Often established in warm, humid environments such as tropical caves, Xeno-drake hives are formed from a viscous substance produced in glands within a drake’s chest. Taking on the same natural color as a drake's eyes it is similar to the rubbery resin that develops within an impregnated host. In its base form, the substance is tactile and fluid. However, once expelled the resin will rapidly harden into a form similar to the strength of steel.

This allows drakes to cocoon victims easily, combined with the subduing effects of their venom. It is very difficult for a non-drake to break free of these bonds, only Xeno-drake saliva is capable of melting away the resin, similar to how spiders are able to avoid becoming caught in their own webs. While cocooned, hosts will often be fed honey to keep them alive. While they are kept in a lucid state, preserved for breeding, or kept fresh to be consumed as prey later.

Actual Xeno-drake cocoons, on the other hand, are formed from a glassy, translucent kind of resin that grows into an orb around a mature Xenoling. Expelled from most parts of the serpentine young’s body, once fully sealed, the cocoon will fill with nutrient-rich fluids, incubating the drake within as its limbs develop. This process can take up to a few weeks, the drake growing rapidly within using saved energy stored from the prey it consumed as a Xenoling. These cocoons are notoriously hard to break, ensuring the next form of the drake’s life cycle is kept safe until emergence.

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