Aberrant Dire Bear
CreatureVariant

Breeding calculator
Aberrant Dire Bear
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 650
Baby: The hatched dinosaur, now a baby, needs constant attention and food placed directly in its inventory to survive, or a nearby Maewing to take care of its needs.
- Gestation
- 4h 0m 0s
- Maturation
- 46h 17m 46s
- Food at birth
- 96.57/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 43:58:52
- Total Time:
- 46:17:46
Maturation
Incubation Time- 4h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time- 2h 18m 54s
Maturation Time Left- 43h 58m 53s
Time to Juvenile- 2h 18m 53s
Food
Total Food Items- 2683items
Food to Adult- 1751items
Food Per Hour- 111
Food Capacity- 325items
Baby Hand Feed For- N/A4.5% maturation
Imprinting
Cuddle interval- 8h
Imprint per cuddle- 18.1%
Maximum imprint- 90.5% (5 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
Food per item- 30
Stack size- 100
Eats at 5%- 91.74 food/min
Maturation- 46h 17m 46s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Mejoberry | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2h 18m 53s | 12,407 | 414 | 5 | 41.4 | |
| 18h 31m 6s | 75,113 | 2,504 | 26 | 250.4 | |
| 23h 8m 53s | 33,532 | 1,118 | 12 | 111.8 | |
| Total | 43h 58m 53s | 4,036 | 43 | 403.6 |
Total: 4,036 Mejoberry
Feeding Trough- 6,000 items (60 slots)Fits in one load
Tek Trough- 10,000 items (100 slots)Fits in one load
Maewing / Maeguana- 300 slots50% weight reduction on meat & berries
- Baby - 4x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 28x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 35x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
Spoils in 10m | Trough / Maewing: 40m | Tek Trough: 16h 40m
During the Baby phase (0-10%), you must hand-feed or use a Maewing to nurse. From Juvenile (10%+), dinos can eat from a Feeding Trough on their own. Use Preserving Salt in troughs to double spoil times.
More about breeding the Aberrant Dire Bear
Instead of laying eggs, the Aberrant Dire Bear carries its young through a gestation period. Gestation takes approximately 4 hours at default rates.
The baby Aberrant Dire Bear takes approximately 1 day and 22 hours to fully mature at default rates - over a lengthy period. During the baby phase (0–10%), hand-feed it directly. From 10% onward (juvenile), it can eat from a Feeding Trough.
Mutations can add +2 levels to any stat and change colors. Stacking mutations across generations is the key to min-maxed breeding lines. Use the breeding calculator to plan food requirements, incubation timers, and maturation phases.
Maturation has three phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~278 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~19h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~23h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Aberrant Dire Bear gains 30% extra damage and damage resistance with its imprinter mounted. You'll be asked to cuddle, walk, or feed specific kibble at regular intervals during maturation.
Planning a mass raise? The Aberrant Dire Bear raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. Expect ~278 minutes of active care during the Baby phase before it graduates to trough-feeding as a Juvenile.
Adjust the dino count to calculate food for multiple Aberrant Dire Bear babies at once - essential for batch breeding operations. Match your food choice to your play schedule - longer spoil timers mean less babysitting.
The Aberrant Dire Bear, a tamable, omnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, is well-known across multiple maps. It falls within the Variant classification.
At 384 base HP, the Aberrant Dire Bear is reasonably durable. With 106% base Melee Damage, the Aberrant Dire Bear has solid damage output. Stamina sits at 500 base, providing good endurance. Weight capacity starts at 650, giving it massive inventory space.
Taming the Aberrant Dire Bear requires rendering it unconscious first - use Tranq Arrows, Darts, or Shocking Tranq Darts to apply torpor. For best results, use Giant Bee Honey - it gives the highest taming efficiency.
As a tame, the Aberrant Dire Bear pulls double duty as both a capable resource harvester and pack animal. Breeding is via live birth rather than eggs, simplifying the process. A wild Aberrant Dire Bear is worth 4 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.66 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.