Malfunctioned Tek Stegosaurus
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Malfunctioned Tek Stegosaurus
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
- 22 - 28 °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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2h 34m 19s | 23,330 | 778 | 8 | 77.8 | |
| 20h 34m 34s | 141,240 | 4,708 | 48 | 470.8 | |
| 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 Malfunctioned Tek Stegosaurus
The Malfunctioned Tek Stegosaurus reproduces by laying fertilized eggs after mating. Incubation temperature must stay between 22°C and 28°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.
Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~2 days and 3 hours (1x rate), progressing requiring significant patience. 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 Malfunctioned Tek Stegosaurus's growth progresses through three stages: 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.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Malfunctioned Tek Stegosaurus gains 30% extra damage and damage resistance with its imprinter mounted. 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 Malfunctioned Tek Stegosaurus babies through all three growth stages. Budget ~309 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.
Adjust the dino count to calculate food for multiple Malfunctioned Tek Stegosaurus 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 Malfunctioned Tek Stegosaurus is a herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. Classified under the Variant group.
Melee starts at 100% - decent hitting power that scales with level-ups. Starting at 650 Health, it's quite durable. Stamina sits at 300 base, providing average stamina. It carries 500 base Weight - an enormous weight pool.
The Malfunctioned Tek Stegosaurus roams the ARK as a wild, untamable creature. Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a 22°C–28°C temperature window. Killing a wild Malfunctioned Tek Stegosaurus yields 5 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.29 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.