Dunkleosteus
CreatureFarmer
Breeding calculator
Dunkleosteus
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 910
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
- 8h 0m 0s
- Maturation
- 82h 18m 16s
- Food at birth
- 56.67/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 78:11:21
- Total Time:
- 82:18:16
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 8h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time- 4h 6m 55s
- Maturation Time Left
- 78h 11m 21s
Time to Juvenile- 4h 6m 55s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 2799items
- Food to Adult
- 1827items
- Food Per Hour
- 65
Food Capacity- 455items
Baby Hand Feed For- N/A3.8% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 10%
- Maximum imprint
- 100.0% (10 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
- Food per item
- 50
Stack size- 40
- Eats at 5%
- 53.84 food/min
- Maturation
- 82h 18m 16s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Raw Meat | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 4h 6m 54s | 12,943 | 259 | 7 | 25.9 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 32h 55m 18s | 78,360 | 1,568 | 40 | 156.8 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 41h 9m 8s | 34,982 | 700 | 18 | 70 |
| Total | 78h 11m 21s | 2,527 | 65 | 252.7 |
Total: 2,527 Raw Meat
- Feeding Trough
- 2,400 items (60 slots)Need 2 full loads
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 - 50x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 62x 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 Dunkleosteus
Breeding produces live offspring - no egg management needed. Gestation takes approximately 8 hours at default rates.
Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~3 days and 10 hours (1x rate), progressing over an extremely long period, one of the longest in the game. 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 Dunkleosteus involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~494 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~33h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~41h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the Dunkleosteus'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.
Use the raising calculator to plan food requirements for raising Dunkleosteus babies through all three growth stages. Budget ~494 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.
Adjust the dino count to calculate food for multiple Dunkleosteus 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 Dunkleosteus is a tamable, aquatic, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. Classified under the Farmer group.
Melee starts at 100% - solid damage output that scales with level-ups. With 710 base Health, the Dunkleosteus is solidly tanky. With 200 base Stamina, the Dunkleosteus has decent staying power. Weight capacity starts at 910, giving it excellent carrying capacity.
The Dunkleosteus is a knockout tame: apply enough torpor to knock it out, then place food in its inventory. Feed it Superior Kibble for the fastest tame and highest effectiveness bonus.
After taming, the Dunkleosteus is well-suited for deep-sea exploration, cave diving, and ocean resource runs. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. Defeating one in the wild grants 12 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.43 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.