How to Spot Wild Dragon Nests and Eggs While Exploring

Knowing what custom dragon nests look like from a distance keeps you from walking past rare eggs in thick forests or across open oceans. If you added Draconic Hatchery Roots to an existing world, travel past your previously visited borders so new Overworld chunks can generate the structures.

Recognizing Nest Structures and Eggs

1. Wooden Nests: In wooded biomes like spruce taigas and forests, look on the ground beneath the canopy for custom wooden nest structures. Check the center of the wood pile closely for dragon eggs—such as pink or red eggs—sitting out in the open.

2. Stone and Ore Nests: Not every nest is built from wood. When crossing grassy biomes like plains or meadows, look for unnatural mounds built from mixed stone and ore blocks, which mark Gronckle nesting spots.

3. Surface Water Nests: Do not restrict your search to dry land. Nests also generate cleanly above water surfaces in regions like frozen oceans, swamps, and coastal waters.

Using Wild Dragons as Landmarks

1. Scan the sky above new terrain before searching on foot. Adult dragons—such as green dragons over grasslands or purple Skrills over frozen seas—frequently fly right above their natural nesting spots.

2. Approach occupied nests carefully, as parent dragons often stand beside their eggs or rest directly on top of the nest blocks.