Originally written by CompanionCubeCutie
You finished all Levels and already have a ton of Stone and Gold, but you're still missing Dragon Gems and also need a lot more Dragon Power?
Dragon Gems[]
The best way to get Dragon Gems without buying them is to tap Dragon Stars, so we'll need to farm them in levels.
As they appear randomly, it's very rare to gain 3 Dragon Stars in one level, and thus you probably won't be able to merge them in a level. Luckily, you can take them to your Camp if they appear in a level by leaving them alone until you finish the level (you can also tap the purple star once in a level for a freebie gem prior to exiting the level, though it has no benefits in general and dragon star in camp will retain one less tap).
Dragon Star(s) will show up as a free reward when you collect your level rewards, and you'll need to select it before leaving the rewards screen. At your camp you can merge 3 (or even better 5) of them to gain a Magnificent Dragon Star and tap it for about 5 Giant Dragon Gems, which you should definitely 5-merge, as the level 3 gems only give exactly as many gems as three level 2 ones.
How to get the most profit from your stars:
From the moment the star appears, it is determined how many times you can tap it. So don’t do it in the level as you can’t merge it there. Once in camp, you can keep the level rewards with the dragon star bubbled until you have 5, this way you won’t accidentally tap it. When you have 5, you unbubble them and place them close to each other, ready to be merged. The number of times dragon stars can be tapped is random. It varies between 1-3 times before they turn into the regular yellow stars.
With the following trick you can find out how many times:
Exit to the world map, disconnect from the cloud and go back to your camp. This way your actions won’t be saved. You can now safely tap your stars and count how many times you can do for each one. Make sure to remember it! Then you fly back to the map, connect and download the previous save. Pay attention not to chose upload and to keep playing! Now the game is reset to before you tapped your dragon stars, but you know how many times they can be tapped. If that was for example 3, you can tap it 2 times. Don’t merge them yet. Now you connect and chose to keep the current game. A Magnificent Dragon Star can be tapped 7-11 times for gems. Again, you can use the cloud to get as many as possible. Disconnect from the cloud, merge the dragon stars and start counting how many times you can tap them. If you want more taps, connect again and download previous cloud save, disconnect and do it again. This only works if you merge your dragon stars after you disconnected from the cloud. Now you can 5-merge the gems.
Cosmos Dragon Eggs[]
Of course you can wait for Cosmos Dragons to randomly spawn from merged Sapphire Eggs, but you could also just play one level over and over, as you'll get Cosmos Dragon Eggs and Nests as Level Rewards if you finish it a certain number of times.
At first, you play a few times (usually three times) for a chest (often a Dangerous Chest). Then you play for a Cosmos Egg. When you have achieved the single egg, you play for a nest of Cosmos Eggs. A nest can contain as many as seven eggs, and no fewer than three eggs. When you have achieved the nest, the cycle starts again, sometimes with a different type of chest. Each time you complete the entire cycle of chest, single egg and then nest, the number of times you are required to play to gain the reward is increased. If you play the same level too many times, the chalice cost of gaining the reward and the time involved outweighs the actual reward itself, making the level only useful for Dragon Star farming.
Possible Rewards and Dragon Eggs[]
Each level lists "possible rewards". These are offered to you for free in the level rewards when you complete the level, and may include a Dragon Egg. The egg is infrequently offered, and you need to tick it to bring it back to camp.
A free dragon egg is distinct from eggs that are offered in the level rewards at the cost of gems. The "possible rewards" eggs do not need to be present at the end of the level, whereas eggs that can be bought in the level rewards are simply objects that were lying around in the level when the level completed.
"Possible rewards" eggs then are an added (and welcome) bonus for repeatedly playing a single level.
Highlighting Levels[]
You are rewarded for finishing levels every time, but when levels take time and require merge planning to get all 3 star objectives, it is useful to adjust the strategy to fit the goal. For farming Dragon Stars, Cosmos Dragon Eggs/Nests, increasing Wishes collections to attain the Dragon Shrine, and completing Star Quests to improve your Star Rank, choose the level wisely.
Specifics:
- For Dragon Shrine: Tapping on Goal Stars dropping and selecting all the Dragon Wishes rapidly to get the full amount so they don't auto-collect and you'll get half, means you need a level that you want to attain all 3 Goal Stars with.
- For Dragon Stars, Dragon Shrine, (1) Star Quest plus accumulation, level Possible Rewards accumulation, but not for Cosmos Dragon Eggs/Nests: For playing repeatedly and quickly to earn Dragon Stars dropped randomly among the Goal Stars, many choose gem farming on Dread Marsh 3, Zomblin Falls 1 and Skull Grove. So here is a thought-out for reasons why you should know about Dread Marsh 3, for example:
- The level is playable in under 10 seconds.
