Talk:Jade Dragon/@comment-84.106.170.11-20130518094526/@comment-89.67.128.50-20130518095430

There are now 64 basic dragons in the egg grid. There are 4000 possibilities (less if you take out metal). To rule out a possibility needs over 60 attempts and even then you can't be 100% sure you didn't just miss it.

There is a team of testers doing a great job going through combos. But to churn through all those possibilities you need a lot of people working on it. You also have to look at whether Jade dragon breaks any of the old patterns (like no basic element dragons, or no opposite hybrids). This is why it's taking so long.

The next 3-monthly dragon will also probably take just as long unless we improve our system for finding the answer before then.