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terraclae · 5 years

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Honestly, what constitutes a ‘good’ dragon to sell? And what would be fodder? I have no idea how much to sell my dragons at when I’m trying to make a profit rip

Oh man, I'm not really the right person to ask because I don't tend to sell fodder anymore and only once in a blue moon set up breeding pairs for selling. There's also of course that tastes vary from person to person (so if anyone who does sell fodder or runs a hatchery, or just generally knows how to make money on fr wants to add in for anon then that could be super helpful). I'm going to put my own, a bit extensive thoughts under a readmore, and I want to stress at the core of this is that you unfortunately gotta have patience. This is based on what I've experienced in my nearly four years on this site and it's also tips I've picked up from others.

In my case I want to say about any dragon could be fodder? Especially if there's a dom push going on, then the prices can vary between 4k treasure to 10k treasure and some people will actually snag up more expensive dragons if they're already levelled. A good way to start with playing into that is to set up a fodder pair which can be any breed, gene and color combination. It's handy if you can cycle a few pairs with varying breeding cooldowns to upkeep and so you have fairly constant fodder. With this usually comes that most people have a coli team to level this fodder to level 7 if you'll be exalting it yourself, though if you're purely selling then I don't think it's necessary. The long and short is, hatchling fodder is usually sold for around 4k treasure outside of dom and it's preferable to snipe it for less if you plan to train and exalt, adults go for around 7 to 8k treasure outside of dom since people can immediately start training to exalt. There is also that fodder pairs, because they usually spit out wide ranges, will spit out unique dragons that can be very pretty with time and geneing which kind of ties into breeding pairs in a hatchery format.

As for "Good dragons" to sell, I'm also gonna say that can be anything though with here it's worth looking into color schemes that go well together and that are currently hard to find (this used to be abyss/copper/cinnamon with basic/butterfly/glimmer for example) if we're talking about what they look like. It's generally vital that you find the gene combination that best makes those colours pop, even more so if you're working with colours that have a second tint like copper. I've seen people working off one color and gene for a primary or secondary and putting together color combinations that work like that. It obviously also helps if you coordinate the eye color with the color scheme even if the eyes on some dragons are minuscule. Some people are willing to pay or save up higher amounts of gems or treasure for really nice looking dragons (I've sold dragons for 750 gems in the past). It's handy to note down what you will spend on genes if you're going to make one that requires additional geneing. It's the smartest to buy genes when your flight has dom or to search the AH if anyone is selling genes for cheaper. If you need to breed for a new color combination and already have the genes figured out, then try to find dragons with a suitable 2 or 3 off range that have the genes you need, as it'll potentially save money (and disappointment if your pair doesn't sell as well as you. thought it would, this too has happened to me). If you got a Tumblr, probably do an interest check around the point that you have your pair but it might still be ungened to measure if people would actually buy hatchlings from this pair for the price you're aiming for and if they like the idea. I try to calculate what I'll sell a dragon for by way of "money spent on genes + gene/color rarity", and then preferably want to earn back what I spent in one or two nests depending on the pair's breeding cooldown. People are always going to be looking for what's new so it's worth staying on top of new genes releasing and trying to sell them first.

Breeding in general is just really a test of patience and it's best done if you have other activities you do while you're waiting for dragons to sell. I generally try to stockpile food at the start of every month on fr so I can stick all my gathering turns into either digging (for chests) or scavenging (for eggs). Some people are very good at coli farming and I do want to say that it's worth it to train a coli team so you can farm in spare time while doing something else, it's a real pain to level but it does give you small things to sell like swipp materials and bigger and rarer things like eggs, eliminates, genes and apparel.

To round back around to a TLDR, good dragons to sell tend to have well thought out color combinations and can go for anything if they jibe with people, fodder can be about anything, with hatchlings going for 4k treasure and under, and adults going for 7k to 8k treasure because exalt levellers like being able to level right away. Your best friend for pricing your dragons is to check for how much similar dragons go in the AH.

#long post #im sorry this got so wordy anon I hope it helps in some way #asks #anon

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