Comfort level

*See also: Care and Sickness.*
A dragon's comfort level determines how fast it grows. There are multiple stages of comfort, as well as status effects.

Caring for a dragon increases its happiness. If the status bar is filled past the line, it will become sick instead and need to be cured. A greater amount of happiness speeds up its growth, while sadness or sickness means it will not continue to grow. However, if a dragon has already experienced some happiness in its current growth stage, it may evolve even when sad. They can die if left sad until their time remaining runs out or if they are cared when sick. If a dragon is kept consistently happy, it will evolve more quickly.

The Incubator keeps dragons at a minimum of "Normal" Comfort Level, allowing them to grow at a slow but steady rate even if neglected. If they get sick, they will get removed from it. Other ways of removing them include putting them in a trade (also removes the Cuddle effect) or stunning them. When making special personalities that require many training sessions, try to avoid adding the egg to the Incubator so that they can take longer to grow and allow for more training.

## Decay

At the start of each decay cycle, some amount of decay is applied to the Comfort Level of every growing dragon that you own (excluding dragons with no happiness, ones in the Incubator with minimum happiness when incubating, or ones that are sustained by Pino's Vitamins or Jelly from Hercules Dragon). Because the amount of decay is randomized, even dragons of the same species obtained at the same time will experience a different amount of decay. This makes the decrease in a dragon's Comfort bar very difficult to predict, so is important to check in on your dragons every once in a while.

## Care Quotient

The care quotient of a dragon is represented by a value ranging from 0 to 1 (or colloquially, 0 to 100%). This value can be increased by caring for a dragon, and as a dragon's care quotient increases, it grows. The higher a dragon's Comfort Level is, the more quickly it will grow. Having a lower timer will also amplify the rate at which a high Comfort Level increases the care quotient.

Once a dragon reaches 100% of its care quotient, if it has met the minimum growth time for its stage for its species, it will hatch (or evolve) to the next stage. If it still has not met the minimum growth time, it may be eligible instead for the **Adore** action. This action immediately hatches (or evolves) the dragon to its next stage, but is only available if the dragon is within 7 hours of its minimum growth time. A dragon can be adored through watching an ad or having a premium subscription.

For hatches and hatchlings, the increase in the care quotient value is not visible, but eggs will change in appearance when the care quotient reaches certain thresholds. But if a dragon's care quotient has not reached 100% (a value of 1) by the time its timer reaches 0 minutes for any stage, it will die.

## Growth Time

All dragon species have a different minimum growth time, delineated in hours. In addition to this, each species has a different minimum growth time for its egg, hatch, and hatchling stages. For example, an Angel Dragon egg has a minimum growth time of 36 hours for its egg stage, and 39 hours for its hatch stage. But in some species (such as Hallow), the minimum growth time for the hatch stage can even be less than that of the egg stage.

The Perfectionist personality has a requirement where a dragon must have a growth time equal to or less than the minimum growth time for its species, with a one hour grace period. This means that the Angel Dragon in the example above would have to reach its hatchling stage within 76 hours (36+39+1, and not a minute more!) in order to qualify for Perfectionist, as well as meet stat requirements. Some species will have a rather generous time limit, like Kirin (87 hours). But for some others, like Wings Dragon (55 hours), you will have to budget your time wisely! Using Adore or Cuddle can also help to keep a dragon's growth time low, as it can remove several hours worth of waiting and keep you ahead of the clock.