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I am a bit confused as to how to get a dragon?
I am playing the conquest start and there are dragons. How do i go about getting them?

Use the 'dragon egg' ambition.
Get a dragon egg.
Travel to sites of dragon lore
Attempt to hatch the dragon.
Attempt to tame the dragon when it matures

Or

Go to a province that has a wild dragon
Attempt to tame it.

If you are not Valyrian or possess certain traits both routes will be pretty difficult and you'll probably die a lot.
 
Being High Valyrian gives you bonuses (especially if from House Targaryen). If memory serves, you also get a smaller bonus to your chances if from other Valyrian cultures. It's just more difficult.
 
To get a dragon there are a couple of ways, colonsie Summerhall or North Valyria and you can get a random event in which you find a dragon egg. If you have the ambition then you can get a rare event to buy a draon egg for around 800 gold. You can go and tame an existing wild dragon.

Here are all the factors that affect your chances of taming a dragon.

Factors of you:

* Any dynasty member at your location being a dragon rider - *5
* Having a Dragon Pit at your location - *5
* Being Authoritative - *2
* Being Strong - *2
* Being Brave - *2
* Being a Genius - *3
* Being Quick - *1.5
* Being an abomination of incest and a valyrian culture - *5
* Being a grandchild of incest and a valyrian culture - *2.5
* Being a Targaryen - *2.5
* Being Danaerys Targaryen - *5
* Being High Valyrian - *6
* Being a worshipper of the Valyrian Religion - *5
* Being Asshai'i - *2.5
* Having Citadel Dragon Intel - *3
* Being of the Valyrian culture group - *5
* Being a worshipper of R'hllor - *1.5
* Being Favoured by R'hllor - *3
* Being Chosen by R'hllor - *10
* Having the Harrenhall, Dragonstone, Old Ghis or Volantis Intel - *1.5 each
* Having the Dragonpit or Smoking Sea Intel - *2.5 each
* Being a demon child - *20

Factors of the Dragon:

* Being previously tamed - *5
* Martial below 20 - *1.5
* Martial above 40 - *0.9
* Martial above 60 - *0.8
* Martial above 60 - *0.7
* Being Patient - *1.5
* Being Wroth - *0.66
* Being Content - *2
* Being a Lunatic - *0.5
* Being Humble - *1.5
* Being Wounded - *1.5
* Being Maimed - *2
* Being Sickly - *2
* Being Trusting - *1.5
* Being Proud - *0.66

These number are multiplied against one and each other to give you the chance of taming the dragon. So a big number increases your chance whilst a small one decreases it.

Example 1: A Genius Targaryen born from incest who worships the valyrian religion would have - 1 (Base) * 3 (Genius) * 5 (targaryen born from incest) * 2.5 (Targaryen) * 6 (High Valyrian) * 5 (Valyrian Culture Group) * 5 (Valyrian Religion) = 5625

Example 2: Robb Stark at the beginning of ACOCK - 1 (Base) * 2 (Authoritative) * 2 (Brave) = 6
 
Simply enter the command "add_trait dragon_rider" to the console and the event will automaticly triggered.

Use it if you're completely tired of doing the things written above.
 
I was west valyrian rhllor. I tried hatching with only 2-4 intel and it was failing all the time. Reloaded, got 5 intel and then tried, worked like a charm.

The places you go for dragon intel: Old volantis, Ghis (forget the province, but it's one of the ruins on the mainland across from ghis) summerhall, dragonstone, oldtown (biggest modifier for success!) kings landing and the something sea (the sea right in the middle of valyria (very dangerous, this is the one i didn't get)