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Dragon City FAQ {Frequently Asked Questions}
How to Navigate New Forum
The Buildings of DC
The Dragon Piggy Bank

Collecting times for events
Open the eventwindow. On the upper right side, besides the event name, you can see the timer.
This timer started with ....days,23hours,59minutes (on mobile it doesn`t show minutes).
It will count down to 00d 00h 00m.
You have three timewindows of 8 hours every day to collect a special amount of coins. This differs from event to event. Lets say this time it is 600 coins.
Ignore the days , just check hours and minutes of the timer.
These are the timewindows to collect the coins:
23h59m-16h00m.
15h59m-08h00m.
07h-59m-00h00m

So you have 8 hours to collect the full amount of coins. After that time a new timewindow will start and you start the collection for the next 600 coins. So it is possible to get ready with collecting 600 coins ten minutes before the window ends and then, after 10 minutes, collect again 600 coins because the next timewindow started. Just bring the time the timer shows in relation to the time your clock shows and you will have the times for your timezone. I hope this is helpful.

Maze Island explanation for beginners
Please note that there are NO MAPS for this Island as you simply follow the maze.
There are several dragons that you need to lead through the maze one by one. Each dragon has its own coloured path and has to move through its own set of nodes. Once each dragon finishes its path in the maze, you will be awarded that dragon. You know that dragon has finished when you reach the node with the chequered flag. The maze is covered in fog, which will clear as you move your dragon through the maze.
To move each dragon through each node, you need to collect points (event coins), which you will get by collecting gold, food, PvP, breeding, hatching and feeding dragons.
When moving through the nodes, you can be awarded points, gems, food and gold, and there are fights on some nodes too. The further you get through the maze, the more points it will cost to move to a new node. For example, node 1 for dragon 1 may cost 30 maze points but that same dragon on node 18 may cost 175 maze points.
At the start of the maze, there are dragons who are unlocked and some that are not. You need to lead the unlocked dragons through the maze to find keys on certain nodes, which will unlock the other dragons. However, players can skip dragons which they already have once they have collected keys along the path to save some points.
Often there are also dragons that show up on timelimited paths. These do not need keys. Check our guides for each event to see how many points are needed for the dragons. It makes no sense to wait for a timelimited dragon when you dont have enough coins to finish that path on time.

HEROIC RACE TIPS AND GUIDE

IMPORTANT--> Check the probability of getting an item in the guide before you post in group to say you are not getting anything for breeding/hatching etc. Some probabilities are low and you will have to keep doing the task repeatedly to get the items. Please do not flood the group with posts asking why your breeding and hatching is not working unless you've checked this and you really think you are having an issue.
You are in a group of 8 players. To get the dragon, you must qualify by finishing lap 4 and win in that group of 8. Or reach lap 15 to get the new Herioc dragon. However, there are prizes for finishing the race in other positions. We receive the Heroic at the end of the race, not upon reaching lap 15!
There are pools and wait times. Check the spreadsheets posted for pools and waiting times. I recommend checking each time you begin a new node so that you are not frustrated when you are not receiving an item for doing a task.
Again, CHECK your pools and wait times before collecting so you don't waste time and resources. Note: Whenever we collect an item from the pool, the wait timer is reset! Items generated by the slot machine do not affect the timer in any way.
**For breeding: Breed Terra and Terra (fastest combination) with low lv parents, You can also breed sea x Poseidon, sea x sea or other basic dragons with at least one parent level 14 or less.
**For hatching: Breed any combination above. Hatch and place. Check to make sure that you don't have the task of feeding your dragons on your current node. If you do, feed that dragon before selling.
**For feeding your dragons: Feed one of the hatches you did or breed another terra and flame to feed to level 7, then sell.
**For collecting food: Grow Dragon Bells and collect after 30 seconds. Repeat this until you have collected the full amount of points
**For collecting gold: Go to a habitat that earns gold relatively quickly. Tap on the habitat. Tap on the collect gold button until you have collected your full amount of available points. Even if you collect 25 gold repeatedly, you will get the items. . EDIT: This might not work anymore! Collect when the habitat has a gold bar icon. In case of consecutive gold nodes, you may use Midarian’s Tower to boost gold production.
**League battles: Fight ONLY the number required for your current task! If you run out of league battles, check the pools and wait times for the rest of your node tasks. If the waits are longer than your next league battle refill and you can afford to wait (nobody is gaining on you) then wait. Also, if your league battles take many gems to refill and it's only going to take a few gems to skip the rest of that task completely, buy the task out with a few gems.
** Slot Machine: The slot machine may generate extra items for free once every 24 h otherwise one spin costs 20 gems and will reset the timer for the free spin back to 24 hours:
+1, +2, +5: generate the respective number of items. If more than one task is unfinished, the generated items may be split.
Mission complete: Completes one random task
Node complete: Completes the entire node
+1 spin: Yes, exactly. Try again.
** If you come to a point with getting no items for breeding or hatching although pool should be full and you tried hundrets of times, close the game and clear cache. Let it load long until everything shows up proper and try again. That helps sometimes.
How to claim your rewards in the end of the race can be found here.
To get any reward you have to finish lap 4 to qualify.
If you win and reach lap 15 you will still only get one heroic dragon when the race ends.

Tips for Tower Events
Using the spin will cost more coins the higher you climb the tower.
You have to collect pieces for the dragons you want.
When you walk... you will only get things (gold, food, gems, orbs, dragon pieces etc) when you land on that field with the last step. So if you have three steps you will get the thing that is on the field of your third step.
You can not walk the full amount you spinned when you hit a wall or a catapult..
Chests on the map give random resource.
Check catapults properly. Some will bring you up and some will bring you down. Sometimes several floors.
You can also buy out the last piece of each dragon. Sometimes it is better to buy the last piece instead of walking back down because you missed a piece on the way up.
Pro tip:
On mobile devices you can check what using the spin will give before you walk. They are fixed. Load the game and go on flight mode. Walk with your coins and write down the results. Then close the game. Make sure it is not running in the background. Then connect with wifi (remove flight mode) and load again. Your progress was not saved. Your coins will be back again. That`s how to find the best way to use the coins.

Tips for Runner events
There are 3 limited missions in an 8 hour period. Do not start a mission if you cannot finish it in 8 hours. The 8 hours periods are the same as collecting times in other events.
Practice jumping and moving from lane to lane early on, the running speeds up the farther you go.
Collecting items is similar to races and puzzle islands, use the same practices to complete the missions. Which means terra/terra combos work for breeding but like the races you need several to meet all the requirements. Buying and placing Terras work for hatching. Growing 30 second food works for collecting food and feeding dragons to level 7 works for feeding.
When the run speeds up very quickly there are no pinwheels to collect, concentrate on collecting rewards while avoiding the rock obstacles.
Avoid using Speedy & Greedy`s tower. It might collect all your gold and food without giving you all items.