Ride a Dino
Ride a Dino Events Schedule: Halloween Island Countdown and What’s Next
Ride a Dino is heading into its busiest Halloween stretch of the year. A Meteor Storm event is live now and runs through the morning of October 25, and the moment it ends the developers open a Halloween Island Update — a brand-new area already drawing the biggest wave of interest on the current schedule.
The experience itself is among the more crowded dinosaur games on Roblox. It has drawn about 35,000,000 total visits, holds about 970,000 favorites, and usually sits around about 4,400 players at once.
The schedule above lists the live windows for every event; the sections below explain what each one adds and when it runs in Eastern Time. We update this page as Ride a Dino’s calendar changes. Last updated November 9.
Upcoming events2 scheduled
ADMIN ABUSE!
BE THERE!
Nov 11, 11:00 AM – 12:25 PM ET
Admins take special control during this Ride a Dino event.
HUGE UPDATE + ADMIN ABUSE
MASSIVE CONTENT UPDATE!
Nov 15, 11:00 AM – Nov 16, 12:25 PM ET
New biome, dinosaurs, and stamina mechanics arrive with gameplay fixes and balance changes.
Recently ended3 wrapped
UPDATE + ADMIN ABUSE
New Content and QoL!
Nov 8, 11:00 AM – Nov 9, 11:00 AM ET
New update brings fresh content and admin-controlled chaos events.
GAMEMODE + ADMIN ABUSE
AND MUCH MORE. BE THERE!
Nov 1, 11:00 AM – Nov 8, 10:00 AM ET
Introduces endless gamemode with permanent upgrades, new currency, and additional lasso options.
Halloween Island Update🎃
Enter if you dare.
Oct 25, 12:00 PM – Nov 1, 9:00 AM ET
A Halloween island appears with previously undiscovered dinosaur species available to ride and capture.
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Current and upcoming events
Halloween Island Update (next up)
The Halloween Island Update is the marquee item on the calendar. It opens at 12:00 PM ET on October 25 — right as the Meteor Storm wraps — and runs through November 1. In other U.S. zones that start lands at 11:00 AM CT, 10:00 AM MT and 9:00 AM PT, or 16:00 UTC.
The setup: a forgotten island has surfaced out past the fog under a full moon, and it is home to dinosaurs no rider has seen before. The developers frame it as a Halloween hunt, with the rarest finds reserved for players willing to venture out and bring one home. Interest is running far ahead of anything else on the schedule — about 530,000 players have marked themselves as going, dwarfing the live Meteor Storm’s turnout.
Meteor Storm (live now)
The Meteor Storm event is the one running right now, scheduled to close at 11:00 AM ET on October 25 (with a few days left). While it is on, a new Magma mutation quadruples income, but only for the length of the storm. Meteors rain down across the canyon, and riding through the fresh craters turns up Meteor Shards. The headline reward is a new Meteor Chest holding six exclusive dinosaurs, topped by a Divine-tier Meteorborn, and the developers have switched on admin events across every server for the run.
New Dinos (recently ended)
Just before this stretch, a smaller New Dinos drop ran from October 5 to October 12, adding a fresh batch of species to unlock. It drew a modest crowd next to the Halloween event, and the schedule has stayed busy since — Meteor Storm picked up just two days later, with the Halloween Island Update queued to follow right behind it.
Frequently asked questions
When does the Halloween Island Update start in Ride a Dino?
It begins at 12:00 PM ET on October 25, 2026 (16:00 UTC), the same day the Meteor Storm event ends, and it runs through November 1. The exact start and end times are in the schedule above.
What time do Ride a Dino events start?
Times vary from event to event. The Meteor Storm kicked off at 2:30 PM ET, while the Halloween Island Update opens at noon ET (16:00 UTC). The schedule above has the exact window for each one.
How many players does Ride a Dino have?
It usually has around about 4,400 players in-game at once, on top of about 35,000,000 lifetime visits and about 970,000 favorites.
Is the Meteor Storm event still live?
Yes, for now. It is scheduled to end at 11:00 AM ET on October 25, 2026, just before the Halloween Island Update takes over. If you want the Magma mutation’s quadrupled income or a shot at the Meteor Chest dinos, that is the window to play.