Golden dragon

What a Golden dragon looks like

Golden is an incomplete dominant colour morph, graded Uncommon like one copy of every simple gene that shows with one.

Colour genes change the body itself, the bottom layer of a dragon's look, so Golden stacks with any pattern, white or accent gene on the same dragon.

Nothing in the game today hides Golden: a dragon with the gene always shows it.

How to breed a Golden dragon

Golden is incomplete dominant: one copy of the gene shows Golden, and two copies show its super form, Pale Gold. A Golden passes the gene to half its babies.

Because one copy and two look different, a dragon's look tells you what it carries: a Golden has one copy, a Pale Gold two, and a Normal none. There are no hets to prove.

Pair two Golden dragons and 25% of the eggs are Pale Gold; a Pale Gold paired with a Normal gives a Golden in every egg. For the Punnett square behind these numbers, see how to read breeding odds.

Combinations with Golden

The combinations book collects every body colour with every element. A Golden dragon that also shows Lava is a Golden Lava, one of the 8 squares open today, and the first keeper to hatch each square holds it as a world first.

Where to get a Golden dragon

Golden turns up in crate dragons. In the pool of genes every crate draws from, the Golden gene comes up at a rate of 10%, tied for the highest of any gene there; the Iron Crate turns that up 2.3 times and the Lava Crate 4 times. How often a crate dragon shows any morph at all depends on the crate: 8% in the Wooden Crate, 35% in the Iron Crate and 70% in the Lava Crate.