Ride A Pet Dragon: How to Get the Dragon

The Dragon is one of the two consensus best pets in Ride A Pet — a top-tier all-rounder that comes exclusively from the Dragon Egg. This page covers how the egg works, what the community's hatch attempts look like, and the realistic free-to-play route.

What makes the Dragon an S-tier pet

Community rankings place Dragon and Kitsune together at the top of the roster. Kitsune wins pure speed (~1 billion), while Dragon holds top-tier value in both roles — strong enough to ride into the Snow ring and valuable enough to anchor a nest. If Kitsune is a specialist, Dragon is the reward for finishing the whole progression.

How to get the Dragon

The Dragon hatches only from the Dragon Egg. There is no capture, no event alternative, and no shop purchase confirmed in game. The community route is:

1. Build stable income first — filled nests, a Phoenix-class earner, and mutation multipliers where possible. See the money guide.
2. Stack luck before opening eggs: the group bonus (+40 Luck) plus any active boost windows.
3. Buy and hatch Dragon Eggs in batches. Community videos document players opening 100+ Dragon Eggs chasing the pet, which is a normal experience, not bad luck.
4. Keep a Cerberus or Phoenix as your working mount while the project runs.

Free Dragon versus Robux Dragon

Community wikis maintain separate pages for a "free dragon" and a "dragon robux" route, which tells you the two questions players ask: can you get the Dragon without spending, and is there a purchase shortcut?

• Free route (confirmed path). Income plus luck-stacked Dragon Egg hatching, exactly as above. It is slow and fully supported by the game.
• Robux route (unconfirmed). Players discuss buying advantages that speed the grind — but no verified direct Dragon purchase has been documented, and gamepasses in Ride A Pet are convenience perks (instant hatch, radar, backpack, auto collect), not pet unlocks. See the gamepasses page.

Anyone selling a "Dragon generator" is running a scam. The community wikis keep a scripts-safety page for exactly these schemes; using them risks a ban.

Dragon Egg economics

The Dragon Egg is a mid-to-late game purchase — you need stable Desert-to-Snow income before batch-buying it makes sense. Two rules from the community's 100-egg attempts:

• Never spend your rebirth savings on eggs. Rebirth multipliers compound faster than egg luck; the rebirth guide has the timing.
• Set a budget per session. The egg will still be there after the 8-minute reset — hasty all-in spending is how players stall at $2.5B for Rebirth 3.

Is the Dragon worth it?

Yes, and it is usually the first endgame target. Compared with Kitsune's 1 in 1Qi, the Dragon project has a defined egg, a visible budget, and a meaningful power payoff for both riding and income. Standard endgame order: Dragon first for the all-round upgrade, Kitsune as the long-term speed project.

Dragon versus the rest of the speed tier

Below the S tier, Cerberus, Phoenix, T-Rex, and Unicorn cover the Snow ring — the full comparison is in fastest pets and the tier list. None of them replace the Dragon; they are the ladder you climb while the egg project runs.

Related reading

The Dragon Egg page covers the egg's value and hatch strategy in detail. For the other endgame pet, see the kitsune guide. For everything else on the roster, open the pet list.

Why the Dragon chase is the community favorite

Between the two S-tier pets, the Dragon is the one with a plan. Kitsune's 1 in 1Qi is a ceiling; the Dragon Egg gives the Dragon a defined source, a budget shape, and visible progress — which is why player videos document 100-egg attempts with titles, budgets, and post-mortems. It is the endgame project you can schedule.

Reading the 100-egg attempts

The popular hatch-attempt videos are more useful than their clickbait titles suggest. Consistent takeaways across them: the chase is measured in dozens of eggs, sessions are budgeted in advance, and luck windows are treated as mandatory. The videos also explain why the unconfirmed ~1-in-7Qi figure circulates — it matches the lived experience of long dry streaks, even though no maintained stat sheet has pinned the number.

Free route, week by week

A realistic free-to-play Dragon timeline:

1. Weeks 1-2. Fill nests, climb to Unicorn, bank your first rebirth. Income first, always.
2. Weeks 3-4. Mutation your best earner (2x-100x multiplier table) and rebuild toward the second rebirth.
3. Week 5+. Begin weekly Dragon Egg batches during luck windows, sized so a total loss never delays a rebirth.
4. On hatching. The Dragon rides; your nest line keeps earning. Start the Kitsune project with the same machinery.

Dragon's actual stats

Honest accounting: the Dragon's tier (S, with Kitsune) is confirmed by consensus rankings. Its hatch odds (~1 in 7Qi) are community-video estimates. Its speed and income numbers relative to Phoenix and Kitsune are directionally known — top-tier — but not pinned in the stat sheets we track. This page will tighten those rows as sources converge; we would rather leave a cell honest than fill it with a guess.

Dragon versus Kitsune, one more time

Question	Dragon	Kitsune
Defined egg?	Yes — Dragon Egg	No single confirmed egg source
Confirmed odds?	No (~1 in 7Qi, unconfirmed)	Yes — 1 in 1Qi
Speed ceiling?	Second in the riding order	First, ~1B
Typical first target?	Yes	After the income engine exists

Frequently asked questions

Can the Dragon be bought? No confirmed purchase path exists; gamepasses are convenience perks. The "dragon robux" discussions in community wikis reflect demand, not a documented store item.

Do Dragon Eggs ever go on sale? No sale events are documented in the sources we track; prices and availability shift with updates instead.

Is the Dragon required for rebirths? No — the chain is Horse, Fox, Unicorn. The Dragon is a power goal, not a checkpoint.