The amount of Fragments the player receives is determined by the amount of Dragon Weight the player has. A Russian translation Хранитель драконов, hardcover, in June 2012 with ISBN 9785699574230.Dragon Fragments are obtained by killing the Dragons at The End.An Italian translation Il Custode del Drago by Fanucci the 22nd of April 2010 with ISBN 9788834715895.A German translation Drachenhüter in March 2012 from Heyne with ISBN 9783453529182.A French combined volume Les Cités des Anciens, L'intégrale 1 from Pygmalion the 24th of September 2014 with ISBN 9782756411217 (The cover design of this one matches other recent Pygmalion combo volumes.).(Looks like this was a standalone edition/cover.) A French combined volume of the above: Les Cités des Anciens : Coffret 2 volumes : Tome 1, Dragons et serpents Tome 2, Les Eaux acids from Pygmalion the 8th of October 2011 with ISBN 9782756405629.Reprinted the 8th of January 2012 by J'ai lu with ISBN 9782290033135 as well as by France Loisirs. Also released as a kindle edition the 21st of October 2011 with ASIN B005Y14L5K. Les eaux acides from Pygmalion the 17th of November 2010 with ISBN 9782756402888, cover by Steve Stone, translated by Arnaud Mousnier-Lompré.Reprinted the 9th of November 2011 by J'ai lu with ISBN 9782290032763 as well as by France Loisirs. Also released as a kindle edition the 11th of October 2011 with ASIN B005Y14L2I. Dragons et serpents from Pygmalion the 22nd of September 2010 with ISBN 9782756402871, cover by Steve Stone, translated by Arnaud Mousnier-Lompré.A French translation split into two parts.
A UK paperback edition by HarperVoyager the 4th of March 2010 with ISBN 9780007342594 and another with ISBN 9780007273751 (not sure whether these are the same edition or possibly trade and regular size).First printed with the Steve Stone cover, later reprints with the original Jackie Morris cover use the same ISBN. A US mass market paperback by HarperVoyager in January/February 2011 with ISBN 9780061561658.The cover design with red and white font seem to have been used in online marketing only.
The ARCs sent out seem to have had more or less the final cover design with a tiny round "stamp" declaring them as ARCs.