Top 10 Dragons to Breed in DragonVale World: A Retrospective

Read this first: DragonVale World was removed from app stores on 20 November 2019 and its servers were taken offline shortly afterwards. None of these dragons can be obtained today. This page is a record, not a to-do list.

If you played the game, this is the roster you remember. If you are here from a search and wondering why the guides you keep finding do not work, the answer is above — and the closing section points you to a game you can actually play.

📖 Table of Contents

1. How We Judged These
2. The Ten
3. What Made DVW Breeding Different
4. Where to Go Now
5. Frequently Asked Questions

⚖️ How We Judged These

Ranking dragons in a dead game is inherently a matter of memory and record rather than live testing. We have leaned on documented stats — level requirements, prices, breeding times and availability status — and been explicit where information is thin.

Three things mattered most:

• Accessibility — could a normal player realistically get it?
• Distinctiveness — did it bring something the roster did not already have?
• Usefulness — did it open up other dragons, or just sit in a habitat?

An honest caveat: DragonVale World’s full stat records are incomplete. Several dragons have prices and values that were never fully documented before the servers closed. Where a figure is missing below, we have said so rather than estimating.

🏆 The Ten

1. Invisible Dragon — the endgame chase

Level 20, permanent, and an eye-watering 78-hour base breeding time — over three days per attempt. Bred using dragons carrying fairy and air plus two other unique elements, which is the same element-counting logic the original DragonVale uses for its Rainbow Dragon. Fully boosted it still took 31h 12m. The definitive long-haul target.

2. Kraken Dragon — the most distinctive design

Level 20, 2,500 gems, permanent, 33h 1m breeding. Tentacles and fins rather than wings and limbs, and one of the game’s better jokes in its description — insisting its splash is worse than its suckers and blaming ship-grabbing reports on shipbuilders making vessels that look like Zazzberries.

3. Venom Dragon — the best early pick

Available from level 2 at just 80 gems, making it one of the first dragons any player could realistically own. It also turned up as a parent in a range of combinations, so it earned its habitat slot rather than just filling it.

4. Fossil Dragon — the mid-game milestone

Level 10, 1,500 gems, 15h 30m base breeding dropping to 6h 12m fully boosted. Notably flagged Limited rather than permanent, so its availability came and went — a useful reminder that DVW used the same limited/permanent split the original still does.

5. Frostburn — the opposing-elements classic

Fire and cold in one dragon, the same design instinct behind the original’s Frostfire. It appeared across multiple breeding combinations, making it a genuinely useful parent as well as a good-looking dragon.

6. Rime — the cold-lineage workhorse

Turned up repeatedly in DragonVale World’s breeding tree, paired with everything from Frost to Gossamer to Sonar. Not glamorous, but the kind of dragon that quietly unlocked a lot of others.

7. Wildfire — the fire-branch staple

A recurring fire-side parent, appearing in combinations alongside Imp, Sonar and West among others. Exactly the sort of dragon experienced players kept permanently available.

8. Geyser — water and heat combined

A satisfying elemental mash-up that showed up in several pairings. One of the dragons that made DragonVale World’s larger roster feel like a genuine tree rather than a flat list.

9. Tumbleweed — the oddity

A dragon whose whole personality was being slightly absurd, in a roster that leaned into that. DragonVale World’s writing was one of its real strengths, and dragons like this were where it showed.

10. Pisceia — the late-roster showpiece

One of the more visually striking additions, and a reminder of the direction the game was heading before it closed. It appeared in breeding pairings alongside Sumi and itself.

⚗️ What Made DVW Breeding Different

Three systems set DragonVale World apart from the original, and they are worth recording because none of them exist in the game you can still play.

1. Boosts. Park structures — most notably the Boost Brewery — cut breeding times at 25%, 45% and 60% tiers. On the Invisible Dragon that meant 78 hours dropping to 31h 12m. Park building and breeding throughput were the same project.

2. Enchantments. Every dragon had a Standard and an Enchanted form, with spells that changed appearance and abilities. It gave you a reason to keep working on dragons you already owned.

3. Trading. Player-to-player trading gave the economy a social layer. This remains DragonVale World’s most distinctive feature, and the original has never had an equivalent.

🎮 Where to Go Now

The original DragonVale is still live, still updated by DECA Games, and has been running since 2011. If this list made you nostalgic, that is where to point that feeling.

• Rainbow Dragon — the four-element puzzle, direct descendant of Invisible’s breeding logic
• The Rift — instant breeding and incubation, so no more 78-hour waits
• Elder Dragons — primaries at level 21 that double an upgraded habitat’s coin generation
• Gemstone dragons — passive premium currency income
• Ariesian Dragon — widely considered a spiritual successor to DVW’s Aria Dragon

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Can I still breed these dragons?

No. DragonVale World’s servers were shut down after its November 2019 delisting. The game is permanently unplayable and none of its dragons are obtainable.

How many dragons did DragonVale World have?

More than 135 at launch in November 2016, with additions during its roughly three-year run. Its roster was entirely separate from the original DragonVale’s.

Which was the hardest to breed?

The Invisible Dragon, on breeding time alone — 78 hours base, and still 31h 12m with maximum boosts. It also required fairy and air plus two other unique elements.

Are any DragonVale World dragons in the original game?

Not directly, but concepts carried over. The Ariesian Dragon in the original is widely regarded as a spiritual successor to DragonVale World’s Aria Dragon.

Why are some stats missing from this list?

Because they were never fully documented before the game closed. We have omitted figures rather than estimating them — an invented number for a dead game is worse than an honest gap.

Can I download DragonVale World to see these again?

No. The game required its servers to function and those are permanently offline. Unofficial APK downloads cannot restore it and carry real malware risk.

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DragonVale World was removed from app stores on 20 November 2019 and its servers were taken offline shortly afterwards; sources differ on the exact shutdown date. Its breeding data was community-maintained and is incomplete in places — figures here are given only where documented. DragonVale World Guide is an unofficial fan resource and is not affiliated with DECA Games, Backflip Studios or Hasbro.