Wyvern Egg Spawn Mechanics

[GunRunner89X]

Anyone know the ins and outs of wyvern egg spawning and how long it takes for old (raided) nests to despawn? I read somewhere, whether it be true or not, that females tend to lay a new egg every 30 minutes or so. I'm on Singleplayer so I spend quite a bit of time in the wyverns' trench raiding and destroying low level eggs, as well as killing low level wyverns. Highest level egg I'm found thus far is 116, but there's a female 144 fire I've spotted and am desperate to get an egg off of her. So with a bit of luck her egg may spawn if I can keep other females from her general area.

Easiest way to destroy eggs btw? Eat them :D

[TotallyUncool]

I honestly don't know. I do know that there can be a maximum of 3 (possibly 4?) nests spawned at the same time, and that after clearing some or all the nests out usually make new ones spawn pretty much immediately, unless I've killed off too many of the wyverns.

[Kisston]

I have found that in solo if youve cleared out all the wyverns and then summon in new ones using admin commands that eggs tend to appear in minutes, and that the level of the wyverns present determine the level of the eggs laid. I tested this by clearing the canyon and summoning all lightning wyverns at lvl 200 and i got several lvl 200 lightning eggs. Finding this out when i see low lvl wyverns i try to kill them while leaving higher level ones alive unless i absolutely have to defend myself, that way theres a higher chance that the surviving wyverns will lay more good eggs ^_^

[Severian of Nessus]

I've actually seen no indication that egg spawns are the least bit related to individual wyvern. It seems to me the eggs are an independent spawn. It's possible that there is a conditional such as requiring "X" number of wyvern in the scar. I've seen lightning eggs spawn in sections where no lightning wyvern exist. I've seen eggs spawn where no females exist. And I've almost never seen both a male and female of the same type and same level at the same time... Yet every egg claims the parents to be the same type and level.

[gwrichards1]

guys the eggs arent layed by a dragon they are placed in the small holes in the revine every 30mins one despawns after a day i believe

[TotallyUncool]

Originally posted by severian_of_nessus:

I've actually seen no indication that egg spawns are the least bit related to individual wyvern. It seems to me the eggs are an independent spawn. It's possible that there is a conditional such as requiring "X" number of wyvern in the scar. I've seen lightning eggs spawn in sections where no lightning wyvern exist. I've seen eggs spawn where no females exist. And I've almost never seen both a male and female of the same type and same level at the same time... Yet every egg claims the parents to be the same type and level.

I thought this as well, until I read a thread/post from someone who had tested it by doing what the poster after me described (could be it's the person who posted the original thread/post actually). It seems to be accurate after what I've noticed since reading that.

Today, for example, I did a run and had just gotten an egg from one of the usual spawn points and killed off all the Wyverns following me. I returned after getting my stamina back and was surprised to see a new nest had immediately spawned, especially since I had just cleared out all the wyverns and couldn't spot any around where I was and I had never flewn out of render range either. I went down and grabbed the new egg (level 12 poison), flew up and looked behind me to see a single poison wyvern following me. It turned out to be a level 12 one, so I guess it was the one responsible for the egg.

Same happened with one of the fire eggs I acquired. I flew past, saw a black fire wyvern and checked its level but it was a level 16 which I thought was a shame (I was hoping for a possible high level black fire wyvern). I came back later and found a 132 fire egg, grabbed it, flew up and spotted the black fire wyvern following me. I started fighting it but thought it took quite some time killing it, and it turned out to be a level 132 and not the level 16 I had seen earlier. I hatched the egg and got an almost entirely black fire wyvern out of it so it seems they affect which colour the baby might get.

The only thing I've noticed that doesn't seem to affect the egg spawns is the gender of the wyverns around it. It seems the eggs spawn even if it's a male (the 132 fire one was a male for example). I've given up on trying to only kill the low level wyverns and just hope a high level one will spawn eventually that actually "lays" an egg.

[1-800-I-Fix-Gens]

Originally posted by severian_of_nessus:

I've actually seen no indication that egg spawns are the least bit related to individual wyvern. It seems to me the eggs are an independent spawn. It's possible that there is a conditional such as requiring "X" number of wyvern in the scar. I've seen lightning eggs spawn in sections where no lightning wyvern exist. I've seen eggs spawn where no females exist. And I've almost never seen both a male and female of the same type and same level at the same time... Yet every egg claims the parents to be the same type and level.

They are, though they only take after one parent, for example when there is a high lvl event lightning wyvern, Ill search for its egg and If I find it I'll hatch it and it'll be the same lvl and colors as its parent I found.

[Zera_Fox]

Originally posted by Wendigo:

Originally posted by severian_of_nessus:

I've actually seen no indication that egg spawns are the least bit related to individual wyvern. It seems to me the eggs are an independent spawn. It's possible that there is a conditional such as requiring "X" number of wyvern in the scar. I've seen lightning eggs spawn in sections where no lightning wyvern exist. I've seen eggs spawn where no females exist. And I've almost never seen both a male and female of the same type and same level at the same time... Yet every egg claims the parents to be the same type and level.

They are, though they only take after one parent, for example when there is a high lvl event lightning wyvern, Ill search for its egg and If I find it I'll hatch it and it'll be the same lvl and colors as its parent I found.

They can't hear you back in 2016, you'll have to speak up louder.

[Guardfather]

Originally posted by Zera_Fox:

Originally posted by Wendigo:

They are, though they only take after one parent, for example when there is a high lvl event lightning wyvern, Ill search for its egg and If I find it I'll hatch it and it'll be the same lvl and colors as its parent I found.

They can't hear you back in 2016, you'll have to speak up louder.

Just thought I'd let you know that people in 2024 are still landing on this discussion through searching about wyvern eggs. Your useless comment remains as stupid as it was back in 2021.

I landed here by searching for whether only females spawn wyvern eggs. I'm noticing some high level males flying around, but not seeing eggs their level appear.

To check this, I intend to check and see if the wyvern associated with a given egg is always female. I'll try to remember to come back and edit my post to indicate my findings.

edit: I just confirmed they do not have to be female. I grabbed a 115 lightning wyvern egg, and a 115 male lightning wyvern and a couple fire wyverns came to chase me. So gender isn't an issue. Now it's a matter of whether the eggs only spawn with a new wyvern spawning in, or if existing wyverns can lay them.

edit2: Further searching suggests that existing wyverns can indeed lay eggs in nest locations close to their spawn. That said, I've been creating ideal conditions for that by killing low levels constantly, and so far it isn't happening. I believe I got it to happen years ago, but I wasn't certain. I'm concluding that it is possible, but difficult. (At least on Scorched Earth)

[Yandy]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.