Talk:Dragon Tales/@comment-26455006-20160413104311/@comment-27019035-20160413132929

You have 24 hours -- from midnight Pacific Time (reset) -- for each chapter. For me that is 3 am. I'm on Chapter 4 today, so Chapter 5 will be available tomorrow at 3 am. If I don't finish Ch 4 by 3 am,  Chapter 5 will be avaiable as soon as I do.

I've not had a problem (yet) with completing the tales in the time allotted since I started doing the planning ahead of time. Facing a particularly hard arena opponent will sometimes hold me up for a while though. Since my kids are in school, they only shoot for finishing Ch 7 and getting the 2nd dragon which usually takes them all 10 days. So it's 'normal' for them to make it to 7, but 'normal' for me to get to 10.

To help ensure that I get there, I ALWAYS evaluate my food stockpile and check here to see what the Acts are before starting. To aviod falling behind, if it's a "busy" Tales day or if I have a very busy day I will prepare for as much as I can the night before. For example, I will craft an item needed, or send for a certain quest but not collect them until prompted. I made sure I had the gems needed and have had a genie on my nest for a couple of days waiting to be hatched. You just need to be very mindful of the wording of the tasks. If I'm not sure, I don't do it in advance.

So, the time you have between chapters is related to the time it takes to complete it. The time doesn't "change" but you only have a total of 10 days to finish. If you had enough gold to skip everything, you could probably complete everything on day 10.

I hope that answers your questions. Good Luck!