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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:


 * To be added.

Additional information
Fact:


 * This release is a new variant of Copper Dragons.
 * The variant can be produced by "breeding in the right way."
 * In addition to a new variant, existing Copper Dragons received a shading update.
 * The new variant can be obtained by breeding a Copper with Thunder Dragons, Electric Dragons, Bolt Dragons, or Astrapi Xenowyrms.

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.

Rumor:


 * To be added.

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 use of Stun to produce.

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".

Rumor:


 * To be added.

Additional information
Fact:


 * This release includes two new variants of Cantormaris Dragons.
 * Like the other Cantormaris variants, these will be determined by Breed Specific Actions performed.
 * Egg-affecting BSAs not already used to create Cantormaris alts are Earthquake, Influence, and Ward.
 * One of the BSAs used to get a new variant is Ward.

Rumor:


 * The other BSA used to get a new variant may be Earthquake. Users have reported getting a new encyclopedia entry after using it.

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.

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 variant can be found in the Jungle.

Rumor:


 * Breeding a purple Floret with a Celestial Dragon can result in a magenta Floret.
 * This appears to be an error, as the artist Pixxelation noted the magenta variant should not be obtainable yet.

April 2021 release

 * Magnesium Amphiptere
 * Sawtooth Dragon

Festival of Eggs

 * Festival of Eggs 2021

March 2021 release

 * Blazeback Dragon
 * Hydrophidius Dragon