Raptor
This article is about the mount. For other uses, see Raptor (disambiguation). “Swift, strong, and agile, raptors are stalwart explorers and great companions for exploring the far reaches of the Crystal Desert.
— In-game description
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The Raptor is one of the mounts found in the Crystal Desert in Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire and in New Kaineng City in Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons. It is the first mount available to players upon reaching the Crystal Desert. The raptor leaps swiftly across great distances, making them useful for crossing large canyons. By holding down the hotkey, a leap will continue to its maximum distance. You can also release the hotkey early to drop out of the leap, which consumes less endurance. While mounted on a raptor, the character gains 100% increased movement speed.
Upgrades to the raptor mount improve its leap ability, as well as add additional effects to its engage skill Tail Spin, such as the ability to pull foes when used.
Unlocking[edit]
New Player Experience[edit]
New accounts with an expansion unlocked will be granted permanent access to the basic raptor mount after they reach level 10 on a single character.
Characters on Play for Free accounts (as well as Core accounts without an expansions) will get a 10-hour trial of the basic raptor mount when they reach level 10. These cannot be dyed.
Raptor Masteries can still only be unlocked in the Path of Fire expansion.
All accounts with a character already over level 10 when this change was implemented on August 2nd 2022 missed this initial unlock checkpoint, but they will get the unlock on the next multiple of 10 level (so, a level 24 character will get the unlock at level 30). ArenaNet acknowledges that this is not an ideal solution and is working on additional methods to offer this unlock to players not caught by this fallback solution. [1]
Path of Fire[edit]
The Raptor is unlocked in the course of the first Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire story mission, Sparking the Flame.
Characters below level 80 can unlock this mount, and gain access to the Crystal Desert, by joining the story mission instance of a level 80 character.
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End of Dragons[edit]
In Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons, it can be acquired free of charge by talking to Strigidae in Cobble Ward in New Kaineng City.
Related masteries[edit]
Masteries are not available to players without the Path of Fire expansion.
| Mastery | XP required | Points | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ravenous Strike
|
291,846 | 1 
|
Understand the true ravenous nature of the raptor, greatly increasing the damage of Tail Spin. |
 Round Up
|
261,366 | 2
|
Learn to round up foes when using Tail Spin, pulling them in to your location. |
 Canyon Jumping
|
368,808 | 3
|
Learn to leap much farther with the raptor's movement ability, allowing you to traverse even more rough terrain. |
 Ravenous Discipline
|
1,697,354 | 4
|
Master the raptor mount and learn to share the bonus from Ravenous Strike to all mount engage skills. |
| Total | 2,619,374 | 10
|
Skills[edit]
“Raptors are hardy and swift, and surprisingly easy to train due to their intelligence. They can cross great distances in a single leap, making them the favored mount of many of the desert's denizens. Travelers are advised not to leave the city of Amnoon without obtaining a raptor companion.
| # | Skill | 
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raptor | Summon and mount your raptor. | |||
| 1 |  Tail Spin
|
2 | Engage. Leap toward the target location, damaging nearby foes. | |
| Leap
|
Hold to leap forward across great distances. | |||
| Dismount
|
Dismount your mount |
List of Raptor skins[edit]
- See also: Gallery of Raptor skins
Gallery[edit]
Raptor mount
Raptor closeup
Sylvari riding a Raptor
A Raptor leaping far
Raptor in the Desolation
Riderless Raptor mount
Animation of a Raptor
New Player Experience Trial Raptor Notification
Notes[edit]
- A raptor has 7312 health.
- A raptor without any mastery upgrades will leap around 800 units in flat ground.
- A raptor with the Canyon Jumping mastery will leap 1884 units with each leap on flat ground. [2]
- Applying a dye on this mount changes the color of the scales on the top of its head, back, and tail.
- The raptor can jump two times in a row, each leap consumes one endurance bar when jumping max distance.
- The raptor regenerates its entire endurance bar in 10 seconds.
Trivia[edit]
- While idle, the raptor will perform several animations:
- The raptor will sit down; your character scratches the raptor's neck, causing it to waggle its foot.
- The raptor jumps up curiously; your character looks around to see what startled it.
- The raptor sniffs the air and then sneezes, shaking its whole body and almost throwing your character off; your character gives it an indignant look and readjusts themselves on the saddle.
- The Raptor's theme is known as "Reins of the Raptor" in the Path of Fire soundtrack.
- It is the only mount theme composed by Maclaine Diemer in the Path of Fire soundtrack.
Related achievements[edit]
Crystal Desert: Dune Rider — Unlock the raptor mount by completing the Seeker's Village task region in Crystal Oasis, and by purchasing a raptor saddle from Aksim. (5
)
Crystal Oasis: Reins of the Raptor — Now that you have your raptor, take it out to help those in need at renown hearts, and gain tasty treats for your raptor as a reward. (5)
Seitung Province: Daigo Ward Raptor Ride — Ride a raptor from the bell in Daigo Ward to Aurene's cave in under 3 minutes without dismounting or teleporting. (3
)- Seitung Province: Derelict Temple Raptor Ride — Ride a raptor from the bell of the derelict temple to the northeastern lighthouse in under 2 minutes without dismounting or teleporting. (3
) - Seitung Province: Shing Jea Monastery Raptor Ride — Ride a raptor from the bell of the Shing Jea Monastery to the naga camp in under 4 minutes without dismounting or teleporting. (3)
New Kaineng City: Raptor Runner: New Kaineng City — From the top of stairs leading to the Echovald Forest at the Petrified Woods, ride a raptor to the kirin statue near the Sunjiang Lab in under 1 minute without dismounting or teleporting. (3)
The Echovald Wilds: Raptor Runner: Echovald Wilds — Ride a raptor from the front entrance of Skygazer Cathedral to Saprophyte's Pond and leap over the ledge into the archway in under one minute without dismounting or teleporting. (1)
Dragon's End: Raptor Ride: Chantry of the Crab — Ride a raptor from Chantry of the Crab to the top of Kaolai Tower in under 1 minute without dismounting or teleporting. (3)
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