List of DragonVale dragon incubation and Breeding Times
NOTE: If you’d like to see our full DragonVale Breeding Guide, click here.
So, every once in awhile you’ll set up two dragons to start breeding and get hit with a lengthy 20 or 24 hour breeding time, and you’ll want to know just what IS that dragon going to be when they’re done doing the nasty? Is it worth rushing it with gems? Well, here’s a quick list of the various breeding/incubation times for the various DragonVale dragons to help you out. Please note, these are the times for the STANDARD breeding caves, so if you have upgraded your Epic Breeding Island or Breeding Cave to speed up the breed times, multiply these times by 1.2 as those caves speed the breeding time up by 80%. (Although once you have an egg, these times WILL sync up with the incubation times if you cannot identify the egg you get). Some dragons share the same breeding times, so you’ll have to use your brain a bit and think about the elements you blended to know whether your 8-hour breed time is going to be a Blazing or a Ice dragon.
DragonVale dragon incubation and Breeding Times
Instant: All Rift Dragons
30 Seconds: Ovalith, Dusk, Dawn
5 minutes: Earth
30 minutes: Cactus, Poison, Lightning
1 hour: Flower
2 hours: Fire, Air, Sandstorm, Wisp
3 hours: Firefly, Scorch, Spectre, Snowflake, Thistle
4 hours: Water, Iron, Magnetic, Forest, Frostbite
5 hours: Brass, Chrome, Love, Reindeer, Seaweed, Storm, Wind, Nectar
5.5 hours: Palladium
6 hours: Firework, Lichen, Mud, Quake, Rust, Ash, Pepper, Flash, Ruin, Arcturian , Conch
6.5 Hours: Sand
7 hours: Clover, Pollen, Lotus, Thorn
7.5 Hours: Abyss, Trench, Verdigris, Dandelion
8 hours: Metal, Blazing, Fog, Ice, Iceberg, Sonic, Willow, Snow, Rain, Obsidian, Hail, Ember, Mistletoe, Acid, Tempest , Inferno, Midday, Bizurian
9 hours: Swamp, Bouquet, Meadow, Candescent, Tidepool
9.5 hours: Salamander, Glare, Spark
10 hours: Bone, Evergreen, Lava, Mine, Sakura, Blizzard, Century, Glacier, Arbor, Bubble, Soot, Frostflower, Jetstream, Infrared
11 Hours: Shimmer, Delirium , Smolder, Fluorescent
11.5 hours: Coral
11.9 Hours: Moonstruck
12 hours: Cold, Blue Fire, Butterfly, Frostfire, Moss, Malachite, Ironwood, Paper, Heat, Carnival, Regift, Halo , Midnight, Nosferatu, Plains, Nether , Molten, Garden, Trinket, Pond, Oni, Dracabra, Hooded, Cocoahollow
12 hours 25 minutes: Gift Dragon, Ire, Lycan, Steam, Ironwrought
12.5 Hours: Glass, Howl, Lagoon, Arid
13 hours: Bloom, River, Motley, Luminous, Iridescent
13.5 hours: Shield
14 hours: Mountian, Steel, Tree, Smoke, Rose, Meteor, Vortex, Wraith, Darkling, Mirror, Ivy, Plateau, Bounteous, Bilby, Limulimu
14.5 hours: Leap Year
15 Hours: Bearded, OrTreat, Treat, Sulfur , Quicksand, Thicket, Fissure, Snapper, Spirit, Jingle
15.5 hours: Ghost, Promethium
16 hours: Current, Dodo, Plasma , Procyon, Andromedan, Antarian, Berry, Surge, bogberry
17 Hours : Celtic, Mirage
17.5 Hours: Crypt
18 hours: Nebula, Quicksilver, Shadow, Serenity, Bramble, Harvest , Eridanian, Seed, Wyrmwood, Harvest Moon, Thundersnow, Flurry, Conifer, Permafrost, Nova, Singularity, Cyclone, Woolen , Satin, Rosebud, Cumulus
18.5 Hours: Ooze
19 Hours: Gamma, Ribbon, Sumi, Shining, Icebound, Plumpkin, Starshine, Snowbrush
20 hours: Copper, Teidian, Zombie, Bicentennial , Orchid , Fates, Snowpocalypse, Coldforge, Starlight, Glimmerwing, Tansy
20 Hours 12 minutes: Apocalypse
20 Hours 30 min Manomano
21 Hours 30 Min: Hypnotic
22 hours: Rayleian, Scoria (formerly SLAG dragon), Comet, Kite, Arctic, Char, Teozinte, Fireflight, Tulip, Bonescale
23 hours: Geode, Dartwing, Eve
23.5 hours: Solstice
24 hours: Celerulean, Crystal, Forge, Equinox, Spring, Terradiem, Summer, Cotton, Autumn, Winter, Surprise, Melancholy , Holly, Feast, Garland, Bog, Decay, Stoneheart, Subterranean, Solarflare, Nesting, Stoneshell
24 hours, 30 min: Totem
25 hours: Verglace, Flicker, Krampus, Kringle
25 hours 30 min: Lodestone
26 Hours 24 min: Ouroboros
27 hours:Omen, Nightbloom, Tinsel
27 hours 30 minutes: Oracle
28 hours: Amethyst, Cuddlewing, Starwing, Cumberpatch
