Small Herbivore
Dryosaurus
Dryosaurus altus
“Tall tree lizard”
Small, fast, adorable — burrows in Legacy, dodges in Evrima, dies if caught.
In The Isle
Small, harmless, and adorable — Dryosaurus is small and weak, but makes up for it with amazing speed, agility, stamina, and the ability to hide. Its impressive speed (exactly the same as a Utahraptor) can save it from most carnivores; if not, it dives into a burrow. In Legacy, Dryosaurus can **burrow** via RMB to avoid predators (only juvenile Utahraptors can enter your burrow); right-click again to exit. In Evrima, Dryosaurus instead has a **dodge** ability (similar to Utahraptor's alt-bite) that's particularly effective in dense jungle for shaking pursuers. Its preferred diet is **Variegated Oranges (carbs)** along the southwest coasts, **Agave (proteins)** on the plains, and **Sunchoke Flower roots (lipids)** also on the plains. The plains are dangerous foraging ground — sparse cover means Carnotaurus can spot and run you down easily, and the winding central rivers of Isla Spiro are Deinosuchus territory, making drinking risky too. The roadmap framing: "A favourite snack amongst the carnivorous population, encouraging the Dryosaurus to hide itself away from what it can't outrun."
In Real Life
Dryosaurus was first discovered in 1876 by Samuel Wendell Williston in Albany County, Wyoming, and named by Professor Othniel Charles Marsh two years later — the name means "tree lizard" because it was assumed to live in forests. Specimens have been found across the United States (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming) and in Tanzania. The body was long and built for speed. It was an herbivore living on ginkgo, conifers, cycads, and likely fallen leaves on the forest floor. A long neck and stiff tail provided balance for high-speed bipedal running and for using its five-fingered claws to handle food. It had large eyes, a horny beak, a toothless upper front jaw, and self-sharpening cheek teeth — scientists believe it may have used its cheeks to store food like a hamster.
Abilities
- • Burrow (Legacy, RMB) — predators can't enter (except juvenile Utahraptors)
- • Dodge (Evrima) — short evasive move, great in dense jungle
- • Top speed identical to Utahraptor (45 km/h)
- • Very high agility and maneuverability
- • Quick stamina regeneration
- • Loud alarm scream — alerts nearby herbivores to threats
Strengths & Weaknesses
- + Hard to spot
- + Burrow ability (Legacy) — makes it very hard to catch
- + Shortest growth duration
- + Dodge ability (Evrima) — helps avoid being hit
- + High stamina
- + Extremely fast — same top speed as Utahraptor
- + Very good maneuverability
- + Quick stamina regeneration
- − Very weak — easily killed if caught by a faster player or ambushed
- − Low bleed heal rate
- − Very weak bite
- − Very loud
- − Extremely small health pool
Behavior
Dryo plays paranoid — pre-route every drinking and feeding trip, keep cover or a burrow within sprint range, never engage if you can run. Often shadows larger herbivores (Triceratops, Maiasaura) for protection and uses the alarm scream to alert the herd.
Growth
Total ~30 minutes Hatch → Adult — one of the fastest growth times in the game.
Gameplay Stats
- Health (Adult)
- 50–350 (Evrima) · 175–500 (Legacy)
- Speed (Adult)
- 45 km/h
- Damage per bite (Adult)
- 20 N
- Bleed per bite
- None
- Hunger time (Adult)
- ~45 min (Evrima) · ~80 min (Legacy)
- Thirst time (Adult)
- ~30 min
- Stamina (Adult)
- drain 2:35 · regen 1:05
- Weight (Adult)
- 130 kg (Evrima) · 700 kg (Legacy)
- Growth time
- ~30 min Hatch → Adult