Draco

How to get it

Draco is one of three races obtainable through quests, and the only one available exclusively in the Third Sea: - Master Dragon Talon at 500+ Mastery and collect all the Dojo Belts. - Talk to the Dragon Wizard to obtain the Dragon Tether ability. - Use it to retrieve a Dragon Egg on Prehistoric Island. - Exchange the egg for the race, then progress through the tiers (details below).

Unlocking each tier

Tier	What you need to do
V1	Exchange 1 Dragon Egg with the Dragon Wizard after obtaining the Black Dojo Belt. Once unlocked, you can switch back to Draco whenever you want, free and without Fragments (like Ghoul).
V2	Talk to the Dragon Wizard, collect 5 Fire Flowers (very rare random drop from NPCs), then return with 1,000,000 Beli. Level 2000 required.
V3	Complete the Horned Man's quest, then defeat a Terrorshark by dealing at least 10% damage, and return to buy the tier for 3,000,000 Beli.
V4	Complete the Draco Awakening Puzzle.

Good to know for V2: each Fire Flower has a 5-minute cooldown (bypassed by switching servers) and the flowers have a delayed spawn. For V4, the Volcano Event must be completed before accessing the secret cave of trials.

V1 to V3 versions

Tier	Buffs	Appearance
V1	+5% HP, -5% damage taken, and +5% melee damage	Small pair of horns
V2	Slight dash boost and 5-second flight: hold the jump key during or after the first Air Jump, and flight recharges as soon as you touch the ground. Flash Steps create a visual explosion	Pair of wings
V3	Unlocks Primordial Reign (see below). The Flash Step explosion now deals damage and burns the opponent over time	Additional pair of horns

Primordial Reign (V3) in detail

When activated, you let out a roar that creates an area of effect around you:

• +15% damage and movement speed for you and your allies in the zone.
• -15% movement speed for enemies, with an immediate soft stun capable of canceling their abilities if your timing is good (the opponent cannot use moves for about 0.05 to 0.1 seconds).
• Lasts 10 seconds (the longest V3 duration in the game) with 30 seconds cooldown.

Regarding Flash Step: the explosion deals damage and applies a burn. The burn hits harder on players but lasts less long than on NPCs (total damage doesn't change): 108% of your level total (example: level 2800 = 3024 damage).

Beware of a known bug: once the 10 seconds have passed, your base damage on Melee and Fruit moves decreases slightly (1 to 5%, about 3% on average) until you die or switch teams. The aura is also ignored by the second gear of the Human V4 Psycho passive.

Race Awakening (V4)

Draco's particularity: its Race Awakening uses embers instead of regular gears.

Ancient Powers (transformation): max stats, +10% damage, speed, and HP regeneration, and the V2 passive is boosted: Fiery Flight lasts 6 seconds, flying higher and faster.

Ember	Tier 1	Tier 2
Cometic Field	Hit an enemy 4 times to place explosive orbs on all enemies in the zone (about 133% of your level); +15% damage for you and nearby allies; the explosion breaks Instinct	Orb damage greatly increased (about 200% of your level)
Thorn Mail	Reflects about 33% of damage taken to enemies in the zone (reflection breaks Instinct); +10.5% defense for you and nearby allies	Reflection increased to about 51% and defense to +26.25%

Visually: an additional pair of horns, the main horns lengthen, a dragon tail appears in transformation, and an orange sphere-shaped domain/aura surrounds the player. Beware: these heavy visual effects can lag small configs, both yours and your opponent's.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

• Excellent against teamers, very good defense and enormous damage despite nerfs.
• Cometic Field: monstrous burst, breaks Instinct, and every hit counts as an orb (even M1s): a fast weapon like Hallow Scythe places orbs at full speed. Can turn a short combo into an unavoidable one-shot.
• Thorn Mail: enemies hesitate to hit you, giving you time to heal; the defense bonus also helps nearby allies and can stack.
• Primordial Reign: very strong in 1v1 and in teamfights, and ideal for canceling your opponent's held moves.

