Talk:Drake/@comment-165.91.13.77-20140321193624

The first time I fought the Drake in Devilfire Grove, when I was still only around level 20-ish, I got VERY lucky I think. He apparently saw me coming and decided he would rather eat something beefier, like an ox, because he flew away towards the beach. I got ALL of my equipment Df'ed and none of it was enchanted. And I never even had to hit him. I didn't even see him (it was night-time so it was too dark to see very far away and I wasn't bothering with a light). I just heard the sound of wings when I was killing boars and goblins in the woods near the Shadowfort and heard the "DING" quest complete sound and it df'ed me out from head to toe. I had NO IDEA there was a drake there; I was just cruising and exploring the world a bit before going to Gran Soren. I really wish I knew how to make that happen again.

I came back and tried to beat the drake for real at level 35, once I was confident taking down ogres, and got thoroughly destroyed. There is a way to kill it if you're between level 20 and 50 though. You'll want a LONGBOW to shoot him when he flies, and you'll want to postition yourself on the hill near the Rest Camp, where there is usually an armored cyclopes and some goblins trying to ambush you. That way the drake will get up and fly close enough for you to get two or three shots in, then he'll go back and land in his forest nest. Take two steps closer to him and he'll get up and fly at you again; back up a bit while shooting him with the longbow and he'll get bored and go back to the woods again. If you do it right, he will never even hit you. Repeat until his health is really low, then go hit him with a stick in the heart to kill him. Once you're above 50, you can just rush in with a decent ice-enchanted sword and make the drake cry. That way is a lot more satisfying than the hit-and-run cheap method.