My Dino Empire Controls & HUD

My Dino Empire is light on combat hotkeys and heavy on menus. New players lose minutes hunting the Settings gear, the Code Here box, sell prompts, and pen slots—especially on a phone screen. This guide maps the HUD Bone Bandits! ships in the Roblox incremental simulator so you can redeem codes, park diggers, sell Bones, and open research without guessing.

This page is for My Dino Empire only (place 103886526817625), not My Dino Park. UI labels can shift after patches; when a button moves, trust the live client and re-check Updates.

First load checklist

1. Join from the Roblox experience page and wait until your Base plot finishes streaming.
2. Complete tutorial prompts so the early badges unlock—see Players and Getting Started.
3. Locate the gear / Settings control (top-right on the current desktop layout).
4. Scroll Settings to the bottom and confirm the Code Here field is visible before you paste strings.
5. Find your empty pens / spots, the bone sell flow, and any research or upgrade entry points on the plot HUD.

If Settings looks empty, you likely opened it during the first load flash—close it, wait two seconds, reopen.

Settings and codes

Codes live inside Settings, not on a separate gift NPC for the current build:

• Open the gear in the top-right
• Scroll to the bottom of the panel
• Paste RELEASE, BONES, or PETS exactly, then tap Redeem

Full troubleshooting lives on How to Redeem Codes. After every place update (the listing showed fresh stamps around 9–11 November 2026), reopen Settings once on a fresh server before you assume a code died.

Pens, diggers, and plot movement

Your dinosaurs only earn when they sit in pens. Typical controls:

• Select a dino from inventory or the roll result panel
• Assign it to an open pen / spot on your Base
• Revisit pens after each roll so new diggers are not left unequipped
• Use plot movement (walk / camera) to reach sell stations, crusher, market, or research pads if they sit off the spawn tile

Empty pens are zero income. Pair this HUD habit with the spend order on Base Upgrades and the dig cadence on Bones and Cash.

Selling Bones and crushing

Bones pile up while you AFK. Learn where the client exposes:

• Sell — converts Bones into Cash
• Crush (when available) — may improve value or clear clutter before sell
• Inventory / storage overflow warnings that block digs if you never sell

On mobile, sell buttons can sit behind collapsed panels—rotate to landscape if a control is clipped. Time a short dig→sell cycle after patches so you know whether crush still beats raw sell for your stage.

Research, floors, and shop surfaces

Community scripts and player reports mention research trees (luck, podiums, plot level), floors, market trips, lucky wheel, daily and playtime claims, group rewards, supply drops, and showcase boosts. Exact icon art changes, but the rule stays stable:

1. Open the matching panel from the Base HUD or proximity prompt
2. Read the cost in Cash before confirming
3. Prefer upgrades that raise dig or offline income before cosmetics

Deep priority order: Base Upgrades. Rolling budgets: How to Roll. Passive claims: Rewards Guide.

PC versus mobile

Surface	Tip
PC / desktop app	Hover tooltips help; keep Settings and the plot both visible when redeeming
Mobile portrait	Expect more scrolling; open Settings fully before pasting codes
Mobile landscape	Easier pen assignment and sell taps
Tablet	Treat like PC but watch for touch targets overlapping ads or chat

Roblox touch UI can hide the gear behind the Roblox menu chrome—tap the experience HUD, not only the Roblox sidebar.

Event and admin abuse HUD tips

During windows such as NEW CONTENT + ADMIN ABUSE (scheduled around 14 November 2026 on the place Events panel), keep Settings and inventory one tap away. Developers often shout instructions in chat; leave chat expanded on a second monitor or a second device if you can. Prep checklist: Admin Abuse Event and the monthly radar on November 2026.

Common “missing button” fixes

• No Code Here field — scroll Settings further; finish tutorial; rejoin server
• Cannot place dino — buy or unlock another pen first (Base Upgrades)
• Sell does nothing — inventory empty, wrong currency selected, or plot still loading
• Research greyed out — insufficient Cash or prerequisite plot level
• Menus from a YouTube video missing — that creator may be on a different dino game; confirm the Bone Bandits! title screen

Related pages

• Getting Started — day-one route
• Rewards Guide — daily, playtime, group, offline claims
• Codes · How to Redeem
• AFK Farming — leave the HUD in a sell-ready state
• Official Links — Roblox page and group

Master the HUD once and every later guide becomes faster: redeem, park, sell, upgrade, then leave the Base earning.