This long-term challenge brings back many of the original ‘level-up’ Fairyland wildlife,
and different Gardens need to attract different ones every week.
Building a Dinosaur Nest
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Dinosaurs hatch from Dinosaur Eggs, so the first thing you need is a Dinosaur Nest in which to hatch them. Nests are built on a Nesting Rock, these can be gifted by friends or you can buy one for yourself for the price of 10 Gold. Place the nest in your garden, then you need to spot Dinosaurs in other gardens to add twigs to it.
Each Dinosaur nest can only be built by five (5) of the same Dinosaur, but don‘t worry, Dinosaurs will not help to build a nest if it has already been started by a different Dinosaur, so you won’t accidentally ruin your nest by spotting the wrong one. Dinosaur nests are like bird nests, they can be used for hatching an egg five (5) times. After five (5) uses they break, which means you lose one of the five (5) Dinosaurs which helped to build it and you will need to spot it again to repair the nest.
You can claim your first nest, already built by Diplodocus and ready to use, by clicking here.
Getting a Dinosaur Egg
Once you have an empty completed Dinosaur Nest in your garden, you can get an Egg either by attracting wildlife to your Garden, or spotting it in other Gardens. Each 5th critter (either attracted or spotted) will drop the Egg. The wildlife which drops Dinosaur Eggs changes every week at midnight GMT every Sunday evening and is different for different players, so you need to check each week to see which wildlife you need. Each Dinosaur has its own group of wildlife from which one critter is chosen randomly when you level up. After that you will follow a set order, which is the same for everyone.
Hatching the Dinosaur Egg
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Dinosaurs eat Veggies, Bird Mix, Wild Berries or Tropical Fruits from both Low and Raised Tables. Eggs will hatch the best from nests built by that same Dinosaur. It is possible to hatch from a different Dinosaur’s nest, but it will usually take much longer to hatch. The probability of an Egg hatching from a nest built by different Dinosaur is five (5) times lower compared to using the correct nest. Egg gives an alert before the Dinosaur hatches.
Diplodocus Egg
Diplodocus Egg will be dropped for every 5thGecko, Water Dragon, Field Mouse, Mallard, Gray Squirrel or Raccoon you attract to your garden or spot in other gardens, provided you have a completed empty nest built by five (5) Diplodocus) in your Garden.
Check Wildlife Guide every week to see which one is yours:
Note: The order of the wildlife for weekly change as listed above is the same for everyone, only each player starts at a different point in the cycle.
The order may not be valid in the first week of the new year.
Stegosaurus Egg
This egg is unlocked after you have attracted Diplodocus five (5) times.
Stegosaurus Egg will be dropped for every 5th Brown Bunny, Coyote, Donkey, Giraffe, Skunk, Kangaroo, Rainbow dragon, Fox, Hare or Camel you attract to your garden or spot in other gardens, provided you have a completed empty nest (built by five (5) Diplodocus or five (5) Stegosaurus) in your Garden.
Check Wildlife Guide every week to see which one is yours:
Note: The order of the wildlife for weekly change as listed above is the same for everyone, only each player starts at a different point in the cycle.
The order may not be valid in the first week of the new year.
Velociraptor Egg
This egg is unlocked after you have attracted all previous Dinosaurs 10 times.
Velociraptor Egg will be dropped for every 5th Armadillo, Ostrich, Chipmunk, Deer, Golden Dragon, Bandicoot, Hippopotamus, Oriole, Wallaby, Guinea Pig, Prarie Dog or Meerkat you attract to your garden or spot in other gardens, provided you have a completed empty nest (built by five (5) Stegosaurus or five (5) Velociraptors) in your Garden.
Check Wildlife Guide every week to see which one is yours:
Note: The order of the wildlife for weekly change as listed above is the same for everyone, only each player starts at a different point in the cycle.
The order may not be valid in the first week of the new year.
Triceratops Egg
This egg is unlocked after you have attracted all previous Dinosaurs 15 times.
Triceratops Egg will be dropped for every 5th Griffin, Kingfisher, Seal, King Penguin, Puffin, Walrus, Platypus, Otter or Sea Lion you attract to your garden or spot in other gardens, provided you have a completed empty nest (built by five (5) Velociraptors or five (5) Triceratops) in your Garden.
