DreamStones

[GiveMeTheCube]

I wasn't sure if this was already a known fact, but I couldn't figure it out.

If we have found all the dreamstones in an area. I saw we can buy them from the store as a custom order, but if we don't have any free stones to use on the custom order...how do we get more? Because I saw you needed a dreamstone to get a dreamstone....?
I don't understand that.

[AlphaGodith]

there are a limited number of stones, it's a hard cap. you are only permitted to have so many dinos, unfortunately. as far as i know, the crafting with marlo is just to undo upgrades you may have done to stones, not get you more of them.

[peajay64]

Originally posted by Bella Rose:

I wasn't sure if this was already a known fact, but I couldn't figure it out.

If we have found all the dreamstones in an area. I saw we can buy them from the store as a custom order, but if we don't have any free stones to use on the custom order...how do we get more? Because I saw you needed a dreamstone to get a dreamstone....?
I don't understand that.

As AlphaGodith said, there is a limited number of dreamstones. What Marlo is offering you is the ability to convert an upgraded dreamstone back to the base form. So say if you have a valley dreamstone and you wanted to re-use it for a forest biome, you take it to Marlo to turn it back into a regular dreamstone, then set it down at home and craft it into the forest dreamstone.

As counter-intuitive as it sounds for all these cute dino buddies, it's more efficient to keep only 1 of each species if possible to minimize dreamstone usage. For a game all about friendship and forming bonds with your dinosaurs, I sure am ruthless releasing my demo Ankylosaurus for a new one with rarer colors because I can't afford to keep two ankylosauruses when something else can fill the spot lol.

[quinn]

you can go to the one person to get your dinosaurs back i believe? but yeah i think dreamstones should be unlimited, maybe they just very slowly respawn

[peajay64]

Originally posted by quinn:

you can go to the one person to get your dinosaurs back i believe? but yeah i think dreamstones should be unlimited, maybe they just very slowly respawn

No, there's a finite amount of them hidden in certain spots, usually behind obstacles that need Helper dinos. That and the fact dinosaur colors and spawns are preset to that one day and can't be reset, the devs are trying to make your dinosaurs feel more like individuals since you can only have so many. However, I heard there's more than enough Dreamstones to have several of your favorites anyway, so really it's just so you don't go ham with your ranch and have 60 nameless dinosaurs around.

[AlphaGodith]

Originally posted by quinn:

you can go to the one person to get your dinosaurs back i believe? but yeah i think dreamstones should be unlimited, maybe they just very slowly respawn

yeah, mari has 'storage' where your released dinos go and you can summon them with her any time. i agree that dreamstones should be unlimited. it should be up to the player and the natural limitations of feeding and caring for the dinos that determines how many you can have. but, that's just not how the paleo pines devs feel, unfortunately.