Creatures

Creatures are the tameable prehistoric animals at the heart of Primal Idle. Every creature is captured through Taming, lives in your Stable, and can be put to work as a companion, sent out on Expeditions, or paired up in Breeding. There are 54 species in all, spread across ten Biomes.

Each wild creature you tame arrives with rolled stats inside its species' ranges. Those stats — and the mutations that come from breeding — are what make one individual of a species better than another.

Creature stats

Every creature has three core stats, rolled randomly within a fixed range when tamed:

• Power — offensive strength on Expeditions.
• Guard — defensive toughness; your best tanks.
• Swiftness — speed; high swiftness helps a party flee a losing fight.

A handful of the newer species also carry a Health stat. Stats can be pushed above the wild ranges through Breeding mutations and Imprinting, and further boosted by Dino Gear (saddles and bardings).

Companion buffs

Every species has a companion buff: a passive bonus to one specific skill. A companion buff comes in one of two kinds:

• Speed — the skill's actions complete faster (e.g. +15% Hunting speed).
• Double — a percentage chance for the skill to yield double output (e.g. 20% chance of double Logging yield).

A creature only ever buffs the single skill listed for its species. Between them, the roster covers every skill in the game, so there is at least one companion for each.

Setting an Active Companion

A companion buff only applies while that creature is assigned to its skill's companion (worker) slot in the Stable. The rules:

• One companion per skill. Each skill has a single slot. Assigning a new creature to a skill that already has one replaces it. A creature can only be assigned to the skill its buff matches.
• Companions don't fight. Assigning a creature as a companion pulls it out of your expedition party; sending it on an expedition takes it off the job.
• Companions eat upkeep. An assigned companion eats one food item from its diet at a regular interval. Stronger buffs (20% or more) get hungry twice as fast as weaker ones.
• Hungry companions stop buffing. If the bank runs out of food the creature matches, it goes hungry and its buff switches off until food is available again. Nothing is lost — it simply resumes the moment you restock.
• Equipping a saddle (Dino Gear) can increase the value of the companion's buff.

Creature roster

The full roster below is sorted by the Taming level required to tame each species. Stat columns show the wild roll range. "Buff" is the companion bonus and the skill it applies to. Species without a listed biome are tameable in the starter Grasslands.

