How to Catch a Rare Dragon in Dragcave

Last Updated: August 5, 2016

On the ever-so-famous Dragcave.net, there are plenty of eggs out there to catch! However, no scroll is complete without a rare dragon, so catching one will soon become your obsession. Help in doing this is provided here.

Method 1

Method 1 of 4:
Forums

1
Go to the forums. You can find a thread in Trading (in the Site Discussion category) area called "The Giving Tree". Ask to be put on the list for whatever rare dragon you're looking for. If someone's kind enough, they'll gift you an egg. There are other threads that allow you to 'work' (catching and cashing in commons) for rare dragons, like Clear The AP, So You Want A Silver Egg, Cave Plumbers.

Method 2

Method 2 of 4:
Abandoned dragons

1
Search the Abandoned page. When someone breeds a dragon, they might abandon it, or a newbie might abandon the egg.

Method 3

Method 3 of 4:
Biomes

1
Search all of the biomes. Learn the description of the egg and search for that one description.
2
Select one biome. Repeatedly refresh until a rare drops, then click it as fast as you can. Alternatively, click on each biome in order; this offers better coverage but you're more likely to not notice a rare until it's too late if you aren't seeing the descriptions change as you would if you commit to one biome.
3
For more help, set up a search party. You are most likely to find the egg this way with more people searching. Get some friends who are willing to help you find the egg. Have each one assigned to a biome, constantly refreshing the page. When a friend finds it, offer them a trade, just to be nice. (They did after all just help you find a rare egg.)

Method 4

Method 4 of 4:
Trading your way up

1
Find someone who takes IOU's in exchange for breeding requests on the forums. Ask them to breed you the egg you are looking for in exchange for X or another good egg in exchange for X.
2
Take a look at your dragons. Do you have a CB semi-common, a pretty dragon line, or a nice name? Can you raise eggs to the hatchling stage? If you can, use it to breed for a trade.
3
Using the dragon you have received in exchange for X, breed to get better and better dragons. Eventually you will be able to get the rare dragon you want.

Warnings

On the forums, don't beg, swear, or basically not follow the rules. You'll get warned and possibly banned from ever posting in the topics again. Read the rules of that topic as Dragon Cave rules are separate from the topic rules.

Thanks!
Helpful 10 Not Helpful 2