River Drake

This article is about the non-charmable animal. For the pet version, see Juvenile River Drake.

River Drake

Race

Drake

Level

3-80

Locations

• Tyria
  (Tyria)
  
• The Mists

River Drakes are a type of drake living near bodies of water throughout Tyria. They often nest collectively on land, typically with a broodmother protecting their eggs or hatchlings.

Locations

Ascalon

• Diessa Plateau
  • Breachwater Lake (24)
    • Burntfur's Pool

• Fields of Ruin
  • Flameroot Caverns (35)
  • Highden Caves (35–36)

• Iron Marches
  • Bloodfin Lake (51)
  • Monger's Sink (55)
  • Gladefall Run (58)
  • Lake Carnifex (58)

• Grothmar Valley (80)
  • Dalada Forest
  • Longeye's Landslide
  • Rusty Meadows
  • Sacnoth Stream
  • Tribunes' Trench

Crystal Desert

• Crystal Oasis (80)
  • Amnoon Farms
  • Amnoon Southern Outskirts
  • Free City of Amnoon
  • Mekele Bluffs

• Desert Highlands
  • Lifeblood Ravine (80)

Janthir

• Lowland Shore (80)
  • Autumn's Vale
  • Coursing Upland
  • Exorheic Falls
  • Haar Mire
  • Tideland Outlet

Kryta

• Queensdale
  • Western Divinity Dam (3)
  • Shaemoor Fields (3–5)
  • Village of Shaemoor (5)
  • Scaver Plateau (5)
  • Lake Delavan (5–6)
  • Altar Brook Vale (7)
  • Eastern Divinity Dam (9-10)

• Kessex Hills
  • Cereboth Canyon (16)
  • Delanian Foothills (18)

• Gendarran Fields
  • Snowblind Peaks (26) (only during related events)
    • Vollym's Battle Pit
  • Lionbridge Expanse (27)
  • Almuten Estates (29)
  • Lake Bounty (29)
    • Stonefish Beach
  • Witherflank River (29)
  • Cornucopian Fields (30)
  • Lake Gendarr (31)
  • Vigilant Hills (32)
  • Newbeach Bluffs (30–32)

• Harathi Hinterlands
  • Guardian Lake (34–35)
  • Greenflin Plateau (39) (only during related events)
  • Arca Lake (39)

• Bloodtide Coast
  • Firth of Revanion (50)
  • Mentecki Pass (50)

Shiverpeak Mountains

• Timberline Falls
  • Guilty Tears (53)
  • Naui Waters (53)
  • Hunting Banks (59)
  • Scale Strand (60)

The Mists

• Blue Alpine Borderlands
  • Ascension Bay
  • Battle's Hollow
  • Champion's Demesne
  • Red World Border
  • Temple of Lost Prayers

• Green Alpine Borderlands
  • Blue World Border
  • Dreadfall Bay
  • Hero's Lodge
  • Norfolk's Hollow
  • Temple of the Fallen

• Eternal Battlegrounds
  • Anzalias Pass
  • Durios Gulch
  • Mendon's Gap

Story involvement

Personal story

• Chapter 1: Krytan Politics
  • Noble path
    • Chasing the Culprits
    • The Informant
  • Street Rat path
    • • Going Undercover

• Chapter 6: The Battle of Claw Island
  • Vigil path
    • Forearmed Is Forewarned

Heart involvement

Help Fisher Travis maintain the river (2)

Help Lionguard Micah keep the Black Haven area safe for travelers (16)

Help the Seraph at Nightguard Beach (33)

Event involvement

Survive the trials of the battle pit (26)

Help Megin Volkman search for her missing son (39)

Combat abilities

Abilities

• Breathes Fire

Behavior

• Goes  Berserk after losing about 10% health from direct damage.^{[verification requested]}

Skills (Land)

•   Bite - Basic melee autoattack. Bites the target.
•   Fire Breath - Beast. Breathe a cone of fire that burns foes.
•   Tail Swipe - Attack all surrounding foes with a tail swipe.

Skills (Water)

•   Bite — Basic melee attack. Used interchangeably with Tail Whip.
• Tail Whip — Basic melee attack. Used interchangeably with Bite.

Stolen skills

•   Bone Crack
•   Throw Gunk
•   Throw Scale
•   Tooth Stab

Drops

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on River Drake.

Name	Type	Rarity	Quantity	Creature level
Claw	Crafting material	CFine	1	3-80
Egg	Crafting material	BBasic	1	3-80
Large Scale	Crafting material	CFine	1	80
Scale	Crafting material	CFine	1	34
Slab of Red Meat	Crafting material	CFine	1	3-80
Cut of Quality Red Meat	Crafting material	ERare	1	All
Small Claw	Crafting material	CFine	1	34
Small Scale	Crafting material	CFine	1	3-80
Smooth Scale	Crafting material	CFine	1	51
Tiny Claw	Crafting material	CFine	1	5
Tiny Scale	Crafting material	CFine	1	5
Frayed Hide	Trophy, Salvage item	BBasic	1	3-80
Ripped Hide	Trophy, Salvage item	BBasic	1	30–32
Salvageable Hide	Salvage item	BBasic	1	80
Tattered Hide	Salvage item	BBasic	1	3-80
Drake Scale (only drops if the Ydalir collection is active)	Accessory	FExotic	1	3-80

See also

Associated items

• Mini River Drake

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River Drake

River Drake • Veteran River Drake • Elite River Drake