Creature	Tame Lvl	Biome	Diet	Power	Guard	Swiftness	Health	Companion Buff
Glyptodon	1	Grasslands	Herbivore	4–8	12–18	2–5	—	15% double Mining
Parasaurolophus	5	Grasslands	Herbivore	6–12	8–12	10–16	—	+12% Farming speed
Terror Bird	10	Grasslands	Carnivore	8–14	5–9	10–16	—	+10% Foraging speed
Iguanodon	12	Grasslands	Herbivore	9–15	8–13	7–12	—	15% double Foraging
Compsognathus	18	Redwood Wilds	Carnivore	3–6	2–5	16–24	16–28	+12% Foraging speed
Fisher Bird	20	Grasslands	Carnivore	3–6	3–6	12–18	—	15% double Fishing
Raptor	30	Grasslands	Carnivore	12–20	6–10	14–22	—	+10% Hunting speed
Deinonychus	33	Redwood Wilds	Carnivore	16–24	7–11	18–26	—	+15% Hunting speed
Gastornis	35	Grasslands	Herbivore	10–16	6–10	12–18	—	15% double Cooking
Diplodocus	38	Grasslands	Herbivore	10–16	14–20	3–6	110–160	+15% Logging speed
Triceratops	40	Grasslands	Herbivore	14–22	16–24	4–8	—	20% double Logging
Dilophosaurus	43	Murkwater Swamp	Carnivore	14–20	9–14	12–18	—	+12% Alchemy speed
Beelzebufo	45	Redwood Wilds	Carnivore	6–12	8–14	8–12	—	+10% Cooking speed
Stegosaurus	46	Redwood Wilds	Herbivore	12–18	18–26	3–6	—	25% double Logging
Yi	48	Cavern Depths	Omnivore	5–9	4–8	18–26	18–30	+15% Delving speed
Megaloceros	50	Redwood Wilds	Herbivore	10–16	8–12	12–18	—	+10% Logging speed
Allosaurus	52	Redwood Wilds	Carnivore	18–26	10–16	12–18	—	20% double Hunting
Oviraptor	53	Scorched Badlands	Omnivore	7–12	5–9	16–24	—	+15% Cooking speed
Dire Wolf	55	Redwood Wilds	Carnivore	16–24	8–14	16–24	—	15% double Hunting
Dimetrodon	56	Murkwater Swamp	Carnivore	10–16	12–18	6–10	—	15% double Alchemy
Baryonyx	57	Murkwater Swamp	Carnivore	14–20	8–14	12–18	—	+12% Fishing speed
Kaprosuchus	58	Murkwater Swamp	Carnivore	16–22	8–12	16–22	—	+12% Hunting speed
Sarcosuchus	59	Murkwater Swamp	Carnivore	18–26	14–20	6–10	—	+12% Expeditions speed
Cave Bear	60	Cavern Depths	Carnivore	18–26	14–20	6–10	—	+10% Mining speed
Utahraptor	61	Scorched Badlands	Carnivore	22–32	12–18	20–28	—	15% double Hunting
Giant Bat	62	Cavern Depths	Carnivore	8–12	6–10	18–26	—	+10% Alchemy speed
Castoroides	63	Cavern Depths	Herbivore	12–18	12–16	8–12	—	+15% Logging speed
Doedicurus	64	Cavern Depths	Herbivore	10–16	20–28	4–8	—	25% double Mining
Forge Salamander	65	Cavern Depths	Carnivore	12–18	10–16	10–14	—	+10% Smithing speed
Moros	66	Scorched Badlands	Carnivore	10–16	6–10	22–30	—	+12% Cooking speed
Ankylosaurus	67	Scorched Badlands	Herbivore	16–24	24–32	3–6	—	+15% Mining speed
Carnotaurus	68	Scorched Badlands	Carnivore	20–28	12–18	18–26	—	10% double Expeditions
Archelon	69	Coral Shallows	Herbivore	12–18	26–34	6–10	—	+12% Crafting speed
Woolly Rhino	70	Frozen Wastes	Herbivore	20–30	18–26	6–10	—	20% double Mining
Plesiosaurus	71	Coral Shallows	Carnivore	18–26	14–20	20–28	—	20% double Fishing
Dunkleosteus	72	Coral Shallows	Carnivore	24–32	22–30	8–12	—	15% double Smithing
Hesperornis	73	Coral Shallows	Carnivore	8–13	6–10	15–22	—	20% double Fishing
Megatherium	74	Frozen Wastes	Herbivore	24–34	18–26	5–9	—	+25% Farming speed
Smilodon	75	Frozen Wastes	Carnivore	24–34	12–18	20–28	—	+15% Hunting speed
Elasmotherium	76	Frozen Wastes	Herbivore	24–32	20–28	8–12	—	+12% Smithing speed
Troodon	77	Frozen Wastes	Omnivore	10–16	7–12	17–25	—	+12% Smithing speed
Woolly Mammoth	78	Frozen Wastes	Herbivore	26–36	22–30	4–8	—	15% double Crafting
Ceratosaurus	79	Ashen Peaks	Carnivore	24–34	14–20	16–24	—	+20% Alchemy speed
Spinosaurus	80	Ashen Peaks	Carnivore	28–40	16–24	14–20	—	+20% Fishing speed
Tyrannosaurus	81	Ashen Peaks	Carnivore	30–42	18–26	12–18	—	25% double Hunting
Titanoboa	82	Sundered Vale	Carnivore	28–38	16–24	14–20	—	+10% Taming speed
Pteranodon	83	Skyreach Plateau	Carnivore	18–26	10–16	30–42	—	20% double Alchemy
Argentavis	84	Skyreach Plateau	Carnivore	24–34	14–20	28–38	—	20% double Crafting
Hatzegopteryx	85	Skyreach Plateau	Carnivore	30–42	16–24	26–36	—	+20% Taming speed
Therizinosaurus	86	Sundered Vale	Herbivore	30–42	18–26	12–18	—	20% double Foraging
Pachycephalosaurus	87	Skyreach Plateau	Herbivore	15–22	12–18	8–13	—	15% double Mining
Microraptor	88	Skyreach Plateau	Carnivore	4–8	3–6	20–28	16–28	+12% Crafting speed
Quetzalcoatlus	90	Sundered Vale	Carnivore	26–36	12–18	26–36	—	+15% Fishing speed
Giganotosaurus	95	Sundered Vale	Carnivore	34–48	20–28	14–20	—	15% double Expeditions

Notable picks

• Highest expedition potential: Giganotosaurus (Power 34–48) and Hatzegopteryx (well-rounded, high across the board).
• Best tanks (Guard): Archelon (26–34), Ankylosaurus (24–32), Woolly Mammoth and Dunkleosteus (22–30).
• Fastest (Swiftness): Pteranodon (30–42), Argentavis (28–38) — ideal for fleeing risky expeditions.
• Taming accelerators: Titanoboa (+10% Taming) and especially Hatzegopteryx (+20% Taming) speed up every later tame.
• Farming: Parasaurolophus early (+12%), Megatherium late (+25%).

See also

• Taming — how to capture creatures
• Breeding — pairing creatures for stronger offspring
• Imprinting — raising bred hatchlings for bonus stats
• Diets — what each creature eats
• Stable — where your creatures live
• Companions — the companion buff system in depth
• Dino Gear — saddles and bardings