How to Train Your Dragon watch order
The How to Train Your Dragon films and the Dragons TV series, in the order the story happens, with the spin-off and the live-action film marked optional. It is the same order the emberslate app uses for its saga.
Updated · By emberfold labs
The short answer
Follow the list in order: How to Train Your Dragon, the Dragons series, Race to the Edge, the second and third films, then The Nine Realms. Rescue Riders and the 2025 live-action film are optional.
- Titles
- 4 films, 4 series
- Everything
- about 82 hours
- Core path
- about 69 hours
- Films only
- about 7 hours
Chronological order
How to Train Your Dragon in chronological order
The order the story happens in, from the first film to the Nine Realms series.
- 01
01CoreHow to Train Your Dragon (2010)
Film · 1h 38mCore
- 02
02CoreDreamWorks Dragons (2012–2014)
Series · 2 seasons · 40 episodes · about 15hCore
Riders of Berk and Defenders of Berk are both seasons of this show. The saga lists it once.
- 03
03CoreDragons: Race to the Edge (2015–2018)
Series · 6 seasons · 78 episodes · about 30hCore
- 04
04CoreHow to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
Film · 1h 42mCore
- 05
05CoreHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
Film · 1h 44mCore
- 06
06CoreDragons: The Nine Realms (2021–2023)
Series · 8 seasons · 52 episodes · about 20hCore
- 07
07OptionalDragons: Rescue Riders (2019–2020)
Series · 2 seasons · 26 episodes · about 10hOptional
A spin-off for younger children. Optional.
- 08
08OptionalHow to Train Your Dragon (2025)
Film · 2h 5mOptional
Live-action retelling of the first film. Optional.
The story order
The list is in story order. How to Train Your Dragon (2010) comes first, then the DreamWorks Dragons series, which covers Riders of Berk and Defenders of Berk, then Race to the Edge, before the second and third films.
Dragons: The Nine Realms comes last, as it is set well after the films.
The optional titles
Dragons: Rescue Riders is a spin-off for younger children. The 2025 How to Train Your Dragon is a live-action retelling of the first film. Both are marked optional.
What you can skip
Anything not marked core can wait. The main story does not need it, so watch it whenever you like.
Dragons: Rescue Riders (2019–2020)
A spin-off for younger children. Optional.
How to Train Your Dragon (2025)
Live-action retelling of the first film. Optional.
Track it
Track the How to Train Your Dragon saga in emberslate
The Sagas tab in the emberslate app has this exact order. Mark the next step watched, and see how far through you are. It is free on Android.
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How to Train Your Dragon watch order questions
What order should I watch How to Train Your Dragon in?
Story order: the first film, then DreamWorks Dragons, Race to the Edge, How to Train Your Dragon 2, The Hidden World, and last The Nine Realms.
Do I need to watch the Dragons TV series?
The films work without it, but the series fills in the story between them, and the app marks it core.
Do I need to watch the live-action How to Train Your Dragon?
No. It is a live-action retelling of the first film and is optional.
What is Dragons: Rescue Riders?
A spin-off series for younger children. It is optional.
The order and the core, optional and save-for-later marks are the ones the emberslate app uses for this saga. Titles, years and runtimes come from TMDB; series runtimes count aired episodes only and are rounded. First published .