Editing Bone Dragon and Ghost Dragon (section)

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File:SoD1 16.png | Bone Dragon<br>(SoD manual p16)
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Bone Dragons are the only type of dragon that doesn't require any [[magical resource]]s to recruit.

Bone Dragons and Ghost Dragons are often considered to be among the weakest level 7 creatures. They are not as powerful as dragons of [[Rampart]] and [[Dungeon]], and do not share their [[breath attack]] and magic immunity (on the other hand, they can be boosted by some spells, unlike e.g. [[Red Dragon and Black Dragon|Black Dragons]], and cannot damage their own troops). While Aging can effectively cripple an enemy stack, it is quite unreliable and may be controversial in some cases, as a stack suffered from aging will be [[Resurrection|resurrected]] faster.

They are fast, but have below average attack stat and the lowest defense of any level 7 unit. Use them defensively to clean up [[troop stacks]] in the first few rounds of combat and try to keep them from being overwhelmed as they will falter when they get teamed up on. They also deal the lowest minimal damage for a tier 7 unit, sharing this stat with the [[Hydra and Chaos Hydra|Hydras and Chaos Hydras]].

They are also one of the three flying Necropolis units, the others being the [[Vampire and Vampire Lord|Vampires]] and [[Wight and Wraith|Wights/Wraiths]], making them good for sieges, especially since the [[Wight and Wraith|Wights and Wraiths]] have low stats.

The individual weakness of Ghost Dragons is somewhat balanced by the ability to indirectly recruit them from many other town types (5 out of 11 other level 7 creatures can be transformed into Bone Dragons), potentially resulting in a very large stack.  However, this requires a strong economy, as all eligible creatures cost more than Bone Dragons, and the latter must then be upgraded.

Bone and Ghost Dragons are very useful if the enemy has units from at least two factions, as they will have negative morale (unless there are things increasing it). Also they are effective against wandering monsters since the latter don't have positive morale, which often causes unexpected and unnecessary losses in the hero's army.

Unlike the majority of dragons, Bone Dragons and Ghost Dragons don't have [[breath attack]], i.e. they damage only the troops directly attacked by them. Placing [[Hydra]]s, [[Sea Serpent and Haspid|Sea Serpents]]{{-wh}}, [[Couatl|Couatls]]{{-wh}} or any living [[Dragon]]s into a [[Skeleton Transformer]] will produce Bone Dragons instead of regular Skeletons. Bone and Ghost Dragons themselves will be turned into Skeletons; in [[Horn of the Abyss]] (''since 1.7.0'') they are converted into Bone Dragons.
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{{creature 'see also'|up=* [[Dragon]]}}
* [[Comparison of Level 7 Creatures]]

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