Draconia Q&A

This FAQ is sparked by Hazriel from the Discord, who collected common and important questions for new players. So shoutout to them for their efforts and for being an amazing ember of the Community!

I have used their FAQ (Which you can find HERE) with some additional questions here aswell because it is full of handy information for every new player or those who play to get into the game.

## General Questions

### How can i get the game?

You can purchase the game on Steam directly (29,99€/30$). But sometimes, Content Creators like Velocci host Key give aways during Streams.

### Will it be P2W(Pay to Win)?

Simple: No. The Team behind Draconia doesn't like certain things being locked behind a paywall.

So you can also expect no DLCs to release which add special dragons, skins ect.

### Will the price change?

No, but there may be price differences depending on your used currency. Otherwise there are no plans on changing the price.

### What are the patreon rewards?

The current reward for becomming a patreon is a special discord role, which allows you to get some sneak peaks of WIP content.

### Will Draconia come to other platforms besides PC?

Releases on other platforms like consoles or even mobile are not the focus at the moment, as it is difficult to develop a game for multiple platforms at once. Specially for such a small team.

Amph, the coder of the team, has made the following statement about console ports on the official discord:

> "We are aware how to release Draconia on both Xbox, PS4/5.. Console port demands a lot of dedication, map/level/asset optimization, probably some code changes and not talking about the online platform integrations like xbox, ps online etc. Currently we dont have funding, money, human power, resources to cover that need besides developing the game and implement promised features. As a small team with very limited funding and few sales compared to "other" games we either do this (console port) or that (game features, reworks etc.) but we cant do both."
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## Around the Game

### Is the game EA?

Yes, the game is in a very early state of development (currently alpha) and therefore will get many content patches.

### What does Dx11 mean when i launch Draconia?

Upon launching Draconia, you get a window to choose between "launching", which will start the game with Dx12, and "launching in Dx11". This can effect the performance of the game.

While Dx12 is more optimized, older devices may struggle with it and run into different issues while playing. You can start it in the default version (Dx12) and check if you experience difficulties and run it again in Dx11 to see which your computer can handle better.

### When will feature X come?

The team behind Draconia does not give any ETAs (Estimated Time of Arrival) for any type of content, no matter how close it is to release.

This is to prevent putting stress on the team with deadlines and the disapointment when ETAs cannot be complied with.

### Is it PvP only?

No. The official servers are PvPvE, meaning you can choose if you want to fight other players or not. Pure PvP and PvE servers are planned.

### Is there a singleplayer?

Yes, you can explore the game all on your own. Only obvious group only mechanics like clans are not available in singleplayer.

### How to host a server?

Click "Play" in the main menu, then the middle option "Host Server". There you can name your session, enter a password if you want and start it.

Note that this server will automatically be closed once the host leaves and that all progress by them and they players who joined are saved on the hosts side.

## Mechanics and Activities

### What are the controls?

Most common controls:

Walk: W A S D

Jump: Spacebar

Crouch: Ctrl

Sprint: Shift

Fly: F

Interact: E or E+Left Click

Dash: double W

Break: double S

Inventory: I

Flying up/down (travel mode): Mouse movement

Flying up/down (combat mode): Space/Ctrl

Combat:

Primary attack: Left Click

Secondary attack: Right Click

Little extras:

Roaring: V

Resting: H

Sleeping: H -> J

Nightvision: N

Photo Mode: P

\*Sniffing: hold Q

Free look: hold Alt (flight and walking)

Toggle Travel/Combat mode during flight: TAB

Playerlist: F1 (includes admin controlls)

\*Particles will come towards you from the source. Red leads to food, blue to water, yellow to Questgivers and, if grouped, purple to packmates.

### How to lvl up and is there passive growth?

There is no passive growth. You grow by leveling up, which you can do by farming materials from ores, sandpiles and more or by completing quests.

Said quests are automatically handed in upon reaching all their requirements.

### Can you pick up and carry other players?

Not anymore. This mechanic was implemented in the past but had to be removed because it caused to many issues. However, it is not fully of the table and may make a return in the future.

### How do you craft?

To craft you navigate to the crafting menu by hitting "I" and clicking the tool-symbol. Here you see all craftables and the needed materials.

Once said materials are collected, click on the item you want to craft and wait for the timer to finish(max 10 seconds).

### How do stashes work?

Right-click the stash in your inventory, then left-click to place it. From here, hold E to interact with it. You can open it, change its PvX status (PvP by default) and destroy it.

Different stashes have different amounts of inventory slots and you can only place 2 stashes per type.

### Is there an ingame currency and what can I spend it on?

Technically yes? In some barrels, coins can be found but at the moment, they cannot be spend on anything specifically. Besides that, questitems such as logs are commonly traded amongst players to help out each other with leveling.

### Will there be a map?

No. An ingame map is not planned, we only have the compass. Luckily, this World Anvil page provides an interactive map for everyone in need!

Suggestions for it are welcomed by the way. :)

## About the Creatures

### Will there be more dragons/customization/emotes/sounds ect?

Yes, yes, yes and yes.

All planned creatures are modeled, the wyvern (aka Fyrrwin) and drake are getting close to their release and the character creator, european dragon (Vodros) and lindworm (Yggaron) will get an overhaul to allow even more options than the current one. Prepare for 2 new fancy models!

### Why don't you keep them both?

Their current models do not support the planned options and will therefore not be compatible with the new character creator.

### Will there be a character wipe? When?

This one will be hard: Yes. A full character wipe is more than likely to happen when the new character creator releases.

Amph, the coder of the team, mentioned that he will try to prevent that.

### Will there be AI to hunt or NPCs?

Yes. In fact, there was AI on earlier versions on the game that used UE4. But due to issues with UE5 which have to be solved by the developers of the engine, AI cannot be added back. The team has to wait for the issue to be fixed first before huntable golems can make their return along with new pray animals and NPCs.

### What happens when I die? Do I loose my dragon?

Your dragon won't be lost when you happen to unalive it, you'll simply respawn at a respawn statue. However, you'll loose your items and a small amout of XP, plus a debuff reducing your stast temporarily. You can get your items back by returning to the place you died at before they despawn after 10 minutes.

## Other questions

### How to access screenshots?

When taken with Steams hotkey (F12 by default), you'll find them in Steams well hidden screenshot folder. Go to the screenshots tab of the game in your library and open the screenshot uploader.

In the new window, click "show on decive/harddrive" (It's german on my side ok? xD) and you're in.

If taken with the ingame photo mode, click the options button of the game in your library, then "manage" or "administer" and "browse local files". Then, open the folder "Draconia" and lastly "Screenshots". Here are all your fancy 4K pictures!

### Where do I select my creatures gender?

That's an easy one: You don't. That's because it'll make finding a mate in the future easier and allow for more diversity amongst your creations. Wether your character is male, female or whatever you feel comfortable with is a pure roleplay aspect and does not effect the gameplay in a negative may. *But to be honest, I'd love a pronouns selection.*

### What can i expect in the future?

Check out the Draconia Roadmap/Trello or visit the official Draconia Discord to see what's cooking in the dev-kitchen!