Created by Aza Dixon
"The goal of the game is to become a Dragonette Master."
A world where humans — called Dragonette Keepers — bond with, train, and race baby dragons called dragonettes.
The name "Draco" comes from the Latin word for dragon. Despite their name, dragonettes are not small — they hatch from eggs at full adult dragon size. They are "baby" dragons in age and experience, but massive in stature.
The connection between Keeper and dragonette is everything. At its deepest, a Keeper can transform into their dragon.
Enter stadiums, compete against rivals, use elemental powers as strategy. Win badges to prove your worth.
Earn 10 racing badges, then challenge Draco — the powerful Thunder Cloud Dragon and raid boss.
Dragon Biology
Hatch at full adult size. Crystal slots on wings. Breathe colored fire matching their element.
Society
Fire dragons are most common. An organized racing circuit with stadiums and rules.
Technology
Holographic communication, advanced robotics. Magic and technology blend seamlessly.
Day/Night Cycle
Most abilities work anytime. "Silver Moonlight" only at night. More secrets unlock with Thunder Cloud.
A shimmering band of light in the upper atmosphere. Gateway to the Chromatic Fields. Visible from the ground, but only reachable by flying dragons.
A dimensional intersection with floating islands and prismatic skies. Dragons born here have "wrong" colors — their element stays the same but appearance shifts.
Dark range under perpetual storms. The Voice Below's obsidian fortresses pulse with purple energy. Shadow dragons patrol the skies.
Every dragonette belongs to an elemental type that determines its powers, appearance, and strengths. Plus one rule: you must make up your own custom element.
Red & Orange
Fire breath and fire-based attacks. Extremely effective against shelled enemies — only 2 fire hits needed vs. 100 non-fire hits.
Weak to: Water
Most common and most popular variety. "They breathe fire."
Blue tones
Water-based powers. Strong against Fire.
Weak to: Grass
Green tones
Razor leaves — can create walls of sharp leaves as obstacles. Strong against Thunder Cloud.
Weak to: Fire
Yellow
Electrical attacks. Similar in nature to Thunder Cloud element.
Strong against: Power
Purple with pink stripes
Telekinesis, making things vanish, unlocking doors, psychokinetic beam. Does NOT read minds.
The pink stripes run along the seam where top meets sides.
Dark purple, forehead gem
Create illusions, sense truth, fire a beam from forehead gem that shares knowledge. Ghost and "Halloween" powers. Spirit and Ghost are the same element.
New: Outraging Spirit Army (60 dmg, Master unlock), Portal Closer (closes portals), Derealize (party becomes intangible).
Strong vs: Shadow
Silver Moonlight ability — only works at night.
Golden
Top speed 270 mph vs. normal 50 mph. "As fast as a peregrine falcon." Can fly slower when they choose.
BANNED from races
Rainbow — all colors
Has ALL element abilities (but weaker versions). Speed ability equals true Speed dragons at 270 mph.
Weak to: Thunder Cloud & Electric
BANNED from races
Dark Storm
Lightning feathers that release charged particles generating real thunder and lightning. Only obtainable by defeating Draco.
Weak to: Grass
The "missing element." Unlocks unknown time-restricted powers.
Microscopic star map & compass
Body bears a microscopic universe map — need a microscope to see individual stars. Tiny compass on the map. Can crush shelled creatures in a single hit.
Universal Camouflage: Bends light for full invisibility.
One of the "1000 elements" — most still locked.
Space map — nebulae & constellations
Looks like "a map of space." Powers similar to Universe. Visually distinct: Cosmic = space map, Universe = compass.
Multistar: Hundreds of star-projectiles, 10% cost per use.
Strong vs: Shadow
One of the "1000 elements" — most still locked.
Warm cream & gold, egg on top
Always moves with an egg on top. Can force other dragons back inside their eggs — they forget ALL training and taming. A complete reset.
"They'll forget that they were even trained."
This element has been mentioned but its powers remain unknown. One of the "1000 elements" yet to be fully revealed.
Locked — details TBD.
Deep blue to violet with silver star patterns
Creates concentrated starlight beams, illuminates darkness, temporarily blinds opponents, reveals hidden truths through light (similar to Spirit's truth-sensing but light-based).
Diamonds in the Sky: Thousands of crystalline star-points rocket forward.
Strong vs: Shadow
Crystalline spines create wind-chime sounds when moving.
Dark body with glowing purple veins
Serves the Voice Below. Cannot be bonded by keepers. Commands dark tendrils that drain energy.
