Dino Hunters event
Dino Hunters: New World — What It Included
Dino Hunters’ New World update has wrapped. The week-long event opened up a fresh area to explore and added new dinosaurs to hunt and collect, going by the developer’s own “New Map & New Dinos” billing. It ran from August 14 through August 21, 2026, and here’s what it involved and where it sits in the game’s release schedule.
Dino Hunters remains one of the busier survival-and-collecting games on Roblox, with roughly about 3,800 players in-game at any given moment, more than about 21,000,000 total visits, and around about 55,000 favorites. New World drew strong interest ahead of launch, with well over 100,000 players marking themselves as going before it began.
Dino Hunters
NEW WORLD
New Map & New Dinos
Aug 14, 10:00 AM – Aug 21, 12:00 AM ET
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What the New World update included
New World was a map-focused content drop rather than a stat or economy reset. Its two headline additions were:
- A new map. The update centred on a fresh region to explore, expanding where players could roam and hunt beyond the existing grounds.
- New dinosaurs. Alongside the map came new dinos to track down and add to a collection — the core loop the game is built around.
The developer’s listing kept the details light, so the update read as an exploration-and-collection expansion: somewhere new to go and new creatures waiting there, rather than a change to how the game plays.
When New World ran
The event ran for a week, opening on August 14 at 10:00 AM ET and closing on August 21 at 12:00 AM ET.
How it fit the game’s schedule
Dino Hunters runs on a roughly weekly update cadence, and New World slotted neatly into it. It picked up right as the Mega Evo Update wrapped on August 14, and it handed off to a New Content Update that opened the same day it ended, on August 21. A longer-running Mega Evo Update overlapped much of the summer as well. Looking ahead, the game’s next big beat is a new season, scheduled to begin September 1 and run into November — a larger seasonal window than these back-to-back weekly drops. Last updated August 24.
Dino Hunters New World FAQ
What was in the Dino Hunters New World event?
New World added a new map to explore and new dinosaurs to hunt and collect, following the developer’s “New Map & New Dinos” theme. It was an exploration-and-collection expansion rather than a gameplay overhaul.
When did the Dino Hunters New World event end?
New World ended on August 21, 2026, at 12:00 AM ET, after opening on August 14.
How long did the New World event run?
It ran for one week, from August 14 to August 21, 2026 — in line with the game’s usual weekly update cadence.
Is the Dino Hunters New World event still going?
No. New World has ended. A New Content Update followed it on August 21, and a new season is set to begin September 1, 2026.