Check Wildlife Guide every week to see which one is yours:
Note: The order of the wildlife for weekly change as listed above is the same for everyone, only each player starts at a different point in the cycle.
The order may not be valid in the first week of the new year.
Spinosaurus Egg
This egg is unlocked after you have attracted all previous Dinosaurs 20 times.
Spinosaurus Egg will be dropped for every 5th Ferret, Tiger, Zebra, Phoenix, Red Squirrel, Pink Fairy Armadillo, Zebra (yes, again), Llama or Koala you attract to your garden or spot in other gardens, provided you have a completed empty nest (built by five (5) Triceratops or five (5) Spinosarus) in your Garden.
Check Wildlife Guide every week to see which one is yours:
Note: The order of the wildlife for weekly change as listed above is the same for everyone, only each player starts at a different point in the cycle.
The order may not be valid in the first week of the new year.
Pterodactyl Egg
This egg is unlocked after you have attracted all previous Dinosaurs 25 times.
Pterocactyl Egg will be dropped for every 5th Australian King Parrot, Crane, Woodpecker, Blue Jay, Pegasus, Kiwi or Roadrunner you attract to your garden or spot in other gardens, provided you have a completed empty nest (built by five (5) Spinosaurus or five (5) Pterodactyls) in your Garden.
Check Wildlife Guide every week to see which one is yours:
Note: The order of the wildlife for weekly change as listed above is the same for everyone, only each player starts at a different point in the cycle.
The order may not be valid in the first week of the new year.
Mosasaurus Egg
This egg is unlocked after you have attracted all previous Dinosaurs 30 times.
Mosasaurus Egg will be dropped for every 5th of the following Underwater wildlife: Watery Seadragon, Seal, Sea Unicorn, King Penguin, Rainbow Seadragon, Puffin, Sea Pegasus, Walrus, Golden Seadragon, Platypus, Phoenish, Otter, Griffish or Sea Lion you attract to your garden or spot in other gardens, provided you have a completed empty nest (built by five (5) Pterodactyls or five (5) Mosasaurus) in your Garden.
Check Wildlife Guide every week to see which one is yours:
Note: The order of the wildlife for weekly change as listed above is the same for everyone, only each player starts at a different point in the cycle.
The order may not be valid in the first week of the new year.
T-Rex Egg
This egg is unlocked after you have attracted all previous Dinosaurs 35 times.
T-Rex Egg will be dropped for every 10th of the following wildlife: Badger, Red Panda, Olinguito, Nightingale, Gorilla, Jackdaw, Unicorn, Wombat or Giant Panda you attract to your garden or spot in other gardens, provided you have a completed empty nest (built by five (5) Mosasaurus or five (5) T-Rex) in your Garden.
Check Wildlife Guide every week to see which one is yours:
Note: The order of the wildlife for weekly change as listed above is the same for everyone, only each player starts at a different point in the cycle.
The order may not be valid in the first week of the new year.
Special Reward
By attracting 40 of each Dinosaur, you will unlock a Special Reward.
The reward for completing the Dino challenge is a Free Superfood ‘Weekend’ (48 hours) every month, which you can start whenever you like!
Note: Same rules apply as for the public free SF weekends, which means you need to wait at least 2 hours after placement to clear any Superfood while the reward is activated.
Tips
You can use hatched Dinosaur Eggshells as regular pots for your plants.
The Egg is always dropped to the best suitable Nest available in your garden,
so you need not to worry about the placement of nests if you are hunting/attracting
for more than one kind of Dinosaur at once.
It is not possible to get Dinosaur Twins or Triplets (just one Dinosaur per egg, sorry!)
It is not possible to get two Dinosaurs of the same kind to visit within 1 hour or each other,
even if you have more than one Egg. It is probably caused by the same programming which prevents Twins (see above).
If you have two or more Eggs of the same Dinosaur in nests built by different Dinosaurs,
the Egg will most likely hatch from the one built by the same Dinosaur, regardless of its position.
There doesn’t seem to be set order (left to right, or right to left) for hatching eggs from the same type of nests.