Undead Dragon

Undead Dragons, also known as Zombies, are a special breed of dragon only obtainable via a creation process, as well as being an original species of Dragon Cave. Attempting to revive a deceased dragon or hatchling (either killed or purposely allowed to die) has a slim chance of resulting in an Undead dragon. Undeads cannot breed and have been subject to controversy due to the death of dragons required to create them. They are only visible on scrolls between 12AM - 6AM (EST); at all other times, they take the form of a tombstone sprite, which is biome-specific if the Undead is from any of the biomes but plain otherwise. Undeads have sub-type specific sprites, with different appearances depending on their original breed's morphology.

In the far past, Undead Dragons could be made during any time of the year. A few examples include two owned by TJ09 (Qemrao Thuwed and 0eidw Qemrao Thuwed), and one inappropriate code hatchling created in 2007 on a hidden scroll. Eventually, Undeads were changed to only be able to be created on October 31 of a year (Halloween); it is unknown when the circumstances of being able to create Undeads on Halloween only began. A site update on August 14, 2016 once again made Undeads available any time of the year, with a scaling chance of success based on the time (the chance of success is higher during the time when Undeads are visible on scrolls).

There are three potential outcomes of the Revive action: reviving a normal dragon, reviving an Undead dragon, or permanent death. In order to obtain different stages of Undead hatchlings, the dragon must be in that particular stage when it dies; Undeads cannot grow up themselves, and the dragons are automatically frozen upon death. When a caveborn Undead is created, its biome-specific tombstone won't appear until two weeks have passed since it died, the same amount of time for a truly dead dragon's tombstone to disappear.

All dragon breeds can be turned, even DC drakes, Vampires, pygmies and two-headed dragons. Unbreedables such as Papers and Cheeses can become Undead dragons, albeit ungendered. Dinos and Chickens cannot become Undead due to the lack of a Revive option for them. Since Undead dragons count as their original breed, Undeads created from "Limited Breed" dragons, such as CB Holiday dragons or Guardians of Nature, prevent players from reclaiming replacements.

Any kill slot used to create an Undead will return after 2 weeks, the same as a kill slot used for any other purpose. Undeads cannot be removed from the scroll except by the Soulpeace Dragon's Expunge BSA.

Undead dragons are often confused with Neglected and Vampire dragons. When using Breed sort on a scroll, these dragons actually sort as whatever their original breed was before being turned Undead.

Egg
None.

Hatchling
"It's an undead baby dragon, produced by a failed magical spell. It probably would be cute if it weren't partially decayed."

Mature Hatchling
"It's an undead baby dragon, produced by a failed magical spell. It probably would be cute if it weren't partially decayed. And look! It somehow managed to grow wings despite being dead."

Adult
"Failed attempts to experiment with magic often result in transforming dragons into these hellish creatures. They are extremely dangerous, and will mindlessly kill any living creature without regard to friend or foe."

New Sprites

 * Amphiptere Series
 * Birdzgoboom (All)
 * Odeen (Adult)
 * DC Drake Series
 * Unknown
 * Eastern Series
 * Birdzgoboom (Adult)
 * Unknown (Hatchling)
 * Leviathan (Sea Serpent) Series
 * Birdzgoboom (All)
 * Lindwurm Series
 * Odeen (Adult)
 * Birdzgoboom (Hatchling)
 * Pygmy Series
 * Unknown
 * Traditional Drake (Wingless) Series
 * Odeen (Adult)
 * Birdzgoboom (Hatchling)


 * Two-Headed Series
 * Unknown
 * Western Series
 * Odeen (Adult)
 * Marrionetta (Hatchling)
 * Wyrm Series
 * Unknown (Adult)
 * Birdzgoboom (Hatchling)
 * Wyvern Series
 * Odeen (All)
 * Tombstones
 * TheCompleteAnimorph (All)
 * TJ09 (All)

Old Sprites

 * Shikaru (All)

Tombstones
As of November 18, 2014, caveborn Undeads received a special tombstone specific to their biome. Bred Undeads and Undeads from the time where only one cave existed also received a new special tombstone.

Sprites No Longer In-Use
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Trivia

 * The original Undead adult sprite uses the Necromancer boss from Breath of Fire II.
 * "Zombie fodder" is the term used to refer to dragons users collect exclusively to let die or kill, in order to revive as an Undead dragon.
 * Undeads do not appear in Incubator images.
 * Undeads used to permanently take up the kill slots used to create them. This was an unintended occurrence, and since October 2011, Undead-held kill slots have been released.