Brute Megaloceros
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Brute Megaloceros
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 440
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
- 6h 9m 13s
- Maturation
- 71h 13m 30s
- Food at birth
- 47.22/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 67:39:49
- Total Time:
- 71:13:30
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 6h 9m 13s
Elapsed Time- 3h 33m 41s
- Maturation Time Left
- 67h 39m 49s
Time to Juvenile- 3h 33m 41s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 2018items
- Food to Adult
- 1317items
- Food Per Hour
- 54
Food Capacity- 220items
Baby Hand Feed For- N/A4.8% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 11.6%
- Maximum imprint
- 92.8% (8 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
Food per item- 30
Stack size- 100
- Eats at 5%
- 44.86 food/min
- Maturation
- 71h 13m 30s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Mejoberry | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 3h 33m 40s | 9,332 | 312 | 4 | 31.2 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 28h 29m 24s | 56,498 | 1,884 | 19 | 188.4 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 35h 36m 45s | 25,222 | 841 | 9 | 84.1 |
| Total | 67h 39m 49s | 3,037 | 32 | 303.7 |
Total: 3,037 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 - 6x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 43x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 54x 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 Brute Megaloceros
Instead of laying eggs, the Brute Megaloceros carries its young through a gestation period. Gestation takes approximately 6 hours and 9 minutes at default rates.
The baby Brute Megaloceros takes approximately 2 days and 23 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 ~427 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~28h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~36h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Brute Megaloceros 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 Brute Megaloceros raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. Expect ~427 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 Brute Megaloceros 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 Brute Megaloceros is a herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended.
Its base Stamina of 560 gives it good endurance. With 100% base Melee Damage, the Brute Megaloceros has solid damage output. With 760 base Health, the Brute Megaloceros is quite durable. A base Weight of 440 means generous inventory space.
The Brute Megaloceros is a wild creature that cannot be tamed through conventional methods. Breeding is via live birth rather than eggs, simplifying the process. Defeating one in the wild grants 8 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.36 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.