Undead Dragon

Undead Dragon
Release Date	May 2007 (Original Species)
Elemental Affinity	Unknown
Morphology	Western
Base Rarity	Very rare
BSA	None
Habitat	◾Creation: No Habitat
Color	Gray, pale pink
Nicknames	Zombie
Spriters	Birdzgoboom, Marrionetta, Odeen

Undead Dragons, also known as Zombies, are a special breed of dragon only obtainable via a creation process, as well as being an original species of Dragon Cave. Attempting to revive a deceased dragon or hatchling (either killed or purposely allowed to die) has a slim chance of resulting in an Undead dragon. Undeads cannot breed and have been subject to controversy due to the death of dragons required to create them. They are only visible on scrolls between 12AM - 6AM (EST); at all other times, they take the form of a tombstone sprite. As of May 21, 2016, Undeads now have sub-type specific sprites, an update that was part of Dragon Cave's 10th Birthday release, with different appearances depending on their original breed's morphology.

In the far past, Undead Dragons could be made during any time of the year, with a rumoured 1 in 100 chance of success. A few examples include two owned by TJ09 (Qemrao Thuwed and 0eidw Qemrao Thuwed). There have also been reports of others, but the forum topic once used to discuss them has since been deleted. Eventually, Undeads were changed to only be able to be created on October 31 of a year (Halloween); it is unknown when the circumstances of being able to create Undeads on Halloween only began, but rumours still continued that creation all-year long was possible. These subsequent rumours were proven false in the IRC on the 22nd of December, 2012.

As of a site update on August 14, 2016, Undeads can now be created any time of the year again, with a scaling chance of success based on the time or date (lowest to highest success: day time, night time, 31st of a month, the week of Halloween breeding, and Halloween itself). These chances do not overlap ; the odds of success is the same on a 31st whether it is day or night, for example. Based on collected data, the odds are approximately 1/15 for nighttime, 1/10 for 31sts, and 2/5 for Halloween. Daytime and Halloween week remain unknown.

There are three potential outcomes of the revive action: reviving a normal dragon, reviving an Undead dragon, or permanent death. In order to obtain the different stages of Undead hatchlings, the dragon must be in that particular stage when it dies or is killed; Undeads cannot grow up themselves, and the dragons are automatically frozen upon death.

All dragon breeds can be zombified, even DC drakes, Vampires, pygmies and two-headed dragons. In the past, despite the breed differences, all Undead used the same "western" dragon sprite. Unbreedables such as Papers and Cheeses can become Undead dragons, albeit ungendered. Dinos cannot become Undead due to the lack of a revive option for them. Despite being displayed as Undead Dragons, they are internally labeled with their original breed name and will sort with that breed. Although having Undead "Limited Breed" dragons, such as CB Holiday dragons or Guardians of Nature, originally prevented players from reclaiming replacements, a later update removed this limitation and allowed players to replace dead or undead limited dragons.

Undeads used to permanently take up the kill slots used to create them. This was an unintended occurrence, and since October 2011, zombie-held kill slots have been released. Currently, any kill slot used to create an Undead will return after 2 weeks, exactly the same as a kill slot used for any other purpose. At one point, Undead dragons could not be removed from scrolls. This has changed with the Soulpeace Dragon and its Expunge BSA.

Undead dragons used to only be visible on scrolls between 12AM and 6AM DC time (EST), but now are always visible in the form of a tombstone, taking on their Undead sprite during the hours where they would previously only appear. There used to be a glitch that caused Undead Dragons to "roam" on scrolls, despite being repositioned or re-sorted; this has since been fixed after the addition of new tombstone sprites. Undead dragons are now visible on sorting pages as well as scrolls.

These dragons are often confused with Neglected and Vampire Dragons. When using Breed sort on a scroll, these dragons actually sort as whatever their original breed was before being turned Undead.

Official Dragon Descriptions

Egg

None.

Hatchling

"It's an undead baby dragon, produced by a failed magical spell. It probably would be cute if it weren't partially decayed."

Mature Hatchling

"It's an undead baby dragon, produced by a failed magical spell. It probably would be cute if it weren't partially decayed.
And look! It somehow managed to grow wings despite being dead."

