I regularly see posts in the Dragon Share thread about 'posting around the color wheel' where OP starts by posting a dragon with Maize and then someone posts a White dragon, Ice dragon etc.
With the Sunshine apocalypse last night and the newly added colors being announced I thought it would be fun to think up a color challenge for breeding.
Start -
- Pick a breeding pair that has Maize as a possibility [keeping it tight will increase your chances, but having a wider range makes it possible to get several generations out of the same pair]
- Part of the challenge is selling/exalting parents so I recommend buying new dragons for this
- This is a color challenge, genes/species doesn't matter
- Be aware of cooldown times because you will be using hatchlings from each generation to breed the next
Generation 1 - Maize
- Breed until you get a Maize hatchling, this is your heir
- Color must be showing, basic tertiary doesn't count
- You CAN breed more than one color in a single nest, but they MUST be in order as they are placed in your lair. [Ex. Even if you breed a White dragon in the same nest, if it is placed to the left of your Maize it doesn't count]
- Extra heirs [dragons of the appropriate color who aren't the primary heir] may be kept to breed back in after the 5 generation cooldown
- Exalt/sell extra hatchies [keep track of what they were worth, this is your Pool]
- Rebreed the parents if you can get a White hatchie out of them and exalt unnecessary Maize heir otherwise...
- Sell the parents [added to Pool], keep the Maize hatchie and buy a mate using the money from the Pool [you can add money of your own and there isn't a cap on how expensive the mate can be]
Generation 2 - White
- Breed for your next color
- Money from the Pool rolls over. Anything you have left from Generation 1 stays in Pool for buying Generation 2, 3 etc.
Rules/Recommendations/Guidlines -
- You don't HAVE to sell parents/non-heir hatchies, but it will mean less money in the Pool to buy mates
- You DO have to buy new mates for every heir. No gifts/trades/existing members of the lair [The ONLY exception is extra heirs, they may be kept to breed back into challenge in 5+ generations]
- Do whatever you want with genes they're irrelevant to the challenge
- Element of heir/parents/mates doesn't matter
Additional Hard Mode Rules-
- Cannot add money to the pool
- Can't keep extra heirs
- The goal color must be primary or The goal color must be secondary
- Can't breed multiple colors in same nest
- Must breed heir, can't use larger range parents for consecutive generations
Additional Extreme Mode Rules -
- Must be double/triple and/or Must be firstborn
Points -
- 5 for every nest
- 1 for every non-heir hatchie
- 5 for every additional non-Pool 1k you paid out of pocket for mates
+ 1 for every 1k left in Pool at end of challenge
+ 5 for double (if not goal color)
+ 10 for triple (if not goal color)
+ 1 for 5 egg nest
Heir points -
+ 3 for heir of appropriate color
+ 5 for each extra heir in nest
+ 5 if heir is firstborn
+ 1 for each plentiful heir (Tundra, Guardian, Mirror, Fae)
+ 2 for each common heir (Pearlcatcher, Ridgeback, Snapper, Spiral)
+ 3 for each uncommon heir (Skydancer)
+ 4 for each limited heir (Imperial)
+ 5 for each rare heir (Wildclaw, Coatl)
+ 5 if color is primary
+ 3 if color is secondary
+ 1 if color is tertiary
+ 20 for each double heir
+ 30 for each triple heir
With the Sunshine apocalypse last night and the newly added colors being announced I thought it would be fun to think up a color challenge for breeding.
Start -
- Pick a breeding pair that has Maize as a possibility [keeping it tight will increase your chances, but having a wider range makes it possible to get several generations out of the same pair]
- Part of the challenge is selling/exalting parents so I recommend buying new dragons for this
- This is a color challenge, genes/species doesn't matter
- Be aware of cooldown times because you will be using hatchlings from each generation to breed the next
Generation 1 - Maize
- Breed until you get a Maize hatchling, this is your heir
- Color must be showing, basic tertiary doesn't count
- You CAN breed more than one color in a single nest, but they MUST be in order as they are placed in your lair. [Ex. Even if you breed a White dragon in the same nest, if it is placed to the left of your Maize it doesn't count]
- Extra heirs [dragons of the appropriate color who aren't the primary heir] may be kept to breed back in after the 5 generation cooldown
- Exalt/sell extra hatchies [keep track of what they were worth, this is your Pool]
- Rebreed the parents if you can get a White hatchie out of them and exalt unnecessary Maize heir otherwise...
- Sell the parents [added to Pool], keep the Maize hatchie and buy a mate using the money from the Pool [you can add money of your own and there isn't a cap on how expensive the mate can be]
Generation 2 - White
- Breed for your next color
- Money from the Pool rolls over. Anything you have left from Generation 1 stays in Pool for buying Generation 2, 3 etc.
Rules/Recommendations/Guidlines -
- You don't HAVE to sell parents/non-heir hatchies, but it will mean less money in the Pool to buy mates
- You DO have to buy new mates for every heir. No gifts/trades/existing members of the lair [The ONLY exception is extra heirs, they may be kept to breed back into challenge in 5+ generations]
- Do whatever you want with genes they're irrelevant to the challenge
- Element of heir/parents/mates doesn't matter
Additional Hard Mode Rules-
- Cannot add money to the pool
- Can't keep extra heirs
- The goal color must be primary or The goal color must be secondary
- Can't breed multiple colors in same nest
- Must breed heir, can't use larger range parents for consecutive generations
Additional Extreme Mode Rules -
- Must be double/triple and/or Must be firstborn
Points -
- 5 for every nest
- 1 for every non-heir hatchie
- 5 for every additional non-Pool 1k you paid out of pocket for mates
+ 1 for every 1k left in Pool at end of challenge
+ 5 for double (if not goal color)
+ 10 for triple (if not goal color)
+ 1 for 5 egg nest
Heir points -
+ 3 for heir of appropriate color
+ 5 for each extra heir in nest
+ 5 if heir is firstborn
+ 1 for each plentiful heir (Tundra, Guardian, Mirror, Fae)
+ 2 for each common heir (Pearlcatcher, Ridgeback, Snapper, Spiral)
+ 3 for each uncommon heir (Skydancer)
+ 4 for each limited heir (Imperial)
+ 5 for each rare heir (Wildclaw, Coatl)
+ 5 if color is primary
+ 3 if color is secondary
+ 1 if color is tertiary
+ 20 for each double heir
+ 30 for each triple heir