Dinosaur Life — Choosing your first dinosaur
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OverviewDinosaur Life is a prehistoric survival game on Roblox where you pick a dinosaur, explore an open world, hunt for food, and try to stay alive as long as possible. This guide covers choosing your dinosaur, staying fed and healthy, handling dangers like storms and predators, and earning coins faster.
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Choosing your first dinosaur
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Three dinosaurs are named in the game's own materials, each suited to a different approach. T. rex works best for players who want to hunt alone and rely on raw power. Velociraptor is built around hunting with a group, so it rewards teamwork. Triceratops suits players who prefer a defensive role, protecting a herd rather than chasing down prey.
| T. rex | solo hunting, high power, no group needed |
| Velociraptor | pack hunter, strongest when playing with others |
| Triceratops | defensive, best for herd protection and group management |
Surviving your first session
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The open world has areas of different danger levels. Keeping your health, hunger, and thirst gauges topped up is always the job.
- Hunt small prey first smaller creatures are easier kills and give you a steady food source.
- Drink water regularly thirst runs down alongside hunger, so never ignore it.
- Pull back when low if your health drops, retreat to a safe area before searching for food or water.
- Track the day and night surviving a full in-game day and a full in-game night are both goals the game tracks.
Hazards beyond other dinosaurs
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Carnivores and omnivores are not the only threats. The game includes thunderstorms that can strike you with lightning, steaming geysers hidden around the map, and meteors that fall from the sky. The game awards badges for surviving them or being hit by them.
Growing through long-term survival
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The game measures your total survival time in hours and rewards milestones at 1 hour, 5 hours, 25 hours, 100 hours, and 350 hours. Alongside that, the game tracks whether you have visited every area of the map. Joining a large group also counts as a tracked milestone.
- Survival milestones are tracked at 1, 5, 25, 100, and 350 hours.
- Visit every named area of the map at least once to complete the exploration goal.
- Join or form a group of at least 15 players to hit the Full House milestone.
- Getting onto the leaderboard is also a tracked achievement.
Earning coins faster
TipsCoins are the in-game currency. The bonuses stack with each other.
- Liking the game and joining the official Roblox group gives you 500 coins and a 10% coin multiplier at no cost.
- Roblox Plus subscribers earn 15% more coins on top of any other multipliers already active.
- Because multipliers stack, having both bonuses active at the same time gives a bigger combined boost than either one alone.
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Glossary
Glossary- Food chain
- The hierarchy of hunters and prey in the game's ecosystem — you hunt smaller creatures while avoiding larger ones that can hunt you.
- Multiplier
- A bonus that increases the number of coins you earn; multiple multipliers stack together for a bigger combined effect.
- Pack hunting
- Playing alongside other dinosaurs of the same type to take down prey that would be too dangerous to face alone.
- Geyser
- A ground hazard found on the map that deals damage when you walk into its steam.
Common questions
FAQWhat happens when a carnivore attacks me?
Getting attacked is dangerous, but escaping is a tracked achievement — the game specifically rewards players who get away after a predator strikes.
Is the group bonus really free?
Yes. Liking the game and joining the official group costs nothing and immediately grants 500 coins plus a 10% coin multiplier.
How long does it take to reach the highest survival badge?
The top Survivor badge requires 350 hours of total survival time. That accumulates across every session you play.
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