Market

The Market was a feature released as part of DC's 12th Birthday Release. With it, a new (and optional) in-game currency, called Shards, was introduced to the game, which players can earn by raising eggs, breeding their dragons, and participating in other site activities. Players can then save up these Shards to purchase eggs they're having trouble finding in the cave. Players can earn 100 Shards at most per week, and these limits reset every Sunday.

TJ09 has stated that the following principles apply to the Market's concept values:


 * The market sh﻿ould never supplant the cave/hunting in the cave.
 * The market's primary value is smoothing out the randomness of the cave.
 * Getting currency should not be a "grind" or require crazy levels of activity.
 * Things not in the cave are not currently available in the market.
 * Breeds with location-specific alts are not currently available in the market.
 * Market prices will roughly respect cave over-/under-population. It's not a 1:1 match to "rarity" (especially when comparing breeds—breed A being more expensive than B does not necessarily mean there are fewer breed A eggs made in the cave), but it does mean that prices will go up as a breed becomes more overpopulated.

Every egg in the Market costs at least 100 Shards. If the player chooses to buy an egg from the Market, they'll be taken to a screen to confirm their purchase. Eggs are nonrefundable, are not immune to sickness, cannot be traded and have their habitat listed as "Market".

Current Market Values
Prices may vary from time to time based on overall demand.

Yellow Dino = 4000

Chicken = 5800

Red Dino‎ = 4200

Yellow-Crowned Dragon = 100

White Dragon‎ = 200

Whiptail Dragon‎ = 200

Waterhorse Dragon‎ = 100

Water Dragon = 100

Undine Dragon‎ = 300

Two-headed Lindwyrm‎ = 1000

Turpentine Dragon‎ = 100

Tsunami Wyvern‎ = 400

Tri-Horn Wyvern‎ = 100

Thunder Dragon = 4100

Tetra Dragon‎ = 100

Terrae Dragon = 200

Tatterdrake = 200

Tarantula Hawk Drake = 100

Swallowtail Dragon = 100

Sunstone Dragon = 100

Sunsong Amphiptere = 100

Sunrise Dragon‎ = 300

Striped River Dragon‎ = 300

Striped Dragon = 100

Storm Dragon = 100

Stone Dragon = 200

Spotted Greenwing = 100

Spitfire Dragon = 100

Spirit Ward Dragon = 300

Spinel Wyvern = 100

Speckle-Throated Dragon = 100

Skywing Dragon‎ = 100

Sinii Krai Dragon = 100

Silver Dragon‎ = 3200

Seragamma Wyvern = 100

Seasonal Dragon = 200

Script Dragon = 100

Scimitar-wing Wyvern = 100

Sapphire Dragon = 200

Royal Crimson Dragon = 100

Royal Blue Dragon‎ = 200

Ridgewing Dragon‎ = 600

Red-Tailed Wyrm Pygmy‎ = 200

Red-finned Tidal Dragon‎ = 100

Red Dragon = 700

Purple Dragon = 200

Plated Colossus Dragon = 300

Pink Dragon = 300

Pillow Dragon = 200

Paper Dragon‎ = 5200

Olive Dragon = 100

Nocturne Dragon = 100

Nilia Pygmy = 200

Nhiostrife Wyvern = 400

Nexus Dragon = 800

Neotropical Dragon‎ = 100

Nebula Dragon = 900

Morphodrake‎ = 100

Moonstone Dragon = 100

Monarch Dragon‎ = 100

Misfit Pygmy = 200

Mint Dragon = 100

Magma Dragon‎ = 4600

Magi Dragon‎ = 100

Magelight Pygmy Wyvern‎ = 600

Lunar Herald‎ = 200

Dark Lumina Dragon‎ = 100

Lumina Dragon‎ = 100

Kyanite Pygmy‎ = 300

Kingcrowne Dragon = 400

Khusa Dragon‎ = 100

Ice Dragon‎ = 4000

Howler Drake‎ = 100

Horse Dragon‎ = 100

Honey Drake = 300

Hellfire Wyvern‎ = 200

Harvest Dragon = 100

Guardian Dragon = 100

Green Dragon‎ = 200

Greater Spotted Drake = 100

Golden Wyvern = 1900

Gold-horned Tangar = 100

Night Glory Drake = 200

Day Glory Drake = 200

Gold Dragon‎ = 4100

Glaucus Drake = 100

Gilded Bloodscale Dragon = 1200

Gemshard Dragon = 300

Frostbite Dragon‎ = 300

Frilled Dragon‎ = 100

Freckled Dragon = 100

Floret Wyvern = 200

Flamingo Wyvern = 100

Fever Wyvern = 100

Fell Dragon = 300

Falconiform Wyvern = 200

Ember Dragon = 200

Electric Dragon = 100

Duotone Dragon = 200

Dorsal Dragon = 100

Diamondwing Dragon = 200

Deep Sea Dragon = 100

Daydream Dragon‎ = 100

Dark Myst Pygmy = 200

Common Pygmy = 200

Dark Green Dragon = 200

Coastal Waverunner‎ = 100

Cheese Dragon‎ = 3400

Celestial Dragon = 300

Cassare Dragon = 200

Carmine Wyvern‎ = 100

Canopy Dragon‎ = 100

Candelabra Dragon‎ = 200

Brute Dragon = 100

Brimstone Dragon = 100

Bright-Breasted Wyvern = 100

Bolt Dragon = 200

Blusang Lindwyrm = 1200

Blue Dino = 4000

Blue-Banded Dragon = 100

Bleeding Moon Dragon = 200

Blacktip Dragon = 100

Black Tea Dragon = 100

Black Dragon = 400

Black Capped Teimarr = 100

Bauta Dragon = 200

Balloon Dragon = 600

Azure Glacewing = 300

Aria Dragon = 100

Antarean Dragon = 200

Anagallis Dragon = 200

Almerald Dragon = 300

Albino Dragon = 200

Aeon Dragon = 800