Dragon Den

The **Dragon Den** is a location that can be unlocked when a player's magma whelp becomes an adult and leaves the Fireplace to reside in its new home. Adult dragons accept certain treasures and gift the player with items in return.

## How to Unlock

To unlock the **Dragon Den**, the player must first acquire a whelp by melting the seal on a Letter from the Library of Fire. At this stage, the whelp will remain at the Fireplace until it has been fed enough to grow to adulthood.

Once a whelp has consumed 700 food hours, it will leave for its new home, making the **Dragon Den** available from the game menu.

## Dragon Treasures

The dragon will collect certain items to add to its treasure hoard. The player can offer treasures with gem, gold, or silver value. (Only treasures in the House can be given to the dragon.)

Depending on the amount of x treasures, the hoard will be described differently:

* An incredible hoard of x treasures (at 1000+)
* A hoard of x treasures (at 300+)
* A small hoard of x treasures (at 200+)
* A tiny hoard of x treasures (at 100+)
* x treasures

The silhouette of the hoard in the background will raise with each treasure, until the count hits 1000, where it'll stay at it's peak.

### Rewards

For each treasure's gem, gold, or silver worth, the dragon will offer rewards in exchange. During certain event celebrations, the dragon will have additional limited-time rewards available in the drop list; these are treasure-agnostic, so it is possible to get them regardless of the type of treasure given to the dragon.

Gem  goodies include:

* Box of Ores
* Dino Skull
* Firestone
* Lightning in a Bottle
* Liquid-hot Magma
* Rib
* Scroll of Resources
* Secret Seashell
* Stereotypical Bone

Gold  goodies include:

* Burnt Dumbbell
* Burnt Flute
* Burnt Iron Sword
* Burnt Log
* Dark Matter
* Liquid-hot Magma
* Rock
* Tiny Scroll of Resources
* Well-done Raccoon Pouch

Silver  goodies include:

* Charcoal
* Handicrafts Supply Box
* Liquid-hot Magma
* Quintessence
* Magpie Pouch
* Well-done Fruits & Veggies Box

Limited Time goodies include:

* Lunar New Year: Mooncake
* Valentine's: Cocoa Beans (Silver), Chocolate Bar (Gold), or Chocolate Key (Gem)

### Assistant

When the requirements have been met, a pet can be assigned as an assistant in the **Dragon Den**. The feature must first be unlocked by assigning the first pet helper at the Beehive once the total population has reached 2000 bees.

The dragon's assistant will acquire extra ~~m~~ (and sometimes items) as a result of investments whenever the dragon is given an item. Pets with higher Science, Eidetic Memory, Gregarious, and/or Lucky will generally gain more {{m]] from investments.

Sometimes a pet will gain no ~~m~~ at all and instead will gain a rarer item (denoted by the text "(item), which they earned from a particularly-lucrative deal").

Investment returns are based on total treasure value traded to the dragon (e.g. each Shiny Baabble is worth 10  and 5 ). Gems  are worth more than gold , which are worth more than silver .

Reminder: On average, higher skilled Science pets gain significantly more from investments. A low-skilled pet may get 1~~m~~ for a Gold Bar, while a more skilled pet may get 3-4~~m~~ consistently.

Each treasure value given to the dragon will build up an internal counter that eventually awards a random item once the required value has been met. You can only get 1 item at a time, but if the counter is still high enough to get an item, progress is kept and you'll get an item next time you give the dragon treasure (This will keep happening until it's low enough to no longer give an item).

Potential normal bonus items include:

* Beans
* Candied Ginger
* Eggnog
* Fish
* Fried Tomato
* Goodberries
* Hakuna Frittata
* Handicrafts Supply Box
* Large Bag of Fertilizer
* Musical Scales
* Naner Yogurt
* Onion Rings
* Quintessence
* Red
* Shakshouka
* Space Junk

Lucrative Deal bonus items include:

* Century Egg
* Goodberries
* Matzah Bread

##### Text

Normal Bonus Item

"You gave your Dragon (items). (Dragon Name) thanks you for your gift, and gives you (items), plus (monies) ~~m~~ and (items) earned in investments (thanks to (Pet Name)'s help!)"

