Suggestions for winning DragonVale Races
DragonVale’s new Dragon Races are a great way to earn extra cash, food, XP, and even gems, not to mention just a great time waster if you’re looking to avoid what you SHOULD be doing. But sometimes it can be difficult matching up the right dragon for the right race. So here’s a list of Dragon suggestions for various races that I have found to deliver 1st place results multiple times. Of course, you will still need a little luck with competitors and decent finger-tapping skills to hit the boosts, but I can only do so much.
Dramoria: Steel
Electric Skies: Sonic, Butterfly
Rime or Reason: Snow
Shimmering Faultline: Any Gem Dragon (Pearl, Emerald, Ruby, etc.) Rainbow, Gold, Moon, Leap Year
Ulster Meadows: Tree, Moss, Clover
Year of the Dragon Race: Panlong Dragon, Rainbow
(This guide is part of a larger DragonVale breeding guide. For the full list of breedable dragons, click here.
If you would like to help support my rushing breedings & incubations to discover the latest dragon combos for you, please send me gems – GameCenter ID = “Dr Macenstein” & “MacensteiniPad”. Of you can give us BOTH gems by entering my Friend code in the REDEEM section under SOCIAL. It’s 5074276. Thanks!
I have not, sorry. You might try uninstalling and reinstalling it.
How many Microsoft engineers does it take to change a lightbulb?
Just one: he turns it off and turns it back on.
You sir, win free internets.
I don’t get the joke. I’m not blonde – however I am 43. & female. Does that make a difference.?
It’s just that the solution to a lot of problems with Microsoft Windows is to turn your computer off and turn it back on again.
Shimmering Faultline: Chrystal, Quake
I too have found Quake to do very well on this course.
I always win with Quake.
You should add flower dragon to cherry road. It works great if you don’t have Sakura or paper.
And Poison
True
Poison dragon win all the time for me on Cherry road!! Maybe try it!!
I do obsidian for most of these
Doc,
Have you figured out how to consistently get the speed boost on the starting line? Two separate times I have been just randomly tapping the screen during the 3,2,1 countdown, and I got a boost identical to when I tap the screen crossing one of the yellow lines. No other racers managed to even get close to me in those races, so I’d love to do that every time! The problem is that both times were accidental, so I can’t replicate it with any consistency. Have you had this happen to you as well?? Please tell me the secret!! (My guess is that it’s similar to the boost start in MarioKart games, where tapping the accelerator right as the countdown reaches 1 boosts you ahead.)
Also, thanks for the awesome site!! Me and my fiancé love it!!!
-AUFH Luke
After reading your post, I just went & tried to tap the screen as you described. I found that if i tap just as the countdown reaches ‘Go’ I was able to get the boost. It seems the timing has to be RIGHT on the ‘go’ for it to work, like hitting the yellow line exactly to get the ‘perfect.’ I wasn’t able to master it every time but did make it happen 5 or 6 times in about 10-12 races. Thanks for the tip!!!
I like Your name… Irish or Scottish?
Irish!!!! ????
Irish I’m betting.
You’re right! Why did u think Irish??
This game rocks because it is something I can do with my three-year-old daughter and it appeals to both of us. Thanks backflip for the genius behind the game!
Because I’m Irish. Lol. Betting on my lucky guess! Thanks for writing back! I’ll add you for gem if you’re interested.
Kairos is F.ing annoying ! Tried 1000 races still not done !!!! I hate it !!
Iv done about 5000 and only one bot left till i have him, only the head till i get kiaros!!! I CANT F*CKING WAIT FOR THE 6HOUR SPEED UP FOR MY GOLD DRAGON, STILL HAS 1DAY 23HOURS LEFT IT WILL DO SO GOD DAMN HELPFUL!!!
I don’t appreciate the language. What if younger children are reading this. I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT WHOEVER TAKES CARE OF THIS SITE DOESN’T DELETE WITH LANGUAGE LIKE THIS. I love Dragonvale. The whole game is patience. Some people just have more luck quicker than others. I tried for 15 days straight to get the diamond gem. It didn’t take me long to finish Kairos but my son took a lot longer than me. When you have Kairos, when you activate him, everything is speeded up by 6 hours.
