Choose a life that fits you
Learning the island
Try Dryosaurus or Hypsilophodon for a smaller plant-eater. Learn food, water, and escape routes before seeking a fight.
Hunting with friends
Try a smaller hunter before committing to a giant. Omniraptor rewards a careful approach; Carnotaurus needs space to build a charge.
A different view
Flyers and water-focused species open new routes, but add another layer of controls. Practice taking off, landing, or surfacing near safety first.
Every species has strengths and costs. Bigger animals usually take longer to grow. The best first choice is one you enjoy learning.
Read the food guide
A, B, and Y are nutrient groups. Use suitable foods from each group to improve your diet. The growth times below are baseline targets at Good diet, not a promise of how long a real session will take. Perfect diet grows faster; hunger, injury, and interruptions can change your experience.
The 15% figure is useful when raising an egg-born hatchling. Hold Sniff near food and use the in-game diet panel if you are unsure.
30 species
The 30-species field guide
Tyrannosaurus · Carnivores · 10 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Crushing bite; Jaw wrench.
- A foods: Herbivore meat / Small dinosaur meat
- B foods: Boar / Deer
- Y foods: Predator meat / Fish
Egg-born growth to 15%: 30 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Open two different log barriers.
Triceratops · Herbivores · 9 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Horn thrust; Horn charge.
- A foods: Grass / Flowers
- B foods: Broad leaves / Fruit
- Y foods: Cycads / Roots
Egg-born growth to 15%: 27 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Block three real attacks from the front.
Stegosaurus · Herbivores · 8 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Tail spike; Wide tail sweep.
- A foods: Ferns / Roots
- B foods: Cycads / Fruit
- Y foods: Broad leaves / Conifer shoots
Egg-born growth to 15%: 24 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Block three real attacks.
Ankylosaurus · Herbivores · 8 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Tail club; Heavy club swing.
- A foods: Ferns / Grass
- B foods: Roots / Cycads
- Y foods: Fruit / Broad leaves
Egg-born growth to 15%: 24 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Open both mineral deposits.
Diplodocus · Herbivores · 10 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Tail lash; Ground stomp.
- A foods: Conifer shoots / Cycads
- B foods: Broad leaves / Fruit
- Y foods: Ferns / Grass
Egg-born growth to 15%: 30 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Open two high browsing sites.
Allosaurus · Carnivores · 6 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Slashing bite; Raking claws.
- A foods: Deer / Rabbit
- B foods: Herbivore meat / Small dinosaur meat
- Y foods: Predator meat / Boar
Egg-born growth to 15%: 18 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Read ten distinct fresh blood clues with Sniff.
Carnotaurus · Carnivores · 5 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Snap bite; Committed charge.
- A foods: Boar / Chicken
- B foods: Deer / Herbivore meat
- Y foods: Small dinosaur meat / Rabbit
Egg-born growth to 15%: 15 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Land three committed charges after building momentum.
Ceratosaurus · Carnivores · 4.5 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Tearing bite; Horn jab.
- A foods: Predator meat / Fish
- B foods: Boar / Rabbit
- Y foods: Herbivore meat / Small dinosaur meat
Egg-born growth to 15%: 13.5 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Carry a food chunk.
Dilophosaurus · Carnivores · 3 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Quick bite; Crest feint / sidestep.
- A foods: Chicken / Fish
- B foods: Rabbit / Deer
- Y foods: Small dinosaur meat / Herbivore meat / Eggs
Egg-born growth to 15%: 9 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Make three nearby NPC opponents react to crest feints.
Omniraptor · Carnivores · 3 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Raptor bite; Pounce & latch.
- A foods: Deer / Boar
- B foods: Rabbit / Chicken
- Y foods: Small dinosaur meat / Herbivore meat / Eggs
Egg-born growth to 15%: 9 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Maintain actual pounce contact for 12 seconds total.
Troodon · Carnivores · 1.5 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Nipping bite; Pounce & latch.
- A foods: Chicken / Small dinosaur meat
- B foods: Rabbit / Deer
- Y foods: Fish / Herbivore meat / Eggs
Egg-born growth to 15%: 4.5 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Read ten distinct movement clues at night.
Herrerasaurus · Carnivores · 3 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Snapping bite; Leaping ambush.
- A foods: Rabbit / Deer
- B foods: Small dinosaur meat / Fish
- Y foods: Chicken / Boar / Eggs
Egg-born growth to 15%: 9 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Reach three distinct connected branches.
Baryonyx · Carnivores · 5 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Fish bite; Hooking claws.
- A foods: Fish / Predator meat
- B foods: Boar / Deer
- Y foods: Small dinosaur meat / Chicken
Egg-born growth to 15%: 15 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Catch fish with special claws in two fisheries.
Spinosaurus · Carnivores · 9 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Long-jaw bite; Forelimb rake.
- A foods: Fish / Small dinosaur meat
- B foods: Herbivore meat / Deer
- Y foods: Predator meat / Boar
Egg-born growth to 15%: 27 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Catch fish underwater in two fisheries.
