Introduction:[]
- As most people know, Backflip studios added elemental shrines to increase the level of your dragons from 10-15 and then 15-20. Hopefully this guide will help you acheive the goal of getting the gold shrines. The first shrine which is the plant shrine and is unlocked at level 18. The order that the shrines are unlocked in are the order that the elements are unlocked (i.e. plant,earth, fire, etc.). Each shrine takes 50 level 10 dragons (or hybrids) of that element to level that particular shrine from bronze to silver.
- With the addition of the metal shrine, the number of purebred dragons it would take to level all the shrines would be a whopping 400 dragons (for 1 tier i.e. bronze to silver) Now it doesn't take a genius to realise that there are more effective ways to aquire the 50 dragons needed for the shrine. So here are a few methods to help you along.
The economizer method[]
- As mentioned earlier, 400 dragons is a lot to deal with. Well with this method, it can be cut down to a mere 150 dragons and if you play your cards right you wont even need to sell any of them. For this method, you will need at least 2 Panlong dragons to start with. With 50 Panlong dragons raised to their max level, they alone can account for 200/400 dragons. This may not be appealing due to the Panlong's long incubation time, it can save money down the road. After that, the 4 other elements are: Plant, Lightning, Cold, and Metal. Take your pick on which 2 hybrids to breed i.e. Lichen and magnetic or cactus and mine. That will cover all of your dragons required for breeding but so you don't have to sell any, here's a breakdown of the habitats. 13 large air/water/fire for panlong, 13 large for either metal/plant hybrids and 3 for either rare or other hybrids.
Notes:[]
- Long time to complete
- Most cost-effective method
- Better for people going from silver-gold
- Not as effective of bronze-silver but can save food if performed this way
- To not have to sell dragons afterwards, upgrade the hibernation cave. (for every 50 dragons you level up to 10, that equates to about 500 000 food [10 000 x 50] which is 25 000 000 dragoncash saved!)
- If the metal dragons had NOT been released and the bloom was released as normal bloom and panlong could've gotten 7 shrines up with only 100 dragons but the metal showed up and crashed the party
Doubling up method[]
For speed[]
One of the fastest (if not the fastest) way to get the shrines up are: rust, sandstorm, poison and storm. Doing it this way may make it harder to keep up with food demand though.
- With this method you pretty much pick 4 different hybrids and repeatedly breed them. This can cut that big 400 in half and is what most people use.
Notes:[]
- **Stick to the same hybrids for best results**
- Try not to pair water,metal, or air together for maximum profit
- Try to find pairings with lower breeding times
- Personal advice: If you have 2 Sandstorm , Blue Fire or Frostfire dragons , pair them up for their rather generous selling prices
- Stick to your original pairings for maximum effectiveness
- Better for bronze- silver
- Not as effective for silver- gold but can work
Breed whatever and just get it done[]
- Breed ALL the dragons!
Notes:[]
- Not for people who are on a budget
- Unless you either hack or just pay lots of money into this game, do not use this method
- So long as you breed hybrids every time your number will be less than 400 but greater than 200
General notes[]
- Do not make this your Holy Bible for shrines, its not perfect.
- If you have any suggestions or comments, I'll be more than happy to take your requests into consideration
- This is from a level 30 perspective, if these don't appeal to you, that's 3 methods less you have to plan about
- The more dragons you save instead of sell, the less food you have to grow afterwards
- Don't be afraid to upgrade your hibernation cave
- The econimizer method is only a theory I came up with and I crunched all the numbers in my head so there may be some minor innacuracies
- Happy breeding everyone!