Draco

Draco is one of the three races that can be obtained through a quest. However, it is the only race obtainable exclusively in the Third Sea.

Draco, while giving many well-rounded boosts to the player, excels in boosting allies and negating enemies' skills, speed, and damage, while reflecting damage or adding extra damage (V4), making Draco one of the best races for PvP, teaming, PvE, and sea events that require multiple players. Despite the lack of defense, the high damage output as well as the debuffs to enemies given by both V3 and V4 compensates for it. Although it seems disadvantaging to the user, it can give a fair fight or even one with a favorable outcome due to its V4 abilities which make it hard for the opponent to one shot combo or extend a combo.

Obtainment

Draco can be obtained by exchanging one Dragon Egg with the Dragon Wizard after acquiring Dojo Belt (Black). Once unlocked, the player can switch to Draco anytime without the need of trading in the Dragon Egg or any Fragments, just like Ghoul.

Stage

Method

V2

Go to the Dragon Wizard and talk to him. The player will need to collect 5 Fire Flowers, which are randomly dropped by NPCs upon being killed. There is a 5-minute cooldown after collecting each Fire Flower. Once the player has collected five Fire Flowers, they must return to the Dragon Wizard and exchange them, along with

1,000,000, to unlock V2.

The level requirement of starting this quest is 2000.
The player can skip the 5-minute cooldown by server hopping.

V3

Go to the Dragon Wizard and talk to him. The player must then defeat a Terrorshark. After completing this task, return to the Dragon Wizard, who will sell V3 for

3,000,000.

Note that the player must deal at least 10% damage to the Terrorshark to qualify for this ability.
Additionally, the Horned Man quest must be completed beforehand. (also known as Rainbow Saviour Aura color quest)

V4

First, player must upgrade Dragon Talon. Then craft the Dragonheart and Dragonstorm from the Dragon Hunter. Afterward, level both Dragonheart and Dragonstorm to 500 mastery to light the yellow and green lanterns. Next, the player must defeat a Leviathan and harpoon the Leviathan Heart with the help of the Beast Hunter. Take the Leviathan Heart to Hydra Island and drive their boat through the waterfall to freeze the island.

Once the island is frozen, the player must talk to Dragon Wizard NPC. Proceed to the lanterns and light them all to open the vault. After entering the vault, the player will fall into the Draco Room where they can interact with a red light telling them to go to the trial room on the Prehistoric Island. Head to the Prehistoric Island and enter the Prehistoric Cave to talk to the Statue NPC to start the Trial of Flames.

During the trial, the player must carry three relics (the player has to re-climb for each relic) to the top and place them on their respective pedestals. Keep in mind:

Moves are disabled.
The player has a 5-minute time limit.
Lava rises rapidly depending on the V4 stage and touching it will return the player to the bottom.
To avoid the rising lava, the player must stand still for around two seconds and let a ring of protection form around themselves.

Note:

The trial can be attempted once per Prehistoric Island.
If the player was/is not a part of the group that spawned, killed, or died after spawning it, they cannot open the vault.

Once all three relics are placed on their pedestals, the gate at the top the player will pass through a portal and be teleported back to the Dojo. Interact with the Flames of Hearth and choose an Ember to unlock V4.

After unlocking V4, the Draco Temple will function similarly to the Ancient One, allowing the player to upgrade their V4 abilities. Like any other Race Awakening, it costs 26,750 to fully awaken Draco. (Keep in mind that after having done a 5th trial, the player can change an Ember in the Flames of Hearth upon rejoining anytime, similar to other races)

Changes of Stages

Each stage gives additional buffs and make visual changes to the player's avatar.

Stage	Buffs	Visual changes
V1	Grants the user a 5% health boost, 5% damage reduction, and 5% extra damage on the user's melee.	Grants the user a pair of small horns.
V2	Grants the user a minimal dash boost, and a flight ability lasting 5 seconds. The usage time resets just like air jumps and can be activated by holding the space bar whilst or after the first air jump. Additionally, Flash Steps create an explosion that deals damage and burns the opponent over time. Initial Damage: 50% of Level (Ex. Lvl 2600 = 1300) Tick Damage: 20 ticks of 3.5% of level (ex. 2600 = 91 per tick, 1820 total) Total Damage: 120% of Level (Ex. 2600 = 3120)	Provides a pair of wings.
V3	Gives the user an ability called Primordial Reign. When activated: When the player roars, the ability grants buffs for both the player and teammates of the player's damage by 14% and increases movement speed by 15%. Debuffs the speed of nearby enemies by 15% and cancels their skills if used with timing. Lasts for 10 seconds and has a universal cooldown of 30 seconds making it the longest V3 duration.	Grants the user an additional pair of horns.

V4 unlocks different abilities depending on what "Gears" or, in the case of Draco race, embers are selected. For more information, please refer to Race Awakening.

