Nesting

Nesting, introduced in update 5, is a mechanic most often used to have your friends or other players spawn on you if outside the range of normal regional spawn zones. Players, a male and female, must work together throughout the process to successfully raise hatchlings into adulthood.

## Courting

The first stage of the nesting process. Once players reach adulthood, they may court with other players of the opposite sex to form a pair. This is done by facing your desired mate and holding N, your partner must do the same and a courting animation will play.

If successful, you should be able to view yourself as Paired in your character menu. Once paired you can start your parenthood journey by pressing N to display a nest icon over where you want to build it.

Official Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXZwBvEAB6g

## Nest Building & Egg Care

Nesting placement is important. While it can be done just about anywhere, using the nesting grounds provides several bonuses. These include faster egg incubation, slower temperature decay, sturdier nests and a small growth boost to hatchlings. Nesting grounds are easy to pick out, marked by sandy open terrain.

    Once a nest is built, the female can hold E while standing over the nest to lay eggs. The number and health of the eggs is dependent on the parents' diet. After the eggs are lain, parents must be sure to monitor the temperature, if the eggs get too hot or too cold, they will die. The image below shows how parents can monitor this. The vertical line in the middle must stay centered and the horizontal line at the bottom can be used to show how far along they are incubated. Parents can sniff to bring this information up even away from the nest.

    To cool down a nest, press E to manage the nest and cool it down while removing rotten eggs. To check if eggs are rotten and need to be removed, you can open the nest tab within your character menu.

There are a few nest types that behave differently in how they are built and maintained.

Official Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE3Jxw5Fxls

### Debris Nesting

Once you've designated a building area, sniffing will reveal the location of debris. Pick it up by pressing G and bring it to the nest, then press E to build the base. Bringing more debris to the nest will raise the temperature of the eggs.

### Mound Nesting

Parents will dig at the nesting site to create a mound nest in which eggs can be lain. The eggs are warmed by having a member of the same species sit on the nest.

## Raising Hatchlings

To hatch your eggs they must be at 100% incubation. From there, a parent can decide whether to make an egg public or private from the nest menu. If they chose to leave the egg as private, only players with your nest code can hatch from it. If a player enters the code to a nest from the character select menu, parents can chose to accept, deny, or block the request. The same goes for a public egg just without having to enter the code.

If the parent accepts, the hatchling must press space repeatedly to hatch and begin their journey through The Isle!

Hatchlings will inherit their skins from their parents and become automatically grouped with them. They'll quickly become a handful, needing to be fed often as they can't eat on their own until they grow to the juvenile stage. They can notify you of their hunger by holding E to beg for food. Parents can feed hatchlings by holding E while standing over them, regurgitating their food. Some of your diet nutrients will be sacrificed in this process and given to your hatchlings, so make sure you are in good health!

Official Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSAdq9aepRk