Morning Dino Lovers!
Lotty here just dropping by with the initial details for Phase 4. Hoping to update it further soon.
EVENT ENDS THURSDAY, JULY 14th @3PM PACIFIC
First up, the Basics
- Players will need to complete week one main Questline to part 10
- Players will need to have at LEAST District 3 Unlocked and Al’s completed
- Players will only see this on the Mobile App Version (iOS, Google, Amazon, Facebook). NOT Windows Stand Alone
- PLAY THE GAME! Items unlock in stages and as you progress, so if you do not see an item it is most likely you have not progressed far enough in the Main Questline to unlock it. Check details below for more specifics on unlock points
- Don’t have a TON of Tasks open in your Task Menu. If you have too many open, no new ones can arrive. (Keep it under 10). If you do not see new Tasks popping up, clear out some incomplete Tasks already on your List to make room for more
TINYCO FAQ
This is untested and not verified live in my game, so be cautious of accuracy and let me know if anything stands out.
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How do I start phase 4 of Peter’s Prehistoric Park?
You will need to complete Save the ‘Saurs Pt.10 before you can begin the fourth phase of Peter’s Prehistoric Park.
How do I clear Streakosaurus?
Tap the asteroid launcher button next to the Event Hub button to clear Streakosaurus. You will need asteroids to clear them which can be earned by completing certain character actions or purchased in the shop.
Tap the “asteroid launcher” button to shoot asteroids at the center of the sight. When the asteroid lands, it will clear all of the Streakosaurus in the sight. Clear as many as you can to earn more rewards!
How do I clear the Armorsaurus?
The Armorsaurus will begin to appear once you reach Virtually Extinct Pt.3. To clear the Armorsaurus you will need to have the Pterodactyl perform the task “Clear Armorsaurus”.
How do I unlock Cesar Millan?
Cesar Millan is available in the shop for 1,500 coins. You must place him before you can begin progress towards him.
To unlock him, you will need:
- 675 dinosaur claws
- 4 dog treats – Dino Toss OR Grand Tiki Palace
- 19 dog sweaters – Peeping Dino Club OR Flirtatious Strip Club
- 7 training manuals – Pterodactyl Training
- 2 dog whistle – Clear Armosaurus
Cesar Millan is available until Thursday, July 14 at 3 PM, PDT. If he is not completely unlocked, he will disappear from the game at that time. If he is unlocked before the event ends, you will be able to continue his quests after the event has ended.
How do I unlock the Pterodactyl?
You can unlock the Pterodactyl after repairing the Pterodactyl egg in Virtually Extinct Pt.2.
To unlock them, you will need:
- 500 dinosaur claws
- 13 birdseeds – Clear Skullosaurus
- 3 goggles – Clear Spikysaurus
- 6 dinosaur feathers – Clear Herpesaur
The Pterodactyl is available until Thursday, July 14 at 3 PM, PDT. If he is not completely unlocked, they’ll disappear from the game at that time. If he is unlocked before the event ends, you will be able to continue the quests after the event has ended.
How do I get Patches the T-Rex?
Patches is available in the shop for 210 
clams. He will be available for purchase until Thursday, July 14 at 3 PM, PDT.
Patches will drop various DNA vials (task times tbc).
How do I get Saber-Tooth Tiger?
Saber-Tooth Tiger is available in the Frozen Age Box as the final prize. Once you get all the previous prizes, you will be able to claim him. He will be available for purchase until Thursday, July 14 at 3 PM, PDT.
Saber-Tooth Tiger will help clear the various dinosaurs roaming your Quahogs!
How do I create Pterodactyl DNA?
You will need 1 purple amber to create Pterodactyl DNA at the Amber Processing Plant. Each batch of Pterodactyl DNA will take 1 hour and 15 minutes to craft.
Purple Amber: Clear Streakosaurus (CHANCE) OR Purple Amber Mine
What is the Pterodactyl Training Pen?
In the Pterodactyl Training Pen, you can train the Pterodactyl to increase their level. To train them, you will need use 2 servings of Pterodactyl food. Tap on the trainee to start the training. Each session will take 6 hours.
Pterodactyl Food: Stegosaurus OR Saber-Toothed Brian
THE FROZEN AGE MYSTERY BOX
Each try of the mystery box costs 75 You have a CHANCE of winning:
Ice Age Griffin House (Skin?)
