Draconids

Draconids are the smaller relatives of dragons: Wyverns, Forktails, Basilisks, Cockatrices and Slyzards. People often mistake Wyverns, Forktails and Slyzards for true dragons. They are much smaller, but still extremely dangerous. Witchers hunt them with the silver sword coated in Draconid Oil. Aard and Grapeshot bring them down out of the sky.

Many Draconids clash with people over livestock. Forktails hunt big game such as cattle and pigs, and sometimes even humans. The Shrieker snatched cows and goats around Crow's Perch. People hunt Draconids in return. Basilisk leather is prized for fashionable shoes and handbags, and the hunters it attracts have cut Basilisk numbers sharply.

Basilisks and Cockatrices love dark places such as caves, cellars, ruins and sewers. People claim a Cockatrice can kill with its gaze like a Basilisk. That is nonsense: the real danger is its beak and whipping tail. Wyverns nest in Velen and Forktails in Skellige. Slyzards live in Toussaint and can roast a victim with fiery breath. The Royal Wyvern is a bigger, deadlier breed. The Dragon of Fyresdal was a Forktail that the villagers mistook for a true dragon.

Most Draconids fight both from the air and on the ground. They dive at their prey and lash out with deadly tails. Golden Oriole gives resistance to the venom of Basilisks, Wyverns and Forktails. Quen is the Sign to raise against a Slyzard.

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All Draconids

Name	Variant of	Oil	Signs	Bombs	Location	DLC
Basilisk	-	Draconid Oil	Aard	Grapeshot	Velen Novigrad Skellige	Base game
Cockatrice	-	Draconid Oil	Aard	Grapeshot	Skellige Velen	Base game
Forktail	-	Draconid Oil	Aard	Grapeshot	Skellige White Orchard Velen Kaer Morhen	Base game
Royal Wyvern	Wyvern	Draconid Oil	Aard	Grapeshot	-	Base game
Shrieker	Cockatrice	Draconid Oil	Aard	Grapeshot	Velen	Base game
Silver Basilisk	Basilisk	Draconid Oil	Aard Igni	-	Toussaint	Blood and Wine
Slyzard	-	Draconid Oil	Aard Quen	Grapeshot	Toussaint	Blood and Wine
Slyzard Matriarch	-	Draconid Oil	Aard Quen	Grapeshot	Toussaint	Blood and Wine
The Dragon of Fyresdal	Forktail	Draconid Oil	Aard	Grapeshot	-	Base game
Wyvern	-	Draconid Oil	Aard	Grapeshot	Velen Skellige	Base game