Shadow Drain: Dark tendrils drain energy. Shadow Merge: 3 dragons combine into 1 giant with 6 purple eyes.
Weak to: Cosmic, Starlight, Spirit
There are "like 1000 elements" in the Draco universe — meaning roughly 1000 different types of dragons. Most remain locked and undiscovered. "Locked elements that I'm not supposed to tell you about, their secret." The element system is open-ended, with new elements continuously discoverable. Starlight was recently unlocked!
Dragons of different elements can breed, producing hybrid dragonettes with combined powers. To tame a breed dragon, you need a Breed Berry — a special berry specifically for bonding with hybrid dragonettes.
Known breed: Spirit-Grass — combines Spirit truth-sensing with Grass powers. Strong against Thunder Cloud. Has "Grass Spirit Army" attack (drains opponents by 10%).
Dragons born in the Chromatic Fields — a dimensional intersection accessible through the Aurora Layer — keep their elemental powers but have "wrong" colors. A Fire dragon might be green, an Electric dragon blue, a Water dragon pink.
Their element remains unchanged; only their appearance differs. Rare and highly prized because their misleading colors confuse opponents in battle.
One element in the Draco universe is reserved for a legendary dragon: Mountain. It belongs to Nalia, the first documented Draco Legend. Mountain dragons are mountain-sized and mountain-shaped. The world treats them the way real mountains are treated, only more so, because the world knows they are dragons.
Powers and matchups are TBD by Aza. See the Draco Legends chapter for Nalia's full canon.
Every player MUST invent their own unique element for at least one dragon. Creativity and personal expression are built into the game.
Example: Aza created "Power Breathing" — an ability that degrades the attack power of every opposing dragon by 10 points.
Your adventure begins here — a place filled with dragon eggs, each topped with a berry. Browse the eggs. Choose ONE. Watch a full-sized dragonette emerge.
Visit the First Choice Stable
Browse the available eggs (each has a berry on top)
Choose ONE egg
The egg hatches — a full-sized dragonette emerges
Take the berry and hand-feed it to the newborn
This act of feeding bonds the dragon to you forever
Every dragon has crystal slots along wing edges. Fill them with matching element crystals.
Berries and candy strengthen the bond. Complete crystals + feeding = full bond.
One specific wild Spirit dragon who had lost its family approached Papa — the first kind person it encountered. This particular dragon craved family and companionship — "more like a dog." Because Papa showed it kindness, its wing crystal slots filled automatically. (This is the story of one individual dragon — not a trait all Spirit dragons share.)
Central to taming. Found on eggs at the Stable, in wild nests, or on vines with ancient markings.
Placed into crystal slots on dragon wings. Required for a full bond when taming wild dragons.
Fed to dragons during bonding. Each element has its own candy type.
Found only in the Tow Road's dimension. Makes a dragon slightly faster for races.
Dropped by shelled enemies. Creates a force field when placed on your dragon. Weak to fire.
Makes dragons stronger. Tastes like "Sinistea" — tastes super gross. Earned upon becoming a Dragonette Master.
Dropped when the Tow Road is defeated. Dragons love it. Consumable power boost.
Earned by winning races. 10 required to challenge Draco.
Special berry for taming breed/hybrid dragons. Standard berries don't work for breeds.
From the snake friend. Grants poisonous powers. NOT allowed in races.
Dropped when Jack O'Rabbit is defeated. Consumable item for dragons.
Dropped from Jack O'Rabbit. Summons a skeleton Dragon so you can tame it.
Golden shimmering berry. Grants a temporary speed boost for a single race.
Deep green crystal pulsing with nature energy. Purpose unknown — may bond with nature creatures or unlock forest secrets.
Small vial of green liquid. One drop on dragon scales grants better stamina for three races.
Carved whistle from a grateful Forest Bear. May summon forest creatures or call for help in the woods.
Glowing acorn that grows into a magic oak in one day. The oak produces rare berries forever.
A glowstone containing the eye of a dragon. It always glows. Summon any bonded dragon to your side at any time. With a deep enough bond, transform into one of your dragons entirely.
Look directly through it with one eye while looking at a dragon. The Crystal reveals that dragon's powers. The only reliable way to identify what powers a dragon possesses.
Racing is the primary competitive activity in Draco and the main way to earn badges toward becoming a Dragonette Master.
Races take place in stadiums built by Aloha. She also announces and hosts them.
Solo Mode or Team Mode. Teammates share abilities — if one creates an obstacle, teammates pass through it.
