Bloodstone's Book of Breeding Basics (DV 2.0)

[Bloodstone]

This thread will be multi-part guide to understating breeding in a DV 2.0 park.

The first post is mostly a "What's different in 2.0" type write up for existing players. It may not be all that useful to new players, but we've got something in the works for them too.

That said, we've been living under the new rules for less than a week now. Clear patterns have begun to emerge and, with so many questions, we need a place to consolidate the answers.

So we're releasing this in a less than finished state. But we WILL be editing it as we experiment and learn more. Everything written below is true to the best of my knowledge. In fact, since I put my name on it:

ANY AND ALL ERRORS IN THIS POST ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR

At some point, we will hopefully add some percentages and what not, but for now we are keeping it simple and pretty much math free.

- BS and the A-Team


[Editor's Note: Shout out to Pixie, who helped test most of BS's ridiculous ideas with speed, enthusiasm and aplomb! All Glory to Pixie! All Blame to Bloodstone!]

[BS's NOTE: And a MASSIVE shout out to r0b0-tr0n who did a ton of testing for the Sandbox and graciously shared his findings without a moments hesitation. You sir, are all class!]

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New Rules!


- Most mixed breeding combination works pretty much like they did before the update. Something like Flower + Lichen will give you the exact same results as you would expect prior to DragonVale 2.0

- Dragons level 11+ now receive a bonus when breeding for Rare, Epic and Gemstone Dragons. Previously, this bonus only applied to level 16+ dragons. At this time, we do not know the value of the bonus (thanks to miew for pointing out this change), however it is stated in game that dragons of level 11+ get "Slightly better" breeding odds and dragons of level 16+ get "better" breeding odds.

- Like + Like does not always = Like. You can no longer be guaranteed to Clone a dragon by using two dragons of the same Species. Primary Dragons are the exception to this rule, as they only have a single Element to contribute. So Plant + Plant = Plant 100% of the time. But Flower + Flower can produce Flower, Poison or Pepper because the Elements (Fire and Plant) are present to produce any of those dragons. However, Like + Like seems to offer improved chances of a Clone, at least with limited dragons. Initial testing shows approximately a 35% chance of producing a Clone with Like + Like.

- Breeding Like + Like Opposite Dragons together can result in a clone Opposite Dragon or either of the two Primary Dragons. So Sandstorm + Sandstorm can produce Sandstorm, Earth or Air.

- Using Like + Like to breed out of season Limited Dragons is still possible, but it is no longer 100%. More testing is required before we can confirm what the chances are, but as stated it appears to be 35%

- Limited Dragons CANNOT produce out of season at all with just one parent. For example, while in season, the combo of Ghost + Cold could produce Mountain, Glacier or Ghost Dragons. Once Ghost leaves the market, that combo will only produce Mountain and Glacier dragons. Technically not a new rule, just stating it for the record.

- Epic Limited Dragons CAN still produce out of season with just one Epic Limited Parent, but for most of the combos there is only a small percentage chance of doing so now. This is also true for non limited Epic Dragons.

- Epic Dragons can now produce other sorts of dragon, including Basic, Hybrid, Limited and even other Epic Dragons. When breeding, Epic Dragons contribute some or all of their component Elements. Epic Dragons can even produce other Epic Dragons of a different Type!

Here's a quick list of Epic Dragons and the elements they contribute when breeding.