Suchomimus · Carnivores · 6 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Snout bite; Sweeping claws.
- A foods: Fish / Small dinosaur meat
- B foods: Deer / Herbivore meat
- Y foods: Chicken / Boar
Egg-born growth to 15%: 18 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Drive a shoal from deep water into shallows.
Deinosuchus · Carnivores · 10 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Jaw clamp; Lunge / death roll.
- A foods: Fish / Small dinosaur meat / Deinosuchus meat (innate)
- B foods: Herbivore meat / Deer
- Y foods: Boar / Predator meat
Egg-born growth to 15%: 30 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Deathroll three living grabbed prey.
Pteranodon · Carnivores · 2 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Beak jab; Diving beak strike.
- A foods: Fish / Rabbit
- B foods: Chicken / Deer
- Y foods: Small dinosaur meat / Herbivore meat
Egg-born growth to 15%: 6 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Catch a surface fish with a diving special.
Quetzalcoatlus · Carnivores · 4 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Spear-beak jab; Diving talon strike.
- A foods: Small dinosaur meat / Herbivore meat
- B foods: Rabbit / Chicken
- Y foods: Fish / Deer
Egg-born growth to 15%: 12 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Carry and deliver food at least 600 metres.
Beipiaosaurus · Omnivores · 2.5 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Beak nip; Foreclaw rake.
- A foods: Fish / Small dinosaur meat
- B foods: Roots / Cycads
- Y foods: Fruit / Flowers / Eggs
Egg-born growth to 15%: 7.5 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Open two flooded-root pockets.
Gallimimus · Omnivores · 3 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Quick peck; Running kick.
- A foods: Fruit / Roots
- B foods: Flowers / Grass
- Y foods: Chicken / Rabbit / Eggs
Egg-born growth to 15%: 9 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Warn nearby NPC herd members of observed predators three times.
Pachycephalosaurus · Herbivores · 3 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Headbutt; Bone-crushing ram.
- A foods: Fruit / Flowers
- B foods: Roots / Cycads
- Y foods: Broad leaves / Grass
Egg-born growth to 15%: 9 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Open two cracked-rock routes.
Tenontosaurus · Herbivores · 4 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Tail strike; Hind-leg kick.
- A foods: Ferns / Grass
- B foods: Broad leaves / Conifer shoots
- Y foods: Fruit / Roots
Egg-born growth to 15%: 12 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Vault both fallen-log barriers.
Dryosaurus · Herbivores · 2 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Quick nip; Escape kick.
- A foods: Grass / Broad leaves
- B foods: Flowers / Ferns
- Y foods: Fruit / Roots
Egg-born growth to 15%: 6 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Excavate both burrow networks.
Hypsilophodon · Herbivores · 1.5 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Small peck; Bile spit.
- A foods: Flowers / Ferns
- B foods: Grass / Conifer shoots
- Y foods: Roots / Fruit
Egg-born growth to 15%: 4.5 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Land three bile spits.
Diabloceratops · Herbivores · 5 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Horn jab; Side-hook shove.
- A foods: Broad leaves / Grass
- B foods: Cycads / Fruit
- Y foods: Roots / Ferns
Egg-born growth to 15%: 15 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Land three side-hook shoves on suitable opponents.
Maiasaura · Herbivores · 6 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Tail sweep; Heavy kick.
- A foods: Conifer shoots / Roots
- B foods: Broad leaves / Fruit
- Y foods: Grass / Flowers
Egg-born growth to 15%: 18 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Share food with NPC companions five times.
Psittacosaurus · Herbivores · 1.5 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Beak nip; Defensive head shove.
- A foods: Fruit / Broad leaves
- B foods: Roots / Ferns
- Y foods: Cycads / Grass
Egg-born growth to 15%: 4.5 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Plant at two growing beds.
Protoceratops · Herbivores · 2.5 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Beak bite; Frill shove.
- A foods: Roots / Ferns
- B foods: Broad leaves / Fruit
- Y foods: Grass / Cycads
Egg-born growth to 15%: 7.5 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Excavate two water seeps.
Minmi · Herbivores · 3 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Tail strike; Armored body shove.
- A foods: Ferns / Broad leaves
- B foods: Grass / Cycads
- Y foods: Roots / Fruit
Egg-born growth to 15%: 9 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Guide small NPC juveniles for 300 metres.
Compsognathus · Carnivores · 1 h to adult at Good diet
Play style: Tiny bite; Scratching lunge.
- A foods: Chicken / Rabbit
- B foods: Small dinosaur meat / Herbivore meat
- Y foods: Fish / Deer / Eggs
Egg-born growth to 15%: 3 min at Good diet.
A goal to try: Snatch a food chunk.
Make your ability count
Most species have a primary attack and a Special action. Read your species' prompts: a charge needs a clear approach, a pounce needs contact, a climbing hunter needs a reachable branch, and a water hunter needs a suitable spot.
Deinosuchus, Ceratosaurus, and Compsognathus tolerate rotten meat. That does not mean every meat-eater can. Deinosuchus can also eat its own species for an innate nutrient benefit.
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