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FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently asked questions about evolution, breeding, character systems, server behavior, and combat recovery in Mesozoic Dawn.
Evolution & Breeding
How to evolve into a higher creature?
When you reach 60% growth, you are considered an adult. If you are female, you can reproduce parthenogenetically to lay an egg. Once the egg develops to 100%, you can choose for the offspring to evolve into a new species.
How to increase the chance of an Evolution Egg?
The higher your nutrition, the higher the chance of laying an Evolution Egg. Evolution Eggs represent the potential to become a higher-tier creature.
How to lay eggs?
Laying eggs consumes fertility and nutrition ratio (larger body size consumes more nutrition). Higher nutrition increases the probability of offspring becoming Evolution Eggs. If fertility is too low, you become sterile and cannot lay eggs.
What is the use of a Nest?
Nests provide protection for eggs and extend their preservation time. Nests also accelerate egg incubation and provide resurrection effects. Resting on the nest to “brood” will further accelerate incubation.
How to resurrect with a Nest?
First, your nest must contain a 100% developed egg. When you die, you can choose to resurrect as this egg.
How do male dinosaurs evolve and breed?
Males can seek females of the same species to mate, or ask friends to invite them to hatch, becoming the other's offspring.
How to find a mate?
Both parties must be of the same species and adults. A prompt appears when close, allowing you to send an invitation. Direct relatives cannot mate, and inbreeding may carry penalties.
How do mates breed offspring?
After mating, the male approaches the female and can invite her to lay eggs (ensure the female has 2 eggs inside).
What are the advantages of offspring bred by mates?
Offspring from eggs laid by invitation inherit genes from both parents, with a chance to synthesize higher genes and a higher probability of being Evolution Eggs.
How to accelerate egg incubation?
Complete Nest: +35% speed. Brooding on a complete nest: +50% speed. High temperature weather: +20% speed (stacks with nest). Low temperature weather: -50% speed.
How to invite others to hatch?
The other party must have unlocked this dinosaur (previously owned it) to receive the invitation.
Conditions for dissolving a partnership?
Character death; evolution into a new dinosaur; mutual agreement to dissolve. There is a 1-hour cooldown after dissolving.
How to control egg gender?
Temperature at laying determines gender: >30°C: 70% chance female. <20°C: 70% chance male. 20°C-30°C: 50% chance female.
How many nests can I own?
One character can own only one nest.
What is the maximum egg limit?
You can own up to 6 eggs simultaneously; you cannot lay more if this limit is exceeded.
Character
Is my save file kept if I go offline?
Save files are preserved after going offline, and eggs continue to develop.
Note: If you close the app directly, the character remains for 60 seconds and may be attacked. Use “Safe Exit” in the top right to be safe.
How to improve nutrition?
Eat fresh food to improve nutrition ratio. Higher nutrition means faster growth and higher Evolution Egg chance.
What are the advantages of male dinosaurs?
Males have stronger survivability, higher damage, faster growth, and default special genes. Males can resurrect once with a level drop (unless hatched by invitation).
What is the use of genes?
Genes represent different attribute Buffs and Debuffs.
How do small carnivores find food?
Small carnivores have specific ant hills as food sources or can catch fish in lakes. Medium/Large carnivores must hunt.
How do herbivores find food?
Herbivores generally eat bushes; giant creatures like sauropods eat tree leaves.
How to fix spawn location?
If you own a nest, you will spawn near it after death.
Advantages of hydrophilic creatures?
They get unique hydrophilic genes, offsetting defense decay in water. They can stay underwater longer, consume less oxygen, and perform more actions in water.
What is the use of muscles?
Muscles affect Health, Damage, and Defense caps.
What is the use of Offspring Followers?
On enabled servers, hatched offspring can follow commands:
- Standby: Stay put, no action.
- Attack: Actively attack nearby threats.
- Defend: Counterattack only if attacked.
- Protect: Counterattack only if the owner is attacked.
- Patrol: Patrol a range and attack threats.
- Flee: Run away from threats until safe.
Why can't I destroy nests/eggs?
You cannot destroy them if you are in a protection period. Also, if your damage is too low to penetrate the nest's defense, you deal no damage.
What is the use of the Heart?
Provides blood regeneration. Damaged hearts reduce blood supply. It consumes oxygen/energy; insufficiency causes heart damage.
What is the use of the Stomach?
Converts food/water to energy for organs. Insufficient food lowers energy supply, causing organ failure.
What is the use of Lungs?
Consumes energy to produce oxygen. Damaged lungs produce less/no oxygen, leading to hypoxia.
What is the use of Reproduction?
Laying eggs consumes fertility. At 0 fertility, the character becomes sterile.
What is the internal egg limit?
Represents how many eggs can assume form inside the body at once; generated automatically.
What are Gene Bank and Character Slots?
Gene Bank saves "100% Growth" characters preventing overwrite. Slots limit how many characters an account can save. You can switch to saved characters anytime. Unsaved characters are overwritten by new creations or hatch invitations.
Server
Why did I disconnect suddenly?
Disconnections may be due to network fluctuations or server maintenance. Daily maintenance restarts occur around UTC 06:00 and take 1-5 minutes.
Combat
What implies the green shield on an enemy?
A shield indicates a protection period (cannot be attacked). You can ignore the shield if your combat power difference is within 50 points. You cannot destroy eggs/nests while under protection.
Who has damage immunity?
Your offspring and mates have default damage immunity.
What to do if bleeding or fractured?
You must lie down and rest.
Can't heal after combat?
Being attacked puts you in combat state (no healing). Healing starts 30s after leaving combat.