Andromedan: Cold, Earth, Fire, Plant
Antarian: Earth, Fire, Light, Lightning
Apocalypse: Cold, Lightning, Metal, Plant
Arcturian: Air, Dark, Earth, Fire 
Aurora: All Primary Elements
Autumn: Air, Cold, Fire
Berry: Fire, Light, Water
Bizurian: Air, Cold, Dark, Lightning
Blue Moon: Cold, Lightning
Bronze: Earth, Metal
Bronze Olympus: Earth, Lightning
Celtic: Cold, Lightning, Plant
Comet: Cold, Earth, Fire, Metal
Cyclops: Lightning, Water
Dawn: Cold, Lightning
Daydream: Air, Dark, Light
Dazzling: Cold, Earth, Fire, Plant
Delirium: Air, Earth, Fire
Double Rainbow: All Primary Elements
Dream: All Primary Elements
Dusk: Cold, Lightning
Electrum: Lightning, Metal
Elysium: Air, Earth, Light, Lightning
Equinox: Air, Fire, Water
Eridanian: Cold, Earth, Fire, Plant
Gold: Fire, Metal
Gold Olympus: Earth, Lightning
Hydra: Earth, Lightning, Water
Lace: Earth, Fire, Plant
Leaf: Light, Plant, Water
Leap Year: All Primary Elements
Loot:  Earth, Metal, Plant
Lunar Eclipse: Air , Cold, Earth
Midday: Cold, Lightning
Midnight: Cold, Dark, Earth
Moon: Cold, Lightning
Moonstruck: Air, Fire, Plant, Lightning
Monolith 1: Earth, Monolith, Plant, Water
Monolith 2: Earth, Monolith, Fire, Water
Monolith 3: Cold, Earth, Monolith, Water
Monolith 4: Earth, Lightning, Monolith, Water
Monolith 5: Air, Earth, Monolith, Water
Muse: All Primary Elements
Nightmare: Air, Dark, Water
Omen: Cold, Lightning, Metal, Plant
Ornamental: Cold, Fire, Plant
Ouroboros: Metal, Lightning, Water
Pharaoh: Cold, Dark, Lightning
Platinum: Air, Metal
Polarian: Air, Cold, Light, Water
Prism: Light, Water
Procyon: Lightning, Metal, Plant, Water
Ragnarok: Cold, Dark, Earth, Fire
Rainbow: All Primary Elements
Seasonal: Air, Fire, Plant
Seed: Cold, Light, Water
Silver: Cold, Metal
Silver Olympus: Earth, Lightning
Snowy Bronze: Air, Cold, Fire
Snowy Gold: Air, Cold, Fire
Snowy Silver:Air, Cold, Fire
Solar Eclipse: Air, Earth, Fire
Solstice: Air, Earth, Fire
Sorarian: Light, Metal, Plant, Water
Spring: Cold, Lightning, Fire
Sprout: All Primary Elements
Summer: Fire, Lightning, Water
Sun: Cold, Lightning
Sunstruck: Dark, Fire, Light
Snowflake 1: Air, Cold, Snowflake, Water
Snowflake 2: Cold, Lightning, Snowflake, Water
Snowflake 3: Cold, Fire, Snowflake, Water
Snowflake 4: Cold, Light, Snowflake, Water
Snowflake 5: Cold, Plant, Snowflake, Water
Victory: Air, Cold, Lightning
Winter: Air, Cold, Earth
Zombie: Air, Metal, Plant


Platinum is odd in that it contributes Air and Metal, instead of Water and Metal as might be expected. This seems like an error, but has not yet been corrected.

Cyclops and the OLY's all contribute only 2 of their component elements. This may change at some point in the future.

[Bloodstone]

First of all, let’s get some terms and ground rules established:

- The terms Combination and Combo are used interchangeably.

- Breeding Location is a generic term that refers to the Breeding Cave, Enchanted Breeding Cave, Epic Breeding Island and the Epic Breeding Sanctuary.

- Parent refers to a dragon that goes into the Breeding Location, of which there must be two. Offspring refers to the egg that comes out.

- Species: When referring to a particular dragon, it will be referred to by species name. For example, Plant and Plant Dragon are the same species name.

- Type: This refers to the elemental magic that a dragon is aligned with. Type controls the habitats a dragon can live in, the Boosts it is affected by, the Shrines it is counted for and the Dragons it is able to breed with. A Plant Dragon is a Plant Type Dragon. A Flower Dragon is also a Plant Type Dragon (as well as a Fire Type Dragon). However, a Flower Dragon should never be referred to as a Plant Dragon, as that is the name of a specific Species. You can determine a dragons Type by looking at the flag that appears under thier frame in the Market.

