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[img]http://i.imgur.com/xuUslfl.jpg[/img] @vicconavi Hey! So I know a lot of this info can be found in the stickied notes at the top of the forum, but I've had quite a few people message me with questions so I thought I'd copy down a few things I've mentioned to newbies over the last few months. Find out how to make treasure, to adopt and trade dragons, to train and breed them, to get Dominance, and to play in the Coliseum. Terms: (added some from Mizamazu) RTT= Ready to Train refers to adult dragons RTB= Ready to Breed H= Hatchling EXD= Exalted Cryface= Crystal primary gene/ Facet secondary gene Irishim= Iridescent primary gene/Shimmer secondary gene xxy/xyx/yxx= The "x" refers to the same color. For example, an xxy dragon will have the same color for its primary and secondary genes and a different one for its tertiary gene. (See breeding below) AH= Auction House CR= Crossroads WC= Wildclaw breed PC= Pearlcatcher breed SKY=skydancer [b][center]Part I: TREASURE AND DOMINANCE[/center][/b] There are two types of currency: treasure and gems. The exchange rate is about 1 gem: 650 treasure. I am going to speak only about treasure, the main currency. [b]How to make Treasure:[/b] 1. Visit your familiars every day to get treasure and chests. To get cheap familiars, go into the Auction House under Shop, select Familiars, put "1" in the Price Range slot next to coin (so you'll only see familiars being sold for treasure), hit "Search", then, next to "Sort By" near the top, select "Price" (instead of Expiration). This will show you the cheapest familiars that are up for sale. There should always be some for under 4,000. You also get familiars by playing in the Coliseum and you can see which ones you get from each level [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/868232]here[/url]. Very rarely you will also find them by digging. 2. Play in the Fairgrounds (I prefer the Coliseum but this is a great starting point). Shockswitch and Artifracture give you the most treasure for your time, but see if you like the other games better. My favorite thing though is Higher/Lower, because it resets at the top of every hour and takes like a minute to do. Even if you only get half of them right, that's 650 treasure and it adds up. 3. Visit Pinkerton's Plundering Pile in the Trading Post for one free item each day. (This one's kinda obvious but thought I'd share anyway) 4. Visit Crim's Swap Stand in the Trading Post, which also resets at the top of every hour. Not all of her trades are good trades, so check the Auction House if you're not sure. She might offer you 500 for something that you could sell on the AH for a lot more. You won't have a lot of stuff in the beginning, but you'll get there. 5. Visit Tomo's Trivia every day and you can find the [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/1128248]answers to her questions[/url]. 6. When your Flight achieves [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=dominance]Dominance[/url], go to the Marketplace and take advantage of the discounts. You'll make a ton of money just by buying and selling stuff on the Auction House. (More about Dominance below.) 7. Take advantage of Dom raffles! (See my section below on Raffles) 8. Sell cheap dragons. You can sell them on the Auction House by going to the dragon's page and selecting [url=http://i.imgur.com/tFIzrml.png]Auction[/url] on the top right. If you wait until they're grown, you can also sell it to trainers of 7-8k. 9. Go to the [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drt/1091895]Adoptions[/url] page if you haven't already to get lovely breeding dragons. Keep in mind you are not to resell or exalt these dragons! Or at least not until you've had them for a while. 10. Use the [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drt/1306966]dragon trading thread[/url] to trade your fodder for nicer dragons. As a player with a lot of pretties and not a lot of fodder, I am often the person going yay! I got an ugly one! So it's fine. 11. Gather items every day. Once you have enough food, make sure to Scavenge and Dig every day. With Scavenge, you might get an unhatched egg worth quite a lot of moolah. 12. Convert cheap food, apparel, and materials into goo at [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/trading/baldwin]Baldwin's Bubbling Brew[/url] in the Trading Post. Either keep it to make more stuff or sell it. 13. Play in the Coliseum, which leads me to... [b]Playing in the Coliseum[/b] 1. The Coliseum is the only way to level your dragons. The highest level is 25. I'm not the best at explaining this process so see my [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/1040710 ]favorite guide[/url] for more information. (thank you @culex for being awesome) Click here for my [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/fl3/1658671]guide[/url] to beating the Coliseum with two level 25s! 2. Borrow higher-level dragons in order to level your own. Basically just make a post with the title "Newbie needing lvl 23-25" and someone will come along with a dragon you can borrow. Emphasis on BORROW. Do NOT make permanent changes to these dragons without permission!! Here is my guide for destroying opponents in the Coliseum 3. The Mire Flyer build is awesome for leveling fodder but that's for another time. [b]Striving for Dominance:[/b] Within the context of the game, you are sending a dragon to serve your patron deity to fight against the Shade and the Beast Clans. (Go look that up if you're interested.) What it means to you is that you take the dragon completely out of the game. That dragon is no longer in your lair. You cannot get it back. You can no longer breed it, etc. So, choose dragons you don't care about. But the nice thing is you get a little treasure for it. The higher the level of the dragon, the more you get. (Remember, the only way to level a dragon is to go to the Coliseum. I would recommend going for at least level 3 in the beginning, and level 6 later on.) To exalt a dragon, go to its page, remove all familiars, apparel, and skins and click [url=http://i.imgur.com/tFIzrml.png]Exalt[/url] to the top right next to