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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="wikitable"

! !Current !Previous
 * Liver of Sulfur
 * [[File:Copper liver of sulfur male.png]] [[File:Copper liver of sulfur female.png]]
 * [[File:Copper liver of sulfur male retired 2021-05-21.png]] [[File:Copper liver of sulfur female retired 2021-05-21.png]]
 * Rainbow
 * [[File:Copper rainbow male.png]] [[File:Copper rainbow female.png]]
 * [[File:Copper rainbow male retired 2021-05-21.png]] [[File:Copper rainbow female retired 2021-05-21.png]]
 * Verdigris
 * [[File:Copper verdigris male.png]] [[File:Copper verdigris female.png]]
 * [[File:Copper verdigris male retired 2021-05-21.png]] [[File:Copper verdigris female retired 2021-05-21.png]]
 * }
 * [[File:Copper verdigris male.png]] [[File:Copper verdigris female.png]]
 * [[File:Copper verdigris male retired 2021-05-21.png]] [[File:Copper verdigris female retired 2021-05-21.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 the use of Stun to produce, used on the hatchling.
 * Hatchlings will remain in their alt form when traded.

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.
 * Market eggs also follow the color-affecting schedule and the color is affected by the day of the purchase.


 * {| class="wikitable"

! !Current !Previous
 * Blue
 * [[File:Gemshard sapphire hatchling.png]] [[File:Gemshard sapphire mature hatchling.png]] [[File:Gemshard sapphire male.png]] [[File:Gemshard sapphire female.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 jade hatchling.png]] [[File:Gemshard jade mature hatchling.png]] [[File:Gemshard jade male.png]] [[File:Gemshard jade female.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 ruby hatchling.png]] [[File:Gemshard ruby mature hatchling.png]] [[File:Gemshard ruby male.png]] [[File:Gemshard ruby female.png]]
 * [[File:Gemshard red hatchling.png]] [[File:Gemshard red mature hatchling.png]] [[File:Gemshard red male.png]] [[File:Gemshard red female.png]]
 * }
 * [[File:Gemshard ruby hatchling.png]] [[File:Gemshard ruby mature hatchling.png]] [[File:Gemshard ruby male.png]] [[File:Gemshard ruby female.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 the most recent Breed Specific Actions performed on an egg.
 * To produce the white Tutela variant, the player must use Ward.
 * To produce the green Motus variant, the player must use Earthquake.
 * The egg does not need to be hatched by Earthquake to change to the Motus variant. Eggs that are "unaffected" by the Earthquake can later hatch naturally as Motuses, as long as no other color-affecting BSA is performed on them.

Rumor:

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.
 * Abandoning eggs or hatchlings turns them back into regular Nilia. This has since been confirmed by one of the spriter's to be intentional.
 * Do not breed true; will lay regular Nilia Pygmy eggs unless you fertilize both of the parents.

Rumor:


 * To be added.

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 egg/pink Alstroemeria can be found in the Jungle.
 * The original variant of Floret Dragons are called "Iris Florets", and the newly released variant are "Alstroemeria Florets".
 * Pink Iris Florets can be obtained by breeding a Pink Alstroemeria Floret with an Iris Floret of either color.
 * Gold and Purple Alstroemeria Florets can be obtained by breeding a Pink Alstro Floret with an Iris Floret (of any color). Breeding with an Iris Floret can result in the parent(s)' breed(s) or an Iris-colored Alstro.

Rumor:


 * To be added.

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