Weaknesses

• Very hard to obtain: multiple quests to chain, only in Third Sea.
• Primordial Reign is countered by keeping distance, gives no defensive buff, and requires good reflexes.
• Cometic Field: continuous damage from the same move (Dough's [V], Skull Guitar's [X]...) only counts as one orb, and the damage bonus only affects allies in the domain.
• Thorn Mail: only reflects part of the damage (quite average since nerfs), only on enemies in the domain, and remains poor outside PvP: NPCs near your level have 2x+ your HP.

Tips

• Spam the jump button during V2 flight: a bug doubles flight time and distance, very handy for V4 trials.
• You can kill the Terrorshark without being Draco: the kill still counts for the V3 quest once you switch back to Draco.
• V2 flight climbs much higher with Buddha (its transformation gives a jump boost). This only works with Buddha: other Beast fruits block flight in transformation.
• In Draco V3, use Primordial Reign facing the moon at Mirage Island's peak to obtain the Blue Gear.
• With Gravity equipped, V2's explosive Flash Step is replaced by Gravity's unique Flash Step.
• At very high level (example: level 7000) and combined with Sound's [F], Thorn Mail can reach 100% damage reduction for you and nearby allies.

Did you know?

• Draco is the only race with a complete set in its image: a fruit (Dragon), a fighting style (Dragon Talon), a sword (Dragonheart), and a gun (Dragonstorm).
• The name comes from the Latin word for dragon.
• It's the only race whose V2 isn't obtained from the Alchemist, V3 from Arowe, or V4 from the Temple of Time. The Ancient One even responds to a Draco V4: "Your race treads a different path to power", and Arowe or the Alchemist ask "What are you?".
• It's one of three races impossible to obtain via race reroll, the only one with a Mastery requirement, and the most expensive to level to V3: 3,000,000 Beli instead of the usual 2,000,000.
• First and only race with color customization (Chromatic bundle skins); the wings also change color based on the Dragon skin equipped.
• Only race with a visual change at each tier, and the only one to offer a unique passive from V2 (flight).
• Godhuman's fully charged [X] is as big as the Draco V4 circle.
• Many players consider Draco V4 the hardest race to obtain: all Dojo Belts, spawn Prehistoric Island, and hunt a Leviathan to freeze Hydra Island.
• In idle pose, the character levitates: sometimes you take no damage on Lava (but it's not 100% reliable).
• Sparks swirl around the orange domain and a transparent symbol appears under the player once Thorn Mail or Cometic Field is unlocked.

Strengths and weaknesses

Our take

Update history

Race : Draco·Released : Update 24 (December 14, 2024)

1. Update 30 20 octobre 2026 Adjustment ▾

   • The V2 cell said the flight ability "resets" without saying when. The source corrected its description on 20 October 2026: the 5-second flight recharges as soon as you touch the ground. Tier table updated.

   See update 30

2. Update 27.2 Nerf ▾

   • Thorn Mail (V4) nerfed: defense reduced to 10.5% at tier 1 and 26.25% at tier 2.

   See update 27.2

3. Update 26.8 17 août 2025 Nerf ▾

   • Damage reflected by Thorn Mail reduced by 20% (x0.8 compared to before).

   See update 26.8

4. Update 25 25 décembre 2024 Nerf ▾

   • Damage reflected by Thorn Mail no longer triggers Cometic Field orbs.
   • Flash Step damage reduced: total damage brought down to 108% of level (instead of 120%), explosion slightly weakened, NPC burn reduced, and player burn duration shortened.
   • Removal of the additional HP bonus at V4 awakening.

   See update 25

5. Update 24 14 décembre 2024 Release ▾

   • Draco race released.
   • Draco V4 rebalanced shortly after (December 18, 2024).

   See update 24