Kentrosaurus
CreatureMisc
Breeding calculator
Kentrosaurus
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 500
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
- 2h 46m 39s
- Maturation
- 51h 26m 25s
- Incubation temperature
- 24 - 30 °C
- Food at birth
- 163.43/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 48:52:05
- Total Time:
- 51:26:25
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 2h 46m 39s
- Elapsed Time
- 2h 34m 20s
- Maturation Time Left
- 48h 52m 5s
Time to Juvenile- 2h 34m 19s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 5045items
- Food to Adult
- 3292items
- Food Per Hour
- 187
Food Capacity- 250items
Baby Hand Feed For- 52m 3s6.7% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 16.2%
- Maximum imprint
- 97.2% (6 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
Food per item- 30
Stack size- 100
- Eats at 5%
- 155.26 food/min
- Maturation
- 51h 26m 25s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Mejoberry | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 2h 34m 19s | 23,330 | 778 | 8 | 77.8 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 20h 34m 34s | 141,240 | 4,708 | 48 | 470.8 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 25h 43m 12s | 63,053 | 2,102 | 22 | 210.2 |
| Total | 48h 52m 5s | 7,588 | 78 | 758.8 |
Total: 7,588 Mejoberry
- Feeding Trough
- 6,000 items (60 slots)Need 2 full loads
Tek Trough- 10,000 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 - 31x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 39x 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 Kentrosaurus
Breeding the Kentrosaurus produces fertilized eggs that require careful temperature control. Incubation temperature must stay between 24°C and 30°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 2 hours and 46 minutes.
After hatching or birth, the baby Kentrosaurus matures slowly, reaching adulthood in about 2 days and 3 hours at 1x maturation. The most labor-intensive part is the baby phase (0–10% maturation) when it can't use a Feeding Trough yet.
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 Kentrosaurus involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~309 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~21h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~26h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses. At 100% imprint, the Kentrosaurus 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 Kentrosaurus babies through all three growth stages. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~309 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.
The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Kentrosaurus raises by totaling food across all babies. Consider food spoilage when choosing what to feed: Kibble lasts days, while Raw Meat spoils in minutes.
The Kentrosaurus is a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It falls within the Misc classification.
Melee starts at 100% - solid damage output that scales with level-ups. Starting at 650 Health, it's solidly tanky. With 300 base Stamina, the Kentrosaurus has decent staying power. It carries 500 base Weight - excellent carrying capacity.
The Kentrosaurus is a knockout tame: apply enough torpor to knock it out, then place food in its inventory. Feed it Regular Kibble for the fastest tame and highest effectiveness bonus.
After taming, the Kentrosaurus earns its keep through resource gathering, making tedious farming runs much faster. Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a 24°C–30°C temperature window. Killing a wild Kentrosaurus yields 5 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.37 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.