Gold Dragon

Gold Dragons are one of the original breeds on the site, having been released on June 2, 2007, alongside Bright Pink Dragons, Chickens and Neglected Dragons. These dragons are known for residing in the highest tiers of rarity on the site.
Because of their popularity, TJ09 has made a joke page referencing Gold dragons. It can be found here after adding "makeallmyeggsgold" after "dragcave.net/" in the address bar. The resulting text is: "Yeah right."
On January 1, 2012, the Golds received a sprite update, gaining dimorphism, new poses, and updated shading. The update was released in celebration of the Year of the Dragon and the New Year. These sprites were conceived roughly 4–5 years ago in the Sprite Replacement sub-forum, where they were publicly worked upon. Upon completion, the thread was removed and they remained in Nakase's Deviantart gallery thereafter. The female gold sprite went on to receive a Daily Deviation award from Deviantart on April 9, 2009.
== Official descriptions ==
=== Egg ===
This egg is very reflective, almost metallic-looking.
=== Hatchling ===
Aww... It's a cute baby dragon. Like the egg it hatched from, it is a very shiny gold.
=== Mature hatchling ===
Aww... It's a cute baby dragon. Like the egg it hatched from, it is a very shiny gold.
And look! It has grown wings! It must be close to maturing.
=== Adult ===
Gold dragons are the ones most often killed by humans, who consider their scales to be extremely valuable. These golden scales grant them a high level of protection, similar to armor, and they use this to their advantage in battle.
== Credits ==
*Nakase (All sprites)
*Dovealove (Adult female sprite) Confirmed by Nakase
*Yerica (Lining) 
*Insanitation (Hatchlings sketch)
*TJ09 (Descriptions)
=== Original sprites ===
*Silvanon (Adult sprite)
*Shikaru (Hatchling sprites)
== Sprites ==
Female				
Male 				
=== Egg sequence ===
=== Retired sprites ===
Temporary event sprites 	Temporary event sprites	Temporary event sprites	Temporary event sprites	Temporary event sprites
Holiday 2011 	– 	– 	– 	
Halloween 2012Female 	– 	– 	– 	
Halloween 2012Male 	– 	– 	– 	
April Fools' Day 2018Female	– 	– 	– 	
April Fools' Day 2018Male 	– 	– 	– 	
April Fools' Day 2020Female	– 	– 	– 	
April Fools' Day 2020Male 	– 	– 	– 	
April Fools' Day 2022Female	– 	– 	– 	
April Fools' Day 2022Male 	– 	– 	– 	
Retired sprites 	Retired sprites	Retired sprites	Retired sprites	Retired sprites
Original series 	 	 	– 	
Replacement series 	 	 	 	
Retired eggPre-replacement	 	 	 	
Retired eggPre-Mod Mayhem 	 	 	 	
Retired egg 	 	 	 	
== Encyclopedia entry ==
== Trivia ==
*The original adult sprite is a recolored Ice Dragon from ActRaiser. 
*The egg sprite was updated to its final one during the Mod Mayhem release on April 1, 2010.
*Golds have had five egg sprite changes, the most changes out of any other dragon on the site.
== References ==
Category:2010-04-01 Mod Mayhem release
Category:All Habitats
Category:Alpine
Category:Coast
Category:Creation aligned dragons
Category:Desert
Category:Dovealove
Category:Dragon breeds
Category:Earth Element Dragons
Category:Encyclopedia Entry
Category:Forest
Category:Jungle
Category:Nakase
Category:Original Species
Category:Primary Affinity: Earth
Category:Shikaru
Category:Silvanon
Category:Standard dragons
Category:Striped breeding: White
Category:Very rare dragons
Category:Volcano
Category:Western dragons