28 hours 30 min: Polarian
29 hours: Double Leap Year, Daydream, Sweetheart, Smitten
29 Hours 48 min: Liberty
29.53 hours: Blue Moon
30 hours Pearl, Sapphire, Topaz, Diamond, Jet, Pharaoh , Bismuth, Tidal, Rosegold , Kaiju
30 hours 26 min: Jade, Amber, Quartz
30 hours 52 min: Gourd
31 hours: Emerald, Ruby, Peridot, Sapphire, Opal, Turquoise, Garnet, Okenite, Neoteric, Mesolite, Lace, Epoch, Honeyglow
32 Hours: Snowy Bronze Olympus, Snowy Silver Olympus, Snowy Gold Olympus , Lapis, Sunstruck
33 Hours: Cyclops, Aquamarine, Cerberus
33 Hours, 20 Minutes: Duskwing, Chrysalis
34 hours: Hydra, Glowwing, Scorn
35 hours:Azurite, Bronze Olympus, Silver Olympus, Gold Olympus, Tourmaline, Loot, Jasper , Dawnbringer, Spritely
36 hours: Panlong, Victory, Sprout, Wavelyte, Delight, Barite , Pyrite, Sanguinite , Muse, Leathery, Labradorite, Regal, Embossed
36 Hours, 29 Minutes: Nightmare
37 hours: Leaf
39 Hours, 27 Minutes: Ragnarok
41 Hours, 20 Minutes: Lacewing, SwallowTail
42 Hours: Sunstruck
45 Hours: Sorarian
47 hours: Silver
47.5 Hours: Electrum
48 hours: Rainbow, Gold, Sun, Moon (sun and moon times can occasionally vary), Seasonal, Solar Eclipse, Lunar Eclipse, Elysium , Prism, Voltaic, Spore, Alpenglow, Blightwing, Water Rift, Lightning Rift, Fire Rift, Plant Rift, Earth Rift, Cold Rift, Snowsquall
49 hours: Platinum
50 hours: Dream, Portent, Quintessence
50 hours, 40 Minutes: Marbletail
54 hours: Faire, Aurora, Party
60 Hours: Double Rainbow
(This guide is part of a larger DragonVale breeding guide. For the full list of breedable dragons, click here.
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hahaha when i saw the times for the Pearl, Emerald, and Ruby dragons i noticed that they are 31 hrs and 30 hrs according to the month that they are only available in hahaha XD 31 days in May and July and 30 days in June…Sorry it is just little things like that amuses me XP
Umm Dr. You spelled mountain wrong 😉
Doc I got 14hr 30 mins anyone no whet it is????
14 hours and 30 minutes is a leap year
Having trouble breeding ruby I have been trying chrome 10 and scorch10 all month and still nothing
Only can get there in June look
***The new Olympus dragons are all 35 hours!***
Hey guys I have tried to get ruby but nothing yet I have tried chrome11 scorch 11;( help and follow me on twitter
Try scorch then chrome
Worked for me the first time
Bearing in mind the gem dragons are not available until their designated month, the amethyst is the only dragon available till the end of February lol ^.^
You forgot to add the lightning dragon under 30 minutes
Thanks pal!
Updated.
– The Doc
And you forgot Glacier for 10 hours.
What do ya get when a gold and sliver dragon breed?
I really need friends, my id is daisy7477. Thank you for all of the info
I got a sun dragon by breeding fire and storm on the first try!!!!
Ehm, I think you meant to say that if you have upgraded your Epic Breeding Island or Breeding Cave to speed up the breed times, multiply these times by 0.8, NOT 1.2.
add to gem 4 gem please… dlow001 Thanks 🙂
I need friends to trade gems with. Please add me
Gamecenter id: ddddouble
I tried to use Earth and Air but once I choose earth the air can not be selected?
air and earth are oppistes, so you need to use an air or earth hybrid. my ID is nickpapa42, so add me.[ps i have a whole island for my legendary dragons: moonx3 sunx2 solsticex1 panlongx1 rainbowx5 and leap-yearx1]
Can someone tell me how I add friends I got the tree so I could give more but can’t figure out how to add… Thanks Ladylake66
go to game center[ app on first page with game sybols] look at the bottom, go to friend requests and hit add friends, and enter your friends ID
please add me on gamecenter! Dr.Mi-gyun
I hav been trying the lava – mud combo every time it’s the mix for something and I never get anything but lava. I’ve tried in my regular cave and my EBI, but it won’t give me anything but lava. Both are also level 10. Can’t seem to get a gem dragon to put on my gem island to save my life. Any thoughts on that, doc??
