Azure Dragon and Crystal Dragon: Difference between pages

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Neutral creatures

Level 1

Peasant

Halfling

Level 2

Rogue

Boar

Leprechaun

Level 3

Nomad

Mummy

Level 4

Sharpshooter

Satyr

Steel Golem

Level 5

Troll

Gold Golem

Fangarm

Level 6

Diamond Golem

Enchanter

Level 7

Faerie Dragon

Rust Dragon

Crystal Dragon

Azure Dragon

Towns

Statistics

Crystal Dragon

Cost per troop
20000	10

Attack	40
Defense	40
Damage	60–75
Health	800
Speed	16
Movement	Ground
Size	2
Growth	1
AI Value	39338

Special abilities:

• Crystal generation
• Magic resistance +20%
• Counts as dragon

Crystal Dragons are level 7 neutral creatures recruited from the Crystal Cavern.

"Made entirely from red crystal and brought to life through magical means, the Crystal Dragon is literally semitransparent, lit from the center by its magical heart. Used frequently as a training tool for young dragon slayers, many wizards also create these creatures for the crystal they shed." ^{AB manual}

General tactics and info

Placing Crystal Dragons (as well as any living Dragons) in the Skeleton Transformer will give you Bone Dragons instead of regular Skeletons.

They are also the second strongest creature in the game in raw stats, the first being the Azure Dragon. Crystal Dragons can also be resurrected, probably due to their magical heart, even though they are considered to be golems.

Crystal generation special ability

Crystal Dragons have vaguely phrased special ability called crystal generation. It produces three crystals (3x ) at the beginning of each week if the player has at least one crystal dragon in any of his armies. The effect is not cumulative, which means that several crystal dragon stacks in a hero's army or several crystal dragon stacks in different heroes' armies does not produce more than the three crystals.

Appearance

Crystal Dragons were added in Armageddon's Blade so there are no Crystal Dragons or Crystal Caverns in Restoration of Erathia.

Trivia

Even though in the game files themselves the Crystal Dragon and other neutral dragons are considered to be level 7, the official editor shows they are level 10 (8 for Faerie Dragon). This is either due to code limitations and impossibility of creating a unit with tier higher than 7, either because the developers didn't have time, motivation or reason to add a new creature level in the game code and invest time in that, just telling us they are level 10, respectively 8. As such, even now their levels are still being debated.

