Gold Dragon

Gold Dragons are one of the original breeds on the site, having been released on June 2, 2007, alongside Bright Pink and Neglected Dragons. These dragons are known for residing in the highest tiers of rarity on the site.

Because of their popularity, TJ09 has made a joke page referencing Gold dragons. It can be found here after adding "makeallmyeggsgold" after "dragcave.net/" in the address bar. The resulting text is: "Yeah right."

On January 1, 2012, the Golds received a sprite update, gaining dimorphism, new poses, and updated shading. The update was released in celebration of the Year of the Dragon and the New Year. These sprites were conceived roughly 4–5 years ago in the Sprite Replacement sub-forum, where they were publicly worked upon. Upon completion, the thread was removed and they remained in Nakase's Deviantart gallery thereafter. The female gold sprite went on to receive a Daily Deviation award from Deviantart on April 9, 2009.

Egg
This egg is very reflective, almost metallic-looking.

Hatchling
''Aww... It's a cute baby dragon. Like the egg it hatched from, it is a very shiny gold.''

Mature hatchling
''Aww... It's a cute baby dragon. Like the egg it hatched from, it is a very shiny gold.''

''And look! It has grown wings! It must be close to maturing.''

Adult
''Gold dragons are the ones most often killed by humans, who consider their scales to be extremely valuable. These golden scales grant them a high level of protection, similar to armor, and they use this to their advantage in battle.''

Sprite artists

 * Nakase (All)
 * Dovealove (Adult Female)
 * Yerica (Lining)
 * Insanitation (Hatchlings' Draw)

Original sprites

 * Silvanon (Adult)
 * Shikaru (Hatchling)

Sprites
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 * Female
 * rowspan="2"|[[File:Gold egg.gif]]
 * rowspan="2"|[[File:Gold hatchi.gif]]
 * [[File:Gold female hatchi.gif]]
 * [[File:Gold female.gif]]
 * Male
 * [[File:Gold male hatchi.gif]]
 * [[File:Gold male.gif]]
 * [[File:Gold male hatchi.gif]]
 * [[File:Gold male.gif]]

Retired sprites
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 * colspan="5"|Temporary event sprites
 * Holiday 2011
 * [[File:Gold adult Christmas 2011.gif]]
 * Halloween 2012 Female
 * rowspan="2"|–
 * rowspan="2"|–
 * [[File:Gold female Halloween 2012.png]]
 * Halloween 2012 Male
 * [[File:Gold male Halloween 2012.png]]
 * colspan="5"|Retired sprites
 * Original series
 * [[File:Original Gold egg.png]]
 * [[File:Original Gold hatchi.png]]
 * [[File:Original Gold adult.gif]]
 * Replacement series
 * [[File:Old Gold egg.gif]]
 * [[File:Old Gold hatchi.gif]]
 * [[File:Old Gold mature hatchi.gif]]
 * [[File:Old Gold adult.gif]]
 * Previous eggs
 * [[File:Old Gold egg before Fog.png]] Before Replacement Project
 * [[File:Old Gold egg before Mod Mayhem.gif]] Egg before Mod Mayhem
 * [[File:Old Gold dead egg.gif]]
 * [[File:Original Gold hatchi.png]]
 * [[File:Original Gold adult.gif]]
 * Replacement series
 * [[File:Old Gold egg.gif]]
 * [[File:Old Gold hatchi.gif]]
 * [[File:Old Gold mature hatchi.gif]]
 * [[File:Old Gold adult.gif]]
 * Previous eggs
 * [[File:Old Gold egg before Fog.png]] Before Replacement Project
 * [[File:Old Gold egg before Mod Mayhem.gif]] Egg before Mod Mayhem
 * [[File:Old Gold dead egg.gif]]
 * [[File:Old Gold egg before Fog.png]] Before Replacement Project
 * [[File:Old Gold egg before Mod Mayhem.gif]] Egg before Mod Mayhem
 * [[File:Old Gold dead egg.gif]]

Trivia

 * The original adult sprite is a recolored Ice Dragon from ActRaiser.
 * The egg sprite was updated to its final one during the Mod Mayhem release on April 1, 2010.
 * Golds have had five egg sprite changes, the most changes out of any other dragon on the site.