Unsurprisingly, there are some sprites I like more than others. That’s rarely an attempt of mine to claim objective sprite quality. Instead, some sprites simply fall off my aesthetic radar.

As such, please don’t take low ratings on my part as any sort of objective statement or gauge – it’s not.

Completed List Favorites

Before I get into the currently released dragons that I enjoy, both for my convenience and anyone else that might be curious, I also have a list of Completed List favourites on the Dragon Cave forums themselves.

With that out of the way with, currently in the cave:

Cave Favorites

This list is generated out of a ranking script I have on my computer and some of the entries are currently still a little mis-filed, as half of the Dragon Cave sprites have only been ranked against approximately 100 other randomised sprites, which, while decent, is a number low enough to occasionally skew the results. I still prefer publishing it over not publishing it, though, as the old list had grown inaccurate in other ways.

Each time I update this list, I move some things from category #3 into category #2 and some from category #2 into category #1. This makes the list a little more volatile (depending a bit on my mood on day of publish) on the one hand and a little more reliable on the other (factoring in some emotional connections that the ranking script doesn’t reliably capture).

Love

These hit all the right chords with me and I am tempted to change my playstyle and become a hoarder of them:

• Aegis
• Antarean (male)
• Black Marrow (male)
• Arsani
• Antarean (female)
• Black Marrow (female)
• Celestial (corporeal, male)
• Avatar Of Destruction
• Avatar Of Change
• Celestial (corporeal, female)
• Avatar Of Creation
• Blusang (male)
• Xenowyrm (thalassa)
• Deepsea
• Frostbite
• Nhiostrife Wyvern
• Fell (female)
• Honey (male)
• Gilded Bloodscale (female)
• Tarantula Hawk
• Gilded Bloodscale (male)
• Xenowyrm (gaia)
• Aeon Wyvern (female)
• Aeon Wyvern (male)
• Magma
• Glaucus (male)

Cherish

I think these are gorgeously sprited, though they don’t quite manage to hold a candle to the ones in the section above. Nonetheless, I’m very happy they’re in the cave and I’d be hard-pressed to criticise them:

• Bright-breasted Wyvern (female)
• Copper (verdigris, female)
• Copper (rainbow, female)
• Gold Wyvern (female)
• Aria (male)
• Morphodrake
• Desipis (female)
• Zyumorph (jungle)
• Ochredrake
• Caligene (male)
• Ridgewing (female)
• Gold (female)
• Gemshard (azure, male)
• Gemshard (jade, male)
• Winter Magi
• Radiant Angel
• Horse (female)
• Gemshard (ruby, male)
• Gemshard (azure, female)
• Shallow-water (female)
• Omen (female)
• Xenowyrm (chrono)
• Cermorvus (original, not in cave)
• Hellhorse (female)
• Brute (female)
• Pyralspite (almandine)
• Waterwalker
• Split (female)
• Seragamma (male)

Appreciate

I think these are pretty sprites; though some aspects of them prevent them from being in a higher category. As a rule, they’ll check at least two boxes on (1) creativity, (2) colour choice, (3) pose, (4) sprite lines and shading, (5) concept:

• Copper (liver of sulphur, female)
• Bleeding Moon (male)
• Ridgewing (tan, female)
• Fever
• Desipis (male)
• Gemshard (ruby, female)
• Red-finned Tidal (male)
• Tri-horn Wyvern (female)
• Fell (male)
• Red-finned Tidal (female)
• Split (male)
• Soulpeace (male)
• Caligene (female)
• Pink (male)
• Rosebud
• Hellfire (female)
• Storm (male)
• Script
• Fire Gem (red, male)
• Tsunami (male)
• Moonstone (female)
• Omen (male)
• Monarch (female)
• Tsunami (female)
• Frill (female)
• Solstice (alt)
• Royal Blue (female)
• Silver (male)
• Zombie (eastern)
• Gold (male)
• Xenowyrm (mageia)
• Gold Wyvern (male)
• Blusang (female)
• Hooktalon (male)
• Baikala (green, female)
• Brute (male)
• Swallowtail (male)
• Neglected (female)
• Lunar Herald (new)
• Celestial (male)
• Pumpkin
• Gemshard (jade, female)
• Fire Gem (green, male)
• Honey (female)
• Almerald
• Purple (male)
• Lunar Herald (cirion)
• Black Tea (female)
• Falconiform Wyvern (male)
• Monarch (male)
• Ridgewing (male)
• Seawyrm (female)
• Flamingo (male)

Like

These sprites don’t prompt great emotional investment in me, but I still prefer them over anything I’m indifferent about:

• Water (female)
• Pyralspite (spessartine)
• Sweetling (alt)
• Spotted Greenwing
• Zombie (wyvern)
• Celestial (female)
• Undine (male)
• Pillow (male)
• Cassare
• Copper (verdigris, male)
• Yulebuck
• Aria (female)
• Water (male)
• Spirit Ward (female)
• Striped River
• Turpentine
• Risensong
• Fire Gem (blue, male)
• Vampire (female)
• Zyumorph (forest)
• Vine
• Skywing
• Snow
• Vampire (male)
• Baikala (blue, female)
• Guardian Of Nature
• Two-headed Lindwurm (male)
• White
• Magelight (female)
• Sunsong Amphiptere (female)
• Baikala (green, male)
• Neglected (male)
• Bleeding Moon (female)
• Mutamore
• Two-headed Lindwurm (alt, male)
• Zyumorph (desert)
• Frill (male)
• Bolt
• Neglected U
• Terrae (female)
• Undine (alt, male)
• Zombie (leviathan)
• Spinel (female)
• Setsong
• Seawyrm (male)
• Falconiform Wyvern (female)
• Seasonal (autumn, male)
• Spitfire
• Spinel (alt, female)
• Pyralspite (pyrope)

