Lost Megatherium
CreatureVariant
Breeding calculator
Lost Megatherium
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 725
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
- 92h 35m 33s
- Food at birth
- 96.57/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 87:57:46
- Total Time:
- 92:35:33
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 8h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time- 4h 37m 47s
- Maturation Time Left
- 87h 57m 46s
Time to Juvenile- 4h 37m 47s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 5366items
- Food to Adult
- 3501items
- Food Per Hour
- 111
Food Capacity- 363items
Baby Hand Feed For- 53m 47s6.0% 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- 30
Stack size- 100
- Eats at 5%
- 91.74 food/min
- Maturation
- 92h 35m 33s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Mejoberry | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 4h 37m 46s | 24,814 | 828 | 9 | 82.8 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 37h 2m 13s | 150,226 | 5,008 | 51 | 500.8 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 46h 17m 46s | 67,065 | 2,236 | 23 | 223.6 |
| Total | 87h 57m 46s | 8,072 | 83 | 807.2 |
Total: 8,072 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 - 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 Lost Megatherium
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 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.
The Lost Megatherium's growth progresses through three stages: 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 Lost Megatherium 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 Lost Megatherium. Budget ~556 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.
Raising multiple Lost Megatherium simultaneously? Set the dino count and the calculator scales food requirements automatically. Different food types have different spoil timers - factor that into which food you stockpile.
The Lost Megatherium is an omnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the Variant category.
Health-wise, the Lost Megatherium sits at 740 base, making it quite durable. Melee starts at 100% - decent hitting power that scales with level-ups. Stamina sits at 400 base, providing solid stamina reserves. It carries 725 base Weight - an enormous weight pool.
The Lost Megatherium roams the ARK as a wild, untamable creature. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. A wild Lost Megatherium is worth 4 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.67 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.