Diamond Temple Strategy

[PrincessYville]

I read a great deal of negative feedback on the diamond temple when I was reasearching on the forums. I ran across only 1 that was very helpful and positive enough to persuade me to take the plunge. My cash funds are very limited, but I am at level 122 and still NO DIAMOND dragon after a multitude of failed attempts. I can't go any further in the Arctic lands as well. The key to the diamond temple is purchasing extra gems when they are on sale at 3.99. Save them up.. And when you have about 800 or so take the plunge. You need the extra gems to speed through the fails until you get a diamond. I used Porcelain and Night and got a Diamond on my third try. (I have since read that Goodwitch and Metal is a better combo and will save gems on fails. Rising sun dragon also has the red, white, blue combo btw.). I waited a day and sped it up. Another day and sped up the evolution. Then I bred Diamond to Forest. The only other combo is forest and it only takes 11 seconds. You will get a Quetzal. Then I went for Crusader. Again, the only other combo is Fire. It's only seconds so you will get Crusader. Mercury and Gold will require gold. Golds other combo is Air which is 2 hours. I was unlucky here and it took quite a few tries to get Gold but I did. Then I went for Mercury. The other combo is water, it's 12 hours. I got luck and got it on my 3rd try. By this time Quetzal had evolved and I went for Infinity. Breeding Diamiond and Quetzal the possibilities are forest, Infinity, and Quetzal. I got lucky again and got Infinity. I tried breeding Diamond and Dark Naga several times but kept getting Aethers. I never got the Dark Angel. Or Anubis. So.. Spending about $20 I managed to get Diamond, Quetzal, Crusader, Gold, Metcury, and Infinity using the Diamond temple for a week. If you just buy it and expect to get a Diamond on you first try ., chances are you will fail. It's only a 6x greater chance so you have to play the odds. . Happy with my experience with the temple!
Oh.. And having 2 nests is a must! If you don't have 2 nests you will need more gems to speed up hatching time. Due to the average 44 hours, the 2nd nest allows you to breed the Quetzal and Crusader roughly at the same time.