Shaved Glacier Stand (Building) – Earns $30 and 25XP every 4h
Frozen Tree (Deco?)
Freezing BBQ (Deco?)
Wool.I.Am
Ice-Capped Mountain (Deco)
Each prize is unique – no duplicates! If you get all the prizes you win the Grand Prize – the Saber-Toothed Tiger! It helps clear the various dinosaurs wandering our Quahogs.
~Lotty
Family Guy Addicts 
Does anyone else’s game crash when they tap on Weird Al Yankovic after he completes the daily mission?
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Didn’t even make it to phase 4. Didn’t get Brians costume either.
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Took forever to get Steg to level 4. They should not have made the XP a random drop for training. Just unlocked phase 4 yesterday, so there’s no way to push through and get Cesar. Might squeeze out Pterodactyl with a few clams. Disappointing. Too many extra and rare drops delaying major parts of the event.
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What a bummer. I have about 60 green amber and 60 red amber and also 1300 claws I cant use because my steg wont level up. Have been trying for a week, but keep getting green ambers. Oh well, wish I could donate these things to people who could use them.
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Asteroid launcher will not shoot. Game freezes up and then reloads. Any help on this would be great.
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I am by no means an expert, but you may need to clean up your town so you use less memory and data. I have to do it during events especially towards the end because of all the animation and extras running around. Store unnecessary and non event related items (especially animated items) and it may help with the crashing. Bunny posted something a while back with troubleshooting for crashing issues:
If that doesn’t work, msg Tinyco. I hope this helps you!
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Anyone know if using the sabertooth to clear the armorsaurus is intended or a glitch?
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I haven’t bought it but I thought its purpose was to clear the Dinosaurs?
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Intended, he should have individual tasks to clear all the dinosaurs.
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I didn’t mean to click the exclamation because i don’t have Pterodactyl yet, but i did. SO! Here is
Week 4 Challenge: What Killed The Dinosaurs
48hrs (2 days)
Check Out the Prize!
Make 48 herds of Streakosaurus Extinct
Have Sabertooth Brian avoid Poachers
Have the Pterodactyl clear the Armorsaurus 3 times
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4th weekly challenge
2 day timer
Check out the prize
Make 48 herds of Streakosaurs extinct
Make Sabretooth Brian avoid poachers
Have Pteradactyl clear Armosaurus 3 times
Prize Skinnysaurus Fossil
If completed all 4 you will get the grand prize – The “typing” T-Rex
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As usual thanks again for the info RT, but ugh. I have the feeling TC is going overboard with the requirements this event; going for Cesar I wanted to void going for Saber-Toothed Brian (where do you get the Claws from without Clams?) and bam, required for the fourth challenge. I really think TC should publish challenge requirements (ofc not the challenges themselves) so it can influence decisions.
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I think they could remove the weekly challenges all together and most players wouldn’t mind, they just add more chaos to events in my opinion. And the prizes aren’t usually worth the stress. Those & leaderboards cause so much negativity towards the game and I don’t know why TinyCo don’t make changes. Maybe because some throw crazy amounts of clams to do them. But good luck in getting Cesar, playable characters beat decorations every time for me, and of course fill Tan Lines vacancies.
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Not too unsatisfied with the event as I was on a holiday when it started, so missed out most of week one and two. Had 300+ Clams when the event started though, down to 120 due to the third challenge and Cesar. Sigh. Might throw in €5,- if the next major event has a clam building. I consider it a holiday payment, should be fine :>
I got Cesar with ~150 Clam investment in the end, I think. Was missing out on four manuals and three shirts, had to speed up the Pterodactyl food and Training twice for ~65 Clams to get the three manuals from training (so in the end I probably made even on those) and 22 to buyout the seventh (WHY give a three payout for something that requires seven, sigh), as well as use about 20 to speed up the shirts.
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has anyone bought Ace Ventura? I’m wondering if it’s a good long turn purchase and worth it
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He is voiced and love the movie that’s why I got him. He’ll be an addition to Tan Lines resort. Other than that, I doubt he’ll be used after the event like most premium characters in the game. 😉
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Freemium and I bought Ace Ventura. Love the character and Jim Carrey is Canadian like me. I’ll just have him doing his moves to make me happy.
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The question Bunny has written you should ask yourself, is will the purchase make you happy in 3 months?