Younger children who aren’t accustomed to “language like this” shouldn’t be on the internet. FallenAngels censored “f*cking” and the worst thing they actually said was “god damn”. You’re being a little old fashioned, don’t you think? This isn’t the 1920’s anymore, people say “rude” words.
Have you bought the kairos habitat thingy?
Year of the dragon: Mud. Trust me, no dragon was even close to it
In the race year of the dragon, crystal can win aswell!! I always use my crystal on that race!!
same for spring 🙂
Try year of the dragon with Chrome – it never lost for me 🙂
I use the panlong for year of the dragon and no1 comes close 2 me with it 🙂
Try sakura (or any other triple [century or bloom]I guess) I breeded sakura for cherry road and found it better than my rainbow for yotd.
For Year of the Dragon on the races, I use my celtic and win every time.
I changed my ID from tjm814 to deiandknight in case you’re wondering who gave you gems
Actually, the crystal dragon is best for Shimmering Faultline. Use it, and you’ll win every time. 😉
I know!!!!
I use my hail if my crystal is breeding!! It always wins but it’s so close to the crystal that’s racing me!!
I always use Quake & win every time.
How do you use the Dragon Track? Every time I enter it, it will only let me do a tutorial race.
You press races not tutorial
I have the same issue. No matter what, I’m stuck with the practice race only. I’ve bought & sold the track twice. However, nothing seems to allow me to race any other races. I was thinking I’d have to beat the tutorial in order to get to other races, but I’ve tried every dragon I haven’t yet beat the tutorial.
I was informed by a back flip rep that in order to proceed with any race, you must come in third in the tutorial before you can get to other races. Good luck, I’ve tried every dragon and have yet found one that comes in third.
mine dragon for dramoria
A blue moon Dragon works well if u have it
Agreed- I win every time with Mine.
Gemtree.i now can give three gems if i buy the gem tree i can give nine gems ? Some people say than you can give total of six ??? So how meany can i realy get ???
For year of dragon my secret waepon is firework dragon
SAME!!!!
It seems the new update has, at times, made the prize wheel outcome more random!! Any one else find this to be accurate?
Yes it seems that way. I counted 6 spaces but I did not land on it.
Yeah, I noticed with the update it is random. The 6 spaces trick no longer works. Sometimes it does just 1 space and others its 4 and still others are more than 6. Anyone figure the pattern yet?
I think you’re right about the wheel. It spins faster and doesn’t always end up on the sixth slot before the start.
Aside from sonic and butterfly for the electric skies race, I’ve been using air.
Works good but can anyone recommend something else?
I’ve been using Storm, works pretty well.
I use Thunder and win every time.
I am stuck on Dramoria and I use Steel every time and keep getting 4th 🙁 any suggestions plz?
Mine always works great for me.
I use my chrome, brass and metal dragon on that race, brass usually comes first, them chrome then metal!!
The dragon Mine, that is :p
looks like there is a new track? “Rime or Reason”
I got first place with Raindeer, but Snow seemed to push me the whole way.
I just use the metal dragon, does the job for me as long as you’re spot on with the perfect boosts anyway
Blue moon always wins for me but it’s hard to breed
Mine dragon undoubtedly , always first
Mine dragon kills it every time.
Add me free Gems given Everyday!!! Violindavid!
The easiest way to win any of the races is to use one of the premium dragons like gold, sun, or In my case, solstice. It forces all the other dragons to be premium as well, so no-one gets an advantage and you get a better outcome from the boost lines than the computer’s dragons. Never not finished first with my solstice (yet…)
Yeah I wanted to add this as well, I use my solar eclipse dragon (new to the game, first rare dragon obtained) for every race since I’ve obtained it and have not lost a race since.
When using the rare dragons, it only selects other rare dragons to compete with you, so none of your competitors will have an elemental boost bonus and you can pretty much fly through the races. I did this before they changed the way you obtain Kairos, so I’m sure this will help fly through the pieces now.
apple id: k1p44
Any suggestions for winning the track “Ulster Meadows”
if I do not have Tree, Moss, orc lover?