Adult

"Failed attempts to experiment with magic often result in transforming dragons into these hellish creatures. They are extremely dangerous, and will mindlessly kill any living creature without regard to friend or foe."

Sprite Artist(s)

New Sprites

Amphiptere Series Birdzgoboom (All) Odeen (Adult) DC Drake Series Odeen (Adult) Birdzgoboom (Hatchling) Eastern Series Birdzgoboom (All) Sea Serpent Series Birdzgoboom (All) Lindwyrm Series Odeen (Adult) Birdzgoboom (Hatchling) Pygmy Series Odeen (Adult) Marrionetta (Hatchling) Pygmy Eastern Series Odeen (All) Marrionetta (Hatchling) Pygmy Wyrm Series TheCompleteAnimorph (All) Pygmy Wyvern Series Odeen (All) Marrionetta (Hatchling)

Pygmy Lindwurm Series Odeen (All) Marrionetta (Hatchling) Wingless Series Odeen (Adult) Birdzgoboom (Hatchling) Two-Headed Series Odeen (All) Two-Headed Eastern Series TheCompleteAnimorph (All) Two-Headed Lindwurm Series Birdzgoboom (Hatchling) Odeen (All) Two-Headed Sea Serpent Series Odeen (All) Western Series Odeen (Adult) Marrionetta (Hatchling) Wyrm Series Birdzgoboom (All) Odeen (Adult) Wyvern Series Odeen (All) Tombstones TheCompleteAnimorph (All) TJ09 (All)

Old Sprites

• Shikaru (All)

Tombstones

As of November 18, 2014 , caveborn Undeads received a special tombstone specific to their biome. Bred Undeads and Undeads from the time where only one cave existed also received a new special tombstone, which is now also shared by Undeads obtained from "Market" dragons. When a caveborn Undead is created, its biome-specific tombstone won't appear until two weeks have passed since it died, the same amount of time for a truly dead dragon's tombstone to disappear.

Alpine	Coast	Desert	Forest	Jungle	Volcano	Bred / Cave / Market
Old tombstone sprite

Sprites

Series	Egg	Hatchling	Mature Hatchling	Adult
Undead Amphiptere	-
Undead DC Drake
Undead Eastern
Undead Sea Serpent
Undead Lindwyrm
Undead Pygmy
Undead Eastern Pygmy
Undead Pygmy Lindwyrm
Undead Pygmy Wyrm
Undead Pygmy Wyvern
Undead Two-Headed
Undead Two-Headed Eastern
Undead Two-Headed Lindwyrm
Undead Two-Headed Sea Serpent
Undead Wingless
Undead Western
Undead Wyrm
Undead Wyvern		File:Undead wyvern hatchi.png	File:Undead wyvern mature hatchi.png

Sprites No Longer In-Use

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Series	Egg	Hatchling	Mature Hatchling	Adult
Temporary Holiday Sprites
Christmas'11	-	File:Undead hatchi Christmas 2011.gif	File:Undead mature hatchi Christmas 2011.png	File:Undead adult Christmas 2011.png
Old Sprites
Original Sprites	-		-
Old Series	-

Encyclopedia Entry

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Appearance/Basic Anatomy

• Any resemblance to their past breed has long decayed away.
• Move with what is best be described as a “shamble.”
• The reanimation spell has halted any further decay.
• Not as fragile as they appear.

Hatchling Behavior

• Hatchling behavior resembles that of adults—lethargic.

Adult Behavior

• Generally oblivious to the world outside their immediate vicinity.
• Slow to react.
• Avoid the sun and other luminescent objects.
• Hatred of light is actually due to the inability to dialate their pupils. They literally cannot see in all but the dimmest environments.

Habitat

• Only seen during the darkest parts of night.
• Unable to find where they disappear to during the day.

Diet

• Diet? They don’t seem to have one...

Trivia

• The original adult sprite was the Necroman from Breath of Fire II.
• "Zombie fodder" is the term used to refer to dragons users collect exclusively to let die or kill, in order to revive as an Undead dragon.
• Undeads do not appear in Incubator images.
• The Pygmy Wyrm sprite was originally incorrectly attributed to Odeen on the site, but has since been corrected.

Rarity

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