Dragonbound Realms Of The Wyrm

Quickstart

1. Find a wild Ember Wyrmling in a daylight surface area such as a taiga, forest, grove, or jungle edge. Defeated wyrmlings can drop Ember Wyrm Scales. In Creative, you can also try the Ember Wyrmling Spawn Egg.
2. Craft a Corrupted Ember Egg with an Ember Wyrm Scale, a vanilla egg, and blaze powder:
3. For a hatchling that appears in a fixed spot, craft and place a Nest Incubator: Use the egg on the incubator to hatch above it. You can also use the egg without an incubator to hatch a wyrmling in front of you.
4. Make Wyrm Treats and use them on your newly hatched wyrmling. Three treats bond it to you; each also gives it a brief regeneration boost:
5. Craft and use a Dragon Journal to open its menu. Choose Bonded Drake to order your companion to follow, stay, sit/perch, or guard. Use a Dragon Whistle to recall bonded wyrmlings within 32 blocks; sneak and use it to release an Ember Burst.

Overview

The mod centers on hatching and bonding an Ember Wyrmling, giving it orders, and developing your rider through skill points and an optional trial. Your HUD displays your rider path, skill points, and trial progress.

The Dragon Journal also contains notes on twelve wyrm strains and clues related to the Shattered Seal. These are field-guide and story entries; the companion and hatching loop described here focuses on the Ember Wyrmling.

What It Adds

How To Use

Hatching and bonding

Use a Corrupted Ember Egg to hatch a wyrmling. Using it on a Nest Incubator places the hatchling above the block; the incubator is optional.

Use Wyrm Treats on your hatchling until it bonds to you. You can also try bones to tame a wyrmling. The Journal notes that cooked meat heals it. Once bonded, the wyrmling can follow you and receive orders.

Journal and companion orders

Use the Dragon Journal and select Bonded Drake to set the nearest bonded wyrmling’s order:

• Follow — accompany you.
• Stay — remain in place.
• Sit / Perch — sit or perch.
• Guard nearby — guard the area.

Use the Dragon Whistle normally to recall bonded wyrmlings within 32 blocks. A whistle recall also switches them to follow.

Ember Burst

Sneak while using the Dragon Whistle to release an Ember Burst in the direction you face. It can hit nearby creatures in front of you, but not players or your Ember Wyrmling. The burst has an 8-second cooldown.

Journal menus

Use the Journal to open these menus:

• Dragon & Journal — field-guide entries, hatching and bonding advice, clues, and the trial.
• Bonded Drake — companion orders.
• Skill Paths — choose a rider path or spend a Rider Skill Point.
• Story & Trials — read Shattered Seal entries and check the hostile-creature trial.

Crafting And Obtaining

The recipes below are made at a crafting table. The Corrupted Ember Egg uses a vanilla egg, blaze powder, and Ember Wyrm Scales. Wyrm Treats use cooked beef and blaze powder and produce two treats.

• Craft a Dragon Journal with paper, leather, and blaze powder:
• Craft a Dragon Whistle with an iron ingot, bone, and string:

Wild Ember Wyrmlings can appear in some daylight surface biomes, including taiga and forested areas. Check suitable grass, snow, or podzol-covered ground. Defeated wyrmlings can drop one or two Ember Wyrm Scales.

Abilities And Mechanics

Choosing a rider path assigns one of three roles:

Spending a Rider Skill Point raises your skill tier and strengthens the Whistle’s Ember Burst by increasing its reach and damage. Its cooldown remains 8 seconds.

Progression And Strategy

You earn Rider Skill Points for your first hatch, your first bond, discovering new regions, and completing the Shattered Seal trial. The optional trial is to defeat five hostile creatures; check the Journal or HUD for progress.

Bond your hatchling early, then use the Journal to manage its orders and the Whistle to call it back. Explore new areas and take on the trial to earn more points and improve your Ember Burst. The Journal’s strain notes include Ember, Frost, Storm, Verdant, Stone, Tide, Shadow, Radiant, Venom, Crystal, Sand, and Void.