- Element: This refers to the elemental "genes" that a dragon contributes to the Gene Pool. A Parent dragons elements help determine what Species of Offspring it can produce. With many dragons, the Elements are the same as Type, but this is not the case with Epic Dragons. For example a Flower Dragon has Plant and Fire Elements and is both a Plant and Fire Type dragon. By contrast a Gold Dragon has Fire and Metal Elements, but is a Treasure Type Dragon.

- Cloning: If you put two dragons of the same Species in a breeding location, they will always have a chance to produce Offspring of the same Species. Because Primary Dragons have only one Element, they can be Cloned 100% of the time. Thus Plant + Plant = Plant. By contrast, Epic Dragons can Clone without using identical parents, with each Parent having a chance to be Cloned.

- The order in which the dragons are placed in a breeding location has no bearing on the results. Plant + Flower can produce the exact same offspring as Flower + Plant.

- Dragons must be a minimum of level 4 to be put in a breeding location. In many cases, a parent dragon’s level is irrelevant to the outcome. However, dragons level 11+ receive a bonus when you attempt to breed Rare, Epic and Gemstone Dragons. There is some debate as to how much of a bonus higher level dragons actually provide. In many cases, the bonus seems quite small.

- Fixed and Variable Breeding Percentage: A Species with a Fixed Breeding Percentage is not affected by the number of possible dragon offspring in a given combo, while a Variable Breeding Percentage is. This will be explained in a bit more detail below. We’re not going to get into too many numbers though, especially since there are other factors that may influence these things.

- Open and Locked Combos: An open combo means that the dragon can result from any combination that includes all the necessary elemental types. A Locked combo means that one or both of the parent dragons will need to be of a specific Species. Species that are required for a Locked Combo will be noted in ALL CAPS.

- You can tell a lot about a dragon from its appearance in the Market. We’ll discuss this below.

Primary Dragons

Primary Dragons are the foundation of all breeding in the game! They are also sometimes known as “Basic Dragons”, but we’ll be using the official term in this guide to avoid confusion.

Primary Dragons are framed by a simple grey stone border in the Market:



Each species is named for their single Element and resulting Type. Thus a Fire Dragon is a Fire Type dragon and a Metal Dragon is a Metal Type Dragon.

Typically, you will need to purchase at least one of each Primary Dragon, except for Air. Unique among the Primary Dragons, the Air Dragon can actually be bred through the combination of Water Dragon + Fire Dragon.

Primary Dragons never result from a combination that includes a Hybrid Dragon parent, even when the correct Elements are present. For example, Flower and Poison are Hybrid Dragons that both have Plant and Fire Elements. Breeding a Plant + Poison or a Flower + Poison dragon could result offspring containing both the Fire and Plant Elements (Flower, Poison or Pepper). However, these combinations would never produce a Primary Fire or Plant Dragon.

Primary Dragons cannot breed with other Primary Dragons of their opposite Element:

Plant <> Metal
Earth <> Air
Fire <> Cold
Lightning <> Water
Dark <> Light

However, Primary Dragon can breed with Hybrid Dragons that have their opposite element type, which may result in an Opposite Dragon. In a strange turn of events, Opposite Dragons can produce Primary Dragons when they are bred together or with Primary Dragons with the same Elements. In addition, some Epic Dragons can do the same. This will be discussed below.

Hybrid Dragons

Hybrid Dragons are dragons with two or more Elements and Types. They are the most numerous sort of dragons in the game.

Hybrid Dragons have a simple grey spiral border in the Market:



A Hybrid Dragons primary Element is indicated by the first flag shown on the left hand side. This also determine the base color of the egg and the style of display pedestal it has. It’s secondary element will determine the design on the egg.



Hybrids offspring can result from any breeding combination featuring at least one parent with the necessary Elements. For example, Flower has both Plant and Fire Elements, so any combination of parents that includes Plant and Fire Elements will have some chance of producing a Flower Dragon. Plant + Fire can produce a Flower Dragon, but so could Plant + Poison, Fire + Poison, Flower + Poison, Fire + Flower, Plant + Flower and many, many other combinations. Even a combo like Water + Poison has a chance of producing a Flower dragon, because Poison contributes Plant and Fire Elements.