Normal Bonus Item and Pet has helpful merit(s) (only happens sometimes)

"You gave your Dragon (items). (Dragon Name) thanks you for your gift, and gives you (items), plus (monies) ~~m~~ and (items) earned in investments (thanks to their (adjectives) helper (Pet Name)!)"

Adjectives (In the order they're added):

* flawlessly-organized (from Eidetic Memory)
* incredibly-sociable (from Gregarious)
* surprisingly-lucky (from Lucky)

Lucrative Deal

"You gave your Dragon (items). (Dragon Name) thanks you for your gift, and gives you (items), plus (items), which they earned from a particularly-lucrative deal (made in no small part due to (Pet Name)'s help!)"

### "Hostage"

There is a chance to get an encounter with a Magpie, a Raccoon or a Squid who sneaks into the dragon's den.

Your dragon may say: "Royalty from the (intruder) kingdom snuck into my den last night and has been causing a ruckus. Can you please do something?"

If you "Tell the (intruder) to vamoose", you will get a reward. Your dragon will thank you. "Thank you. What a troublesome creature. And promoting such unfounded stereotypes about dragons..."

Intruder list and rewards.

* Secret Seashell

Each hostage quote is slightly different, as a few templates are reused, but some words and phrases are substituted.

Quotes Include:

* Help, oh help! A (dragon adjective) dragon has taken me well and truly hostage! I'm much too young and (hostage adjective) to die!
* What's this? It appears I've been captured by a (dragon adjective) dragon! (hostage phrase) \*sobs unconvincingly\*
* Oh, how I wish a (hostage adjective) knight would come and save me! I'm in such terrible peril, after all!
* Woe is me! Taken hostage in the prime of my life! (hostage phrase) Where, oh where, is my (hostage adjective) knight??

Dragon adjectives:

* cruel
* great and powerful
* terrible
* vicious

Hostage adjectives:

* beautiful
* dexterous
* handsome
* hot

Hostage phrases:

* Fate is so cruel!
* Is there no justice??
* Outrageous! Unfathomable!

Names the hostage can have include:

* Ain
* Artur
* Baylen
* Bebti
* Bowden
* Carvel
* Clovis
* Coralie
* Cyryl
* Delrick
* Dodek
* Eglantina
* Emmilian
* Madalene
* Maksym
* Muminah
* Pawl
* Pawelek
* Seweryn
* Wicus

Crown Top Colors include:

* #7b1ae9
* #10a813
* #a11a1a
* #db28b1

Magpie Hostages' feather color can be either #696969 or #4e4642.

Squid Hostage's body color can be either #e59db9 or #e7d4b2.

### Treasure Values

Each treasure has an assigned gem, gold, and/or silver value. The dragon has discerning tastes; not all items are considered dragon treasures.

## Dragon Appearance & Personality

Each dragon will start with the same colors as its whelp form. These colors can be altered by offering the dragon Konpeitō that has been spiced with a spicy flavor.

The adult dragon will randomly start with one of multiple different appearances; the design can be changed with a Dragon Polymorph Potion.

The possible appearances include:

Individual dragons may speak different greetings. The greetings are ingrained when the dragon first becomes an adult, and each dragon will have two different greetings from the list below:

* Ah. You came.
* Always good to see you.
* Hello, friend.
* I was expecting you.
* What brings you to my den today?

When a dragon accepts treasure, it will respond with a random thank-you from the list below:

* A dragon never forgets acts of generosity.
* A fair exchange.
* Ah. A fine addition to my hoard.
* It shines. Beautiful.
* Thank you, friend.

It is possible to change both of a dragon's greetings and accepting treasure lines with a Dragon Tongue.