How to Price Dragons
Hello, friends and welcome to my guide on the fundamentals of pricing dragons. Due to the fact that the dragon market is always fluctuating, this guide isn't overly specific with numbers. Instead, it focuses on the valuable aspects of a dragon and how to figure out what is desirable.
So jump right in with me and let's consider the factors.
Important Traits
When assessing a dragon, you will want to single out important traits that it may have. This is a basic list of all the traits you will need to think about when deciding how to price a dragon. Later, we will go more in-depth on what causes certain traits to be worth more than others.
Genes
Colours
Breed
Eye Type
Level and Stones
Generation
Breeding History
ID Number
Art and Lore
Genes
While genes don't overly affect the price of a dragon, dragons with more expensive genes tend to be valued more.
For example, a dragon with Butterfly (gem gene) is going to be worth more than a dragon with Speckle (treasure gene).
Matching genes also tend to affect the price. If the genes don't match each other very well, a dragon will be, in general, worth less.
Colours
Colours have more effect over a dragon's price than the genes, as they are harder to change.
Matching colours, colours that are close in range, colours that contrast each other and multiple of the same colours increase the price of a dragon.
When a tertiary colour is also a colour close to white, this can increase the value as these are called "snowbelly" dragons and are very popular.
Breed
While breed doesn't have too much of an effect on price, there are cases when it can hugely cause price differences.
Imperials tend to be worth more as most people cannot breed change other dragons into the imperial breed. The scrolls for that breed are retired and will never be released again.
Gem breeds (Wildclaws and Coatls), are also worth slightly more, with Wildclaws being on the higher end as Wildclaw scrolls are cycled out of the Marketplace for most of the year.
Eye Type
Dragons with rarer eye types tend to be worth more than those with more common ones.
Common eyes will never increase the price of a dragon, as they are always available no matter the original eye type.
Uncommon, Unusual and Rare eye types can somewhat affect prices as they are harder to obtain, but they don't cause drastic differences.
Primal and Faceted eyes are very rare and can increase the price of a dragon significantly.
Applicable eye types like Glowing and Dark Sclera will also significantly affect price, though usually not as much as Primal and Faceted. Glowing are a Gem Marketplace item, so they are on the higher end of the spectrum.
Level and Stones
The level of a dragon affects the price as well, as it takes time to obtain. Levels will gradually increase the price, guaranteed.
Battle stones also cause price increases in some cases. A Level 25 with Eliminate will be worth significantly more than a Level 25 without Eliminate.
The only stones that actually affect price are the following,
Eliminate
Ambush
Berserker
Generation
First generation dragons are usually worth more. Lots of people collect them and are willing to pay a lot of money for them.
Second generation dragons don't tend to be worth anything unless they are Imperials. As first generation Imperials are extremely rare and their babies are seen as collector items.
Third generation plus don't usually affect the price.
Breeding History
Dragons who have been bred have their value decreased. People tend to prefer unbred dragons for whatever reason, though many don't care.
Dragons who are bred with unnamed offspring have their value decreased even more. As are dragons who have been bred enough times to cause the offspring list to have a scroll bar.
ID Number
Low ID numbers (7 digits and lower) are highly valued. Dragons with low ID numbers are rarer as they were created when fewer users played the game. People will pay a lot of money for these dragons.
"Cool" ID numbers. Numbers that reference things (666) are desired as are dragons with many consecutive numbers (666666).
Art and Lore
A dragon who has art and/or lore may have it's price affected based on quality, originality, and detail.
Lore often doesn't actually affect price too much, though there are cases where users will specifically search for dragons with existing lore.
Dragons with art fall on a vast spectrum of price differences, depending on quality and detail of the pieces. Gijinkas (human versions) are highly valued as are full illustrations (pieces with backgrounds). Art that is generally low quality doesn't affect price too much as people won't be overly interested in the piece. Finding the original artist of a piece may help you with pricing the dragon, as you can see what they would regularly charge in their art shop.
These are the basics of dragon prices. Searching the Auction House and Forums for similar dragons can help you find a general price for your dragons as well.
If you have any questions, feel free to shoot me a ping or private message. Good luck!
