Cosmo
CreatureShoulder Pet
Breeding calculator
Cosmo
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 70
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
- 1h 25m 42s
- Maturation
- 92h 35m 33s
- Incubation temperature
- 4 - 12 °C
- Food at birth
- 26.56/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 87:57:46
- Total Time:
- 92:35:33
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 1h 25m 42s
- Elapsed Time
- 4h 37m 47s
- Maturation Time Left
- 87h 57m 46s
Time to Juvenile- 4h 37m 47s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 1476items
- Food to Adult
- 963items
- Food Per Hour
- 31
Food Capacity- 35items
Baby Hand Feed For- 2h 51m 17s8.1% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 8.8%
- Maximum imprint
- 96.8% (11 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
- Food per item
- 50
Stack size- 40
- Eats at 5%
- 25.23 food/min
- Maturation
- 92h 35m 33s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Raw Meat | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 4h 37m 46s | 6,825 | 137 | 4 | 13.7 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 37h 2m 13s | 41,317 | 827 | 21 | 82.7 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 46h 17m 46s | 18,445 | 369 | 10 | 36.9 |
| Total | 87h 57m 46s | 1,333 | 35 | 133.3 |
Total: 1,333 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 - 7x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 56x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 70x 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 Cosmo
The Cosmo reproduces by laying fertilized eggs after mating. Incubation temperature must stay between 4°C and 12°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes.
Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~3 days and 20 hours (1x rate), progressing over many real-world days, demanding serious time investment. During the baby phase (0–10%), hand-feed it directly. From 10% onward (juvenile), it can eat from a Feeding Trough.
Offspring inherit parental stats and have a small chance to mutate, gaining +2 levels in a random stat. Use the breeding calculator to plan food requirements, incubation timers, and maturation phases.
Raising a baby Cosmo involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~556 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~37h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~46h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses. At 100% imprint, the Cosmo gains 30% bonus damage and resistance when ridden by the imprinter. You'll be asked to cuddle, walk, or feed specific kibble at regular intervals during maturation.
Use the raising calculator to plan food requirements for raising Cosmo babies through all three growth stages. Budget ~556 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.
Adjust the dino count to calculate food for multiple Cosmo babies at once - essential for batch breeding operations. Consider food spoilage when choosing what to feed: Kibble lasts days, while Raw Meat spoils in minutes.
The Cosmo, a tamable, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, is a notable presence across multiple maps. It belongs to the Shoulder Pet category.
Stamina sits at 100 base, providing tires quickly. Dealing 100% base Melee Damage, the Cosmo brings decent hitting power to the table. With 115 base Health, the Cosmo is extremely fragile. A base Weight of 70 means not built for hauling.
After taming, the Cosmo earns its keep through resource gathering, making tedious farming runs much faster. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between 4°C and 12°C. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.05 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.