“ | We'll never get past this ballista, Astrid built it! [src] | ” |
— Snotlout |
While building their outpost at the end of "When Darkness Falls", Hiccup tells Astrid that she can build the most heavily guarded bedroom in Viking history. So she does; complete with a large, powerful ballista on her roof. Whenever Astrid's hut is seen on screen starting with "Gone Gustav Gone", the ballista can clearly be seen on its roof.
History[]
Dragons: Race to the Edge[]
Season 2[]
The ballista is first seen being used in "Snow Way Out" when Snotlout uses it to fire paintballs at Hiccup and Toothless as a training exercise. When he manages to hit both the dragon and Rider with paintballs, Toothless shoots a plasma blast at Snotlout, knocking him off the ballista's platform.
It reappears in "Edge of Disaster, Part 2" when Astrid tells Tuffnut he can use it to defend the Edge from invading Dragon Hunters.
Season 4[]
The ballista appears in "Defenders of the Wing, Part 2", when the Dragon Hunters take over the Edge including the ballista, and the Riders themselves know how powerful it is. They fear even they would never be able to get past it because they know what an excellent weapon builder Astrid is. But Mala, with Hiccup and Toothless' help, is able to disable the Hunters operating it.
Physical Appearance[]
The weapon shoots massive spears, otherwise known as ballista bolts. It lies on a rotating metal platform for angling, and is also able to be tilted up and down. The sides are decorated with blue, swirling lines with yellow dots. The front has purple dots inside yellow circles.
Appearances[]
Race to the Edge, Season 1 | |||||||||
1. "Dragon Eye of the Beholder, Part 1": | Absent | 8. "Crushing It": | Absent | ||||||
2. "Dragon Eye of the Beholder, Part 2": | Absent | 9. "Quake, Rattle and Roll": | Absent | ||||||
3. "Imperfect Harmony": | Absent | 10. "Have Dragon Will Travel, Part 1": | Absent | ||||||
4. "When Darkness Falls": | Absent | 11. "Have Dragon Will Travel, Part 2": | Absent | ||||||
5. "Big Man on Berk": | Absent | 12. "The Next Big Sting": | Absent | ||||||
6. "Gone Gustav Gone": | Background | 13. "Total Nightmare": | Absent | ||||||
7. "Reign of Fireworms": | Absent |
Race to the Edge, Season 2 | |||||||||
1. "Team Astrid": | Background | 8. "Edge of Disaster, Part 1": | Absent | ||||||
2. "Night of the Hunters, Part 1": | Absent | 9. "Edge of Disaster, Part 2": | Mentioned | ||||||
3. "Night of the Hunters, Part 2": | Absent | 10. "Shock and Awe": | Absent | ||||||
4. "Bad Moon Rising": | Absent | 11. "A Time to Skrill": | Absent | ||||||
5. "Snotlout Gets the Axe": | Absent | 12. "Maces and Talons, Part 1": | Absent | ||||||
6. "The Zippleback Experience": | Background | 13. "Maces and Talons, Part 2": | Background | ||||||
7. "Snow Way Out": | Appears |
Race to the Edge, Season 3 | |||||||||
1. "Enemy of My Enemy": | Absent | 8. "Stryke Out": | Absent | ||||||
2. "Crash Course": | Absent | 9. "Tone Death": | Absent | ||||||
3. "Follow the Leader": | Background | 10. "Between a Rock and a Hard Place": | Absent | ||||||
4. "Turn and Burn": | Absent | 11. "Family on the Edge": | Background | ||||||
5. "Buffalord Soldier": | Absent | 12. "Last Auction Heroes": | Absent | ||||||
6. "A Grim Retreat": | Absent | 13. "Defenders of the Wing, Part 1": | Absent | ||||||
7. "To Heather or Not to Heather": | Background |
Race to the Edge, Season 4 | |||||||||
1. "Defenders of the Wing, Part 2": | Appears | 8. "Gold Rush": | Absent | ||||||
2. "Gruff Around the Edges": | Absent | 9. "Out of the Frying Pan": | Absent | ||||||
3. "Midnight Scrum": | Absent | 10. "Twintuition": | Absent | ||||||
4. "Not Lout": | Absent | 11. "Blindsided": | Absent | ||||||
5. "Saving Shattermaster": | Absent | 12. "Shell Shocked, Part 1": | Absent | ||||||
6. "Dire Straits": | Absent | 13. "Shell Shocked, Part 2": | Absent | ||||||
7. "The Longest Day": | Absent |
Race to the Edge, Season 5 | |||||||||
1. "Living on the Edge": | Background | 8. "The Wings of War, Part 1": | Absent | ||||||
2. "Sandbusted": | Absent | 9. "The Wings of War, Part 2": | Background | ||||||
3. "Something Rotten on Berserker Island": | Absent | 10. "No Dragon Left Behind": | Absent | ||||||
4. "Snotlout's Angels": | Absent | 11. "Snuffnut: | Absent | ||||||
5. "A Matter of Perspective": | Background | 12. "Searching for Oswald... and Chicken": | Absent | ||||||
6. "Return of Thor Bonecrusher": | Absent | 13. "Sins of the Past": | Absent | ||||||
7. "Dawn of Destruction": | Background |
Race to the Edge, Season 6 | |||||||||
1. "In Plain Sight": | Absent | 8. "Triple Cross": | Absent | ||||||
2. "No Bark, All Bite": | Absent | 9. "Family Matters": | Absent | ||||||
3. "Chain of Command": | Absent | 10. "Darkest Night": | Absent | ||||||
4. "Loyal Order of Ingerman": | Absent | 11. "Guardians of Vanaheim": | Absent | ||||||
5. "A Gruff Separation": | Absent | 12. "King of Dragons, Part 1": | Background | ||||||
6. "Mi Amore Wing": | Absent | 13. "King of Dragons, Part 2": | Background | ||||||
7. "Ruff Transition": | Absent |
Games | ||||||||||||
"Dragons: Rise of Berk": | Absent | "School of Dragons": | Background | |||||||||
"How to Train Your Dragon": | Absent | "How to Train Your Dragon 2": | Absent | |||||||||
"DreamWorks Dragons: Wild Skies": | Absent | "DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders": | Absent | |||||||||
"Dragons: Titan Uprising": | Absent | "Dragons Hero Portal": | Absent | |||||||||
"DreamWorks Dragons: Legends of The Nine Realms": | Absent |