- Often you can combine Dragon Shrine build-up with gem farming, and tap out all the Goal Stars to increase Dragon Wishes.
- Depending into which camp you fall, tapping the Dragon Star once in level and collecting both the tap-out and the Dragon Star on Level Complete!, or not early tapping it, gets both the gems and Shrine progress in the game.
- Cosmos Dragon Eggs/Nests however, drop further and further apart, as the number of plays to complete the reward increase with each play. For example if in Dread Marsh 3, being at 51/60 for a Cosmos Dragon Nest for the third overall level reward, it indicates 9 more plays on this level are playable to earn the next, but also that the earlier two overall level rewards went up as well, and that it clearly takes 3x60 attempts going ahead to continue to collect the Cosmos Dragon Nest in the future, which can be daunting.
- Activating Bonus Points at the time of this writing, for the limited Grass Chain items in Dread Marsh 3, is actually one of the Star Quests, so that is really helpful to know how immediate these appear, but more so for the Star Point accumulation, getting all three stars at three points apiece for the full seven chalices equals 3x3x7 for 63 Star Points.
- For the Possible Rewards accumulation, you have the coins dropped from Goal Stars while playing the level, and from finishing the level 7 chances from a full seven chalices for a Dragon Egg, as well as 7x 2-3 Magic Coin - Silver, 7x 1-2 Triple Shrooms, and 7x 1-2 Grass Tufts. Clicking out the whole haul back in camp sets out 21 Magic Coins, 7-14 Triple Shrooms, 7-14 Grass Tufts, possibly a Dragon Egg and a few Dragon Stars, all of which can really accelerate your game.
Levels Table (1) Chalice[]
| # | Level Name and Map | Chest and Possible Rewards on Completion | Level Speed | Cons | Pros | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No one Chalice Cost Levels are in Intro, Level #s 1-4 | ||||||
| (1) one Chalice Cost Levels is in Grassy, Level #s 5-11 | ||||||
| 6 | Grassy 2 |
Bronze Chest | 17s | No Goal Stars | ||
| No one Chalice Cost Levels are in Haven, Level #s 12-14 | ||||||
| (1) one Chalice Cost Levels is in Outskirts, Level #s 15-20 | ||||||
| 19 (Challenge #3) | Outskirts 5 |
Silver Chest | 1m 58s | |||
| (3) one Chalice Cost Levels are in Grove, Level #s 21-32 | ||||||
| 22 | Skull Grove  |
Bronze Chest
Dangerous Riches, Magic Coin - Bronze, Crimson Dragon Egg, Tiny Life Orb |
25s | |||
| 25 | Shore Grove  |
Golden Chest | 1m 14s | Takes >3min to get enough points required for the last star | ||
| 27 (Secret) | The Secret of Four  |
Bronze Chest | 59s | Gives coins instead of Dragon Stars therefore only useful for Cosmos eggs | ||
| (2) one Chalice Cost Levels are in Quarry, Level #s 33-41 | ||||||
| 39 | Quarry 7  |
Bronze Chest | 37s | |||
| 40 | Open Lands  |
Bronze Chest | 50s | |||
| (2) one Chalice Cost Levels are in Hilltop, Level #s 42-47 | ||||||
| 43 | Hilltop Bluffs  |
Silver Chest | 1m 58s | |||
| 44 (Secret) | The Crescent  |
Bronze Chest | 3m 51s | Gives Dangerous Riches instead of Dragon Stars therefore only useful for Cosmos eggs | ||
| (1) one Chalice Cost Levels is in Zomblin Falls, Level #s 48-50 | ||||||
| 48 | Zomblin Falls 1  |
Bronze Chest
Magic Coin - Silver, Life Flower Sprout, Dragon Tree Sapling, Green Dragon Egg |
12s | Can also collect Magic Coins during the level | ||
| (2) one Chalice Cost Levels are in Fear Isle, Level #s 51-55 | ||||||
| 51 | Fear Isle 1  |
