Aberrant Lystrosaurus
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Aberrant Lystrosaurus
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 90
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.
- Incubation
- 49m 59s
- Maturation
- 15h 25m 55s
- Incubation temperature
- 24 - 28 °C
- Food at birth
- 26.56/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 14:39:37
- Total Time:
- 15:25:55
Maturation
Incubation Time- 49m 59s
Elapsed Time- 46m 18s
Maturation Time Left- 14h 39m 37s
Time to Juvenile- 46m 18s
Food
Total Food Items- 246items
Food to Adult- 161items
Food Per Hour- 31
Food Capacity- 45items
Baby Hand Feed For- N/A3.5% maturation
Imprinting
Cuddle interval- 8h
Imprint per cuddle- 59.6%
Maximum imprint- 59.6% (1 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
Food per item- 30
Stack size- 100
Eats at 5%- 25.23 food/min
Maturation- 15h 25m 55s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Mejoberry | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46m 17s | 1,137 | 38 | 1 | 3.8 | |
| 6h 10m 22s | 6,886 | 230 | 3 | 23 | |
| 7h 42m 57s | 3,074 | 103 | 2 | 10.3 | |
| Total | 14h 39m 37s | 371 | 6 | 37.1 |
Total: 371 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 - 2x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 10x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 12x 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 Lystrosaurus
The Aberrant Lystrosaurus reproduces by laying fertilized eggs after mating. Incubation temperature must stay between 24°C and 28°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 49 minutes.
The baby Aberrant Lystrosaurus takes approximately 15 hours and 25 minutes to fully mature at default rates - at a medium pace. 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.
Raising a baby Aberrant Lystrosaurus involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~93 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~6h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~8h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the Aberrant Lystrosaurus's stats, and hitting 100% grants a 30% combat bonus when the imprinter rides it. Imprint requests include cuddling, walks, and specific kibble - check the wiki for which kibble to stockpile.
Planning a mass raise? The Aberrant Lystrosaurus raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. Expect ~93 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 Lystrosaurus babies at once - essential for batch breeding operations. Match your food choice to your play schedule - longer spoil timers mean less babysitting.
Found throughout the ARKs, the Aberrant Lystrosaurus is a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It falls within the Variant classification.
With 106% base Melee Damage, the Aberrant Lystrosaurus has respectable melee power. Health-wise, the Aberrant Lystrosaurus sits at 86 base, making it very frail. With 100 base Stamina, the Aberrant Lystrosaurus has tires quickly. Weight capacity starts at 90, giving it very limited carrying capacity.
This is a passive tame: no tranquilizers needed. Get close without startling it, then offer food from your last hotbar slot. Its preferred food is Rare Flower.
As a tame, the Aberrant Lystrosaurus earns its keep through resource gathering, making tedious farming runs much faster. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between 24°C and 28°C. Killing a wild Aberrant Lystrosaurus yields 0.5 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.33 Element plus 0 Element per level.