| WASD / Arrows | move |
| SHIFT | sprint (drains stamina) |
| SPACE | bite / attack |
| E | interact — eat · drink · feed on a carcass · swallow · hide · enter a burrow · nest |
| F | action — fish · grab a carcass (hold: tear a chunk) · wrestle · bathe · court a mate · leave a den |
| E and F are CONTEXT keys: they only ever do what the prompt at the bottom of the screen says. Moves you can make anywhere have their own key: |
| M | second weapon — claw slash (riojasaurus, the megaraptorids) · double bite (poekilopleuron) |
| B | dig your burrow, anywhere (simosuchus) — B beside it collapses it |
| TAB | health menu |
| ESC / U | pause / mute |
| R | rest — a 3s settle; heal faster, drain slower (sit 1s, then move to rise) |
| SPACE (hold) | + a direction to pounce — the bite flows into a coil, and the leap strikes EVERYTHING it crosses, takeoff to landing (tail-fighters: hold to spin) |
| 1 / 2 / 3 | calls — broadcast (claim a carcass) · friendly (invite the pack) · aggressive (threaten) |
| H | hitbox X-ray (red = attack, cyan = body) |
| Open jaws! | a predator pausing with open jaws is about to lunge — sidestep! |
| Mud | standing in it barely cleans — REST in it, then bathe (F). Below 60% hygiene you stop growing |
| Water edge | drink to restore water |
| Grow | eat & drink well and time will do the rest |
| ❖ Growths | earned every minute alive (+ kill bonus) — spend on skins in the lobby |
| ⌂ Lobby | swap dinosaur any time; your dino keeps its progress |