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too many side quests i cant even …
im just focusing on hatching the last dinosaur now (pterodactyl) and sabre tooth brian (i just need the claws)
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Update on my Patches drops
Dig quahog – 6 hrs – Green DNA (please note in my game I’ve done this task three times now and got red DNA)
Be a perfect pet (needs Peter) – 8 hrs – Red DNA. (Dropped red fine)
Chase the Mailman – 10 hrs – Blue DNA (Dropped blue fine)
Play Fetch – 10 hrs – Purple DNA (Dropped purple fine)
So only issue is the green drop, but this seems isolated as others have confirmed task is dropping green as stated.
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Dropping green dna in my game for digging Quahog, that’s weird yours is dropping red, shouldn’t everyone’s game do the same?
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It’s weird as so far I’m only one I know who’s having the issue, another 2 attempts, another 2 red DNA. Not too fussed as I didn’t buy him for the drops thankfully. Thanks for letting me know your drops were good.
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What are the “meteors” or whatever they are for? They look like grey rocks with bumps in them and peter and lois can craft them… I can’t figure out what they are for
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They are for bombing the Streakosaurs which drop purple Amber. Cavewoman Lois and Dino Trainer Peter have tasks to drop the asteroid, then you use the asteroid button at the bottom of the screen to aim and fire.
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2 straight days of clearing skullo, herpes and spiky. my drop items- 0 seed, 0 feathers, 1 goggles. wont be able to hatch pterodactyl at this rate. sad. any tips?
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I’d message tiny co. – I’ve had bird seed nearly every time (need 4), got feathers every other time (finished now), and goggles about every 3rd/4th time – need 1 more – so hopefully later today, tomorrow at latest for me. Since I’ve gotten all of Brian’s teeth – I’m hoping goggles drop next.
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Just keep at it, I got good drops yesterday, so with 4 days left you should get there. I did notice the total clam buy out for the Pteradactyl is inflated, purchasing the individual items for clams is cheaper, this info is just incase you get to the end and want pay few clams to unlock it.
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No dice on birdseed. Tough when the Dino needed to fight never shows up, on top of the 8-hour quest…
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Same here, having a hard time with drop rates for animal rights pins, bird seed, and feathers, finally got the goggles…it’s irritating for sure, hoping to have time to train the pterodactyl, and want to see it clear an armoursaur!
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Same here. Drop rate for bird seeds esp cruel. Only have 3 our of 13 which means there is an extra turn needed after getting 12, or 4 times of dropping seeds. Does not help that it needs 8 hrs each time.
Btw can we still train the dinosaurs after event ended? Hate to carve out time to train when we need for other tasks.
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My brontosaurus will not level up, it’s been stuck at level 2, the same progress for daysssss. How do I fix this!? I’m stuck on my
Quest line because of it!
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Same here with the steggy, I can’t progress questline due to it.
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I’ve been stuck trying to get my stegasaurus to level 4. I’ve been training him constantly since Thurs morning, and the level bar hasn’t moved much at all. He’s still halfway to level 3. I’m really upset bc I can’t play phase 4. I msged tinyco and they told me you either get green amber OR steg XP but not both when training. Apparently, I’ve been getting lots of green amber bc I have 60 now, but what the heck do I need it for? I really need XP! it’s too expensive to pay clams for training, so this will be the first event I don’t even get to play the final phase. so sad…
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I am going to give up on this game. Sadly. But I can’t stand being excluded because Tiny Co. has designed the game so I can’t play through without spending a lot of money. I started playing the day it was released and have played daily. But the greed motive built into planning events has made it more discouraging than fun. I’ve pleaded with support to address this issue and some of their techs have been supportive – appearing to be as discouraged as I am. Corporate greed SUCKS. I will miss what used to be fun.
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We should be grateful for the abundance of free stuff available in the game, not become angry because it’s not ALL free, Imo, Tiny co provides a generous amount of free content, you would not expect a restaurant that offers free happy hour munchies to also invite customers to order from the menu at no charge, plus Tiny co pays you clams to watch ads. I’m happy with the game, the amount of free content coupled with the number of clam pay outs keeps me on track with the basic game play, Imo, expecting more would be kinda greedy! Just saying.
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TinyCo have just been bought over so we may see changes. Seemingly the revenue they make from this game has really gone down, so maybe the new parent company will make changes to engage those who have become disillusioned like yourself. I think they need to try re-engage with the players who were happy to spend a little to support the game and move through events but who found what they were spending was never enough the way premium items are priced and how event heavy the game is.