Indifference

I will breed these on request but I don’t really want more of them (providing my basic scroll goal has been achieved):

• Tetra
• Ultraviolet (female)
• Lunar Herald (aurax)
• Seasonal (winter, male)
• Sunrise (female)
• Snow Angel
• Khusa
• Sweetling
• Dorsal (red)
• Sunrise (male)
• Sinomorph
• Baikala (blue, male)
• Seasonal (spring, male)
• Vine (alt)
• Copper (rainbow, male)
• Copper (liver of sulphur, male)
• Nebula (alt, male)
• Two-headed Lindwurm (alt, female)
• Anagallis (female)
• Witchlight (male)
• Terrae (male)
• Sunsong Amphiptere (male)
• Spinel (alt, male)
• Undine (female)
• Howler (female)
• Royal Crimson
• Shadow Walker
• Lunar Herald (full)
• Tri-horn Wyvern (male)
• Electric (male)
• Hooktalon (female)
• Undine (alt, female)
• Sunstone
• Grave (female)
• Zyumorph (coast)
• Night Glory
• Valentine
• Seasonal (autumn, female)
• Carina (male)
• Two-headed Lindwurm (female)
• Spinel (male)
• Sinii Krai (male)
• Zombie (lindwyrm)
• Speckle-throated (male)
• Nexus (female)
• Zombie (wingless)
• Nebula (male)
• Hellhorse (male)
• Solstice
• Royal Blue (male)
• Two-finned Bluna (male)
• Dusk (male)
• Wrapping-wing
• Brimstone
• Witchlight (female)
• Pink (female)
• Nebula (alt, female)
• Speckle-throated (female)
• Black (female)
• Howler (male)

Dislike

I accept these breeds as gifts, but I will not breed these, usually even on request (exceptions are made chiefly for holiday dragons that end up in this section):

• Seasonal (spring, female)
• Darkmyst (female)
• Heartseeker
• Storm-rider
• Darkmyst (male)
• Black Tea (male)
• Kingcrowne
• Guardian
• Nocturne
• Xenowyrm (pyro)
• Horse (male)
• Zyumorph (alpine)
• Purple (female)
• Dusk (female)
• Glaucus (female)
• Sinii Krai (female)
• Ridgewing (tan, male)
• Black (alt, male)
• Hellfire (male)
• Sapphire
• Spirit Ward (male)
• Seasonal (winter, female)
• Zyumorph (volcano)
• Two-finned Bluna (female)
• Glacewing
• Striped (black, female)
• Fire Gem (blue, female)
• Black Capped Teimarr (male)
• Anagallis (male)
• Albino
• Ultraviolet (male)
• Dorsal
• Ice
• Soulpeace (female)
• Striped (red, female)
• Nexus (male)
• Carina (female)
• Shimmerscale (silver)
• Xenowyrm (astrapi)
• Striped (black, male)
• Tinsel (gold)
• Striped (green, male)
• Day Glory
• Shallow-water (male)
• Earth
• Stone
• Mistletoe
• Gold-horned Tangar (male)
• Storm (female)
• Zombie (western)
• Red
• Nebula (female)
• Striped (male)
• Silver (female)
• Sunset (male)
• Tinsel (silver)
• Bauta
• Geode (male)
• Shimmerscale (gold)
• Fire Gem (red, female)
• Grave (male)
• Harvest (female)
• Seragamma (female)
• Plated Colossus (male)
• Thunder
• Electric (female)
• Fire Gem (green, female)
• Zombie (amphiptere)
• Magi
• Pillow (female)
• Striped (blue, female)
• Striped (blue, male)
• Diamondwing
• Geode (female)
• Ember (male)
• Sunset (female)
• Tinsel (bronze)
• Striped (green, female)
• Swallowtail (female)
• Striped (female)
• Neotropical (male)
• Whiptail
• Moonstone (male)
• Magelight (male)
• Seasonal (summer, male)
• Striped (red, male)
• Yellow-crowned (female)
• Gold-horned Tangar (female)
• Black (male)
• Nilia (male)
• Plated Colossus (female)
• Shimmerscale (bronze)
• Bright-breasted Wyvern (male)
• Imperial Fleshcrowne (female)
• Ember (female)
• Ribbon Dancer

Visceral Dislike

Please don’t gift me these, I dislike the sprites and will have to turn you down unless you expressly allow me to re-gift or use them in trades:

• Crimson Flare
• Olive (male)
• Nilia (female)
• Neotropical (female)
• Cavern Lurker (male)
• Candelabra
• Cermorvus
• Pygmy (male)
• Aegis (enraged)
• Olive (female)
• Black (alt, female)
• Holly
• Scimitar-wing (male)
• Heartstealing
• Paper
• Scimitar-wing (female)
• Cavern Lurker (female)
• Misfit (male)
• Pygmy (female)
• Seasonal (summer, female)
• Lumina (dark, male)
• Harvest (male)
• Flamingo (female)
• Imperial Fleshcrowne (male)
• Greater Spotted
• Misfit (female)
• Lumina (female)
• Waterhorse (male)
• Yellow-crowned (male)
• Mint
• Waterhorse (female)
• Coastal Waverunner
• Lumina (male)
• Duotone (female)
• Canopy (female)
• Balloon
• Blue-banded
• Daydream (female)
• Dino (purple)
• Chicken
• Duotone (male)
• Canopy (male)
• Black Capped Teimarr (female)
• Dino (yellow)
• Dino (red)
• Carmine Wyvern
• Daydream (male)
• Dino (blue)
• Blacktip
• Cheese
• Lumina (dark, female)
• Dino (green)