Primal Pursuit trike Stats, Abilities, Skins, and Gameplay Guide

The Primal Pursuit trike is Update 9's powerhouse herbivore. Check base stats, Supercharge damage, skin unlock costs, and competitive survival match tips.

The Trike in Roblox's Primal Pursuit is the game's ninth dinosaur and its first playable herbivore, introduced in Update 9 alongside items like the Mine and Muscle Car. Available in the shop for 20,000 bones, the Trike acts as a heavy-hitting ambush predator capable of eliminating survivors in a single strike and dealing massive burst damage to escape vehicles.

Its core identity revolves around high survivability and the devastating Supercharge ability. However, its low mobility and attack wind-up create distinct trade-offs against experienced drivers and fast cars.

Trike Base Stats and Ability Breakdown

Official wiki documentation and in-game testing establish the Trike as an ambush specialist built to punish clustered survivors and slow vehicles. While walking speed is sluggish compared to lightweight theropods like the Raptor or Dilophosaurus, the Trike compensates with heavy health reserves and high single-hit impact.

Ability	Type / Mechanism	Effect and Numbers	Cooldown / Duration
Bite	Primary Attack	Deals 175 damage to survivors, vehicles, and structures.	Standard bite recovery
Sprint	Mobility & Damage	Boosts forward speed; deals 40 trample damage while walking or sprinting.	10s duration; 10s cooldown
Scent	Tracking	Highlights survivors and vehicles in yellow outline.	5s reveal; 30s cooldown
Supercharge	Charged Special Hit	Triples base damage to deal 525 burst damage to a single target on impact.	2s wind-up; 40s cooldown
Roar	Crowd Control	Temporarily blinds nearby survivors with a blurred, narrowed field of vision.	Standard short-range radius

The Trike's primary strike deals 175 base damage, enough to eliminate an unarmored survivor outright without needing follow-up hits. Its signature tool, Supercharge, multiplies this damage output to 525, which shreds low-to-mid tier vehicles instantly and knocks off substantial health from tankier vehicles like the Warthog or Lunar Rover.

Complete Trike Skins and Bone Costs

The Trike features six distinct cosmetic skins. Players unlock these skins in the dinosaur customization menu by spending collected bones or using Robux for Early Access purchases.

Skin Name	Bone Price	Visual Details and Features
Movie Trike	1,800 Bones	Realistic brown and tan textured skin modeled after classic cinematic Triceratops designs.
Ash Trike	3,400 Bones	Dark charcoal body patterned with lava-orange accents, resembling molten rock or ladybug tones.
Jade Trike	Unconfirmed bone price	Vibrant green frill markings with glowing green horns and luminous eyes.
Angel Trike	~10,000 Bones	Radiant white and gold appearance featuring a glowing halo and feathered angelic wings.
Brimstone Trike	Unconfirmed bone price	Molten volcanic texture with visible glowing embers and fiery breath particles inside the mouth.
Cosmic Trike	Unconfirmed bone price	Deep purple and celestial galaxy skin emitting floating space dust and luminescent horn effects.

Visual skins do not alter base stats or damage numbers in matches. In video tests, high-tier skins such as Cosmic and Angel feature custom glowing particle effects, while Ash and Brimstone emphasize flame and ember lighting.

Matchup Dynamics: Ambush Strengths and Pro Counterplay

Video testing across casual and competitive lobbies shows the Trike behaves very differently depending on driver skill and vehicle tiers. Because the dinosaur lacks the sustained chasing speed of the Raptor or the 78 speed rating of the Exoraptor, success depends on map geometry and timing.

Ambush and Evacuation Point Camping

The Trike excels at defensive choke points. When the escape timer nears zero and the rescue helicopter arrives at sites like the Docks Landing Site, the Trike can post up behind the aircraft. By pre-charging Supercharge as survivors arrive, you can delete incoming vehicles before they safely board.

In low-level lobbies where players attempt to loop through narrow crate corridors, the Trike easily traps targets. Activating Sprint deals continuous 40 trample damage, crushing survivors on foot who make steering mistakes.

Pro Server Limitations and Hitbox Vulnerabilities

Community analysis from competitive player tier lists highlights clear weaknesses when the Trike faces coordinated teams:

The Supercharge ability requires a 2-second wind-up where the dinosaur shakes its head and telegraphs the strike. Experienced survivors driving high-speed vehicles like the Hypercar or Police Car simply turn away and wait out the active window.
The forward strike hitbox can occasionally fail to register damage on targets directly touching the head model if the survivor maneuvers sideways quickly.
Long-range hunters equipped with rifles such as the SCAR, LMG, or Heavy Sniper can exploit the Trike's massive hit profile to land consistent headshots from watchtowers before it gets into melee range.

How the Trike Ranks Against Alternative Dinosaurs

In community tier lists, the Trike generates divided opinions based on price-to-performance efficiency. At a 20,000 bone cost, it sits squarely in the late-game dinosaur bracket.

Versus Spinosaurus: Many high-level players favor the base Spino over the Trike because Spino costs fewer bones (around 16,000 bones) and features a Rage ability. Rage grants 66% damage resistance, boosts damage to 232.5, and increases speed up to roughly 75 for 15 seconds.
Versus Carno: Carnotaurus serves a similar ambush role at a much cheaper entry price, offering a kick ability that dismounts drivers directly from vehicles.
Versus Brontosaurus: While Bronto boasts the highest raw health pool and building destruction in the game, it costs 30,000 bones and moves at a slow 42-48 speed rating. The Trike provides somewhat better cornering mobility than Bronto, but lower total durability against coordinated gunfire.

For casual matches, the Trike provides an enjoyable, high-damage bruiser experience. In pro lobbies filled with Hypercars and mobile snipers, its slow rotation and telegraphing make it harder to secure clean server wipes.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does the Trike cost in Primal Pursuit?

The Trike costs 20,000 bones in the in-game dinosaur shop. Players can also bypass the bone cost or level requirements using Robux for Early Access unlock gamepasses.

What does the Trike's Supercharge ability do?

Supercharge charges up over two seconds and triples your next attack's power, dealing 525 burst damage to the first vehicle or survivor hit. After landing the strike, the ability goes on a 40-second cooldown.

Can survivors survive a direct Trike attack?

Unarmored survivors on foot will instantly die to the Trike's basic 175 damage bite, as well as its 525 damage Supercharge. Survivors in standard starter vehicles like the ATV or Bumpy Car will have their vehicles destroyed in one or two hits.