Wind Rider (NPC)

Wind Rider

Race

Wind Rider

Level

80

Locations

• Dry Top
  (Maguuma Wastes)
  
• Auric Basin
  (Heart of Maguuma)
  
• Draconis Mons
  (Ring of Fire)
  
• Crystal Oasis
  (Crystal Desert)
  
• Elon Riverlands
  (Crystal Desert)
  
• Sandswept Isles
  (Crystal Desert)
  
• Drizzlewood Coast
  (Shiverpeak Mountains)

Image(s)

Alternate version

Wind Riders are a type of Wind Rider found in the eastern part of Tyria.

Locations

Crystal Desert

• Crystal Oasis
  • Mekele Bluffs
  • Omiramba Sand Sea
    • Retreat of the Resolute
  • Sifuri Sand Sea

• Elon Riverlands
  • Elon Riverbank
  • Shallows of Despair
  • Skyward Reach
    • Heroes' Overlook

• Mythwright Gambit
  • Mythwright Cauldron

• Sandswept Isles
  • Damos Isle

• The Desolation
  • Helcoid Seeps
  • Poisoned Outcrops

Heart of Maguuma

• Auric Basin
  • Maguuma Shallows
    • Font of Maguuma

Maguuma Wastes

• Dry Top
  • Prospect Valley

Ring of Fire

• Draconis Mons
  • Wind Rider Ledge
  • Scalding Gorge
  • Rata Arcanum

Shiverpeak Mountains

• Drizzlewood Coast
  • Fort Defiance
  • Leadfoot Village

Story involvement

Personal story

• Chapter 3: Justice for Riannoc
  • The Blossom of Youth

Combat abilities

Type 1

Abilities (Auric Basin, Ring of Fire)

• Steal Boons
• Blowout

Skills

• Eye Beam - Charges beams from tentacles, deals medium amount of damage, causes  Vulnerability
• Tentacle Slash - The Rider hits you with its tentacle, dealing a small amount of damage and stealing a boon.
• Shoot - The Rider charges up and swings the tentacles upwards, knocking back the target, dealing moderate amount of damage.

Type 2

Abilities (Dry Top)

• Confusion

Skills

• Eye Beam - Ranged auto-attack that hits twice, inflicting confusion for 1 second with each hit.
• Shoot - Projectile attack causing high amount of damage

Stolen skills

•   Blinding Tuft
•   Throw Gunk

Drops

Name	Type	Rarity	Quantity	Creature level
Glob of Globby Goop	Trophy	AJunk	1	63-80
Potent Venom Sac	Crafting material	CFine	1	80
File:Wind Rider Tentacle.png Wind Rider Tentacle (only drops if the Kraitkin I: The Experimental Trident collection is active)	Trophy	FExotic	1	63-80

See also

Associated items

• Mini Black Wind Rider
• Mini Wind Rider

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Wind Rider

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