Hybrid Dragons have a Variable Breeding Percentage. As such, the greater number of Hybrids that can be produced by a given combination, the less likely it is that any one given Species will be produced. For example, Air + Lightning has a 50/50 chance of producing a Sonic Dragon or a Thunder Dragon. By contrast, Plant + Sonic has three Elements in the mix, so it can produces a greater number of Species. That combo could produce Willow, Pollen, Ash, Cactus, Sonic and Thunder Offspring. As such, each attempt offers about a 16% chance of producing Offspring of any particular Species. It may seem like you would want to minimize the number of possible Hybrids, but there are cases where extra variables may actually be favorable.

Prior to August 8th of 2013, there were also Common and Uncommon Hybrids. Uncommon Hybrids had special breeding rules that caused them to show up less often and also prevented them from being bred with certain combos. As this rule set has been removed from the game, I won’t bother detailing it here. However, be aware that some long term players may still use these terms and that older breeding guides may offer information that is no longer accurate as a result of this change. Below is a list of Dragons that were previously Uncommon Hybrids:

Ash
Blizzard
Copper
Evergreen
Forge
Glacier
Hail
Iceberg
Obsidian
Pollen
Quicksilver
Rain
Scoria
Smoke
Steel

The term Golden Hybrids refers to a new set of hybrids that BFS has started rolling out, with Pepper and Forest being amongst the first. They are so called for the golden design elements on their eggs:



Like other Hybrid Dragons, Golden Hybrids are framed by a simple grey spiral border in the Market. However, note the additon of the white stone curatins, which indicates a dragon that is Rare:



More testing is required to confirm if they have a Fixed breeding percentage.

Opposite Dragons

The Opposite Dragons are a subgroup of Hybrid Dragons.

Except where noted below, Opposite Dragons function just like any other Hybrid Dragon.

Similar to Golden Hybrid Dragons, Opposite Dragons are framed by a simple grey spiral border with curtains indicating they are Rare:



Opposite Dragons have a Fixed Breeding Percentage. As such, no matter how many different sorts of dragon Offspring are available in a given Combo, you will always have the same base percentage chance to breed the target Opposite Dragon.

Opposite Dragons have partially Locked Combos. They can only result from breeding a Primary Dragon with a dragon containing its opposite Type. There are currently five Opposite Pairs, as follows:

Plant/Metal
Plant + Metal Type Hybrid = Ironwood
Metal + Plant Type Hybrid = Malachite

Earth/Air
Earth + Air Type Hybrid = Dodo
Air + Earth Type Hybrid = Sandstorm

Fire/Cold
Fire + Cold Type Hybrid = Blue Fire
Cold + Fire Type Hybrid = Frostfire

Lightning/Water
Lightning + Water Type Hybrid = Plasma
Water + Lightning Type Hybrid = Current

Dark/Light
Dark + Light Type Hybrid = Mirage
Light + Dark Type Hybrid = Shadow


With certain combinations, Opposite Dragons can produce Primary Dragon Offspring.

Breeding an Opposite dragon with a Primary Dragon with the same Element will result in a Primary Dragon. So Ironwood + Plant will produce either a Plant or Metal Dragon. Ironwood + Metal will also produce a Plant or Metal Dragon.

Breeding two Opposite Dragon Parents from the same Opposite Pair will result in a Primary Dragon Offspring. So Ironwood + Malachite will produce a Plant or Metal Dragon.

Breeding Like + Like Opposite dragons may result in a Clone or a Primary Dragon. So Ironwood + Ironwood could produce an Ironwood clone, a Plant or a Metal Dragon.

Limited Dragons

Limited Dragons are a subgroup of Hybrid Dragons.

Except where noted below, Limited Dragons function just like any other Hybrid Dragon.

Similar to Golden Hybrid Dragons, Limited Dragons are framed by a simple grey spiral border with curtains indicating they are Rare. However, note the additon of the golden tassels and hourglasses each coner, indicating that this dragon is only available for a limited time:



Each Species of Limited Dragon has a unique eggs design. However a Limited Dragons primary Element will determine the type of Display Pedestal it has:



Limited Dragons are Rare and have a Fixed Breeding Percentage. As such, no matter how many different sorts of dragon Offspring are available in a given Combo, you will always have the same base percentage chance to breed the target Limited Dragon.

