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Dragons and Spiritual Beasts: Where They Belong
How to assign companions by function, develop them without scattering materials, and avoid turning rare dragons into decorative luggage.
Learning Objectives
- Match companion buffs to the march role.
- Develop one priority companion before spreading materials.
- Build refines around a clear troop type and job.
Why This Matters
Dragons and spiritual beasts are not interchangeable decorations. Their skills, talents, refines, and assignment restrictions can make them excellent for one role and mediocre for another.
The expensive part is not assigning the wrong companion for one battle. The expensive part is feeding, refining, and developing several companions without a long-term plan.
How Evony Actually Works
Companion effects can be broad, troop-specific, monster-specific, wall-specific, reinforcement-specific, or condition-based. Read every condition and verify whether the companion must be attached to the main general.
Refines should reinforce the role. A ranged dragon with a mixed collection of mounted, ground, and siege refines may have high numbers but no coherent march.
Step-by-Step Walkthrough
- List every march and duty role that currently needs a companion.
- Assign the strongest compatible dragon to the most important long-term march, not automatically to the oldest general.
- Use spiritual beasts to cover secondary marches, duty roles, or specialized uses where their skills fit.
- Feed and level the primary companion before distributing materials evenly.
- Refine toward the troop type and role. Keep screenshots before replacing good refines.
- Review assignments after any major general, gear, or battlefield-role change.
Optimization by Spending Style
Free-to-Play
Concentrate materials. One properly developed dragon and several purposeful beasts are better than a shelf of unfinished projects.
Low Coiner
Use purchases to finish meaningful dragon milestones, not to feed every companion simultaneously.
Heavy Coiner
Plan the complete dragon map across wall, PvP, bossing, and reinforcement before chasing every new release.
Common Mistakes
- Assigning by rarity instead of function.
- Keeping mixed refines because each individual roll is high.
- Developing companions that have no permanent role.
- Forgetting that a general replacement may change the best assignment.
- Using monster-focused effects in PvP.
Elphi's Recommendations
Companions are equipment with conditions.
Refines need a single purpose.
Review the whole roster, not one dragon at a time.
Quick Reference Checklist
- Roles listed
- Primary dragon selected
- Secondary beasts assigned
- Refines match troop type
- Development materials concentrated
- Assignments documented