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Who took over the franchise? If it’s EA, the game should run similar to TSTO – maybe a good thing.
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I had hoped this would go up as a post before final phase but hasn’t happened with Bunny unwell. But I see folk who are behind asking questions that this will answer so popping it in as a comment.
Walking with Dinosaurs
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away….. CUT….. oops sorry wrong franchise, let me try that again. A long time ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth and Quahog was nothing but a figment in the imagination of a T-Rex’s tiny brain, life was simpler, no mobile games, no extra rare drops, no impossible dreams, I mean quests. Yes back then being chased by a raptor was considered the worst that could happen but now it’s not being able to unlock said Raptor, as our minds and life’s have been taken over by the latest event.
But moving on, and I know this is something many are struggling to do this event, I thought I would share my thoughts so far. Now before I start my musings I should point out that I played this event freemium as the premium items didn’t excite me. I also confess my chronically bad sleeping pattern allows me to play the game a bit more, yes the insomnia that in my day to day life is my worst enemy becomes my best friend when Quest for Stuff events hit.
So the event started with a bang, as an event that was hinted at over 2 years ago in the beta version of the game suddenly came back to life and turned our Quahogs into a crazy Jurassic Park. New playable character dinosaurs, character skins and odd choice premium characters such as Ave Ventura became available to us in the first few phases.
Being dinosaur crazy since a child this event ticks all the boxes for me but how am I doing working through the event, well I’m quite happy with my progress, as of now I’m sitting having completed the Phase 3 main Questline impatiently waiting for the final phase to drop. On my journey through the phases I’ve unlocked Dino Tamer Peter, Cavewoman Lois, Raptor, Brontosaurs and a Stegosaurus. Not a bad haul for not a clam spent, not even on speeding up tasks.
I’m still working on Sabre Toothed Brian but as he isn’t need for the Save the ‘Saurs Questline I’m not rushing him, I only need 4 ivory and 3 Animal Rights Pin and he will be mine, sure they will drop before the end of the event.
But reading the comments I’m noticing others who play freemium aren’t progressing and are constantly asking for tips, so I thought I’d try help you to get as far through the event as possibly without spending clams. Firstly don’t think you can have it all, try to play with the wonder what I will end up with mindset, it makes the game more fun and less of a grind.
Secondly if your priority, like me, is to unlock all the dinosaurs, there are 4 eggs, 4 phases, so obviously a new dinosaur is available to unlock each phase. Getting these will see you having to move through the main Questlines each phase, as you can only move on to the next phase content by completing these.
The main Questlines you need to complete to reach the final phase are Fossil Fueled, Playing with Dino Mite and Save the ‘Saurs. These are the keys to unlocking the next lot of goodies, so if it’s Dinosaurs you want prioritise these and gathering items, completing tasks to unlock the dinosaurs. The Questlines work well in tandem with this in my opinion. This is an area TinyCo have improved the last few events.
Now to get through these Questlines you will need unlock a dinosaur and buildings from the welcome centre. Sometimes players go crazy and starting buying buildings before they know which are necessary and when resources are scarce as in this event that can be a mistake many never recover from, so try to hold back and not jump in spending resources the minute you have enough for something as it may only drop in game cash and be useless for the event. Look at the characters drops, and play the Questline only purchasing what you need.
To help those behind these are the only buildings from the Welcome Centre that are needed to complete the main Questlines.
Fossil Fueled
Bamboo Love Shack
Raptor Training Pen
Prehistoric Plant Place
(You also need unlock the Raptor & Dino Tamer Peter to complete Questline)
Playing with Dino Mite
Big Bone Playground
Dino Egg Incubator
Mauisaurus Water Show
Jungle Watchtower
(You also need to unlock Brontosaurus and its training pen to complete Questline – the training pen will appear at Part 5 of Questline – NOTE YOU DO NOT NEED CAVEWOMAN LOIS TO MOVE ON)
Save the ‘Saurs
Stegosaurus Training Centre
Forbidden Tiki Car
(You also need unlock Stegosaurus to complete Questline – NOTE YOU DON’T NEED SABRE TOOTHED BRIAN TO MOVE ON)
So if you only want the dinosaurs, above is what you need to do to have them all appear for you to work on unlocking them. I’m not going cover items for each dinosaur needed as you can find this info in the Phase posts, this is just about getting people through the phases as resource cheap as possible. Obviously you will need resources for the final phase but once you reach the end of this and you have anything leftover you can buy any of the other buildings etc, me I will buy the Prehistoric path blueprint as I will want it for design reasons but I will wait until last day just incase those resources are needed elsewhere.