Limited Dragons can typically only be bred during a restricted period of time. The time frame in which this can occur varies considerably from Species to Species. Some Species have been available for only a few short days while others have been available for more than a year. The period in which a Limited Dragon is available to breed is referred to being “In Season”. However Limited dragons may still be Cloned when Out of Season. For Example, the Bone Dragon is typically In Season in October for Halloween and can be bred normally during that time with any valid combo. Since it would be Out of Season in the middle of March, you would not be able to breed one regularly. But you still have a chance to Clone one using the combo of Bone + Bone.

In addition to time restrictions, the combos for limited dragons vary considerably. Some combos are Open, while others are Locked. For example, while it was In Season, the Century Dragon could result from any pairing that included the Elements of Cold, Earth and Water. Ice + Earth worked just as well as Mud + Glacier. By contrast, while the Clover Dragon is In Season, it can be bred by combining a MOSS Dragon with a Plant Type Dragon. This is a partially Locked combo, since the Moss Dragon is required to be one of the Parents. So MOSS + Plant would have the same chance of producing Clover Offspring, as MOSS + Tree or MOSS + Flower. Tree + Plant would not work, even though all the same Elements are present, because that combo lacks the Moss Parent. Of course, some combos will be better than others based on Average Fail Time, but that’s a whole 'nother can of worms.

Some Limited Dragons have three or more elemental Types. In particular, three element dragons are sometimes referred to as Tribrids.

It should be noted that while some Limited Dragons may contain opposite Elements, they do not otherwise follow the rules for Opposite Dragons.

The Motley Dragon is a most unusual Limited Dragon. While it is technically a Fire and Plant Type Dragon, when it is In Season, virtually any combination of Parents can result in a Motley Offspring, including combinations that completly lack the Elements of Fire and Plant.

Epic Dragons

Epic Dragons are bred in a similar manner as Hybrid Dragons, with each of them having parents of two or more Elements. However, there are some very significant differences.

Epic Dragons are framed by an simple white marble border in the Market:



Each Species of Epic Dragon has a unique eggs design, with the exception of the three Olympus Dragons. All Epic Dragons eggs, regardless of type, are displayed on Epic Display Pedestals:




Epic Dragons have a Fixed Breeding Percentage.

While most Epic Dragons have Open Combos, some have Locked Combos.

Epic Dragons do not correspond to any of the basic Elements from which they are composed. Instead, they have Epic Types and must reside in an Epic Habitat of the appropriate Type. For example, Gold Dragons are produced through the combination of Fire and Metal Elements. However, because they are Treasure Type Dragons, they cannot be placed in Fire or Metal habitats, are not affected by Fire or Metal Boosts and do not count towards Fire or Metal Shrines.

The Epic Types are:

Apocalypse
Gemstone
Moon
Olympus
Rainbow
Seasonal
Sun
Treasure

With the exception of Gemstone Dragons, which cannot breed at all, Epic Dragons can only breed with other Epic Dragons of the same Type. Thus Rainbow + Double Rainbow is a possible combination, but Rainbow + Cyclops is not. However, when Epic Dragons breed, they contribute some, all or none of the Elements. This allows for a wide variety of offspring of compatible Elements, including Primary, Hybrid, some In Season Limited Dragons and even other Epic Dragons of different Types. As such, Rainbow, Double Rainbow and Leap Year Dragons can produce the largest variety of Species in the game.

The full list of Elements that Epic Dragon contribute can be found in the OP.

When two Epic Dragons are bred together, there is always a chance that a Clone of one parent or the other may be produced, regardless of which Elements they contribute. For example, Gold Olympus + Silver Olympus has a chance to produce either Species, even though both dragons only contribute Earth and Lighting (Olympus Dragons normally require Air, Earth and Lightning).

Epic Limited Dragons

Epic Limited Dragons are a subgroup of Epic Dragons.

Except where noted below, Epic Limited Dragons function just like other Epic Dragons.

