Carnivore Keeps Eating My Herbivore Dinos... HELP?

[DuX1112]

How to prevent herbivore dinosaurs getting eaten by carnivorous dinosaurs?

Help. He killed 3 already! O_O

Can I send the rangers to shoot him or something? Build separate enclosures?

Thanks

[Hermitosaurus]

Separate enclosures would be best if you don't want your carnivores to eat your herbivores. Use ACU unit to tranquilize the carnivore and transport to new enclosure.

[Karmaterrorᵁᴷ]

Yeah keep your carnivores and herbivores in sepperate enclosures unless you want nature to take its course like that :)

[DuX1112]

How to make a separate enclosure though... Just build a fence and add another gate? I'm releasing 2 triceratops on his ass soon... xD

[drazan]

Originally posted by DuX1112:

How to make a separate enclosure though... Just build a fence and add another gate? I'm releasing 2 triceratops on his ass soon... xD

triceratops are "armoured herbivores" and they can stand their ground against medium sized carnivores like the baryonyx

small carnivores like troodon and raptors won't even attack triceratops

big carnis like spino, allo, alberto or rex will make short work of armoured herbivores (as they should)

[Phoenixflieger]

Infos for campaign, challenge mode and unaltered sandbox settings (in sandbox you can alter dino fight behaviour).

The classification of a dinosaur (giant, small, armored and large) can be found in its info tab (or online).

+ Small and large carnivores do NOT attack each other (includes Indominus Rex)
- - exception: Indoraptor does attack small carnivores

+ No carnivores attack giant herbivores
- - exception: Indominus Rex does attack though
- - exception 2: the new Nigersaurus is attacked by large carnivores, treat him as armored herbviore instead!

+ small carnivores do not attack armored herbivores
- - treat Nigersaurus as armored in terms of this rule
- - by implication large carnivores do attack armored. Some large carnivores do not insta-kill these and are referred to by some players as "medium" carnivores - a classification that does not exist though.

+ obv. small and medium herbivores are attacked by any carnivore eventually
+ large carnivores fight with large carnivores
+ small carnivores fight with small carnivores (Troodon for the win!)

There are few more factors to take into account like tranq state of a dino, feeding status, storms, mission scripting, but that's basically how you can keep dinos together in enclosures.

[Nederbeest]

Well, what did you expect? That one is on you.

I take it that you are on the first map. There are three ways to do this.

Split the first large enclosure through the middle into two seperate parts (one for herbivores, one for carnivores). Create a little fenced off area infront of the hatchery and add two gates to either side.You can then manually open and close the gates to let herbivores and carnivores in their pens.

Second sollution. If you have enough funds, build another fenced off area with another hatchery and use that for the carnivores.

Third sollution, is a combination of both options (and expensive). Leave the large enclosure as is. Create a fenced off area infront of the hatchery but add only one gate. Use the gate only for herbivores. Create another fenced off area. Hatch a carnivore and tranq it with the ACU team. Airlift the carnivore into the seperate enclosure.

Just experiment to see which options you like best. But on later bigger maps you will have to use all of the above.

[Nederbeest]

Originally posted by Phoenixflieger:

+ Small and large carnivores do NOT attack each other (includes Indominus Rex)
- - exception: Indoraptor does attack small carnivores

This might actually change with the new upcoming update. I've seen screenshots of a T-rex eating a raptor and a raptor eating a compy...

It might only be a feature for the "Return to Jurassic Park" DLC, but I have a feeling that it will be added all over the board. No more small and large carivore mixing in the campaigns...

[DuX1112]

Thanks for the answers guys, I love this game so far, fun stuff :D

[Kotli]

Originally posted by Nederbeest:

Well, what did you expect? That one is on you.

I take it that you are on the first map. There are three ways to do this.

Split the first large enclosure through the middle into two seperate parts (one for herbivores, one for carnivores). Create a little fenced off area infront of the hatchery and add two gates to either side.You can then manually open and close the gates to let herbivores and carnivores in their pens.

Second sollution. If you have enough funds, build another fenced off area with another hatchery and use that for the carnivores.

Third sollution, is a combination of both options (and expensive). Leave the large enclosure as is. Create a fenced off area infront of the hatchery but add only one gate. Use the gate only for herbivores. Create another fenced off area. Hatch a carnivore and tranq it with the ACU team. Airlift the carnivore into the seperate enclosure.

Just experiment to see which options you like best. But on later bigger maps you will have to use all of the above.

That pen on map one so large you can in fact split it into 3 that is 1 pen for starter herbivores 1 for starter carnivores and 3rd for whatever else you want.

[Shade]

Would you release a hampster in the same room as a cat and expect them to play nice? No... Your releasing food. You need a separate pen. These things were covered in the tutorial, and common sense - carnivores eat herbivores, bigger carnivores kill smaller carnivores.

[DuX1112]

Originally posted by Primalist:

Would you release a hampster in the same room as a cat and expect them to play nice? No... Your releasing food. You need a separate pen. These things were covered in the tutorial, and common sense - carnivores eat herbivores, bigger carnivores kill smaller carnivores.

xD I know, but I hoped my Triceratops would intervene or something.