Bronze Chest | 55s | Occasionally impossible to get all three stars. | ||
| 54 | Fear Isle 4  |
Bronze Chest | 3m 45s | |||
| (3) one Chalice Cost Levels are in Silent Bay, Level #s 56-64 | ||||||
| 56 | Silent Bay 1  |
Bronze Chest | 3m 3s | |||
| 57 (Challenge #9) | Silent Bay 2  |
Golden Chest | 3m 45s | |||
| 64 | Silent Bay 9  |
Bronze Chest | 1m 26s | |||
| No one Chalice Cost Levels are in Sun Veldt, Level #s 65-73 | ||||||
| (2) one Chalice Cost Levels are in Shroomia, Level #s 74-79 | ||||||
| 75 | Shroomia 2  |
Golden Chest | 4m 33s | |||
| 79 | Shroomia 6  |
Bronze Chest | 7m 40s | |||
| (2) one Chalice Cost Levels are in Dread Marsh, Level #s 80-84 | ||||||
| 82 | Dread Marsh 3  |
Bronze Chest | 8s | |||
| 83 (Secret) | The Secret Healer's Den  |
Bronze Chest | 3m 33s | |||
| No one Chalice Cost Levels are in Foothills, Level #s 85-87 | ||||||
| (3) one Chalice Cost Levels are in Summit, Level #s 88-95 | ||||||
| 88 | Summit 1  |
Bronze Chest | 1m 28s | |||
| 89 | Summit 2  |
Golden Chest | 1m 23s | Magic Coins - Silver | ||
| 90 (Secret) | Summit Basin  |
Silver Chest | 2m 53s | |||
| No one Chalice Cost Levels are in Prism Rift, Level #s 96-97 | ||||||
| (3) one Chalice Cost Levels are in Isles, Level #s 98-107 | ||||||
| 103 | Boneyard Isles  |
Bronze Chest | 7m 33s | |||
| 105 | Peace Isles  |
Golden Chest | 17m 0s | |||
| 106 (Secret) | The Secret Isles  |
Silver Chest | 4m 54s | No stars | ||
| (2) one Chalice Cost Levels are in Totem Shire, Level #s 108-122 | ||||||
| 110 (Secret) | The Secret Garden  |
Bronze Chest | 59s | No stars | ||
| 121 (Secret) | Totem Grid  |
Golden Chest | 19m 9s | |||
| (2) one Chalice Cost Levels are in Drakeshire, Level #s 123-134 | ||||||
| 126 (Secret) | The Healer  |
Golden Chest | 6m 10s | |||
| 132 | Drakeshire 9  |
Silver Chest | 3m 4s | |||
| (3) one Chalice Cost Levels are in Fjord, Level #s 135-155 | ||||||
| 136 | Great Fjord  |
Golden Chest | 7m 41s | |||
| 142 (Challenge #21) | Fjord 7  |
Bronze Chest | 1m 29s | |||
| 155 | Fjord 20  |
Bronze Chest | 9m 8s | |||
| (9) one Chalice Cost Levels are in Grimshire, Level #s 156-164 | ||||||
| 156 (Challenge #23) | Grimshire 1  |
Silver Chest | 1m 20s | |||
| 157 | Grimshire 2  |
Golden Chest | 12m 24s | |||
| 158 | Grimshire ???  |
Bronze Chest | 20m 6s | |||
| 159 | Grimshire 3  |
Bronze Chest | 2m 21s | |||
| 160 | Grimshire 4  |
Silver Chest | 4m 57s | |||
| 161 | Grimshire 5  |
Golden Chest | 7m 51s | |||
| 162 | Grimshire 6  Grimshire 6 |
Bronze Chest | 6m 54s | |||
| 163 | Grimshire 7  |
Silver Chest | 2m 45s | |||
| 164 | Grimshire 8  |
Golden Chest | 3m 35s | |||
| No one Chalice Cost Levels are in Cloud Land, Level #s 165-175 | ||||||
| (4) one Chalice Cost Levels are in Maywood, Level #s 176-194 | ||||||
| 176 | Maywood 1  |
Bronze Chest | 5m 47s | |||
| 179 | Maywood 4  |
Golden Chest | 7m 34s | |||
| 186 | Maywood 10  |
Bronze Chest | 5m 24s | |||
| 193 | Maywood 17  |
Silver Chest | 1m 51s | |||
| (2) one Chalice Cost Levels are in Craven Crypt, Level #s 195-213 | ||||||
| 197 (Challenge #28) | Craven Crypt 3  |
Silver Chest | 5m 34s | |||
| 204 | Craven Crypt 10  |
Bronze Chest | 6m 1s | |||
| No one Chalice Cost Levels are in Sea Breeze, Level #s 214-225, Glacier Falls, Level #s 226-249, Nocturne Oasis, Level #s 250-271, Golden Meadow, Level #s 272-293, Spell Shore, Level #s 294-316, Zeal Land, Level #s 317-327, or in Drake's Ascent, Level #s 328-336 | ||||||
| 337 | More Levels coming soon. | |||||
