***HEROIC RACE TIPS AND GUIDE ***
Metagame 24. May - 04. June
!!!Pools start at 2.4. Not each node has waiting times. Most waiting times are short.!!!
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.
There are pools and wait times. They begin at lap 2.4. Check the link below for pools and wait times for the lap and node you are currently on. 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.
**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. We found out that on pc or puffin buying terra eggs and placing them works also and is the quickest thing. For some players it also works to sell the eggs from the hatchery. 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.
**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.
Link for rewards: https://forums.socialpointgames.com/topic/7132/heroic-race-metagame-balancing-changes-rewards-every-lap-24-may-4-june
Click here for pools and waiting times.

Edit: SP changed something in lap 13.4 after the race started. I exchanged the spreadsheet for lap 13 and 14.

Breeding two times on the first lap? Whoa

I am on lap 5 and it is looking like the replaced a lot of the fighting nodes with hatching instead. So far they are not too painful, and while I know @Bettina-Löffler doesn't really care for them, I like them better than the fighting. Of course keep in mind I prefer the hatching in the early laps because most of those are done on the weekend when I am off, which is much more convenient for me. Later on not so much because at work I cannot sit around hatching when I am supposed to be working.

This is really irrelevant but I like the battle graphics for this race, I like the two fighting dragons on the tablets.

Certainly seems a better race set up than last time, I prefer fighting to breeding

I have been hatching around 30 terra, flame, sea, volcano eggs, but I dont get the necessary flower item. Do I miss something?

@Ron-Sansan just keep going, I have hatched many more. Check it is not on a pool time also depending where you are

@Kevin-N-Scott hi thank you for the encouragement. Yes it is working. Now I feel like hatching master

As for the end race, which lap is it? Is it 15?

@Ron-Sansan You get the new heroic dragon by reaching lap 15. But you can go much farther. There are many more laps. Check this: https://forums.socialpointgames.com/topic/7132/heroic-race-metagame-balancing-changes-rewards-every-lap-24-may-4-june

@Bettina-Löffler thank you. So its actually not the first position of the race but Lap 15 to get the new H dragon?

@Ron-Sansan Yes. If you dont reach lap 15 you have to be first. But reaching lap 15 gives you the dragon no matter on what place you are.

Can someone please confirm whether hatching eggs in mobile app works with terra/flame eggs without placing the newborn dragons ? (Sell instead of Place)

As the mission requires Hatching, it's better to place the egg somewhere and NOT sell it. I can confirm that placing the hatched Dragons in a Habitat or Kindergarten works well in Mobile.

But for other options (placing in Dragon atrium or selling it directly from Hatchery), I will never dare to try and waste my time on it.

@Ron-Sansan said in Heroic Race Metagame 24 May - 04 June:

Can someone please confirm whether hatching eggs in mobile app works with terra/flame eggs without placing the newborn dragons ? (Sell instead of Place)

Have you seen Lap 7? It has a total of 25 Battle Encounters (Fight). Currently, I am at it's Node 2 and the waiting time after 1st encounter is 30 minutes. Normally, the waiting time for the last Encounter is double of the initial wait time. Feel free to do the math...

EDIT: From Encounter 1 to 4, it is 30 minutes waiting time each (total is 1hr 30min). Then, to the waiting time for the last Fight is 1hr 30min so if you will not use gems, that's 3hr wait for Lap 7 Node 2

@Nynaevelan said in Heroic Race Metagame 24 May - 04 June:

I am on lap 5 and it is looking like the replaced a lot of the fighting nodes with hatching instead. So far they are not too painful, and while I know @Bettina-Löffler doesn't really care for them, I like them better than the fighting.

Lap 7 rn, and the fighting node wait times seem to be slightly more balanced. This race is much more different than the Pixel Art race, which was difficult because of the absurdly long pool wait times, while this race has much shorter pool waits. Also, this dragon can critical hit 7 elements (Electric, Dark, Water, Metal, Terra, Fire, and War) and has high base power attacks if the Dragon city guide is correct.

