Treasure, Items, Familiars and Vault
How do I get treasure (gold)?
You can get treasure from playing fair games, answering Tomo's questions correctly, trading in junk to Crim, or selling items and dragons through the auction house or threads to other players. If no one is buying, you can sell the items for a small amount (the sell price listed when you hover over the items) by selecting the items in your hoard and pressing the sell button. Dragons can be exalted if you would rather have the money than the dragon (with the exception of progenitors who do not give you treasure or dominance). Higher level dragons give you more treasure.
What do I do with all this junk?
Items you find or win in the coliseum can be sold (or traded) to other players, traded to Swipp for other items, sold to Crim for treasure or sold back to the system for a small but guaranteed amount of treasure. You can also visit Baldwin and he will allow you to melt some of your items to combine for items.
Auction House
The Auction House (AH) can be found on the navigation bar under Shop. This is where players can sell items and dragons to each other, for treasure or gems. Items are sold for the posted price selected when the sale is set up, there is no bidding involved. The sale will remain available for the time period selected and if no one buys your item it will be returned to the hoard (or lair if it was a dragon). There is a fee for treasure transactions dependent on how long the sale was to be posted, gem sales do not have this fee. The fees for treasure sales are 1% for one day, 2% for three days and 3% for seven days.
To use the search first make sure you are in the correct tab (they are the same as in your hoard), or the item will not be found.
Note: There is occasionally a delay between the dragon being removed from the AH and it's status updating in your lair, it should resolve by itself in 5-15 minutes.
Estimating item prices
If you would like to determine how much an item would cost when bought from the marketplace you can take the sell value in the item description and multiply it by 10. This works for all items sold in the marketplace for treasure. Some items with a sell value are not available from the marketplace but only from Swipp or players that have traded with him. Items sold for gems do not typically have a sell value and you will have to estimate the price by looking at current prices in the AH, if there are listings, and/or looking in the Items For Sale thread for demand.
Crim the Collector
Crim can be found at the trading post in the area with the table, cart and bags. She will list 5 items each hour and how much treasure you will receive for the trade. These trades are random each hour and player specific, any unused trades will be lost. The amount of treasure you receive is 500t or 2x the item's sell price, whichever is higher. Keep in mind that there are some items that sell for much higher prices when sold on the AH (such as dragon eggs and the Ambush stone). It is a good idea to check the AH prices before trading to Crim.
Note: Items without a sell value should not be requested by Crim, if you see an item that should not be requested please report it in the bug forum.
Pinkerton's Pludered Pile
Can be found at the giant pile. Pinkerton gives one item from Crim's collection each day. He does not give away quite all the things that Crim will ask for (such as gene/breed changes) but he can give rare familiars, apparel and Ambush stones.
Swipp's Swaps
Located at the fancy wagon, Swipp has trades for items some of which can not be obtained any other way (besides buying from players who have traded with him). His offer changes every 2 hours and is the same for all players. You will need to have all the requested items for the exchange, the list of items that Swip offers can be found
here.
Two of Swipp's children (Pipp and Tripp) are occasionally helping out at the stall now, they will offer deals from Swipp's selection but will ask for 1000 or 2000 treasure in addition to the items. Pipp and Tripp's offers cycle at the same rate as Swipp's and are selected randomly from all the potential trade offers.
Baldwin's Brew
Baldwin can be found at the cauldron in the Trading Post. He will let you drop something in his cauldron from your hoard categories of Food, Materials, Apparel, Familiars, or Other and will give you an item that can be used to craft alchemical items. More recipes unlock as you practice (including melting items). The item type that is given to you depends on the category that you dropped in the cauldron, but the colour of the item is random.
Food items transmute to Goo, Material transmutes to Ooze, Trinkets to Sludge, Apparel to Slime, and Familiars to Muck. It appears that some colours are more likely to appear than others, from most to least likely:
Food, Material, Trinkets:
- Green, Yellow, Orange, Red, Purple, Blue
Apparel:
- Grey, White, Black
Familiars:
- Copper, Silver, Gold
Trading items
You can trade items, currency, and dragons securely through the crossroads. Transactions can be one way (gifts), or a two way trade. Each person involved in the trade can attach up to 3 dragons, 36 stacks of items, and any amount of treasure and gems (make sure that items and currency that you want to trade are not in your vault). There is a chat that you can use when trading items, please keep in mind that cancelled trades will have their chats deleted.
More information about the Crossroads can be found
here.
Can I preview breed change, gene scrolls or apparel?
Breed change and gene scrolls can be previewed for a dragon through the Predict Morphology option in Scrying Workshop. If you take the dragon's ID number (the numbers under their name on their page) and put it in the box on the Predict Morphology page to fill out the dragon's appearance. You can then change gene options to see what the dragon would look like. Keep in mind that you can change a dragon's breed or genes easily, but colour can only be changed randomly (with a tri-scatter scroll).
Apparel can be previewed on a blank dragon by clicking on the apparel's picture in the marketplace, you will have to select which breed and gender you want to see it on from a drop down menu. Breed changes and gene scrolls can be previewed on dragons that are available to be changed in your lair by clicking on the scroll in your hoard. Keep in mind that dragons tending a nest are not able to be breed- or gene- changed.
How do I get familiars?
You can buy them from the marketplace or auction house, acquire them in the coliseum by defeating them as an enemy, trading for them at Swipp's or receive them from Pinkerton. There is also the chance you will find them in treasure chests or while gathering.
What good are familiars?
They are pretty to look at, and if you give one to your dragons they can bond with them once a day. When you spend time with the familiar (by clicking the heart on the profile of a dragon equipped with one) their bond will increase and they will give you a small amount of treasure, when the bar fills you will progress to the next bond level and be awarded a chest. As the bond increases the rewards will also increase.
I can only equip one X type familiar, is it broken?
This is working as intended, you can own as many of one type of familiar as you like but you may only equip one of them at a time. You will be able to see all the familiars you own in the hoard, but only those types that are not currently equipped will show up in the box when you try to equip one.
What happens to the bonding level of a familiar when ...?
Bonding level is specific to the type of familiar, not to the individual familiar. This means that you can move familiars around, or even sell them and when you equip that type of familiar again it will be at the same bonding level as when you removed it.
Remember, to increase bonding level you need to equip them and then "pet" them by clicking on the heart button in their box. You can bond with them once a day.
What is the Vault?
This is a safe place to put items, gems, and treasure where you can't accidentally sell or spend them. Any items in the Vault can only be accessed by going to the Vault section (by navigating to your hoard then clicking on the greyed out chest locked with chains). It is organized just like your Hoard but you cannot convert or sell items from it, you will need to move items back into your hoard to use them.
How do I put items/treasure/gems into the Vault?
Items can be deposited into the Vault by selecting the number of them that you would like to move (by using the check box and setting the number) in the Hoard and then selecting "To Vault". Items that have a hoard sell value of 0 (such as skins, chests and holiday currency) have a "To Vault" button instead of a check box, these items may only be moved to and from the Vault in bulk (whatever amount is in the stack).
Treasure and gems can be moved into or out of the Vault using the appropriate area at the bottom of the Vault window. Enter the amount that you would like to deposit (or remove) and push the plus (or minus).