Alpha Skeletal Carnotaurus
CreatureVariant

Breeding calculator
Alpha Skeletal Carnotaurus
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 300
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
- 56.67/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- 1575items
Food to Adult- 1028items
Food Per Hour- 65
Food Capacity- 150items
Baby Hand Feed For- 3m 22s5.1% 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- 50
Stack size- 40
Eats at 5%- 53.84 food/min
Maturation- 46h 17m 46s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Raw Meat | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2h 18m 53s | 7,281 | 146 | 4 | 14.6 | |
| 18h 31m 6s | 44,078 | 882 | 23 | 88.2 | |
| 23h 8m 53s | 19,677 | 394 | 10 | 39.4 | |
| Total | 43h 58m 53s | 1,422 | 37 | 142.2 |
Total: 1,422 Raw Meat
Feeding Trough- 2,400 items (60 slots)Fits in one load
Tek Trough- 4,000 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 Alpha Skeletal Carnotaurus
Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~1 day and 22 hours (1x rate), progressing over a lengthy period. Hand-feeding is required until 10% maturation. After that, a Feeding Trough handles the rest.
Each baby inherits stats from both parents with a chance of mutation - +2 wild levels to a random stat plus a color change. Use the breeding calculator to plan food requirements, incubation timers, and maturation phases.
The Alpha Skeletal Carnotaurus's growth progresses through three stages: 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.
Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses. At 100% imprint, the Alpha Skeletal Carnotaurus gains 30% bonus damage and resistance when ridden by the imprinter. Keep various kibble types on hand, as imprint requests are randomized between cuddles, walks, and kibble feeding.
The raising calculator above shows exactly how much food you need for each maturation phase of the Alpha Skeletal Carnotaurus. Expect ~278 minutes of active care during the Baby phase before it graduates to trough-feeding as a Juvenile.
The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Alpha Skeletal Carnotaurus raises by totaling food across all babies. Different food types have different spoil timers - factor that into which food you stockpile.
ARK: Survival Ascended features the Alpha Skeletal Carnotaurus as a carnivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. Classified under the Ignore group.
Stamina sits at 300 base, providing average stamina. Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it solid damage output. At 6,400 base HP, the Alpha Skeletal Carnotaurus is an absolute bullet sponge. Weight capacity starts at 300, giving it a solid weight pool.
The Alpha Skeletal Carnotaurus roams the ARK as a wild, untamable creature. Defeating one in the wild grants 460 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.26 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.