Hello, friends and welcome to my guide on the fundamentals of pricing dragons. Due to the fact that the dragon market is always fluctuating, this guide isn't overly specific with numbers. Instead, it focuses on the valuable aspects of a dragon and how to figure out what is desirable.
So jump right in with me and let's consider the factors.
Important Traits
When assessing a dragon, you will want to single out important traits that it may have. This is a basic list of all the traits you will need to think about when deciding how to price a dragon. Later, we will go more in-depth on what causes certain traits to be worth more than others.
Genes
Colours
Breed
Eye Type
Level and Stones
Generation
Breeding History
ID Number
Art and Lore
Genes
While genes don't overly affect the price of a dragon, dragons with more expensive genes tend to be valued more.
For example, a dragon with Butterfly (gem gene) is going to be worth more than a dragon with Speckle (treasure gene).
Matching genes also tend to affect the price. If the genes don't match each other very well, a dragon will be, in general, worth less.
Colours
Colours have more effect over a dragon's price than the genes, as they are harder to change.
Matching colours, colours that are close in range, colours that contrast each other and multiple of the same colours increase the price of a dragon.
When a tertiary colour is also a colour close to white, this can increase the value as these are called "snowbelly" dragons and are very popular.
Breed
While breed doesn't have too much of an effect on price, there are cases when it can hugely cause price differences.
Imperials tend to be worth more as most people cannot breed change other dragons into the imperial breed. The scrolls for that breed are retired and will never be released again.
Gem breeds (Wildclaws and Coatls), are also worth slightly more, with Wildclaws being on the higher end as Wildclaw scrolls are cycled out of the Marketplace for most of the year.
Eye Type
Dragons with rarer eye types tend to be worth more than those with more common ones.
Common eyes will never increase the price of a dragon, as they are always available no matter the original eye type.
Uncommon, Unusual and Rare eye types can somewhat affect prices as they are harder to obtain, but they don't cause drastic differences.
Primal and Faceted eyes are very rare and can increase the price of a dragon significantly.
Applicable eye types like Glowing and Dark Sclera will also significantly affect price, though usually not as much as Primal and Faceted. Glowing are a Gem Marketplace item, so they are on the higher end of the spectrum.
Level and Stones
The level of a dragon affects the price as well, as it takes time to obtain. Levels will gradually increase the price, guaranteed.
Battle stones also cause price increases in some cases. A Level 25 with Eliminate will be worth significantly more than a Level 25 without Eliminate.
The only stones that actually affect price are the following,
Eliminate
Ambush
Berserker
Generation
First generation dragons are usually worth more. Lots of people collect them and are willing to pay a lot of money for them.
Second generation dragons don't tend to be worth anything unless they are Imperials. As first generation Imperials are extremely rare and their babies are seen as collector items.
Third generation plus don't usually affect the price.
Breeding History
Dragons who have been bred have their value decreased. People tend to prefer unbred dragons for whatever reason, though many don't care.
Dragons who are bred with unnamed offspring have their value decreased even more. As are dragons who have been bred enough times to cause the offspring list to have a scroll bar.
ID Number
Low ID numbers (7 digits and lower) are highly valued. Dragons with low ID numbers are rarer as they were created when fewer users played the game. People will pay a lot of money for these dragons.
"Cool" ID numbers. Numbers that reference things (666) are desired as are dragons with many consecutive numbers (666666).
Art and Lore
A dragon who has art and/or lore may have it's price affected based on quality, originality, and detail.
Lore often doesn't actually affect price too much, though there are cases where users will specifically search for dragons with existing lore.
Dragons with art fall on a vast spectrum of price differences, depending on quality and detail of the pieces. Gijinkas (human versions) are highly valued as are full illustrations (pieces with backgrounds). Art that is generally low quality doesn't affect price too much as people won't be overly interested in the piece. Finding the original artist of a piece may help you with pricing the dragon, as you can see what they would regularly charge in their art shop.
These are the basics of dragon prices. Searching the Auction House and Forums for similar dragons can help you find a general price for your dragons as well.
If you have any questions, feel free to shoot me a ping or private message. Good luck!
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