My swamp dragon does great on Ulster and Marshlands tracks. As long as I pay attention it wins.
That’s supposed to be “or Clover” 😉
lmao orc lover
I’ve always had solid races @ Ulster with my flower and poison dragons
If you use a Gemstone dragon in the races, you get a higher chance of getting gems in the wheel.
Just to let ya’ know 😉
What if you don’t have a gemstone dragon?
Quake always stomps Shimmering Faultline for me. I’ll win by whole seconds.
On Rime or Reason I used my lvl 10 blue moon and got first. It wasnt a major win but i finished 1st with no one else on the screen.
I use my storm and snow
Blue moon will win about anything with the cold element for me and just about anything else 🙂
Is there any pattern to the wheel spin? ive been trying to get the last piece on the first item for about 30 races…
I’ve raced 50 times and almost have 1/3 of the artifacts. Luck?
Thanks for this list! Can people add me aswell? Ninjabob991
The firework dragon is great for year of the dragon!,!!!!!!!!!!!
Also something for marshlands lichen works better then seaweed
On Marshlands I use my swamp dragon!! It always wins
When I get XP on the spin wheel, even upwards of 7,500,000 it doesn’t change my level bar. Anyone else get this problem?
Depends on what level you are. Higher levels can take insane amounts of experance to level up.
I win Year of the Dragon almost every time with lava.
I have 2 more pieces on my golden Parton the kairos but when I race the pieces that I need aren’t there!! Any advice?
Every time the piece wont be shown, Do quest it and race it continues , u will get it 🙂
Try Land on the pieces you have so u can spin again and pieces might be there. They are for me.
Here is a list of dragons for races
Shimmering Faultline – Tree Dragon.
Blast Furnace – Brass Dragon
Dramoria – Mine Dragon
Year of the Dragon – Chrome dragon
Ulster meadows – Moss Dragon
Marshlands – Moss Dragon
Rime or Reason – Snow Dragon
Cherry road – Poison / Tree / Ash / Flower dragon
Electric Skies – Adult Sonic dragon
Add me in game centre- Pappumahi
For the starting boost if you tap just as or before it says ‘go!’ and then hold your finger there afterwards it majorly increases your odds of getting it; I just did ten races in a row and got the boost on all but the sixth one. Hope this helps 🙂
I Don’t have a butterfly or sonic dragon for electric skies 🙁 . what other dragons could I use?
Thunder should work, it’s got the right elements
I win 1st with Thunder every time.
can i get some adds?
i could use some gems
nametag: _*.CARLOS_GR.*_
thanks :3
I found out about the extra boost at the start from reading what’s printed when the game first starts. You can find out useful information by reading this. The extra boost comes when you tap just before Go. It’s just a timing thing. The readout also states that every dragon can be bred.
With the gifting tree can you give gems to more than 3 people a day?
Why aren’t the terrain found on each track listed instead of dragons; would be far more useful than this.
I’m new to Dragonvale. How to you get to these races?
I love Dragonvale. It is one of my favorite games. You will need to buy the race track.
I have bought the gem tree. I play everyday at least 3 times. I’m not for sure how many gems you can give but it someone wants to share with me their facebook name, I will friend you and send a gem every day.
Help what dragon to use for blast Furnace!! I don’t have brass or forge! I’m tired of not wining that one!!
I found that fire worked pretty well for me
Century Dragon works really well for Year of the Dragon.
I used a motley dragon for Cherry Road and one first every time with no-one else on the screen
I win 9 out of 10 races using any gemstone dragon.
Hi there! I have found this site very helpful. However, I’m only level 19 with two islands, so I have a long way to go. I don’t even have a blue fire dragon yet! But, I can say that I use my Quake dragon any time I get shimmering fault line, and he wins by a landslide! Hope this helps any lower levels or those waiting on a rarer dragon that can’t spend real money on the game.
For shimmering faultline, quake works well too.
Solar eclipse works very well for Year of the dragon. It works even better than the rainbow!