Patternless dragon

What a Patternless dragon looks like

Patternless is the super form of Sparse: two copies of the gene where a Sparse has one. It is graded Rare like the super form of every simple gene.

Pattern genes each work one part of the markings, their layout, shape or amount; Patternless takes the markings away altogether.

While it shows, Patternless hides Striped, Spotted, Speckled and Lava. A dragon still carries those genes and passes them to its babies; they just can't be seen. Nothing in the game today hides Patternless: a dragon with two copies always shows it.

How to breed a Patternless dragon

Patternless takes two copies of the Sparse gene, one from each parent, so both parents must carry it. A Patternless passes the gene to every baby.

Two Sparse dragons give a Patternless in 25% of eggs. Once you have one, pair it with a Sparse for 50%, or with another Patternless and every egg is one. Paired with a Normal, a Patternless gives a Sparse in every egg and no Patternless.

What you see is what it carries: a Patternless always has two copies, so there are no hets to prove. For the Punnett square behind these numbers, see how to read breeding odds.

Where to get a Patternless dragon

Patternless turns up in crate dragons. In the pool of genes every crate draws from, the Sparse gene comes up at a rate of 7%; 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.

A crate dragon with two copies of a gene is rarer than one with a single copy, so the sure way to a Patternless is to breed two Sparse dragons.