A trophy appears and begins flashing. Fly through it while visible. Timing is critical.
ALL dragon abilities are allowed and encouraged — combat attacks, health-draining moves, elemental powers, obstacles. Use your full arsenal.
270 mph — 5x faster than normal dragons
All abilities + matching Speed dragon top speed
Poisonous powers (from snake snacks) — not allowed
A drone announces races and manages countdowns. Can change color for special occasions — like turning pink for a special event.
Wonky Donkers always tries to disguise banned dragons with cardboard. Spirit dragons detect disguises (truth-sensing). Psychic dragons remove them (making cardboard vanish). Aloha enforces rules by literally kicking cheaters out with a giant robotic boot.
Every dragon starts at 100% attack power. Abilities like "Power Breathing" degrade opponent power by 10 per hit. At 0%, the dragon is eliminated. After battle, all dragons recharge to 100%.
Enemies with dragon scale energy shells are extremely durable. Non-fire attacks deal ~1% damage (100 hits needed). Fire attacks: only 2 hits to break through. Use Fire dragons.
Obtained via snake snacks from the snake friend encounter. Grants toxic attacks for use in combat and adventure. Banned from races but effective in battle.
Some enemies (like Jack O'Rabbit) create clones when attacked. Clones grow from baby to adult in ~2 seconds, powered by Earth's magnetism. Counter: throw them into space (psychic powers or Speed Atmosphere) where they can't grow. Fire causes more clones. Universe element one-hits shelled enemies.
Click an element to see its strengths and weaknesses.
Select an element above
Grass beats Thunder Cloud. Power is weak to Thunder Cloud & Electric. Dragon Scale is weak to Fire.
Female humanoid robot — "Squeakers' Sister." Gray, with upside-down laundry basket head, glowing orange eyes, very long neck, expandable mouth, two arms that cycle over the head. Not as big as a human. Beeps a lot.
"Aloha is the racing world."
Thunder Cloud Dragon. Not inherently evil — controlled by an evil shell connected to the Voice Below. Once defeated, freed and can be tamed. Like a "mega Rayquaza in a Pokémon boss stadium."
Weakness: Grass. Requires 10 badges to challenge.
A skinny guy with huge cheeks, tiny eyebrows, black hair, and tan skin. Always tries to disguise banned dragons using cardboard. It never works. Bumbling, not very bright, once accidentally announced to everyone that he had a Power dragon.
Giant evil flying turtle with dragon-scale-energy shell. Has its own dimension with special berries. Drops dragon scale and turtle meat when defeated.
Weakness: Fire (2 hits). Non-fire: ~1% damage per hit.
A very, very long evil groundhog with a shell and wings. Shell made of dragon scale energy. Drops dragon scale when defeated. Fire attacks recommended.
A giant fuzzy rabbit with a skull for a head. The skull acts as a shield. No shell — but creates clones when attacked. Clones grow to adult size in ~2 seconds via Earth's magnetism. Counter: throw them into space.
Drops: Rabbit meat, dragon skill, rabbit skull (summons a skeleton Dragon).
A friendly snake found during adventure. Offers glowing snake snacks that grant poisonous powers — effective in combat and adventure, but poisonous powers are the one ability type banned from races.
Massive turtle-like creature with a dragon-scale-energy shell that shimmers in rainbow colors. Guards Power crystals in Rainbow Valley caves. Vulnerable to fire (2 hits) or 100 regular hits.
House-sized bear with moss-covered brown fur and glowing green eyes. Massive claws, incredibly strong. Despite its fearsome appearance, can be gentle if treated with kindness.
Majestic stag with antlers made of living branches that sprout fresh leaves. Amber eyes, can communicate telepathically with forest helpers. Leader of forest creatures, ancient and wise.
Formerly a middle-tier racer who found his true purpose helping an injured dragon. Renamed himself "The Finisher" after discovering his talent for strong race conclusions. Values fairness, perseverance, and heart over raw talent. A loyal teammate who respects strategic racing.
Marcus has a much earlier chapter in his life that few know about. As a kid he found and raised the legendary dragon Nalia. He cared for her when she was a tiny blue cylinder with two wings, two tiny claws, two tiny paws, and a chest full of medals from the contests she kept winning. When Nalia was big enough, Marcus released her into the world. Their bond persists across her sleep cycles, and she visits him during her one-year wake every two million years.
Fire and Electric dragons who guard star systems from shadow threats. They patrol the upper atmosphere and beyond, serving as the first line of defense against Star Parasites and the Voice Below's forces.
