Shadow Scale

Shadow Scale
Details
Race	Dragon
Element	Plasma
Class	4
Health	???
Damage	???
Fertile?	Yes
Growth Time	3h
Resistance Min Max General ?% ?% Ice ?% ?% Acid ?% ?% Fire ?% ?% Plasma ?% ?% Lightning ?% ?%

The Shadow Scale is one of the base dragons available in the game. It has an average speed on land and is quite clumsy in water, but it currently has the fastest flight in the game. Its low health and high attack damage make it a glass cannon, acting better as a scout and ambush predator than a head-on fighter. It utilizes the plasma element to fuel its long-range attacks.

Gameplay

Appearance

The Shadow Scale is based off of multiple animals. Its body is based off of a black jaguar, its wings are loosely based off of a sparrow, its head is based off of the red-eyed alligator skink, and its skins are based off of chameleon and cuttlefish. The Shadow Scale has a small and agile body with large wings, allowing for quick getaways if necessary.

Abilities

The Shadow Scale is able to fire plasma bolts, dealing high damage to distant targets but using up bile in the process. It is also able to use a charged plasma attack which does more damage, though it takes a bit longer to use.

Shadow Scale's special ability allows it to camouflage itself with its surroundings. This Shadow Cloak does not turn the user completely invisible at first, but turns them transparent with a shimmery effect. Crouching and standing still for a time will render the user completely invisible. Cloaking will use stamina unless the player is crouching.

Due to being nocturnal animals, the Shadow Scale has slightly better night vision than other dragons.

Skins

All skins can be used in-game by being nested in by parents that have them. Kickstarter and lifetime Patreon skins can have a shimmer effect added on top of them. This will change the name of the skin in the information menu, but the skin acts as its non-shimmer counterpart when nesting.

Base Skins

The base skins can be selected when first spawning into the world. Depending on the skin, you may be required to do something to unlock it, get lucky with a random spawn, or posses a DLC key.

Table of Base Skins

Skin Name	Skin Appearance	Notes
Iconic		Unlocked by default
Galaxy		Obtainable by selecting "Random" in skin selection
Wild galaxy		Obtainable by selecting "Random" in skin selection
Wormhole		Obtainable by selecting "Random" in skin selection
Night Sky		Obtainable by selecting "Random" in skin selection
Forest Moon		Obtainable by selecting "Random" in skin selection
Forest Sky		Obtainable by selecting "Random" in skin selection
Supernova		Obtainable by selecting "Random" in skin selection
Melanistic	(With the Shimmer effect)	Can be unlocked in-game (by naturally growing nested in iconic dragon without logging off) on a per-server basis. (each server.) Also unlocked by supporting the game in its 2019 Kickstarter Campaign
Leumelan	(With the Shimmer effect)	Unlocked by supporting the game in its 2019 Kickstarter Campaign
Leucistic	(With the Shimmer effect)	Unlocked by supporting the game in its 2019 Kickstarter Campaign
Crimson	(With the Shimmer effect)	Unlocked by supporting the game on Patreon

Exotic Skins

Exotic skins are ones that can only be obtained through skin crafting. When parents have two skins that are part of a skin crafting recipe, there is a chance that their offspring will have the mixed skin. It does not matter which parent has which of the two necessary skins.

Table of Exotic Skins

Skin Name	Skin Appearance	Skins Needed
Overo		Melanistic + Leucistic
Broken Nebula		Forest Moon + Crimson
Starlight		Iconic + Melanistic
Constellation		Leumelan + Iconic
Aurora		Leucistic + Galaxy
Northern Lights		Galaxy + Forest Moon
Painted Sky		Overo + Forest Moon
Painted Light		Iconic + Leucistic

Tips & Trivia

• Shadowscale is the first dragon to be implemented into the game.
• Shadowscale's first design included a pair of long flowy ears, which were scrapped during development
• Shadowscale is based on the Nightfury dragons from How to Train Your Dragon