Dino enemy line

The Dino and Dinox are enemies that are randomly battled in Golden Sun: The Lost Age. These monsters, resembling the stereotypical depiction of velociraptors, are palette swaps of each other that have differing levels of power and defense and are fought in different locations in the game.

Dino
A Dino is an orange-scaled level 10 variant with light-green claws and feet. In The Lost Age it is fought throughout the overworld portion of eastern and central Osenia, as well as throughout Yampi Desert.

The Dino has the highest attack in the overworld portion of where it can be fought, but is less durable than the Troll; these two monsters can essentially be considered equal, and though the Dino has much more agility than the Troll, it is outsped by the Kobold and Momonga in the area. In Yampi Desert the strongest enemy becomes the Emu.

A Dino's statistics are as follows:

A Dino uses these battle commands:

Dinox
A Dinox is a slightly larger light-green-scaled level 27 variant with orange claws and feet. In The Lost Age it is ideally first fought on the continent of Tundaria and subsequently in Tundaria Tower, and later throughout Ankohl Ruins.

The Dinox, amongst its Tundarian contemporaries Needle Egg and Squirrelfang, has the highest Attack and HP but the lowest Agility. In a battle, it is possible, though rare, that it will lower an Adept's HP down to 1, and another monster's attack right afterwards would down that Adept, which can be dangerous. In both Tundaria Tower and Ankohl Ruins, however, it is far outperformed by the Minotaurus, which has superior stats everywhere.

A Dinox's statistics are as follows:

A Dino uses these battle commands:

Dinosaurus
Like with all other enemy lines introduced in The Lost Age that seem to have only two variants, a third palette-swapped variant to this line exists in the code of the game cart and was even given its own name, but has none of its statistics and abilities coded beyond weak placeholder abilities. Had it been used, it would have appeared as a violet-scaled variant with dark-purple claws and feet named Dinosaurus.