@terrencedg Placing in the Dragonarium does work, I got a flower from placing an Elfic dragon in there. Selling does not give any items at all, it's been like this for pretty much every event that requires hatching.

@Ron-Sansan Selling right away from the hatchery works only on the facebook version... means on pc or puffin browser. Not on phone.

@Bettina-Löffler Do bought eggs give items? Like can you buy terra eggs and place them for items?

Yes, for hatching. It does give flower items.

@Pazsword said in Heroic Race Metagame 24 May - 04 June:

@Bettina-Löffler Do bought eggs give items? Like can you buy terra eggs and place them for items?

@terrencedg eggs you buy do work, but why buy when you can breed and hatch in 30 secs each

@Kevin-N-Scott On pc it is much quicker to buy than to breed if you only need hatching points.

@Bettina-Löffler thank you. These updates become increasingly clearer and more comprehensive. Ty for the lap 13-14 update, too. I’m beginning to feel further along the “experienced player” DC continuum.

Just a question, what is Pool, Wait/per item, and Total Wait time?

@David-Tang Pool is the amount of items you can collect before it empties, Wait/per item is the amount of time it takes for one item to regenerate in the pool, and total wait time is the lowest possible time you can complete the task with respect to the pools and regeneration times.

@David-Tang hope this helps.

and replace the word "dot" with an actual dot - dragoncityguide[dot]net/heroic-races/high-score/

By they way, @LilCricketPa I understand the Forum Rules and Guidelines but I just shared the same trusted site and did the same way that @Bettina-Löffler have did on the first post of this thread.

@David-Tang said in Heroic Race Metagame 24 May - 04 June:

Just a question, what is Pool, Wait/per item, and Total Wait time?

(Edited to remove live link as per FORUM RULES AND GUIDELINES )

Can someone clarify: if I need 4 hatchings for a node, and there is a pool of 3 with a 2 hour wait; can I get one hatch done, then wait the 2 hours, then get the other 3 straight away? The pool will be replenished, am I correct? I don't have to get the whole pool at the beginning?

@Susan-McLaughlin Yes. You can do one and the pool will be filled again after the waiting time.

@Bettina-Löffler I am very upset over the last race, my husband won first place & got the awesome dragon but I came in second to someone from Germany even though I was 3 laps ahead of my husband. Now this re ace I am way behind even though I play every day. This racing thing bites
P

It should be. As the 2 hour wait time is for 3 items to fill a pool.

@Susan-McLaughlin said in Heroic Race Metagame 24 May - 04 June:

Can someone clarify: if I need 4 hatchings for a node, and there is a pool of 3 with a 2 hour wait; can I get one hatch done, then wait the 2 hours, then get the other 3 straight away? The pool will be replenished, am I correct? I don't have to get the whole pool at the beginning?

The wait times once you hit lap 10 are ridiculous. Node 5 is 7 fights, the wait between the first 6 is an hour a piece. The last is 3 hrs. Looks like the fights in lap 11 are the same.

@Candy-Katt Just wait till you get to lap 14, tiny pools with quite long wait times. This is not bad though, the Pixel Art race was much, much worse than this; I probably would have only reached lap 12 with a few hours to spare if I hadn't gotten a "complete mission" from the daily spin to get through all the fights on lap 11 node 5.

@Candy-Katt That's nothing, 9 hours.
I'm sure in a recent race there were nodes that took well over 24 hours with the way the fights were set up. I recall maybe 18 races 1 hour each and the last about 10 hour wait, something like that. Unless it falls overnight, I always gem through the last fight, whichever way cost a the least, there are 3 ways to choose from.

I was an avid player a year or so ago but took a break due to heroic race burn out. Just back and this new formula takes some getting use to but I think I prefer this. Now, if they can get rid of hatching lol I've hatched over 400 eggs so far. Tedious!

