Dimetrodon
The sail-backed lizard. Low and long, so it is easy to confuse with a T-Rex in the catch camera.
- Index position
- 4 of 8
- Plain income
- $37T/s
- Index rarity
- Regular
- Throw Power
- 1,500 – 1,850
- Best food
- Steak, Royal Steak, Golden Apple
Where to catch the Dimetrodon
The Dimetrodon lives in Prehistoric Forest (zone 9 of 17), around the middle of the zone. It is number 4 of 8 in the Prehistoric Forest index. A full-strength throw needs roughly 1,500 – 1,850 Throw Power to land in Prehistoric Forest.
Foods that land here: Steak (~$1.5Qa), Royal Steak ($50Qa), Golden Apple ($120Qa). A higher-tier food pushes the roll toward the rarer end of the Prehistoric Forest list, so the newest food you own is always the best bait.
Any throw that lands around the middle of the zone can produce it. If you are hunting it for the index, lower your throw strength with the gear icon until the food lands on that spot – distance inside a zone decides which animals can come.
Is it worth keeping?
- A plain Dimetrodon earns 9.7x a plain Saber-tooth Tiger, the best animal from Winter.
- The best plain earner here is the Velociraptor ($150T/s), 4.1x this one.
- The first animal in Deep Waters, the Swordfish, makes 14x as much – once your throws reach Deep Waters, replace it.
- Keep it longer only if it rolled a strong mutation or size (see the table below) or you need it for the index.
Dimetrodon income by mutation and size
A plain Dimetrodon makes $37T/s. Mutations and sizes multiply that number, and the two stack. The table below multiplies the plain income by the multipliers I have measured (Gold ×1.5, Diamond ×3, Emerald ×5, Ruby ×10, Rainbow ×20; Big ×2, Large ≈×4.3, Huge ≈×9, Colossal ≈×18.5, Gigantic ≈×37). Treat the size columns as estimates – real catches land a little above or below. With the 2x Cash gamepass every number doubles.
| Mutation \ Size | Normal×1 | Big×2 | Large×4.3 | Huge×9 | Colossal×18.5 | Gigantic×37 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal×1 | $37T | $74T | $159T | $333T | $685T | $1.37Qa |
| Gold×1.5 | $55.5T | $111T | $239T | $500T | $1.03Qa | $2.05Qa |
| Diamond×3 | $111T | $222T | $477T | $999T | $2.05Qa | $4.11Qa |
| Emerald×5 | $185T | $370T | $796T | $1.67Qa | $3.42Qa | $6.84Qa |
| Ruby×10 | $370T | $740T | $1.59Qa | $3.33Qa | $6.84Qa | $13.7Qa |
| Rainbow×20 | $740T | $1.48Qa | $3.18Qa | $6.66Qa | $13.7Qa | $27.4Qa |
Dimetrodon catches I've recorded
Real catch cards. Odds are the “1 in …” number the card shows, which already includes the luck of that throw.
| Variant | Odds | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1 in 2,600 | $56T/s |
| Big | — | $112T/s |
Compared with other Prehistoric Forest animals
Plain income of every Prehistoric Forest animal, from the front of the zone to the top of its index (log scale).
- Pterodactyl$12T
- Triceratops$24T
- Gallimimus$30T
- Dimetrodon$37T
- Brachiosaurus$50T
- Spinosaurus$72T
- T-Rex$110T
- Velociraptor$150T