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15th Birthday Release


It's time to wish a happy 15 years to Dragon Cave. That's a crazy amount of time, and to celebrate we've prepared a bunch of new alt mechanics for existing breeds. As you can certainly tell, there's a lot of eggs in this post, so here's some hints:


 * The Sapphires have received two new alts; one from lonely eggs and the other from those that receive a lot of attention.
 * The Coppers have a shiny new alt you can get from breeding in the right way.
 * A new hybrid is here. Its colors may be a blend of its parents.
 * Electric Dragons have a new alt. Which BSA you use to obtain it may shock you.
 * Three new colors of Gemshards have arrived, but they also have a new time-based mechanic—except for one day when chaos reigns supreme.
 * Two new alts for the Cantormaris Dragons come from two new BSAs.
 * Nilias also have a breed-only alt, from particularly fertile parents.
 * And finally, the Florets. Make sure to grab the fully new variant from the jungle, but there's certainly more to be discovered.

— Forum post by TJ09

Additional information
Fact:


 * These eggs are alternate forms of Sapphire Dragons.
 * Players can get "one from lonely eggs and the other from those that receive a lot of attention."
 * The pink variant is created when the egg is abandoned willingly. Auto-abandoning the egg does not turn it pink.
 * The yellow variant is created when the egg or hatchling gets a lot of views.

Rumor:


 * Pink hatchlings that have exceeded 4k views have remained pink. Abandoned yellow eggs stay yellow. Color looks to be locked once turned.

Additional information
Fact:


 * This release is a new variant of Copper Dragons.
 * The variant can be produced by "breeding in the right way."
 * The new variant can be obtained by breeding a Copper with Thunder Dragons, Electric Dragons, Bolt Dragons, or Astrapi Xenowyrms.
 * In addition to a new variant, existing Copper Dragons received a shading update.
 * The new Copper variant is called Pennybright by artist Fiona.


 * {| class="article-table"

! !Current !Previous
 * Liver of Sulfur
 * [[File:Copper male Liver of Sulfur.png]] [[File:Copper female Liver of Sulfur.png]]
 * [[File:Copper Dragon1 male.png]] [[File:Copper Dragon1 female.png]]
 * Rainbow
 * [[File:Copper male rainbow.png]] [[File:Copper female rainbow.png]]
 * [[File:Copper Dragon2 male.png]] [[File:Copper Dragon2 female.png]]
 * Verdigris
 * [[File:Copper male verdigris.png]] [[File:Copper female verdigris.png]]
 * [[File:Copper Dragon3 male.png]] [[File:Copper Dragon3 female.png]]
 * }
 * [[File:Copper male verdigris.png]] [[File:Copper female verdigris.png]]
 * [[File:Copper Dragon3 male.png]] [[File:Copper Dragon3 female.png]]
 * }

Rumor:
 * The new variant appears to be produced by breeding with primarily Lightning aligned breeds. It is unknown whether breeds with a secondary Lightning alignment will also produce the variant.

Additional information
Fact:


 * This is a hybrid breed produced by cross-breeding Royal Blue Dragons and Royal Crimson Dragons.

Rumor:


 * To be added.

Additional information
Fact:


 * This release is a new alternate form of Electric Dragons.
 * The variant requires use of Stun to produce.

Rumor:


 * To be added.

Additional information
Fact:


 * This release includes three new variants of Gemshard Dragons.
 * Previous Gemshard variants were randomly determined. The new variants will feature a "new time-based mechanic—except for one day when chaos reigns supreme."
 * In addition to new variants, existing Gemshard Dragons received a sprite update.
 * {| class="article-table"

! !Current !Previous
 * Blue
 * [[File:Gemshard hatchling blue.png]] [[File:Gemshard mature hatchling blue.png]] [[File:Gemshard male blue.png]] [[File:Gemshard female blue.png]]
 * [[File:Gemshard blue hatchling.png]] [[File:Gemshard blue mature hatchling.png]] [[File:Gemshard blue male.png]] [[File:Gemshard blue female.png]]
 * Green
 * [[File:Gemshard hatchling green.png]] [[File:Gemshard mature hatchling green.png]] [[File:Gemshard male green.png]] [[File:Gemshard female green.png]]
 * [[File:Gemshard green hatchling.png]] [[File:Gemshard green mature hatchling.png]] [[File:Gemshard green male.png]] [[File:Gemshard green female.png]]
 * Red
 * [[File:Gemshard hatchling red.png]] [[File:Gemshard mature hatchling red.png]] [[File:Gemshard male red.png]] [[File:Gemshard female red.png]]
 * [[File:Gemshard red hatchling.png]] [[File:Gemshard red mature hatchling.png]] [[File:Gemshard red male.png]] [[File:Gemshard red female.png]]
 * }
 * [[File:Gemshard hatchling red.png]] [[File:Gemshard mature hatchling red.png]] [[File:Gemshard male red.png]] [[File:Gemshard female red.png]]
 * [[File:Gemshard red hatchling.png]] [[File:Gemshard red mature hatchling.png]] [[File:Gemshard red male.png]] [[File:Gemshard red female.png]]
 * }

Rumor:


 * Color may be based on day of the week a given egg is laid on:
 * Sunday - chaos day (any color)
 * Monday - Jade
 * Tuesday - Ruby
 * Wednesday - Sapphire
 * Thursday - Amethyst
 * Friday - Aqua
 * Saturday - Citrine

Additional information
Fact:


 * This release includes two new variants of Cantormaris Dragons.
 * Like the other Cantormaris variants, these will be determined by Breed Specific Actions performed.
 * Egg-affecting BSAs not already used to create Cantormaris alts are Earthquake, Influence, and Ward.
 * One of the BSAs used to get a new variant is Ward.

Rumor:


 * The other BSA used to get a new variant may be Earthquake. Users have reported getting a new encyclopedia entry after using it.

Additional information
Fact:


 * This release includes a new variant of Nilia Pygmies.
 * The variant is bred-only, produced by "particularly fertile parents".
 * Using Fertility on two Nilia Pygmies and breeding them with each other creates the new alt. Using Fertility on only one parent does not result in an alt.
 * You can also get the alt with only one Nilia Pygmy as a parent, as long as Fertility is used on both parents, no matter the pygmy breed.

Rumor:


 * Abandoning eggs turns them back into the regular Nilia. This might be a glitch.

Additional information
Fact:


 * From the announcement: "Make sure to grab the fully new variant from the jungle, but there's certainly more to be discovered."
 * The orange variant can be found in the Jungle.
 * The original variant of Floret Dragons are called "Iris Florets", and the newly released variant are "Alstroemeria Florets".

Rumor:

April 2021 release

 * Magnesium Amphiptere
 * Sawtooth Dragon

Festival of Eggs

 * Festival of Eggs 2021

March 2021 release

 * Blazeback Dragon
 * Hydrophidius Dragon