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Introduction

This has been one of the most discussed debacles of DragonVale since the Gold Shrines were released as part of Update 1.4. How long would it take to get all dragons to level 20, and is it even possible to do so legally in a respective amount of timeframe? In this blog I will be calculating the theoretical maximum amount of per day, and also finding the amount of coins needed to perform such an act.

NOTE: Briank made a similar blog about the theoretical maximum amount of coins earned per day. However, the blog has since been outdated, and I will be including the newest mechanics. You can visit here for his blog: User_blog:Briank/Iron_Breeding_and_Panlong_Waterpark_Strategy.

NOTE:There have been updates made since the writing of this blog. Please skip to UPDATED

Beginning with the Coin

It is obvious to most experienced DragonVale players that the Panlong by far makes the most amount of coins. With their ability to reach Level 20, keeping multiple in a habitat, and boosts, Panlong supersedes any other Dragon and makes 540 /minute at Level 20 with Fire and Water boosts.

The theoretical maximum coins is considered that the player is on the game 24 hours a day and collects coins before the habitat is full as well as finishing breedings as soon as they complete.

In addition, I will be assuming that you could somehow obtain these level 20 Panlongs. I am using the full theoretical maximum to show the amount of time needed for level 20 dragons EVEN at the maximum.

With this said, I will be explaining the maximum cash with this layout:

A level 40 Park with 500 friends

Island 1

21 Large Water Habitats

84 Level 20 Panlong Dragons

1 Fire Boost

1 Water Boost

Island 2

20 Large Water Habitats

80 Level 20 Dragons

A 4-bed Nursery (needed to hold all the Irons incubating)

Island 3

1 Large Metal Habitat

4 Iron Dragons (level doesn't matter as long as it's above 4; Magnetic Dragons would work in place of these Iron Dragons)

You'll also need an Epic Breeding Sanctuary and Enchanted Breeding Cave.

In addition, I will included the fact that you can earn 48,000 per friend by collecting party hats. The maximum amount of Friends in Game Center is 500, and you can collect Party Hats every 24 hours.

Calculating the Amount of Coins Earned (per 24 hours)

As previously stated, Level 20 Panlongs with 2 positive boosts make 540 coins/min. Meanwhile, Level 20 Panlongs non-boosted make 375 coins/min.

Since 84 Panlong Dragons are making 540/min, this means the total daily cash output on Island 1 is 84*540*60*24= 65,318,400 , if you collect every 13 minutes and 53 seconds (to keep the habitats from overflowing).

Repeating process for Island 2, the dragons here are the same except they only make 375/min, since they have no boost. In addition, there are only 80 Panlongs. 80*375*60*24= 43,200,000 .

Finally, the Iron breedings that can be sold off for coins. Every Iron can be sold for 1,150,000 coins. Although the first Irons will take 7 hours and 12 minutes before being sold (3 hours 12 minutes breeding + 4 hours incubating), if you chain breed, meaning breeding the Irons immediately after the previous pair is finished, you can sell an Iron ever 3 hours and 12 minutes. In 24 hours, you can sell 24/3.2= approximately 7.5 Irons per day (Alternating between 7 and 8 Irons sold daily, so I will just use 7.5 for this experiment). 7.5 Irons x 1,150,000 coins = 8,625,000 per 24 hours.

Lastly, you can collect party hats from friends. The maximum amount of friends one can have on Game Center is 500 and 48,000 coins can be collected from each friend (3 party hats x 16,000 coins per hat). As a result, 48,000 x 500 = 24,000,000 per 24 hours.

When you add these ALL up, you'll get 65,318,400 + 43,200,000 + 8,625,000 + 24,000,000 = 141,143,400 as your theoretical maximum per 24 hours, that is, without taking a break, collect all the party hats from 500 friends, and collect cash from Panlongs every 14 minutes or so.

Summary: THEORETICAL MAXIMUM TOTAL per 24 hours: 141,143,400 coins.

