Start with your shovel: hold on a dig site and release while the meter is green. Complete a fossil set, bring it to Dr. Ivy, warm the resulting egg in an incubator and keep the hatchling’s belly above half full.
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First milestone: a complete fossil set
Work toward one complete set before planning several hatchlings. The official route needs a full set for Dr. Ivy’s egg conversion. It does not specify a universal piece count or which starter island to use.
Second milestone: an egg and hatchling
Bring the completed set to Dr. Ivy at the DNA Lab, then warm the egg in the incubator. Follow the current in-game prompts for handing over the set and starting incubation; this overview does not assign button labels or a hatch timer.
Third milestone: continued growth
Keep the dinosaur’s belly more than half full. This is the stated condition for continued growth. The named endpoints are Newborn and Elder; intermediate stages and total growth time are not established here.
Choose your next goal
Once a dinosaur is grown, the game describes riding it. Bigger boats lead to new fossil islands. Choose another fossil set when your goal is another hatchling, or boat progression when your goal is island access.
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