Nope. It’s the only combo and success is total luck. Keep going!
– The Doc
Hey Doc you didn’t list the Silver dragons time
I love dragonvale
I have friends on game center but i like more friends mjsih is my acount first three hoe give me a gem gets a gem i am saving for the tree
No one playes a game i play my litel pony does anybody play also my litel pony and dragonval ?
So, weird, I bred a blue moon dragon and a solar eclipse dragon and got a 30 hour incubation time. I didn’t know getting a gem dragon this way was possible.
Did it really end up being a gem dragon? Has anyone else confirmed this?
Me too… Bred a Blue moon and solar eclipse and got 30 hrs. Weird!
Add me on gc GoDzOfGoDz88 gem for gem
??? 24 incubation time but i’m sure it isn’t a quake, forge or a equinox.
O wait it is a solistice
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All dragons are for a short time for sale and to breed oh friends i am today 19-12-1981 born so send me gem s everyone
I am having trouble with game center ! Over peopleded ..? To maney people are up dragonvale
Oh sorry badd typing i am al dutch ,hollander,nederlander hiep hiep hoera haha cheers everyone
Was trying for a bone dragon and got a 23.5h incubation time. No bone, but a solstice!
blazing/obsidian
Plant and storm 48h what can that be.
Add Isaiah7! To friends and I will trade gem for gem. Have gem tree and only one friend since I,ve been playing for a short time. I am level 30 and have every dragon except for the gold Olympus, been trying for a while but no luck yet.
Hey Doc you didn’t list the Silver dragons time
I cant get in the game today is it to bussy ? Bumer
Sapphire is listed as a both 30 and 31 hour incubation time.
I have an upgraded epic breeding island and got an incubation time of 23 hr and like 17 min with plant and storm. Any clues what it might be?
Any ideas on what to bread for jan gem dragon?
Hey Doc you forgot to include the Lunar Eclipse under the 48 hours breeding slot. Also, I searched your gamecenter names and nothing turned up. Not accusing you if anything but did you happen to misspell them? Thanks for all you do.
@ David smoke and obsidian,that’s what I’ve been hearing…
Doc,I forget which one,I was gonna post the other day but I think there is a dragon missing,I forget which one though… I’ll post again if I remember
Just remembered,glacier.
Add me gem 4 gem
update gift dragon time 12h 25m
Add my my Game Center name is JonasTheMaster
Added you jona,I’m _!tm20!_
Iceberg and mountain and got 15:15 hours?? Help
Ghost dragon has 15.5 hours if that’s what you meant.
Holy crap I think I got leap year,crystal and lichen 14.5 hrs,yay
I have much 48 hours and now smoke and obsedian 48 ore 49 hours wat can that be? Dont know exact time!
Could be solar eclipse since blazing + obsidian and smoke is essentially the same as blazing
Get doc idk if u got a twitter account but I made one that you can pass on info for me so I can post it if you want. #Drmacenstien
I have an account. Link at the top of the page.
– the Doc
Laughing out loud ok I made one anyways
Hey doc I know it’s gonna be large but if u wanna help me get a trend going put a luminous crystal in front of your hatchery for every gem dragon you ever hatch
hi guys!!! im using android system for dragonvale so i cant get gems from game center users. can anyone provide their facebook? mine is Jim Yu
Used smoke and obsidian on the epic breeding island and got 48 hours. Any ideas what this could be? I thought the RBI showed the reduced breeding time…..but 48 hours is not a reduced time…or is it. I’m fairly new at this game but really like it.
I bred plant with storm and got 48 hours anybody know what it could be ???
Add me tho @lisitowaala
Please add me gem 4 gem. ID: KCShana
Doc,
I had a question about breeding. For a little while now I have been trying to breed a second plasma dragon. I do currently have one, and have not had any luck with lightning and swamp, was wondering if you knew if I used the plasma I currently have with something else would my odds of getting a second be worse or the same as lightning and swamp?? Just wondering if you have any data on this?
Don’t think so. I would stick with Lightning and Seaweed/ Lightning and Swamp.
– The Doc
got platinum with seaweed and forge by accident n_n
Hi, going for the new February dragon. I used snow and crystal cuz hail and sonic wasn’t working. I ended up with a 10 hr breeding time and the dragons with those incubation times are impossible to make with that combo. Any ideas on what this could possibly be???? Help!!!! Lol.
Nevermind. It’s a glacier which i don’t see here in the 10 hr slot.
New century dragon just out,100th dragon! Lets hope to get to the 200 mark!
I bred hail and sonic and 48 hour what is it ???