Depending on the type of dragon and their respective lair, you can have your dragons collect coins and have yourself earning a certain amount of money. The coin icon lets you know that the lair is close to having reached the maximum amount of money it can hold, but you don’t have to wait for that icon to show up; collect well before the icon appears and you’ll have your dragons hoarding more gold more frequently.
This would refer to petting your dragons – you can do this up to three times per two hour interval, allowing you to not only earn more gold, but also possibly get some gems in the process.
As dragons are a hungry sort of character, you should focus on running a productive farm and having the maximum number of farms allowed. Upgrade your farms regularly and grow food that’ll keep your dragons’ hunger in check based on how often you play the game. For example, you should allow several hours to grow food if you’re the type who plays once per day.
Some games offer tips that are painfully obvious and not very helpful in the grand scheme of things, but Gameloft’s breeding tips actually make sense and can be a great source of assistance if you want to breed the best dragon possible.
It’s not guaranteed that you’ll be getting a rare and powerful dragon by mating two common ones; you may get another common dragon and you wouldn’t want that. Still, it’s good to keep your expectations tempered when it comes to breeding dragons.
Before you go off and fight off the Vikings, you should take a look at your dragons strengths and weaknesses first. The battle preparation screen comes with a chart that you can pull up by tapping on the “I” (for information) icon with a circle surrounding it, and that’s going to show you where your dragon excels, and where it doesn’t.
Of course, you’ll have to fork over some coins for base element dragons, but going back to one of our earlier tips, you don’t have to pay for dragons with dual or multiple elements. These can be bred and while it may take a lot of trial-and-error, your efforts will be rewarded eventually.