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Paleo Pinesoffers a lot of alluring gameplay features for those who want a relaxing yet interesting time. Naturally, the most exciting of these is the ability to tame dinosaurs. It’s a necessary skill that you’ll need to learn if you want to fill your ranch with these prehistoric friends and then have them contribute to the farm work.
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Taming dinosaurs is a multi-step process, and you’ll likely need quite a few resources before you’re successful. Thankfully, there’s a pretty easy way to simplify every step of the process, and there are no real downsides to failing, other than a few lost crops and a Poppin or two.
How To Tame A Dinosaur
There are three stages to taming a dinosaur:
The first step is simple. Take out your flute, face the dinosaur, and play theYoohoo tune(tap the Red note three times in succession). Once you have the dinosaur’s attention, it will start honking its friendship song at you.
You’ll need torepeat the dinosaur’s friendship songat it to be able to feed it anything. Watch the notes carefully and mimic them.
Once you’ve successfully mimicked a dinosaur’s friendship song, you’ll bring up a friendship meter.
This meter has three things to be aware of: asleepy zone, anexcited zone, and agreen zonebetween them.
Feeding a dinofood that it likeswill move the needle to the right, towards the excited zone, while using theSoothe actionwill move the needle to the left, towards the sleepy zone.
If you feed a dinofood that it doesn’t like, the meter’s needle will fluctuate wildly and could end up in the sleepy or excited zones.
Your goal here is touse food and the Soothe action to get the needle in the green zoneand thenfeed the dino the correct Poppin. If the needle is in the green zone, feeding the dino the right Poppin has a chance to tame it. It has a greater chance if the needle is in the dark green zone in the centre of the light green zone.
It may takemultiple triesfor a Poppin to work, even in the green zone, so stock up on them if you’re going for a particular dino!
You’ll know that the Poppin works if the meter disappears and you get a notification saying the dinosaur trusts you. Then, you must pet the dinosaur and then name it. From there, it will follow you for the rest of the day.
The video above depicts a successful taming attempt from start to finish. In it, a Psittacosaurus is tamed using Bell Peppers and a Crunchy Poppin, though any alternative Crunchy food would have worked to move the needle to the right.
How To Find A Dinosaur’s Taste Preference
Having lots of food on hand to find a dinosaur’s perfect taste is an annoying task, especially in a game with a limited inventory. Thankfully, there is an easy way to find out a dinosaur’s taste preference using onlyfour food typesthat can all be found from the beginning of the game.
For this strategy, you’ll needClover, Dandelions, Spring Onions, and Carrots. The first two arefoundall over the valley biome, and the second two are easilygrownas soon as Agami starts selling you seeds.
With these, you have all five tastes covered. you’re able to use these to easily narrow down a dinosaur’s preference thusly:
Once you’ve identified the taste preference, stock up on food that the dino likes and get some Poppins of the corresponding taste. For a guide to unlocking all five Poppin recipes,click here.
Once you’ve figured out a dinosaur’s taste preference, it will be noted on thedinosaur’s page in the journal. Note that studying a dinosaur doesn’t automatically reveal this.
