Copper Dragon

Copper Dragons were released on May 26, 2013 as part of Dragon Cave's 7th Birthday release. Each day from May 22, 2013 to May 28, 2013 a new dragon was released. Copper Dragons were the fifth dragons to be released. On May 21, 2021, the Pennybright variant was released as part of Dragon Cave's 15th Birthday release.

Copper Dragons have four color variants: brown "liver of sulfur", red "rainbow", green "verdigris", and orange "Pennybright".

Egg
This egg gleams with a reddish shine.

Hatchling
''Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It spends a lot of time stalking and pouncing playfully on the tails of adult dragons nearby.''

Mature hatchling
''Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It spends a lot of time stalking and pouncing playfully on the tails of adult dragons nearby.''

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

Adult
''Copper Dragons are masters of stealth, slipping silently and swiftly through the forests and jungles where they live. Often hunting in groups, their prey rarely know they are being stalked until the dragon’s at their throat. In the air they are agile and skilled. Copper Dragons prize family groups, spending large amounts of time teaching their young skills. So great is their love of life and family that they will sometimes adopt orphaned dragons of other breeds to raise.''

Sprite artists

 * Fiona BlueFire (All)
 * Nakase (All)

Variant determination
For Liver of Sulfur, Rainbow, and Verdigris variants, the color of a Copper egg depends on these factors:
 * Cave-born Copper: Egg matches habitat.
 * Liver of Sulfur: Desert, Volcano
 * Rainbow: Alpine, Forest
 * Verdigris: Coast, Jungle
 * Bred Copper from Copper mother: Egg color matches Copper mother's color.
 * Bred Copper from Copper father and non-Copper mother:
 * If non-Copper mother is cave-born from a habitat: Egg color matches mother's habitat.
 * If non-Copper mother has no habitat ("Cave", "Market", or bred): Egg color matches Copper father's color

The Pennybright variant, introduced in 2021, added a new variant mechanic. Pennybright eggs can only be produced by breeding a Copper dragon with a Lightning-aligned dragon.

Trivia

 * The fourth color that Fiona BlueFire mentioned was the original color they began with made an appearance during the Brewing Mischief 2015 Halloween event as an "effect" sprite.

Additional information

 * Regarding their rarity:


 * Regarding a fourth color: