We can collect 600 coins every 8 hours. Collecting times are explained at the bottom.
We get 5400 coins in total + 160 from the start= 5560 coins (coins from freebies not included)
For Wacky Dragon #550 we need 1100 coins. Wacky we need for the temporary Citadel quest.
For Farm Dragon we need 4750 coins. (two possible paths)
For Enchanted Dragon we need 10630 coins, so that is not for free.
If you buy out fields with fights instead of doing the fights you will need more coins.
Collecting times:
Open the eventwindow. In the lower left corner you see the timer (the picture is from another event).
This timer started with 2days,23hours,59minutes.
It will count down to 00d 00h 00m.
You have three timewindows of 8 hours every day to collect 600 eventpoints (coins).
Ignore the days , just check hours and minutes of the timer.
These are the timewindos to collect the coins:
23h59m-16h00m.
15h59m-08h00m.
07h-59m-00h00m

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

Somehow, in the second collection window that just started, I can collect coins from feeding the dragons but not from collecting gold: I get the gold but not the coins. Anyone else seeing this? Is this a new SP policy, or a bug?

I collected the coins by hatching the eggs, will see if the issue repeats in the next collection window.

@Stilor I am getting coins from collecting gold. Try if clearing cache helps.

I already have both the Wacky & Farm and since I can't get the Enchanted without spending $$ guess I'm just collecting chests & orbs this round

@Bettina-Löffler said in Magic Castle Island 09 - 12 April:

@Stilor I am getting coins from collecting gold. Try if clearing cache helps.

Actually, I was mistaken. It does give coins but does not show the floating icon indicating how many coins were earned. The total number of coins increases anyway.

This started when the game updated to version 7.1 (which is also when the new icon on ToL appeared).

(and no, clearing the cache does not help)

Among other 7.1 changes, one can now increase the speed of animations in battle (set it to 1x, 2x or 3x) and select auto-combat (though in the latter case, the AI does not swap the dragons, just goes through them one at a time).

@Bettina-Löffler As always, I value your time and education through your posts. I enjoy the game that much more!