Ancient Powers: Upon transforming, receive max stats as well as increased damage, speed, and health regeneration by 10%, as well as boosting the V2 passive ability. Fiery Flight now lasts 6 seconds while flying higher and faster.
Cometic Field: Allows the user to apply explosive orbs on any enemy in the area by hitting one 3 times (around 3458 damage), and increases the damage of nearby allies by 15%. The explosion breaks instinct and deals damage to all enemies in the area.	Upgraded version: Explosive orbs damage is greatly increased (around 5200 damage).
Thorn Mail: Allows the user to reflect a portion of damage back to enemies in the area (around 41%) and increases the defense of nearby allies by 15%. The reflected damage breaks instinct.	Upgraded version: Damage reflected increases to around 63.7% and allied players defense increases.
Visual changes: The player gains an extra pair of horns, the primary horns get longer, and when awakened, the player gains a dragon tail. Adds an orange domain/aura shaped of an orb around the user. The transformation animation. The horns.

Overview

Pros
General Best race for teaming. Good against teamers. Great defense. Insane damage. Causes lag to enemies (weak devices).
Primordial Reign (V3) Great for both team-based combat and 1v1s. Increases damage and movement speed for both the user and the teammates by 15%. Decreases nearby enemies' speed by 15% Good for canceling out enemy's combos, especially the moves that need to be held. (Dough V, Diamond X, Death Step C, etc.). Also makes them unable to use moves for the next ~0.05 - 0.1s.
Cometic Field (V4) Good for both grinding and PvP. Insane burst damage. Breaks instinct. Increases damage for nearby teammates.
Thorn Mail (V4) Good defense. Reflected damage may kill the enemies. Breaks instinct Increases defense for nearby teammates.

Cons
General Very hard to obtain, requiring several quests to be completed. May cause lag to the user (weak devices).
Primordial Reign (V3) Can be countered by keeping distances. Due to a bug, after the 10 seconds is over, this actually decreases the player's base damage on non-Blox Fruit moves until they die or switch teams. No defensive buffs. Needs quick reflexes and good timing.
Cometic Field (V4) Not dealing damage if not reaches the requirement (4 times for Tier 1, 3 times for Tier 2). Dealing continuous damage with the same move (such as Dough [V], Skull Guitar [X], etc.) will only count as dealing damage once, which summons only an orb. Only increases damage for teammates standing inside the domain/aura.
Thorn Mail (V4) Only reflects a portion of damage back to the enemies, the user still can be killed. Only reflects damage to the enemies who are standing inside the domain/aura. Only increases defense for the teammates standing inside the domain/aura.

Trivia

The name "Draco" comes from the Latin word for dragon.
Draco is the only race where V2 is not obtainable from Alchemist, V3 is not obtainable from Arowe, and V4 is not obtainable from the Temple of Time.
Ancient One will reply with, "Your race treads a different path to power. I'm unable to help with this." when the player interacts with it with Draco V4.
When the player interacts with Arowe or Alchemist NPCs as a Draco, they'll ask "What are you?".
Draco is the first and only quest race as of now which can be obtained in Third Sea.
Draco is one of the 3 races which cannot be obtained in race re-rolls.
Draco is the only race having a mastery requirement to be obtainable.
Obtaining Draco (up to V3) is the costliest out of all the other races, priced at 4,000,000, instead of the usual 2,500,000.
Draco is the only race that gives damage on a passive ability without V4 (Flash Step).
Draco race is the first and only race to have color customization, as seen with the new Chromatic bundle skins.
- Similarly, Draco wings change color depending on which Dragon skin the player has equipped.
Higher bounty players take increased damage from Cometic Field's orbs.
Draco is the only race where the player gets a visual change on V2.
Instead of replacing gears, the player has to replace embers to upgrade Draco's Race Awakening.
If the player changes their race, they can obtain Draco for free again by talking to Dragon Wizard.
The Volcano Event must be completed before the player can gain access to the secret cave for trials, otherwise, they will not be able to do the trials.
Draco is the second race to be free upon re-obtainment, the first being Ghoul.
Draco is the only race that has visual changes in all forms.
Draco is the only race that grants a unique passive ability at the V2 stage (Flight).
Draco is the first and currently only race that does not require the Blue Gear to unlock its Race Awakening (See Mirage Island for more info).
Draco V4 race is one of, if not, the most tedious and difficult race to get due to achieving all the belts, spawning the Prehistoric Island, and hunting a Leviathan to freeze Hydra Island.
Some sparks will be added circling around the orange domain/aura, as well as a transparent symbol centered around the user, upon obtaining Thorn Mail or Cometic Field.
If the player is using Gravity, Draco V2's Flash Step will be replaced by Gravity's own unique Flash Step.