Amount of Food needed for Level 20s

So now that we've figured out our theoretical total, let's find our amount of coins needed for food. Since using any of the "slow" foods (Dragon Snaps, Blushrooms, Dragon Fruit, et al) would take a huge amount of time to grow enough food for Level 20s, I will not be using them in this experiment; rather, I will be using Sarjin Peppers, the fastest of the three "quick" foods.

Sarjin Peppers cost 500,000 and give 10,000 treats.

A sample park with 42 habitats may have around 110 dragons, but some of those are epic and cannot be leveled above 10. For this experiment, I will be using 75 dragons that are needed to be leveled up to 20. The amount of treats needed to raise a dragon from 1 to 20 is 10,485,740 . However, I will recognize that all the dragons are already level 15, since the player most likely needed to get gold shrines in the first place and not simply buy them all with gems. The amount of treats needed to raise a dragon from 15 to 20 is 10,158,080. To raise 75 dragons from 15 to 20, it would take 75 dragons x 10,158,080 treats = 761,856,000 . To find the amount of Sarjins needed to obtain this amount of treats, we would divide by 10,000: 761,856,000/10,000= 76,185.6 Sarjins. Each Sarjin costs 500,000 , meaning it would take 76,185.6*500,000= 38,092,800,000 COINS to level up 75 dragons to level 20.

By dividing this amount by our previous "Theoretical Maximum Coins" amount, we can see how many days it would take for over 38 billion coins to be generated.

38,092,800,000 coins / 141,143,400 coins per 24 hours = 269.887221 Days (269 Days, 21 hours, 17 minutes, and 36 seconds)

This is nearly 9 MONTHS to generate the amount of coins needed for 75 Level 20 Dragons at the theoretical maximum coin rate (which uses level 20 dragons). Using level 15 Panlongs, this number would easily increase to a year. More importantly, regular, well-maintained parks at level 40 output usually between 30 to 40 million per day, meaning this process would fivefold, taking 269.887221*5= 1,349 Days or NEARLY FOUR YEARS.

Conclusion

If played legally and not purchasing iAPs, it would take 9 Months for a robot to obtain 75 level 20 dragons, and multiple years for the average level 40 players. I can safely conclude that level 20 dragons will most likely take several years for players to obtain. The next time you see someone claiming with all level 20s, you can use this information to judge for yourself on the validity if you wish to do so.

Note: If you believe I have made in error somewhere along the lines of calculations, please let me know in the comments: I want this blog to be as accurate as possible.

I also plan on calculating the amount of food you can get from Dragon Racing; hope to update soon.

If you have not read the original findings and summary, please do so first. This part will expect that you have already read and understood how this will work. As there have been an increase to 49 habitats and there are giant habitats now, this blog will be updated.

You can keep a total of 14 Giant Water Habitats on one island. Each Giant Water can hold a total of 5 Panlong dragons. Both the Fire and Water Boosts will be kept on this island.

Calculation: 540 x 5 x 14 x 60 x 24 = 54,432,000 /day

The remaining 33 habitats will only hold Panlongs that make 375 an hour.

Calculation: 375 x 5 x 33 x 60 x 24 = 89,100,000 /day

Added together, you get a total of 143,532,000 /day.

Adding the previous 8,625,000 and 24,000,000 /day you get from breeding and selling Iron Dragons and Party Hats from friends, your MAXIMUM FOR 24 HOURS IS: 176,157,000 /day

Using the previous number of 38,092,800,000 coins needed to feed 75 dragons to level 20:

38,092,800,000 coins / 176,157,000 = 216.24346463665934 DAYS (216 days, 5 hours, 50 minutes, and 35 seconds)

So with the extra habitats and giant habitats, the theoretical maximum has been shortened by 53 days.

While it may take 216 days working at nonstop, it would still take multiple years working at a normal playing pace (without buying iAPs or cheating).

Sources

Briank's original blog



iNate's Food Chart

The Treats Page