Thirdly if you are trying to get the skins as well as the dinosaurs, note as above the only one you MUST have is Dino Trainer Peter, Cavewoman Lois and Sabre Tooth Brian are optional as not having them won’t halt your progress.
So buildings with drops for characters skins are…
Dino Tamer Peter
Tarred for Life – I didn’t need this, got all the gooey fossil from character drops.
Cavewoman Lois
Skullosaurus Training Pen
Dino Egg Incubator
Sabre Toothed Brain
Dino Garage
Dino Museum
The Dino Plunge
Note the above all drop same item, wool, all have the same task length time for drops, but vary in cost. I only bought the cheapest Dino Garage and have all the wool I needed.
T-Rex Tunnel
Dino Mite Mini Market
Note the above all drop animal rights pin, all have same task length time for drops but vary in cost. I only bought the cheapest T-Rex Tunnel, but only had 2 of the 7 needed as its extra rare, I therefore bought the Dino Mite Mini Market to help, but if you’re very low on resources the T-Rex Tunnel may drop enough in time, but I had the excess green Amber sitting so used it for the Market.
So this gives you an idea what you need if you want the new skins.
Fourth I need to mention the weekly challenges, if you desperately want to stay freemium, unlock the dinosaurs and new skins then don’t get tied up in these. They are notoriously hard for freemiums as they depend on your luck when they drop into your game. The only way you will get these freemium is if you can complete them in tandem with your other game play. Diverting time and resources to these is not worth it if you want to unlock the other stuff, all the prizes including the grand prize are decorations. And TinyCo now reveal the Grand Prize, so we all know what it is before we start on the challenges. Before when players didn’t know what it was their was panic it could be a character but that’s never been the case, always an animated decoration. Now I have competed the first three weeks, but it was luck as they dropped at perfect time for me. But if the fourth doesn’t drop kindly I won’t spend any clams to complete the set for the grand prize, an animated decoration is just not worth clam spend to me. So if you’re behind, ignore these, unless you really, really, really must have the grand prize.
So that’s my tips and tricks to try help some of you get to the final phase, or getting as much unlocked as your in game time allows. I hope it helps as to date I’m loving the event and want fellow addicts to have fun and finish up with as much Prehistoric goodies as possible.
I’d love to hear any other players tips and tricks, and where you are, what you want most and of course your general thoughts on the event. Until then I’m off to walk my dinosaur.
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Thought I’d do little post on Patches for those wondering if they should spend their clams on him. Putting this in comments as not sure if Bunny is doing posts at the moment.
Patches theT-Rex
Well incase you didn’t know Patches was Peter Griffins pet dinosaur, the one he tried to teach to fetch a ball only for him to return with a chewed up human and drop it at Peters feet. A short but very funny sketch in Family Guy. However T-Rex’s have made the odd other appearance, none odder than in the episode 12 and a Half Angry Men, but since this blog is PG the less said about that the better. Hey before you all rush away to YouTube the episode, finish reading please. Ha. Fascinating Fact Not – The Grand Prize for the weekly challenges is actually from that episode. But I digress, back to Patches, well he’s appeared in our games twice before, as Patches TV and as a walking decoration as part of the premium set An Animal of Epic Proportions. But this walking dinosaur doppelgänger can get his marching orders as we now have a full character Patches available to us. And of course he would be premium, but I’ve never dropped clams quicker than when I saw him appear on Friday. But for anyone else still on the fence, here’s his task and Questline information.
4 event helping tasks for DNA – always drops.
Dig quahog – 6 hrs – Green DNA (please note in my game I’ve done this task twice and got red DNA)
Be a perfect pet (needs Peter) – 8 hrs – Red DNA (not verified if red is what drops as indicated as yet)
Chase the Mailman – 10 hrs – Blue DNA (Currently testing this drop)
Play Fetch – 10 hrs – Purple DNA (Confirmed in my game to drop purple DNA)
As you see there is an issue with tasks and the DNA that drops, I will comment once I’ve confirmed the 2 I’m still checking.
