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Draik
Description:	Draik
Info Page:	Draik
Special Day:	9 September
Amount Created:	50,937 (53th - 0.02%)
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The Draik (a homophone of drake, an archaic word for a dragon) is a dragon-like Neopet, released on June 25, 2002. They appeared in Neopia as if they had come from another world - later discovered to be Meridell.

Draiks are curious Neopets that like to hunt, and like Scorchios they can breath fire and fly. They are popularly featured as guards, being seen guarding Meridell Castle during the Champions of Meridell plot and Altador and Brightvale during The Faeries' Ruin plot; despite only being around three feet tall. They can support themselves on their tails, like Blumaroos.

A draik standing on its tail.

Where Draiks were first released, a limited number of them were available through the Create-a-Pet system. No more have been released in that way (at least, not intentionally). Draiks are instead obtained from hatching a Draik Egg. A Draik Egg is a food item available from the Merifoods, but if taken to the Draik Nest in Meridell, it can be allowed to hatch. It will hatch into a Draik of whatever colour the egg is - either Blue, Red, Yellow, Green, Darigan, Ice, Lost Desert, Pirate, Zombie, or Island. Owning a Draik and visiting the nest will also give the user an avatar.

In the Neopets Trading Card Game, they are associated with the element of Fire.

Battledome

In the Battledome, Draiks receive 10% less damage from Earth and Fire attacks. They can learn six species abilities:

Draik Abilities
Draik Gaze of Evil	Attack: 2 - 3•Fire   2 - 3•Darkness	Available from Level 1
Draik Fire Spout	Attack: 2•Fire	Available from Level 2
Draik Rocket	Attack: 3•Air	Available from Level 2
Draik Inferno	Attack: 2•Fire   2•Physical	Available on Draik Day only
Draik Power Roar	Attack: 3•Air   3•Fire	Available on Draik Day only
Draik Smoke Shield	No effect.	Available on Draik Day only

There are also eighteen pieces of equipment that can only be used by a Draik.

Colours

As of April 2011, Draiks come in 49 different colours:

Baby - September 10, 2002 Blue - Natural Brown - July 30, 2003 Camouflage - October 18, 2005 Checkered - September 9, 2005 Chocolate - September 15, 2010 Christmas - December 23, 2003 Cloud - September 4, 2002 Darigan - March 1, 2004 Desert - September 26, 2007 Disco - November 16, 2004 Electric - September 9, 2006 Faerie - September 9, 2004 Fire - September 9, 2002 Ghost - October 28, 2002 Glowing - July 16, 2003 Gold - September 9, 2009

Green - Natural Grey - April 14, 2011 Halloween - September 9, 2006 Ice - September 9, 2005 Island - October 1, 2003 Magma - December 15, 2009 Maractite - January 26, 2011 Maraquan - November 19, 2003 Mutant - September 9, 2003 Orange - January 8, 2003 Pink - September 9, 2003 Pirate - September 8, 2007 Plushie - December 13, 2002 Purple - July 24, 2002 Rainbow - December 4, 2002 Red - Natural Robot - August 20, 2002

Royal - April 7, 2005 Shadow - August 1, 2002 Silver - September 9, 2008 Skunk - November 8, 2003 Snow - September 9, 2010 Speckled - September 9, 2008 Split - September 8, 2007 Spotted - September 9, 2004 Starry - August 14, 2002 Striped - September 9, 2002 Tyrannian - January 7, 2004 White - July 11, 2002 Woodland - September 9, 2010 Yellow - Natural Zombie - September 9, 2009

Trivia

• As of November 2010, 15,888 Draiks have been created, with 15,000 having been released through the create-a-pet system, placing them 53rd in popularity out of 54 Neopets.
• They are also featured in 98 different items.

See also

• Famous Draiks: Cawley Embith, King Terask, Swordmaster Talek, Valrigard
• Games: NeoQuest II, Escape from Meridell Castle

External links

• NeoDeck: Draik Paladin, Draik Warrior
• Neopets TCG: Draik Soldier, Silver Draik Egg, Blue Draik, Green Draik, Draik Sentinel, Draik Skeleton, Yellow Draik Egg, Draik Blacksmith, Orange Draik, Red Draik, Tainted Draik
• Caption Competition: #195, #198, #234, #317, #382, #413, #451, #462, #515, #547, #564, #596, #613, #632, #638, #642, #655, #726, #876, #880, #941
• Help File: How do I get a restricted pet?, What does limited edition mean?
• Editorial: 48, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 65, 75, 77, 91, 109, 112, 117, 119, 129, 132, 133, 137, 141, 144, 148, 152, 155, 157, 158, 167, 168, 174, 179, 189, 192, 194, 201, 207, 210, 216, 225, 230, 234, 245, 262, 267, 269
• NeoGreeting: Happy Birthday, Draik Valentines, Happy St Davids Day, Most Favourite Mother, Happy Fathers Day
• Draik Nest