Overview
Give yourself the edge by learning how to dino-hop!
What is dino-hopping?
Dino-hopping is a strange mechanic that allows a player to bounce when attempting to land on an enemy. This mechanic allows the player to traverse by bouncing atop hordes of medium-sized dinos without recieving any damage. This is particularly useful for moving between two platforms on Arid or Outback without expending valuable blinks or taking damage.
How to line up a dino-hop.
- Place your crosshair on the raptor you wish to hop onto.
- Hold the jump button while walking towards it.
- Do some aerial adjustments with the movement keys.
You should get (after some practice) about 90% of attempted dino-hops with 1 or 2 bounces.
This method is simplest way to dino-hop, so mess around with it!
How to improve your dino-hop.
There are some things wrong with the first method:
- It only applies to 1 of 10 enemy types.
- It only works with super jumps.
- It requires you to aim at the raptor, removing it from any effective use in combat.
So, let’s fix it with a few rules and exceptions:
- Drop on top of any dino. in any way to initiate a dino-hop.
- Your crosshair only needs to be vertically aligned with the dino while moving forward.
- Aerial re-adjustments don’t require the crosshair to be aimed at the dino.
Citations & Notations
For reasons, here’s a video of some dino-hops:
Most of this is just self-researched through the game itself, so I would gladly take any input from the community. In fact, I encourage it. Try messing with it yourself and tell me your results in the comments!