Black Dragons in Dragonkind: What Players Report

Quick summary · TL;DR

We have no first-hand bond with this color. The table below gathers reports from other players. 4 bond reports
Collected bond reports as of October 3. These are report counts, not odds. 4 reports.
Fan references describe black dragons as watchful and sharp. 3 fan references · fan interpretation, not a tested game rule.
Collected reports do not prove a guaranteed path. Unrecorded choices and exact odds remain unknown.

Where players meet this dragon

1 player branch summary

No step is tied to this color in our own runs. The step links below come from a player branch summary.

Choices and observed outcomes

Your choice	Observed outcome	Seen by
Observation	One branch summary describes passing a blue dragon before meeting black. Solo and group black encounters are both reported.	2 players
Observation	Low phone battery improving black-dragon chances is an untested guess relayed by one player.	1 relayed guess ? Unverified

If your run ends in a burn

If your run ended here	What players tried next	Seen by
Burned at a dragon choice	Check your ending screen and cooldown timer before returning through the game's start button.	our 2 burns · 1 account

Players tried these next steps; none guarantees a fix.

After a burn →

Player dragon reports · 4

Collected bond reports as of October 3. These are report counts, not odds. 4 individual reports. Each row represents one collected player report. Second-hand reports are noted directly.

No named bond on record; these reports leave names and tails unknown.

Name	Tail	What was reported
Name not reported	Unknown	Black bond reported; name, tail and choices unknown.
Name not reported	Unknown	Black bond reported; name, tail and choices unknown.
Name not reported	Unknown	Black bond reported; name, tail and choices unknown.
Name not reported	Unknown	Black bond reported; name, tail and choices unknown.

Not reported 4

In the novels · spoilers · 5

Novel spoilers · one fan wiki; not verified against the books. These are novel dragons, not recorded game results. 5 named entries.

In the novels · spoilers

Novel dragon	Tail	Novel rider
Codagh	swordtail	Augustine Melgren
Fiaclanfuil	Unknown	Unknown
Murtcuideam	Unknown	Unknown
Tairneanach (Tairn)	morningstartail	Violet Sorrengail; previously Naolin
Thareux	Unknown	Unknown

Community debates

Players report conflicting results from the same answers. No guaranteed route has been demonstrated. 3 players

One player corrected an earlier blanket eye-contact rule, saying the response depends on the dragon. No universal rule is shown. 1 player ? Unverified

One branch summary describes passing a blue dragon before meeting black. Solo and group black encounters are both reported. 2 players