Standard Tasks that just pay game cash and XP
Hunt for Lunch – 2 hrs
Always use a Coaster – 4 hrs
Sleep at the Foot of the Bed – 6 hrs
Get Into the Garbage – 12hrs
Eat from the Table – 16 hrs
Curse Ineffective Short Arms – 24 hrs
Of course the standard task list and times may change once the event is over as some of the DNA tasks become standard tasks.
He also comes with a short Questline, I guess to match his short arms – sorry couldn’t resist. Just 4 parts for this one.
No More Rough Patches
Part 1
Have Patches dig Quahog
Have Quagmire dig Dinosaurs
Part 2
Have Patches always use a coaster
Have Meg like living with lizards
Part 3
Have Patches be a Perfect Pet
Part 4
Have Patches play fetch
Have Stewie play with toy Dinosaurs
So fellow addicts, there you have it, Patches in a nutshell. Any buyers?
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Thanks russian tigger. I’ve been trying to do posts whilst bunny isn’t well. I might copy and paste it into a proper post if I have time later but is helpful here in the meantime! 🙂
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You’re doing best you can and its appreciated.
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Thanks for this analysis! Was on the fence until I saw your post. Decided that the 4 dinosaurs just needed a leader – T Rex! Got it. Sweeet.
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Thanks for this background!! Just a quick observation of the green Amber task- so far I’ve sent patches on this task 3 times and it has dropped green all 3 times. I’ll keep an eye on it though and let you know if I see see the same thing.
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Thanks Christo, trying see if it’s my game or more wide spread. Blue & Purple dropped as stated, I’m now trying red in the hope I will get a green. Ha.
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Anyone else having a problem wth the Skullosaurus spawning after defeat by Raptor? Been 8 hours since last battle and it hasn’t appeared. The other two show up almost immediately after the attack is finished. Naturally, of all the battles this one takes the longest.
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I’m having similar issue but it’s with Herposaurs not spawning, taking hours yet others are quite quick, either immediate or within an hour.
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It sucks how I can never get to the last stages of these events.
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Update on Patches, his task yo drop green DNA is dropping red, tried it twice now. I’ve messaged TinyCo.
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On my first round collecting for the Pterodactyl I got
3x bird seed
2x feathers
1x goggle
and 2 purple amber on each 8 kill
As least with the multiple drops it should go faster
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Does anyone know if you need to progress past part three of the quest line to get the last Dino and cesar. At 500 claws and 3 pins still to get I would like to leave Brian’s skin? Everything in week four cost lots of claws!
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As long as you complete the Save the ‘Saurs Questline you can move on without Sabre Tooth Brian, he’s not needed to unlock the Pteradactyl or Cesar.
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Thank you, I really appreciate the time and effort that you, Lotty and Ares put into this blog while Bunny is not well. Almost impossible to play this game without guidance and I enjoy the sense of community it brings😄
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Brian does help to get pterodactyl food – so this is a double edged sword. I’m hoping that by tomorrow I’ll have all of the items that require amber to get item drops – last is the Dino peep show. Then I’ll make yellow Amber around the clock for about 3 days to get enough claws for Cesar and Brian – from those alone that would net 15/hr or 360/day – so it’ll be close…as always. But clearing herpesaurs nets 24/6 hrs, and I’m switching to tasks that drop claws at this time – since as stated above I have the Amber needed – but it’ll take time to refine and get peep show – to help with dog sweater drop – I only have 4/19 so far.
Also those darn pins for Brian are a PITA – still need 3 more – they’ve dropped once every other day for me, that’s with both buildings going nearly since they were available (I had T. rex cave soon after available)
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Sounds like you’re going for the full house with unlocking the skins and characters. Good luck, let us know if you get them all. I’m not going for Cesar so just need 1 pin for Sabre Tooth Brian and I will consider the event a success.
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Looks like TC fixed the visual glitch with the Baby Brontosaurus. There’s still a visual glitch with the Flirtatious Strip Club, The Streakasaurus pen doesn’t animate. Neither does the Armorsaurus pen which shows up in the Dec area for 100 claws but with no name or info. The Raptor still doesn’t show up in the Tan-Lines Check-in, and none of the dinosaurs, including Patches and the Saber-Tooth Tiger have FS pages nor do they show up in the New Characters section.
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Virtually Extinct Pt 4. THE BOTTLENECK HAS ARRIVED.
Armorsaurus have arrived.
