Star Hatchling/Star Strider

• Classification: Mage

• C4 Special Skills: Bright Burst (hits mob with an aura flare) and Bright Heal.

• Comment: Nice additional damage dealer for tank classes.

Wind Hatchling/Wind Strider

• Classification: Tank

• C4 Special Skills: Wild Stun (basically it's Hammer Crush and does damage) and Wild Defense (Ultimate Defense).

• Comment: Nice little tank for mage classes.

Twilight Hatchling/Dusk Strider

• Classification: Transportation (“Scaly Taxi”)

• C4 Special Skills: None

• Comment: The Twilights have no special attacks and are now considered to exist for ornamental purposes only. They have low P. Atk. and P. Def, which makes them almost useless in combat. The only two strong points of these guys are itÂ’s an economical form of transportation, and its food usage, which can fill up its entire food gauge with 1 unit of food.

When your Hatchling reaches level 55 , you can undertake the "Little Wing's Big Adventure" Quest, the successful completion of which will allow it to become a full-fledged Strider. You may wish to put this off until it reaches a higher level, however, because its Strider level will equal its former Hatchling level (i.e., if the Hatchling was level 65 it will become a level 65 Strider.)

If you and your Strider are five or more levels apart, you'll also encounter penalties. If you are five levels or more lower than your Strider, the Strider, its physical attack will be reduced by 50%. Each additional level difference results in another 5%  reduction from the P. Atk. If  you are 10 levels lower than your Strider,  its speed will be reduced by half.

Hungry dragons will slow down about 50% as well, and you'll have trouble mounting and dismounting, so make sure his hunger bar doesn't drop below 50%. The upside: as you advance through the levels,  your Strider's stats will improve as well  (more P. Atk, M. Atk, etc.)