Pumpkin Dragon | |
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Release Date | October 31, 2009 |
Elemental Affinity | Unknown |
Morphology | Pygmy Western Dragons |
Base Rarity | Limited release |
BSA | None |
Habitat | No Habitat |
Color | Yellow, orange |
Nicknames | None |
Spriters |
Marrionetta, Dovealove |
Pumpkin Dragons, or Halloween 2009 Dragons, are Halloween dragons released in 2009. Pumpkin Dragons are the first, and currently only limited release breed that is not a standard dragon. Though considered a pygmy breed, Pumpkin eggs use the standard egg template.
Under the old Breed sort, these dragons sorted as "Halloween 2009 Dragon" on a user's scroll. As of August 14, 2016, they now sort using their Encyclopedia name.
Official Dragon Descriptions
Egg
"This egg smells like the autumn harvest."
Hatchling
"Aww... It's a cute baby dragon. It enjoys running through a nearby pumpkin patch."
Mature Hatchling
"Aww... It's a cute baby dragon. It enjoys running through a nearby pumpkin patch.
And look! It's grown its wings! It must be close to maturing."
Adult
"Pumpkin dragons are a very small breed, named after their affinity for pumpkins. They are always found living inside hollowed-out pumpkins, and are only seen during the harvest season. Young children often hollow out and decorate their pumpkins in the hope that a Pumpkin dragon will make it his or her home."
Sprite Artist(s)
- Marrionetta (All)
- Dovealove (Adult)
Sprites
Series | Egg | Hatchling | Mature Hatchling | Adult | |||
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Pumpkin Dragon
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File:Pumpkin hatchi.gif | File:Pumpkin mature hatchi.gif | |||||
Spriter's Alt | |||||||
Marrionetta's Alt
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- | - | File:Spriter's Alt Pumpkin mature hatchi.gif | File:Spriter's Alt Pumpkin adult.png |
Sprites No Longer In-Use
Series | Egg | Hatchling | Mature Hatchling | Adult |
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Temporary Holiday Sprites | ||||
Christmas'11
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- | - | - | File:Pumpkin adult Christmas 2011.gif |
Old Sprites | ||||
Old Egg
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File:Old Pumpkin egg.gif |
Egg Sequence
Stage 0 | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Dead |
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Encyclopedia Entry
Appearance/Basic Anatomy
- Contrary to first appearance with their tiny wings, they’re fully capable of flight.
- Small, fast, and exceedingly quiet.
- Capable of breathing dragonfire from birth.
- Two digits on every limb with a thumb on their forelimbs.
- Appear to have a dark orange jack-o-lantern-like face markings on their dewlaps when inflated.
Hatchling Behavior
- Curious and friendly.
- Born in clutches, they are abandoned by their mother and left in the warmth of an abandoned, decomposing gourd/pumpkin.
- Usually hatch in the late fall.
- Will sometimes stay in their litter till maturity, functioning as a small group for the common good.
- Do not hollow out gourds, but rather find other means of shelter.
- Easily domesticated before adolesence.
Adult Behavior
- Claim pumpkins that will snugly fit their body size by chipping away at pumpkin tops and eating the innards.
- Will usually claim one pumpkin per season, two if the harvest is lengthy.
- Roll pumpkins onto their sides to sleep in them, sometimes chipping ‘windows’ into the pumpkins.
- Unknown where they sleep the rest of the year, though they have been spotted in hollow trees.
- Usually live alone, though they are not bothered about having neighbors in the same patch.
- Breathe fire as a defense mechanism.
- Use dewlaps in their mating displays.
Habitat
- Gourd and root bearing plants.
- Pumpkin patches in human inhabited areas.
- A few reported individuals have been seen nesting in lightning trees and dead hollow oaks.
- Found in geographic areas that have distinct seasons with brisk autumns.
Diet
- Omnivorous.
- With the exception of pumpkin guts, they eat almost all small insects and rodents.
Trivia
- Originally, the Pumpkin Dragon, like other older Holiday dragons such as the Yulebuck and 2009 Valentine, didn't have a Spriter's Alt variation but was granted one in 2013.
- Pumpkins were originally nicknamed "Harvest Dragons", but with the release of the actual Harvest Dragons in 2010, the use of the name for Pumpkins was abandoned.
Rarity
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