Breeding comes after progression
Breeding is a late post-tame system. A dragon has to be tamed, adult, healthy, fed, bonded enough, and level 15 or higher. Both dragons must be the same species and in the correct state.
This keeps breeding from becoming a simple farm and makes it something the player earns by actually maintaining dragons.
Breeding foods
| Species | Breeding food |
|---|---|
| Night Fury | Raw salmon |
| Deadly Nadder | Raw mutton |
| Gronckle | Iron ore |
Eggs can be traded or gifted
When breeding succeeds, it creates an egg item. The egg has no owner while it is just an item. Ownership is assigned when a player places it.
That means eggs can be gifted, traded, moved, or handed to another player before hatching. Whoever places the egg becomes the stored hatch owner.
Incubation
Eggs only incubate while placed in the world. They do not hatch in your inventory. A placed egg takes 60 minutes of loaded time to hatch, and it needs enough free space around it when the hatch happens.
Hatchlings
When an egg hatches, the hatchling belongs to the player who placed the egg. Hatchlings start with the same basic ownership values as tamed dragons, but they cannot be ridden, saddled, carry cargo, breed, or fight.
After 90 minutes of loaded growth time, the hatchling becomes an adult. It still has to meet the normal requirements for riding and breeding; growing up does not skip progression.