyover
/way 62.8, 73.9 Flashfrost Flyover63 Secondshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fljgcp2GiqkRuby Lifeshrine Loop
/way 63.3, 70.9 Ruby Lifeshrine Loop53 Secondshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_SjDJST4sWild Preserve Circuit
/way 42.6, 94.5 Wild Preserve Circuit40 Secondshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THTL1Xkm5VIWild Preserve Slalom
/way 47.2, 85.6 Wild Preserve Slalom42 Secondshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAFJrolNakcWingrest Roundabout
/way 73.2, 34.0 Wingrest Roundabout53 Secondshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVLwk2NX3Mg
All coordinates:
/way 23.4, 83.9 Apex Canopy River Run
/way 41.9, 67.3 Emberflow Flight
/way 62.8, 73.9 Flashfrost Flyover
/way 63.3, 70.9 Ruby Lifeshrine Loop
/way 55.2, 41.2 Uktulut Coaster
/way 42.6, 94.5 Wild Preserve Circuit
/way 47.2, 85.6 Wild Preserve Slalom
/way 47.2, 85.6 Wild Preserve Slalom