Research the pterodactyl trading center. Requires 170 claws, 12 stegosaurus DNA (green), 10 pterodactyl DNA (purple).
Have sabertooth Brian do sabertooth stuff.
This will be my last post for a while. See you on the other side of part 4.
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Thanks for the posts 🙂
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I had extra clams and wanted T. rex – so I got patches. I’ll just keep him on 6 hr task to get green vials. I think the asteroids will help produce enough purple amber for now. But having purple Amber take 2 hours still slows things down a bit…
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I found Patches 6hr task for green DNA was dropping red. Can you confirm in your game it’s dropping green?
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The 6 hr task has always dropped green for me each time – I’ve had patches on that around the clock – still need 4 more to get the Dino peep show.
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Virtually Extinct Pt. 3
Clear 1 spikysaurus.
Clear 1 herpasaur.
Clear 1 skullosaurus.
Can’t believe how smoothly this phase is going, so far. But it’s early.
Just wish there were more ways to get green amber.
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Patches DNA drop times are as follows
Always drop
Green DNA 6 hours
Red DNA 8 hours (joint task with Peter)
Blue DNA 10 hours
Purple DNA 10 hours
First 3 parts main Questline
Virtually Extinct
Part 1
Streakosaurus are Coming
Get 4 Asteroids
Place Cesar Milan
Part 2
Clear 4 Herds of Streakosaurus
Check the Pterodactyl Egg!
Refine 2 Purple Amber
Part 3
Have the Stegosaurus clear a spikysaurus
Have the Brontosaurus clear a herpesaur
Have the Raptor clear a skullosaurus
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Patches sounds like a serious ripoff with those slow drop rates, wow.
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The Shaved Glacier Stand also has a chance of dropping Dog Sweaters for Cesar Millan, also the Ice Age Griffin House (which is a building skin) also drops Pterodactyl Food. Clearing Armorsaurus takes 1min.
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Virtually Extinct Pt 2.
Clear 4 herds of streakosaurus.
Check out the pterodactyl egg.
Refine 2 purple amber.
There’s also a 3 day clam sale Roid Rage.
Buy $9.99 worth of clams
Get 12 asteroids free.
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Lol “phase 4”, like that’s happening. And this is the most caught up I’ve been for an event. I’m only half way through phase 3 but have yet to get any green Amber to even start to unlock Brian.
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Exactly… I’ve had to spend clams (all freemium) just to advance through Phase 3, that I was only able to trigger on Tuesday after the challenge had already come and gone. The drops for everything are ridiculous – I spent several days trying to get the stegosaurus items. Just then I tapped on all of my characters and I didn’t get a single drop of anything – no amber, nothing else I need. So that was 8 hours down the toilet… again! I’ll unlock the Steg training centre today, and maybe start getting Amber. It’s ridiculous that there is no other way to get it.
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For info about Cesar Millan, he recorded a line for the Season 13 episode “Once Bitten”, but they cut his part out as per the episode’s audio commentary. That’s why I started the hashtag movement #OperationDWonFG. You should support it.
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Still have yet to have a single exp drop for stegosaurus… so no moving on to phase 4
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Right there with you. 4 freaking days of back to back training and not a single F****** xp drop. It is ridiculous that a drop required to move forward is epic or rare for some folks, and obviously not all as some are at stage 4. This is the first time ever I have not been ready to move forward, and it is the last time ever I spend a penny on clams!
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Week 4 quest line is Virtually Extinct.
Part 1.
Streakosaurus are coming.
Get 4 asteroids. Dino Tamer Pater and Cavewomen Lois have tasks for asteroids or purchase them.
Place Cesar Millan.
It takes 2 hours to make pterodactyl DNA.
Suggestion. Keep the streakosaurus confined to a small area. They work like the minions did. You can tap them to freeze their motion and get a larger number at once. I already have 7 purple Amber with only 2 asteroids.
Now f only I could get more green Amber.
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Better yet, unlike the minions, they don’t leave the road, so go down to just one or two squares and you can’t miss them.
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T.Co really screwed us down the stretch. The Pterodactyl unlock items are all rare or extra rare (and the drop rates are bad enough as it is) plus you’re going to need a whopping 2000+ dino claws to unlock everything on top of the DNA’s. I was hoping they would ease off on the final stretch run as the other weeks I’m sure many are behind on, but it’s highly likely people aren’t going to be able to finish this event now.