Gigantic shadow creatures that wrap around stars and drain their light. Dozens of glowing purple eyes and mouths. Commanded by the Voice Below. Defeating one restores the star it was draining.
Mechanical drones disguised as dragons. A single glowing purple eye gives away their true nature. Used by the Voice Below for spying — not powerful in combat, but they report keeper movements back to the Shadowpeak Mountains.
The greater villain behind Draco's corruption. Commands an army of Shadow dragons, Star Parasites, and Surveillance Drones from obsidian fortresses in the Shadowpeak Mountains. Its goal: consume starlight from stars, draining the universe of light itself.
True origin and nature remain unknown. Controls Draco through the evil shell — but Draco is merely one piece of a larger campaign.
Choose and bond with your first dragonette.
Explore the world, encounter enemies, find new dragons.
Use berries, crystals, candy, and care to build your team.
Enter eligible dragons in stadium races.
Each race win earns one or more badges.
The final raid boss. Free it from the evil shell.
Draco joins your team. Thunder Cloud unlocked. Power-up potions earned. Continue adventuring!
The deepest level of bonding. With a Dragon Eye Amulet and sufficient bond, a Keeper can physically transform into one of their dragons — gaining all powers while retaining their own mind.
If you transform into a Thunder Cloud dragon, you gain lightning feathers that generate real thunder and lightning.
A villain disguised a Speed dragon using cardboard to sneak it into a race. A Spirit dragon sensed the deception and alerted Aloha, who reported the dragon was going 100 mph faster than it should. A Psychic dragon then made all cardboard on the track disappear, revealing the costume.
Themes: Teamwork, truth vs. deception, the unique value of each dragon type.
One specific wild Spirit dragon who had lost its family approached Papa — the first kind person it saw — wanting to be adopted. This particular dragon craved companionship, and its wing crystal slots filled automatically because Papa showed it kindness.
Themes: Found family, compassion, the emotional bond between keeper and dragon.
A flying turtle with dragon-scale-energy shell attacked. A Psychic dragon tried throwing a tree — barely 1% damage. The keepers realized the shell is weak to fire. Two fire-breath hits defeated it, harvesting dragon scale and turtle meat.
Themes: Problem-solving, learning enemy weaknesses, teamwork between dragon types.
After obtaining dragon scale from the Tow Road, keepers placed it on their dragons to activate force fields. They tested by firing attacks at each other — the fields absorbed and reflected them.
Themes: Preparation, trust between teammates, testing before the real fight.
Two keepers entered as a team — Grass dragon (Leaf Blade) and Spirit dragon. The Grass dragon created a razor-leaf wall, but teammates could pass through. Wonky Donkers showed up with a cardboard-disguised Power dragon and was detected. The team won by flying through the flashing trophy, earning five badges.
Themes: Friendship, strategy, humor, the thrill of competition.
A keeper with a deep bond received a Dragon Eye Amulet — a glowstone containing the eye of a dragon — granting the ability to transform into any bonded dragonette while keeping their own mind.
Themes: Earned trust, transformation, the reward of deep bonds.
The keepers encountered Jack O'Rabbit — a giant fuzzy rabbit with a skull for a head. Papa used psychic powers to float a carrot as a distraction, and the creature took a big bite. When attacked, it began creating clones that grew to adult size in seconds.
Papa threw clones into space with psychic powers, discovering they need Earth's magnetism to grow. Ramming clones barely scratched them (1% damage). Fire worked but caused more clones. Finally, Speed Atmosphere launched Jack O'Rabbit into space — victory. Loot: rabbit meat, a dragon skill, and a skull that summons a skeleton Dragon you can tame.
Themes: Creative problem-solving, environmental mechanics, learning weaknesses through trial and error.
Before a race, the keepers discovered a rare Spirit-Grass breed dragon nearby. Aza recognized its value: "Thunder Cloud is weak to it, but also it can tell true." They tamed it with a Breed Berry — a special berry for bonding with hybrid dragonettes.
Themes: Recognizing strategic advantages, breed diversity, preparation before battle.
The team — Aza with Flash Dragon, Papa with Spirit and Psychic dragons, and The Finisher — entered a special race. The Race Drone turned pink for the occasion. They used the Spirit-Grass breed's "Grass Spirit Army" attack (10% drain), won the Supersonic Pink Trophy, and earned five badges toward Dragonette Master.
Themes: Teamwork, special occasions, hybrid dragon strategy, progression toward mastery.
Draco Legends are dragons whose story has grown beyond their own life into the shape of the world.
