Pachycephalosaurus
Level 5+Its dome-shaped skull is thick, solid bone, and in this game it knows how to use it. Read the tale
Field notes
The thick-headed lizard: the dome on its skull was solid bone up to about 25 cm thick. Late Cretaceous North America, 68-66 million years ago.
Where it lives
Primeval Isle, in Primeval. Seen from level 5. Its level depends on where you meet it: at home, how far from the village you are; on the other lands, that land's band, lowest near the harbour side. It is stronger at night.
How to calm it
Weak to (takes more): Energy +20%Holy +10%
Its attack: the rolling ram. It is steady (wind-up 0.75 s, then 2.6 s before the next).
Pachycephalosauruses are weak to energy and holy. Watch for their rolling ram: sidestep as they start to spin, then hit them while they're dizzy. Cleansed, they turn back into friendly animals.
It runs away for a while below 20% health. Cleansed, it turns back into a friendly animal and wanders home.
What it leaves behind
| Item | Chance | How many |
|---|---|---|
| Dinosaur Scale | 50% | 1–2 |
| Fossil | 10% | 1 |
Dinosaur Scale
FossilPlus orange coins for everyone who helped, now and then a potion, and sometimes gear. Everyone in your party within 40 m gets their own roll.
Numbers
By level
| Level | Health | Attack | XP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 171 | 22 | 85 |
| 10 | 307 | 33 | 128 |
| 20 | 654 | 57 | 212 |
| 30 | 1,100 | 83 | 298 |
On a normal world. Elites (5% of creatures from level 6) have ×2.2 health, ×1.4 attack and give ×3 XP. World settings can make creatures gentler or fiercer.