Auction. Whichever flight exalts the highest percentage of dragons for that week, they achieve Dominance for the next week and get sweet perks. See [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=dominance]Dominance[/url] under Play for details!! [b]Raffles:[/b] So, this one will also be a bit difficult for a little while. Basically, go under the Forums page, select Raffles and look for one that says [DOM] in front of it. When a Flight pushes for dominance, there are two things they might do: host a Public Buy and/or a Raffle with some awesome prizes. You can't go wrong with either of these. Basically, the Flight wants fodder ie cheap dragons you don't want to breed or keep and they will give you money and raffle tickets for it! Have patience. Once you get a higher level dragon, leveling fodder will be a lot easier, and then you can exalt and sell a lot more. For more help, see these awesome programs: [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/fl3/1643314]Mentor Program[/url] & the [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/fl3/1537441]Family Flyers[/url] [center][b]Part II: All things Dragons![/b][/center] So, the best place to start your clan is by [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drt/1091895]adopting[/url] donated dragons. I mentioned this above and want to reiterate the rules. These dragons are not to be adopted and then immediately resold or exalted just so you can make a quick profit. It's pretty taboo. These are meant to be breeding dragons that you should keep, at least for a while. [b]Crossroads/ Trading dragons[/b] In order to adopt a dragon, ping the owner by adding @ in front of their username and ask for dragon X. If they're cool with it, set up a [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=crossroads]Crossroads[/url] exchange (CR). Click on 'crossroads' on the left side bar. Directly underneath Crossroads, you will see: "Initiate Dragon Trade" "Trade Offers" and "Pending Requests". Stay on Initiate Dragon Trade. Type in that player's username and select the dragon you want from their lair. BUT you must also indicate what you are giving in return. For free dragons, put "1" in the Treasure slot. You cannot put 0!! (So, I suppose 'free' is a misnomer. You're paying 1 coin for it.) [img]http://i.imgur.com/qXqXEQo.png[/img] You may also trade one dragon for another by selecting a dragon from your lair, instead of treasure. Any time you participate in the [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drt/1306966]Dragon Trading [/url] forum, it works the same way. [b]Buying Dragons[/b] This is pretty straightforward. Go to the Auction House and use the selection criteria to browse or find the ideal dragon. You can get sucked in and browse forever... [b]Types of Genes[/b] There are three types of genes: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary. Primary refers to the gene of the main body of the dragon. Secondary refers to the gene of the wings of the dragon. Tertiary refers to the spines or patterns you see over the dragon. For example: Poseidon's primary gene is Cherub, his secondary gene is Facet, and his tert gene is Glimmer [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=18113253] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/181133/18113253_350.png[/img] [/url] [b]Breeding: Colors[/b] I chose Poseidon above for another reason. His primary color is Splash, his secondary color is Splash, and his tertiary gene is Green. He is an XXY dragon because both primary and secondary colors are the same. He is Splash/Splash/Green or XXY. This was because his parents' colors were Blue/Blue/Green and Sky/Sky/Avocado (Okay, the fact that they're all XXY is weird but run with me here.) This is the Flight Rising [url=http://flightrising.wikia.com/wiki/Colors]Color Wheel[/url]. Take the shortest distance between the parents colors (Blue to Sky, for example) and you will see the potential colors of their offspring. Splash falls between Blue and Sky, and that is why Poseidon is that color. Here is another nifty [url=http://fr.fintastic.net/]tool[/url] for seeing how your offspring will look. [b]Breeding: Species[/b] Play around with the different genes using the [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/scrying]Scrying Workshop[/url] underneath Library on the left bar. Here you can see what a hatchling will look like as an adult or what a dragon will look like with different genes, and even see the potential combinations of their offspring. What you will notice immediately is that not all potential offspring combinations are 50/50. What I mean by that is... [i]Some species are rarer than others[/i] Here is how it is broken down from LEAST rare to MOST rare. Plentiful: Tundra, Guardian, Fae, Mirror (Breeding Cooldown is 15 days) Common: Pearlcatcher, Ridgeback, Spiral, Snapper (Breeding Cooldown is 20 days) Uncommon: Skydancer (Breeding Cooldown is 25 days) Limited: Imperials and Nocturnes (Breeding Cooldown is 30 days) Rare: Wildclaws and Coatls (Breeding Cooldown is 35 days) If you breed dragons of different species but their species are in the same category, then the odds of a hatchling being one or the other is even. For example, if you breed a guardian and a fae- both 'plentiful' breeds- the chance of a hatchling being a guardian is 50/50. HOWEVER, if you nest a "plentiful" breed (tundra) with a "limited" breed (imp), you are more likely to have "plentiful" babies. [img]http://i.imgur.com/T0QkOw7.png[/img] [b]Breeding: Genes[/b] [i]Some genes are rarer than others[/i] Likewise, offspring are more likely to inherit some genes over others Even though Poison (primary gene) and Toxic (secondary gene) are the newest genes, they are 'less rare' than Crystal (prim) and Facet (sec). This is good news for Poitox fans XD The Okapi tert gene, meanwhile, is 'less rare' than Spines. Hence, in the example below, 3 of the 4 offspring have Toxic. 3 of the 4 have Poison. And 3 of the 4 have Okapi. So! This is a great match if you want poi/tox/okapi dragons ^_^ [img]http://i.imgur.com/Yi76KSd.png[/img]

@vicconavi I'm so glad! you're quite welcome. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to let me know.