Hatch & Craft: Prehistoric Paradise Guide: The core loop
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OverviewHatch & Craft: Prehistoric Paradise is a Roblox game where you dig up dinosaur eggs, hatch them, raise the babies into adults, and build a camp to live in alongside your dinos. This guide walks you through the core loop, how to earn badges, and how to get the most out of seasonal events.
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The core loop: dig, hatch, feed, ride
StepThe main cycle repeats every time you want a new dinosaur.
- Find a mound head out into the field and dig into one of the mounds scattered around to uncover a dinosaur egg.
- Bring it to the Hatching Grounds carry the egg over to the Hatching Grounds and place it there to start the hatching process.
- Feed the baby once it hatches, keep feeding your baby dinosaur until it grows into an adult.
- Ride and harvest a fully grown dinosaur can be ridden, and you can use it to harvest resources.
- Build your camp build and expand a camp where you and your dinosaurs live.
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Badge milestones worth chasing
SummaryThere are 25 badges in total. Earning enough of them unlocks new badge displays at five, ten, 25, 50, and 100 badges. T-Rex has the most badge tiers of any dinosaur, covering both how many you hatch and how many you raise to adulthood.
- T-Rex hatching five separate badges tied to hatching one, five, 25, 100, and 250 T-Rexes.
- T-Rex raising five more badges for bringing one, three, 10, 25, and 50 T-Rexes all the way to adulthood.
- Ptera hatching one badge for hatching your first Ptera.
- Ptera raising one badge for raising your first Ptera to adulthood.
- Ptera colors one badge for finding all four Soft Ptera base colors.
- Badge display unlocks new displays open at five, 10, 25, 50, and 100 total badges earned.
Seasonal events: currencies and limited dinosaurs
TipsTwo events have run so far: Easter 2026 and Summer Camp 2026. Each brings its own currency, a vendor to spend it at, and exclusive dinosaur colors tied to badge challenges.
- In the Summer Camp 2026 event, collecting ten Smores earns you a badge.
- Spending 300 Smores at the event vendor unlocks a second badge, and spending 1,000 Smores unlocks a third.
- Finding and raising a Tie Dye T-Rex gives you a Summer Camp badge; raising two Tie Dye Stegos gives another.
- The Easter 2026 event rewarded players for collecting 25 Jelly Beans from hatching eggs and for raising a Flower Bronto.
- During the birthday celebration, a special Galli egg can be found in all mound types, and a Festival Vendor offers limited-time recipes.
Expanding inventory and barn slots
CheckMore inventory room means you can carry more eggs from the field, and more barn slots means more adult dinosaurs stored at once.
- Join the Emerald Activities group on Roblox to receive plus five inventory slots and plus five barn slots.
- If you have Roblox Premium, you get another plus five inventory slots and plus five barn slots on top of that.
- Both bonuses stack, so a Premium member who also joins the group gets the full double increase.
- Group members also get access to forums for trading, reporting bugs, and reading game information.
Glossary
Glossary- Hatching Grounds
- The area where you bring eggs to hatch them into baby dinosaurs.
- Mound
- A raised patch of ground you dig into to find dinosaur eggs.
- Barn slot
- One of the spaces where you can store a grown dinosaur.
- Smores
- The currency used in the Summer Camp 2026 event, collected and then spent at the event vendor for badges.
- Jelly Beans
- The currency used in the Easter 2026 event, obtained by hatching eggs during that event.
- Festival Vendor
- A special shop that appears during the birthday celebration, offering limited-time recipes.
Common questions
FAQHow do I unlock new badge displays?
Badge displays unlock automatically when your total badge count hits five, ten, 25, 50, and 100.
Do I need Roblox Premium to enjoy the game?
Premium gives you five extra inventory slots and five extra barn slots. Joining the free Emerald Activities group gives you the same bonus.
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