Dimetrodon

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The Dimetrodon is a creature from Prehistoric Rift.

## Journal Transcript

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> *The sail inverts its internal and external temperature which also applies to its surroundings. The inverted temperature even gets redirected to the fangs, allowing it to slow down and weaken targets with a frost bite in hot temperatures and set targets aflame with overheating fangs in cold temperatures.*
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> *Best used for egg incubation. Way better than having to manually bring eggs to random far off places."*
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## Behavior

Dimetrodons are usually found on their own. They will try to hunt animals and herbivorous creatures, with little success. They may also try swim in the water to hunt fish, but they are unable to control the direction they swim in properly, leaving them at the mercy of currents or whatever is swimming in the water. If attacked however they will attack back.

Dimetrodons have 2 different temperature modes that activate when they enter a certain biome. When they are in a cold biome (Tundras or Taigas) they will enter flame mode. In this mode they will become immune to fire, will set anything that they hit on fire, and will be slightly faster. When they are in a hot biome (Deserts or the Nether) they will enter frost mode. In this mode they will turn any liquid below them into solid, will deal more damage, and they will give anything they hit slowness 3 and weakness 3. When they exit a biome that triggers a temperature mode it will take a while for the temperature mode they're in to wear off.

## Combat

Dimetrodons are quite slow, so fighting them should be easy. Just beware that things can get harder if they're in either flame mode or frost mode, so try getting yourself a shield. If you don't have one on hand, typical hit and run strategies should work too.

## Taming

To tame a Dimetrodon, you must sneak while holding flesh treats or fish treats, then give it to them to make them eventually trust you. Once they trust you, they will not attack you, though be careful as they might fight back. You then need to give them flesh treats every 10 seconds, which is indicated by an icon above them. Eventually, you will be able to tame them. You can then give them any form on meat to make them grow up and heal them.

## Utility

Dimetrodons are best for hatching eggs. Hatching eggs using a Dimetrodon takes less time, around half the time it takes for an egg to normally hatch. To do this, make them enter the egg's preferred temperature mode by using stimulants. Flame Stimulants make them enter flame mode for 8 minutes, Frost Stimulants make them enter frost mode for 8 minutes, and Neutral Stimulants make them enter neutral mode for 1 minute.

It's also possible to use Dimetrodons as a companion that you can use to help out when hunting. Their main downside is that they're too slow, but their temperature based abilities can help out.

## Gallery

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## Update History

 0.5.1
* Now has swimming animations
 0.5.3
* Can now be force fed if tamed
 0.6.0
 0.6.1

## Notes/Trivia

* To learn more about the real life creature this creature is based on, check out its page on Wikipedia or Dinopedia