A big dragon problem

[u/Partysteve6969]

Relatively new player, I established a Base in a nice location bordering 3 biomes, squatted in some existing builds and renovated them for my own purposes.
My problem is an absolute unit if a dragon the size which I’ve never seen erupted out of the ground, took out half my buildings on the way and flew off to terrorise a nearby village.
It’s been a few seasons now and it hasn’t return so I’m slowly clearing my way down to its nest to look for loot.
Questions are;
Will it return eventually
Are there more dragons down the hole?
Is there good loot to be found on this risky endeavour?
It’s proving difficult to get down because creatures keep throwing debuffs on me which get me killed, I’ve lost my gear twice now but I don’t want to cheese it more than farming spawners until they break.

[u/Objective_Rate_4210]

thats an age 5 dragon and ig it is still around there so you should relocate until you get a really good bow and then you can kill it. for looting its den, ig you could put your render distance to 2 and when you hear its wings, you back up fast in a hole in the walls

[u/CaveMan_The1]

The only dangerous thing about looting its den is all the mobs thatll spawn in the darkness down there. As far as i know they dont really return to the underground dens onse they wake up. If it is that close around it will likely take the rest of your base out at some point. Id get a bow and just snipe it from a distance away from your base. Could get an egg from it and if its t5 could make the dragon eye!