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 {{Neutral creatures}}{{Creature
-  | AI_Value  = 78845
+  | AI_Value   = 39338
-  | Name      = Azure Dragon
+  | Growth     = 1
-  | Attack    = 50
+  | Name       = Crystal Dragon
-  | Defense   = 50
+  | Attack     = 40
- | Speed     = 19
+  | Defense    = 40
- | Growth    = 1
+  | Damage     = 60–75
-  | Damage    = 70–80
+  | Health     = 800
-  | Health    = 1000
+  | Speed      = 16
-  | Size      = 2
+  | Size       = 2
-  | Movement  = [[Flying]]
+  | No_shots   =
-  | No_shots  =
+  | Res        = [[File: Resource Crystal 20x18.gif]]
-  | Res       = [[File: Resource Mercury 20x18.gif]]
+  | ResCost    = 10
-  | ResCost   = 20
+  | Cost       = 20000
-  | Cost      = 30000
+  | Special    = • Crystal generation<br>• [[Magic resistance]] +20%<br>• Counts as [[dragon]]
-  | Special   = • [[Breath attack]]<br>• Counts as [[Dragon]]<br>• [[Fear]]<br>• Immune to level 1-3 [[spells]]<br>• Immune to Fear
+  | Onlyone    =
-  | Onlyone =
 }}
-{{Cram|Frozen Cliffs|Azure Dragon|no_upg=|no_dwelling=}}
+{{Cram|Crystal Cave|Crystal Dragon|no_upg=|no_dwelling=}}
-'''Azure Dragons''' are level 7 [[neutral]] creatures that can be recruited from [[Frozen Cliffs]], which can only be located on the [[Adventure Map]].
+'''Crystal Dragons''' are level 7 [[neutral creature]]s recruited from the [[Crystal Cavern (dwelling)|Crystal Cavern]].
-''"Little is known of the Azure Dragon. It is both rare and mighty, thus few have seen it, and fewer still have survived its attacks. This powerful creature is not much bigger than most [[Dragon|dragons]], but is said to be capable of enduring prolonged physical attack. It is said those standing face-to-face with an Azure Dragon tend to freeze from pure fear."{{-}}<sup>[[Armageddon's Blade Manual Page 20|AB manual]]''</sup>
+''"Made entirely from red [[crystal]] and brought to life through magical means, the Crystal Dragon is literally semitransparent, lit from the center by its magical heart. Used frequently as a training tool for young dragon slayers, many [[Wizard|wizards]] also create these creatures for the crystal they shed."{{-}}<sup>[[Armageddon's Blade Manual Page 20|AB manual]]''</sup>
 == General tactics and info ==
-Like all the neutral creatures, they cannot be upgraded. Azure Dragon have the highest [[Primary skill#Attack|attack]], [[Primary skill#Defense|defense]], [[damage]] and [[health]] values of all the creatures making them arguably the strongest units in the game. Additionally, their ability to spread [[Fear]] among the enemies, causing them to freeze and lose their combat round action, can turn the tide of the battle. Placing Azure Dragons (as well as any living Dragons) in the [[Skeleton Transformer]] will give you [[Bone Dragon]]s instead of regular [[Skeleton]]s. They are also the most expensive unit in the game.
+Placing Crystal Dragons (as well as any living Dragons) in the [[Skeleton Transformer]] will give you [[Bone Dragon]]s instead of regular [[Skeleton]]s.
-Azure Dragons have the highest [[AI Value]] of any creature, with 78845.
+They are also the second strongest creature in the game in raw stats, the first being the [[Azure Dragon]]. Crystal Dragons can also be resurrected, probably due to their magical heart, even though they are considered to be golems.
-== Fear special ability ==
+== Crystal generation special ability ==
-Azure Dragon's fear [[special ability]] is a passive ability, which means it does not require any specific action from the stack. The fear may occur only at the beginning of enemy stack's turn, causing them to freeze in fear of the Azure Dragons and effectively lose their chance to act that combat round. The working principle is very similar to bad [[morale]].
+Crystal Dragons have vaguely phrased [[special ability]] called ''crystal generation''. It produces three crystals (3x {{C}}) at the beginning of each week if the player has at least one crystal dragon in any of his armies. The effect is not cumulative, which means that several crystal dragon stacks in a hero's army or several crystal dragon stacks in different heroes' armies does not produce more than the three crystals.
-'''Creatures immune to fear :'''
-{|
-|- valign=top
-|
-* {{Cn|Azure Dragon}}
-{{Golems}}
-{{Elementals}}
-| {{Undead}}
-|}
 == Appearance ==
-Azure Dragons were added in {{ab}} so there are no Azure Dragons or [[Frozen Cliffs]] in {{roe}}.
+Crystal Dragons were added in {{ab}} so there are no Crystal Dragons or [[Crystal Cavern (dwelling)|Crystal Cavern]]s in {{roe}}.
 == Trivia ==
-Even though in the game files themselves the Azure Dragon and other neutral dragons are considered to be level 7, the official editor shows they are level 10 (8 for [[Faerie Dragon]]). This is either due to code limitations and impossibility of creating a unit with tier higher than 7, either because the developers didn't have time, motivation or reason to add a new creature level in the game code and invest time in that, just telling us they are level 10, respectively 8. As such, even now their levels are still being debated.
+Even though in the game files themselves the Crystal Dragon and other neutral dragons are considered to be level 7, the official editor shows they are level 10 (8 for [[Faerie Dragon]]). This is either due to code limitations and impossibility of creating a unit with tier higher than 7, either because the developers didn't have time, motivation or reason to add a new creature level in the game code and invest time in that, just telling us they are level 10, respectively 8. As such, even now their levels are still being debated.
 {{creature 'see also'|up=* [[Neutral creature]]}}