Current official roster

Stegosaurus

Find stats, play style, strengths, weaknesses, and group information for Stegosaurus in Evrima.

Herbivore
Free skin · Official servers
Max size 9.0 m
Max weight 6000 kg
Max speed 29.1 km/h
Max group 5

Stegosaurus

Gameplay guide

This profile gathers useful information for choosing this dinosaur, understanding its role, and preparing a Gateway session.

Play style

Defensive giant

Stegosaurus plays like a herbivore fortress. It does not try to chase carnivores: it claims space, protects its head, keeps the tail oriented toward the threat, and turns every enemy approach into a dangerous bet. Its ideal game is slow, readable, and disciplined: choose open terrain, stay near the herd, save stamina, pivot before striking, then punish only when the opponent has overcommitted. Young Stegos should stay cautious and social; adults become one of the island's strongest deterrents.

Features

Active abilities

Left click (without Alt)

Close bite

With default controls, left click without Alt performs a close-range bite. With only 50 bite force on a 6000 kg animal, it is not the core of the kit: Stego is defined by its tail. Bite is for finishing a small threat or reacting when the head is already committed. Alternate attack settings can change what left click does.

Alt + left click · aim with the camera

Directional tail swing

With default controls, hold Alt and left click while aiming with the camera to perform a quick tail swing. Depending on alternate attack settings, left click alone may perform this attack: check your in-game controls. Keep your rear or side dangerous, wait for the enemy to commit, then swing when the carnivore can no longer cleanly cancel the approach.

Hold right click, then left click

Power swing

Hold the right mouse button to raise the tail and prepare Power Swing, then left click while still holding right click to strike. Aim the camera up, down, or horizontally to match the swing path to the target’s height. While sprinting, this combination performs a wide-arc version in front of the body. Trees and rocks can interrupt the swing. This heavy attack commits more than a quick swing: save it for predators that are too close, blocked, or exiting a bite. A missed swing opens a punish window.

Positioning

Tail orientation

The whole Stego sheet starts with orientation. Keep the tail toward the threat, protect the head, pivot calmly, and avoid giving free angles. A good Stego often wins before the hit: it forces the other player to choose between waiting, flanking, or entering tail range.

Buck / anti-pounce defense

Pounce response

Like other large prey, Stego needs to answer pounces without panicking. The right habit is to keep enough stamina, avoid useless spinning, shake off pressure, then recover tail orientation.

Stats

Max force
50
Preferred food
Marigold, Sumac, Pumpkin

Sources

Sources
In-game roster, Game data, Official Steam, Wiki
Status
Officially confirmed
Verification
Oct 8 at 00:00
Stegosaurus

Attacks

  • Close bite, mostly useful against small threats
  • Directional tail swing: Alt + left click (depending on settings), to control rear and flanks
  • Power Swing: hold right click, then left click to strike
  • Very dangerous bleed pressure when the tail lands cleanly

Strengths

  • 6000 kg gives it a huge defensive presence among current herbivores
  • Extremely deterrent tail against small and medium carnivores
  • Tail hits can create catastrophic bleed pressure for attackers
  • Controls short space around itself extremely well
  • Very strong when it keeps the head out of the attack angle

Weaknesses

  • Very slow; it has trouble choosing fights once spotted
  • The head is the wrong side to show; it loses a lot if enemies reach the front
  • Tight terrain can block pivots and reduce tail coverage
  • Bad stamina spending makes repositioning much riskier
  • Young Stegosaurus does not yet have the adult's deterrent effect

Free skins for your dinosaur

Compatible with official servers

Sous-bois — Sève

The 'Sève' composition adapts a woodland inspiration to your Stegosaurus's palette, with muted tones and restrained contrasts.

Skin colours

To get this skin, open this page on your computer.

How do I use this skin?

This skin uses Pattern1 and the “Default” theme. If an import error appears, manually select these two settings, then import the code again.

  1. Click “Get the skin”: its unique code is copied to your clipboard.
  2. In The Isle Evrima, open this dinosaur’s customisation screen and paste the code into the import field.
  3. Press “Import” to apply the skin.

Community tips

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MegaUtah Island elder729 hours playedFrench

Fais un tout droit au sanctuaire et restes-y autant que tu peux. Quand tu te fais chasser par les abeilles, passe boire de l'eau et file vers la zone de migration. Le Stegosaurus n'est pas si compliqué que ça à faire évoluer. C'est même plutôt assez simple par rapport à un Rex ou un Deino.

Published Oct 8, 2026
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Official notes

Selection-screen data: Diet DT_Herbivore, Preferred Food Marigold, Sumac, Pumpkin. Basic Max Weight 6000.0, Basic Max Speed 807.0, Basic Max Bite Force 50.0, Basic Max Group Size 5. Official EVRIMA patch 0.6.15.18 adds Stegosaurus as a playable species. Older notes described right-click Tail impale. Official DevBlog #45 (March 1, 2024) describes preparing the heavy attack by holding right click, then triggering it with left click. The camera adjusts the path; a sprinting version also exists. Do not confuse this combination with the quick swing. Official patch 0.20.117 fixes Stegosaurus power swing so it no longer hits abnormal locations in front of the body, confirming ongoing official support for the heavy attack. Older official notes listed a different group limit, but the current selection screen shows 5. The sheet therefore keeps 5 as the observed in-game value.

Community notes

Evrima Quick Guide and community data match the general profile: massive herbivore, very slow, extremely punishing on contact. Adult community speed values vary by update; the current selection screen shows 807 raw speed. The Isle Field Guide and Evrima Quick Guide list left click for bite, Alt + left click for the quick directional swing, and held right click followed by left click for Power Swing. Alternate attack settings may change whether Alt is required. Quick-attack controls are community cross-checks; the Power Swing combination is explicitly described in official DevBlog #45. Internal app conversion: 807 x 0.036 = 29.1 km/h. Some community sources list closer to 26 km/h; this sheet keeps the value from the current selection screen.