@Candy-Katt yeah the mega hatching with no breeding to match, this is new. Would rather breed than hatch because it's faster, but at least the numbers rewired are low. There have been 18 24 30 or more required in one node in some races this past year.

@Susan-McLaughlin
Glad I missed those! I let quite a few ago back then. Wasn't impressed with the look and as obsessed as I get I couldn't deal with that one player that would jump out to the 10 th lap in one day making it impossible for anyone else to win. This seems a bit more balanced.

I try to save my daily spinners possible for the last fight to avoid long wait or gems, nit always possible, just on lap 14 now.

Hello,

İş it possible for me to reach lap 12 and get the High Amuka dragon with the time left?

I am in lap 7 node 4 with +150 gems
I am OK with using a few gems

Any tips to get there fast...I read the guide above

Thanks!

Update: Lap 8 Node 2, I gemmed some of the waiting timed in node 4 and 5 Lap 7

@Seefow-Kashur
I think that's possible. Be diligent about wait times and be on top of that ahs you should be ok. Use your free spin daily and save your gems for the wait times in between fights. I made it from 7 to the end of 11 in 2 days.

@Candy-Katt How are you that far?
I am so active but I was sick and I didn't play all of yesterday...and I am 3 lap behind...Damn

Had a productive weekend, I am on target to finish or come close to finishing lap 14 before I return to work tomorrow, on lap 14 node 2 but this one had several long pool times.

@Seefow-Kashur
Persistence! Lol

How are you guys so fast? I just reached lap 12 without gemming.

@qwertyuiopjkl The fast people use gems. I personally use them to speed up fights a lot, and when I'm being pressured by another player.

@Pazsword said in Heroic Race Metagame 24 May - 04 June:

@qwertyuiopjkl The fast people use gems. I personally use them to speed up fights a lot, and when I'm being pressured by another player.

I am on lap 14 node 2, and I only used less than 10 gems in this race if I don't count another 10 I had to spend because I accidentally put all my farms on a 9-hour cycle - I accelerated a couple of farms so that I can get the dragonfruit tokens

Hints: only use free spin on the last fights in a series where the wait times are 5+ hours.

And that is all she wrote, I now get 5 1/2 days to just chill and play regularly before the next event. I spent somewhere around 30-50 gems, those for the last fight during the fight nodes and on a few other nodes that had long wait times that I wanted to cut short in order to do real life activities. Normally I would make some of those back during the freebie promos but so far I have not been watching videos for those that are not "gem" freebie promos. Maybe one will come up before the end of the race so that I can make up some of those gems, but 50 gems for a heroic is less than I have slotted for the races, so I am ok with what I paid. This was a fun race, even with me and #2 going back and forth being neck and neck for most of this race. Not only were the nodes doable and reasonable (minus all those short wait times, causing me to constantly be logged in) but the free spins were more productive. In fact on my last one today I got 5 items causing the wait to be less for those one hour or more waits for one item in the pool. I know some are pushing past lap 15 but there is nothing on those laps that are doable without gems that I want, so 15 is good enough for me. FYI I loved getting that 2 million food on lap 13.

@Nynaevelan

I used around 30 gems on the race...I am lap 10 node 2
I thought I would reach lap 12 and stop so I get the high Amuka...but now that you told me we get 2-3 million food at lap 13...Totally gonna try to reach that

#2 is in lap 5 and the rest are under

@Nynaevelan
I only received 312,000 food when reaching Lap 13. How did you get 2 million food? Why there were discrepancies in the amount of rewards? I am just cuorios.

@Ruth-Elim The amount of food you get in these rewards (as well as the videos and other places) depends on your level.

@qwertyuiopjkl
I did use gems, but only on the last fights on lap 7 and beyond, and not after 12. I'm just very conscious of poll/wait times.

@Joanna-Smok
Thank you for the info.