Dino World Guide: Getting started on the map
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OverviewDino World drops you into an open map where dinosaurs roam and survival depends on how fast you can gather resources, build a base, and decide whether to hunt or tame what you find. This guide walks you through getting started, staying alive, and unlocking everything the game has to offer.
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Getting started on the map
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When you join, you are placed directly into the world with dinosaurs already around you. Your immediate job is to move through the map and collect the raw materials you will need to build a base. Everything else — weapons, armor, tools — comes after that foundation is in place.
- Explore the map move through the world and look for wood, stone, and other resources.
- Build your base construct your base using the materials you have collected; it becomes your crafting hub and safe haven.
- Craft your gear once the base is up, use it to make weapons, tools, and armor before venturing further out.
Staying alive — combat and item loss
Warn
Death does not reset your world progress or erase your save. However, anything you are carrying at the moment you die lands in a tombstone on the map. Every time you meet a dinosaur, decide quickly whether to fight, tame, or run.
Hunting versus taming dinosaurs
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Every dinosaur you encounter gives you a choice. Hunting lets you kill the dinosaur. Taming turns the dinosaur into an ally that fights alongside you.
| Hunt | use your crafted weapons to kill a dinosaur. |
| Tame | successfully tame a dinosaur and it becomes a companion that helps you in combat. |
Unlocking classes and races with fossils and crude oil
Tips
Beyond wood and stone, the map contains fossils and crude oil. These two resources are what you spend to unlock new classes and races. The Doctor class is one of the options you can unlock this way.
- Collect fossils found across the map.
- Collect crude oil from the map.
- Unlocking the Doctor class and other new classes and races requires collecting both fossils and crude oil.
Redeem codes
CheckThe developers release codes periodically through their community. Each code can only be used once, and older codes expire. The option to enter a code is available through the in-game menu.
- Open the in-game menu to find the code entry screen.
- Each code only works once, so do not try a code you have already used.
- Check the game's community channels regularly since codes are released over time and old ones stop working.
Glossary
Glossary- Base
- A structure you build on the map that acts as your safe crafting spot for weapons, tools, and armor.
- Fossil
- A resource found across the map that you collect to unlock new classes and races.
- Crude oil
- Another gatherable resource that is required to unlock classes and races.
- Tombstone
- The spot where all your carried items land when you die.
- Doctor class
- A class added in a recent update that you unlock by collecting fossils and crude oil.
- Tame
- The act of bringing a dinosaur to your side so it fights with you instead of against you.
Common questions
FAQDo I lose everything when I die?
Your save file stays intact, so your world progress is safe. However, every item you were carrying drops at a tombstone on the map.
What do fossils and crude oil actually do?
Collecting both of these resources is what lets you unlock new classes and races, including the Doctor class.
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