They are not stronger than other dragons just because they are legendary. They are legendary because what they are and what they have done has become inseparable from the world itself. There are very few of them. The world remembers each one.
Draco himself is not a legend in this sense. He is the namesake of the game and the ultimate raid boss, but he is not in this chapter. Power Up is not a legend either. New legends will be added over time, made up by Aza.
At launch the Legend Codex holds one.
Pronounced NAH-lee-yah. She/her.
Mountain
About the size of a loaf of bread. A blue cylinder body with two wings, two tiny claws, two tiny paws, and two very cute eyes. She wears a chest full of medals from the contests she kept winning.
Canonical visual pending. Aza is drawing baby Nalia on paper for the Codex.
Marcus, the ally now known as The Finisher, found Nalia when he was a kid. He cared for her when she was tiny. She kept winning awards: roughly a thousand for Dragon Racing, roughly a thousand for Cutest Dragon, until she could barely move under the weight of the medals.
One night Marcus went to bed, and in the morning Nalia was the size of a mountain. The bond was deeper too. No external trigger, no dream, no visitor, no noise. Just natural growth at the right moment. When Nalia was big enough, Marcus released her into the world.
Now she sleeps. For two million years she is a literal mountain. A forest grows on her back. The snow on top is just snow until she wakes, at which point it lifts off the peak and becomes her wings. Caves run through her. People know she is a legendary dragon and treat her better than a regular mountain: they cultivate forests on her slopes rather than build buildings. Exactly one structure stands on her, an animal shelter. That is the only exception.
Every two million years she wakes for one year. During her wake she helps other dragons, flies, visits Marcus, and fights bad guys. She fights The Voice Below, the main, main villain, and Wonky Donkers, the goofball. Then she sleeps again.
Baby Nalia cannot be met. That era is closed.
Mountain Nalia can be found and tamed, with one rule. While seeking her, a Keeper cannot bring a legendary dragon or a Chromatic dragon in their active party. Owning these dragons is fine. They just cannot travel with you on the Nalia journey.
A multicolored Nalia exists in the Chromatic Fields. Finding her requires luck. Her typing is TBD by Aza (still Mountain, or something more).
More legends will be added here over time. Aza decides which dragons earn the title.
Game balance, restrictions, and mysteries yet to be revealed...
Spirit dragons are NOT banned. While they sense truth and detect deception, this doesn't give unfair racing advantage — tricks and cheating are already against the rules. Races are full-contact — all dragon abilities including combat and health-draining moves are part of normal racing strategy.
Power dragon keepers can cycle through element types. Using a spell, "put the berry back" — revert to egg state — and re-bond as a different element.
Dragon Scale force fields have a sensitivity percentage that decreases with use. Starts high, degrades as it absorbs hits. Can reflect absorbed attacks back at the attacker.
Dragons of different elements can breed, creating hybrid dragonettes with combined powers. Tame them with a Breed Berry. Known: Spirit-Grass Breed — has "Grass Spirit Army" attack and is strong against Thunder Cloud.
There are "like 1000 elements" — most are locked and undiscovered. "Locked elements that I'm not supposed to tell you about, their secret." Universe, Cosmic, Egg are just the beginning. Starlight has been unlocked — Wood remains mysterious.
An enemy-only element serving the Voice Below. Shadow dragons have dark bodies with glowing purple veins and command dark energy. They can drain energy with Shadow Drain and merge — three combining into one giant with six purple eyes. Weak to Cosmic, Starlight, and Spirit. No keeper has ever bonded one... yet.
The entity behind Draco's corruption is far more dangerous than anyone knew. Called "the Voice Below," it commands Shadow dragons, Star Parasites, and Surveillance Drones from obsidian fortresses in the Shadowpeak Mountains. Its goal: consume starlight from the stars themselves.
Mysteries that await further development...
What are the full powers for Water, Fire, and Grass?
What is the geography of the Draco world?
What is the Voice Below's true origin? What lies beneath the Shadowpeak Mountains?
What unknown powers unlock with Thunder Cloud?
What is Aloha's backstory?
How did dragons come to exist in this world?
What are Universe, Cosmic, and Egg's full power sets?
What is the Wood element and its full powers?
What other breed combinations are possible?
What is the Snake Friend's backstory?
What is the Forest Crystal's true purpose?
Where does the Wooden Whistle lead?
Can Shadow dragons ever be freed from the Voice Below?
How far do the Chromatic Fields extend?
What are Star Parasites — are they Shadow dragons or something older?