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1,000 likes!! :-). Astonishing that all drops this week are mostly rare/extra rare. I finished last week on Monday so I concentrated on creating DNA. The amounts required will barely scratch the surface.
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I love that they have given us a character that very closely resembles Denver the Last Dinosaur (they call it the Bongo Drumosaurus in this game). For those who don’t know what I am talking about, Denver the Last Dinosaur was an animated series of the late 1980s. Look it up (as well as the very catchy theme song) if you like. 😄
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Don’t know if this has happened to anyone else, but one of the Dinosaurs I got from the Dinotastic Mystery Box has disappeared in my game and has been replaced by the weekly challenge prize, its weird because I’m in a dilemma as I paid clams for that prize and it’s gone (maybe just a temporary glitch and it may return)! also I have completed 3 weeks of the challenge (do I complete week 4 challenge or leave it)?, I know it’s not a big issue as it doesn’t stop me progressing in the game so don’t want to report it as other players probably have bigger issues. Just wondering!!
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Have seen someone else say same. I assume is a visual bug but just send an in game message if you like 🙂
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Can anyone confirm from their game how long the Pterodactyl DNA takes to create, I have four purple amber lined up to process and they are showing 2 hours each.
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Can confirm I’m seeing 2 hours here as well.
You’re also going to need a total of 28 greens and 24 reds to craft all the new buildings (so 42 hours on the greens and 48 hours on the reds, assuming non-stop production). And 32 Purples, if they stay 2h each, it’ll be another 64h on top of that. So literally 6.4 days of refining ambers non-stop plus the dino claws you need. Impossible unless you somehow had stockpiles saved up.
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(Not sure if my first comment posted as page stuck so I’ve wrote it again)
HI here’s a few things that I’ve verified in game.
The purple Amber actually takes 2 hours to refine, the TinyCo FAQ is wrong. Surprise, Surprise.
Corral your Streakosaurus on a smallish piece of road, I did this and cleared them all with one asteroid, this earned me 6 purple Amber.
Asteroids, both Peter and Lois task dropped me 2 asteroids on completion.
Pteradactyl drops
Clearing Skullosauros task actually dropped 3 of the birdseed upon completion.
Clearing spikysaurus takes dropped 1 goggle upon completion.
Can’t comment on feathers as none have dropped.
Patches is a better buy than any of the premium buildings or asteroid packs. He has a task to drop every DNA, all separate tasks so you can choose, purple DNA takes 10 hours,the others all take less time, so he’s handy if you need a particular DNA. Plus hey he’s Patches.
Also worth noting unless you want to complete this weeks Questline, which is not necessary as there’s no clam reward or anything at the end, or unlock Cesar Milan you don’t need to build any of this phases buildings. So if you’re working on previous phases you can use up or concentrate on the DNA to complete and collect for the items you still want or need. I don’t really want Cesar in my game as I’m not keen on some of his methods, but obviously this is a personal choice. But as I say if you’ve not hit this phase buildings will not be needed to unlock the Pteradactyl, a real bonus if you’re rushing to try get all 4 dinosaurs. But you will need claws so keep gathering them.
I’ve emailed Bunny a post, basically a guide to try help those who are behind and want to prioritise collections for certain things. Hopefully they can get it up on the site today to help anyone that needs it.
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I can’t access the emails but I’ll see if I can get in touch with bunny to get a hold of it.
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Thanks .lotty. Hope she’s ok.
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2 feathers per drop.
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Purple DNA says it takes 2 hours to craft in my game. Hopefully that’s a visual bug and it’ll really be 1.25 like you say.
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If it’s a bug it hasn’t been corrected yet, purples are still taking the full 2 hours.
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If we already have patches, the one that just walks around, will we be upgraded to the one that drops or is it required to purchase him again?
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I think not as it’s a completely differently made character but feel free to message them from in your game.
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I doubt it as those who have just paid 210 clams for the playable character would feel hard done by.
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I dunno I think people had to pay a lot for the original patches too which didn’t ever really do anything XD
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No the original Patches was given as a “free” gift to those who bought 3 other clam animals, so TinyCo will maintain it didn’t cost those players any clams. Even although many probably bought the other 3 to get Patches.
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I see what you mean but I was referring to the cost involved to get it by buying those animals. Like how the saber tooth tiger is technically free 🙂
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I think Patches (the old walking deco) was free if you bought other things.
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Pterodactyl DNA takes two hours to create. Ugh!!
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