Dragodindes are more than just mounts in the world of Dofus; they are essential companions that provide significant stat boosts, extra carrying capacity, and faster travel across the World of Twelve. Whether you are looking to optimize your character’s power or start a profitable breeding business, understanding the mechanics of Dragodinde husbandry is vital. This guide provides a straightforward breakdown of how to capture, raise, and breed these creatures to maximize your success.
Understanding Dragodinde Basics
Before diving into breeding, it is important to understand what a Dragodinde is and how it functions. These mounts replace your pet slot and offer various bonuses like Strength, Intelligence, Vitality, or even extra Range and MP. Unlike pets, Dragodindes must be equipped and leveled up by sacrificing a portion of your combat experience.
There are three main ways to obtain a Dragodinde. You can purchase a certificate from the animal market, trade with other players, or capture a wild one using the Mount Taming spell and a Taming Net. Wild Dragodindes are the foundation of any breeding program, but they are always “Wild” and will flee after one successful mating, whereas domestic ones can breed multiple times.
The Five Key Statistics
To successfully breed or ride a Dragodinde, you must manage five specific bars found in the mount’s interface. Understanding these is the most technical part of the process, but it becomes simple once you recognize the relationship between them.
- Energy: This represents the mount’s stamina for travel. If energy hits zero, you cannot ride it. You can replenish this by feeding the mount fish or meat, or by leaving it in a paddock with Mangers.
- Experience: Just like your character, mounts level up. A mount must be at least level 5 to breed. You can adjust the percentage of XP you give your mount (from 0% to 90%) in the mount menu.
- Tiredness: Every time a mount interacts with a paddock item, its tiredness increases. Once it reaches the maximum (240), it must rest in the shed or a paddock before it can train again. Tiredness decreases by 10 points every hour.
- Maturity: This determines if a mount is ridable. A mount with a full maturity bar gains its full stat bonuses and can be mounted by the player.
- Stamina and Love: These are the two requirements for breeding. Both must be at least 7,500 for the mount to be considered “fertile.”
Managing the Serenity Scale
The most important tool for a breeder is the Serenity/Aggressiveness scale, which ranges from -10,000 to +10,000. This scale determines which of the three primary bars (Stamina, Maturity, or Love) will increase when the mount interacts with paddock items.
The Aggressive Zone (-10,000 to -1)
When a mount’s state is negative, it is considered aggressive. In this state, interacting with Lightning Stretchers will increase its Stamina. If you want to raise Stamina, you must use Slappers to push the scale into the negative zone.
The Balanced Zone (-2,000 to +2,000)
When the scale is near the center, the mount is calm. This is the only time Drinking Troughs will increase the mount’s Maturity. Keeping a mount in this narrow window is essential for making it ridable.
The Serene Zone (+1 to +10,000)
When the state is positive, the mount is serene. Interacting with Dragobuttocks in this state will increase its Love. You use Patters to move the scale into the positive zone to prepare the mount for breeding.
The Breeding Process Step-by-Step
Once you have a male and a female mount, you can follow these steps to produce offspring. Remember that both mounts must be at least level 5 and have their Stamina and Love bars filled to at least 7,500.
- Balance the Stats: Use Slappers or Patters to move the Serenity scale of both mounts to the appropriate zones to fill their Stamina and Love.
- Reach Maturity: Move the scale back to the center (-2,000 to +2,000) and use Drinking Troughs until Maturity is maxed out.
- Level Up: Equip the mount and fight monsters until it reaches level 5.
- Mating: Place both the fertile male and female in the same paddock. When they move next to each other, they will mate. The male’s Love and Stamina will drop, and the female will become “fecund.”
- Gestation: The female will remain pregnant for a set amount of time based on her generation. This can range from 48 hours for Generation 1 to over 150 hours for higher generations.
- Birth: Once the time has passed, put the female in the shed. She will deliver between 1 and 3 babies (or more with specific genetic traits).
Generations and Genetic Traits
Breeding isn’t just about making more mounts; it is about evolving them. There are 10 generations of Dragodindes. By breeding two different colors, you have a chance to produce a new color from a higher generation. For example, breeding a Ginger and an Almond mount might result in a Ginger-Almond hybrid.
Mounts can also possess random genetic traits that make them more valuable. Predisposed mounts have a higher chance of passing on their color. Early mounts gain maturity faster. Productive females give birth to more offspring, while Wise mounts gain experience faster. These traits are hereditary, so professional breeders often try to keep these genes within their bloodlines.
Public vs. Private Paddocks
As a beginner, you will likely use public paddocks located in cities like Bonta or Brakmar. These are free to use and provide basic breeding items that never break. However, they are slower than private paddocks. Private paddocks are owned by guilds and allow you to use high-quality, crafted breeding items that increase stats much faster, though these items eventually break and must be replaced.
Conclusion
Successful Dragodinde breeding requires patience and a clear understanding of the Serenity scale. By carefully managing your mounts’ moods and statistics, you can create powerful allies for your adventures or build a lucrative trade. Start with basic generations to practice the rhythm of balancing Stamina and Love before moving into complex cross-breeding. For more help with character progression or economic strategies, explore our other guides on profession leveling and equipment optimization.