Epic Limited Dragons are framed by a spiraling white marble border in the Market. Red hourglasses in each corner indicate that this dragon is only available for a limited time:



Combos for Epic Limited Dragons vary considerably. Some combos are Open, while others are Locked. The Leap Year Dragon is an open combo. It can be bred with any combination that includes four or more Elements. The Equinox Dragon is a partially Locked Combo. It can be breed with BLAZING + any Water type dragon. The Zombie Dragon is fully Locked Combo, requiring POLLEN + METEOR

Epic Limited Dragons can typically only be bred while they are In Season. However, Epic Limited Dragons can be bred Out of Season so long as at least one of the Parents is of the same Species as the target dragon. For example, Rainbow + Leap Year has a chance to produce a Leap Year Dragon even when it is Out of Season, as would Leap Year + Leap Year or Leap Year + Double Rainbow. Celtic + Leap Year would actually have a chance to produce either a Celtic or a Leap Year, even if both of them were Out of Season.

Some Epic Limited Dragons have multiple Epic Types. For Example, Equinox is both a Sun Type and Moon Type Dragon. As such it can breed with other Sun or Moon Type dragons and can be placed in Sun or Moon Habitats.

Gemstone Dragons

Gemstone Dragons are a subgroup of Epic Limited Dragons.

Gemstone Dragons do not correspond to any of the basic Elements from which they are composed. Instead, they are Gemstone Type Dragons and must reside on the Gemstone Island. They cannot be placed in any other habitats, are not affected by any Boosts and do not count towards any Shrines.

Gemstone Dragons are framed by a gem encrusted border in the Market:



Each Species of Gemstone Dragon has a unique egg design. All Gemstone Dragon eggs are displayed on Gemstone display pedestals:



Gemstone Dragons have a Fixed Breeding Percentage.

All Gemstone Dragons have fully Locked combos. There is only one possible breeding combination for each Species. For example, Sapphire requires MOUNTAIN + RAIN. This means that even if all the correct Elements are present, no other combination of Parents can ever produce a Sapphire Dragon.

There are currently two types of Gemstone Dragons: Birthstone and Quarterly.

The Birthstone Dragons are available for one calendar month at a time. A new dragon arrives on the first day of the new month and it remains In Season until it is replaced on the first day of the subsequent month. For example, Sapphire is the Birthstone Dragon for September. It is replaced by Opal on October 1st.

By Contrast, Quarterly Gemstone Dragons appear to be In Season for approximately 90 days at a time.

Gemstone Dragons are unable to breed

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[Administrator]

This-Is-Awesome. Nice work B4.

Poppy

[Greger]

Good job and Koala to all the brave testers.

[pjsteel]

One question I would like to see tested is this - Which has the higher probability of success: x + x or the required combo when the dragon is in 'season'?

e.g. If you have 2 zombies, would you be better off breeding zombie + zombie, or meteor + pollen to get another?

I suspect it'll actually be easier to get your third using meteor + pollen. Obviously this won't work when it is out of season, but I'm curious to know which is the better way to go when it is in season.

In particular for Solstice dragons, as I want about another 21 of these guys... But don't want to breed Solstice + Solstice if the odds are going to be horribly low.

In either case, I'm going to wait until this 'event' is over in case they swap back the breeding after the rift is closed. But I'm not holding out hope anymore

[flutterbye]

Excellent post. We desperately need clarity and order in this chaotic scenario.

The chase for magic in two parks against time constraints has fuddled and fazed this bear of little brain so that breeding has become nightmarish.

As a life-long learner of all things natural, it always puzzled me that breeding did not follow the laws of genetics, but rather resembled mitosis, resulting in like dragons.

[dragonmuse]

Just wanted to say thank you for your efforts here. Really appreciate this community's information.

[Bloodstone]

Oct 15, 2013 2:21:36 GMT -6 pjsteel said:

One question I would like to see tested is this - Which has the higher probability of success: x + x or the required combo when the dragon is in 'season'?

That's certainly a question we want to answer at some point, but with so much going on, I just don't know how soon we can get to it.

