Dragons gain new powers as they accumulate more energies. At each stage of growth, they gain a new ability, usually culminating with the twelfth ability when they accumulate . The usual progression of powers is as follows:

• Level 1: Explosive fireball breath weapon
• Level 2: Immunity to mundane weapons
• Level 3: Immunity to power drain
• Level 4: Immunity to memory loss
• Level 5: Scale grants bearer draconic strength
• Level 6: Impenetrable wall
• Level 7: Invincibility, one hour, once per year
• Level 8: Dream walk
• Level 9: Sense weakness
• Level 10: Grant invisibility
• Level 11: Summon Vermeil brannishes or valkyries
• Level 12: Commune with army

All dragons accumulate energies by absorbing them naturally from the area around them. As such, they must carefully cultivate their lairs to provide the right kinds of energies, hence they hoard appropriate objects.

Other common powers include instill weapons mastery, killing gaze, sense secrets, binding fate, cause economic depression, lightspeed travel, break mountain, sheild Name, instill hunting skill, skill drain, and invoke equilibrium.