My suspicion, based largely on the way limited/rare dragon breeding percentages have worked in th past, is that the odds will be exactly the same. But at this point, that's based more on intuition than actual analysis.

[Pixie]

Oct 15, 2013 2:21:36 GMT -6 pjsteel said:

One question I would like to see tested is this - Which has the higher probability of success: x + x or the required combo when the dragon is in 'season'?

e.g. If you have 2 zombies, would you be better off breeding zombie + zombie, or meteor + pollen to get another?

I suspect it'll actually be easier to get your third using meteor + pollen. Obviously this won't work when it is out of season, but I'm curious to know which is the better way to go when it is in season.

In particular for Solstice dragons, as I want about another 21 of these guys... But don't want to breed Solstice + Solstice if the odds are going to be horribly low.

In either case, I'm going to wait until this 'event' is over in case they swap back the breeding after the rift is closed. But I'm not holding out hope anymore

It's being worked on, but it takes about 1,000 breeds for each combo to get close to an answer. That takes lots of hours.

[Bloodstone]

Post #2 is up now, with pictures!

More will be added later...

This new post gives an overview of the breeding rules and various kinds of dragons. Hopefully, it's not too wordy and wil be beginner friendly.

The beginning section explains some of the terminology I use when I write these things, so reading that should help make sens of it all.

Let me know if anything meeds clarification.

[Bloodstone]

Rules for Epic and Epic Limited Dragon breeding are due for a major revise... looks like they are not as unifed as I had hoped based on inital testing...

[Bloodstone]

Updated posts #1 and #2.

I suspect I shall have to update them again some time soon, as some of the new info seems... quite odd...

[pjsteel]

Oct 15, 2013 17:52:28 GMT -6 Bloodstone said:

I suspect I shall have to update them again some time soon, as some of the new info seems... quite odd...

Such as?

[pjsteel]

Oct 15, 2013 9:33:28 GMT -6 Pixie said:

It's being worked on, but it takes about 1,000 breeds for each combo to get close to an answer. That takes lots of hours.

Greatly appreciated

[Bloodstone]

Oct 15, 2013 18:28:56 GMT -6 pjsteel said:

Such as?

See the notes in red about Platinum and Autumn.

[Fletch_smf]

Oct 14, 2013 18:09:02 GMT -6 Administrator said:

This-Is-Awesome. Nice work B4.

Poppy

This. Holy fudge, dude.

[Fletch_smf]

Oct 14, 2013 15:19:06 GMT -6 Bloodstone said:

Platinum is odd in that it contributes Air, instead of Water or Metal as might be expected.

There is a mistake in the code which shows breeding substitutes for Platinum as Air and Metal instead of the Water it should be. That will be fixed shortly, no doubt.

Also, currently Autumn has Seasonal in the breeding type and has no entry for breeding substitution. Again, I'm sure this will be rectified shortly.

Again, nice work on compiling all this stuff together, sir.

[pjsteel]

Oct 15, 2013 18:50:39 GMT -6 Fletch_smf said:

Oct 14, 2013 15:19:06 GMT -6 Bloodstone said:

Platinum is odd in that it contributes Air, instead of Water or Metal as might be expected.

There is a mistake in the code which shows breeding substitutes for Platinum as Air and Metal instead of the Water it should be. That will be fixed shortly, no doubt.

Also, currently Autumn has Seasonal in the breeding type and has no entry for breeding substitution. Again, I'm sure this will be rectified shortly.

Again, nice work on compiling all this stuff together, sir.

Hmm, thinking I should get to working on a second Autumn quickly and breed them together before they fix it...

Should probably get my zombie egg first though. Decisions decisions..

[Fletch_smf]

Oct 15, 2013 2:21:36 GMT -6 pjsteel said:

One question I would like to see tested is this - Which has the higher probability of success: x + x or the required combo when the dragon is in 'season'?

20 attempts each. Don't have time for much else.

Lava (Lv15) + Fire (Lv12)

5 Bone
6 Lava
9 Obsidian

Bone (Lv15) + Bone (Lv12)

5 Bone
6 Lava
9 Obsidian

This incredibly small sample gave back identical results, which is actually pretty crazy. But it's a start.