Mega Mek
CreatureDMG
Breeding calculator
Mega Mek
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 9,001
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
- 306/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
- 17000items
- Food to Adult
- 11093items
- Food Per Hour
- 350
Food Capacity- 4501items
Baby Hand Feed For- N/A2.7% 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%
- 290.7 food/min
- Maturation
- 92h 35m 33s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Mejoberry | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 4h 37m 46s | 78,625 | 2,621 | 27 | 262.1 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 37h 2m 13s | 476,000 | 15,867 | 159 | 1,586.7 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 46h 17m 46s | 212,500 | 7,084 | 71 | 708.4 |
| Total | 87h 57m 46s | 25,572 | 257 | 2,557.2 |
Total: 25,572 Mejoberry
- Feeding Trough
- 6,000 items (60 slots)Need 5 full loads
Tek Trough- 10,000 items (100 slots)Need 3 full loads
- 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 Mega Mek
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 Mega Mek 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 Mega Mek 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.
The raising calculator above shows exactly how much food you need for each maturation phase of the Mega Mek. Budget ~556 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.
Raising multiple Mega Mek 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 Mega Mek, a tamable creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, is a notable presence across multiple maps. Classified under the DMG group.
With 9,000 base Health, the Mega Mek is extraordinarily tanky. Dealing 100% base Melee Damage, the Mega Mek brings solid damage output to the table. Its base Stamina of 1000 gives it outstanding staying power. It carries 9001 base Weight - excellent carrying capacity.
Taming the Mega Mek requires rendering it unconscious first - use Tranq Arrows, Darts, or Shocking Tranq Darts to apply torpor.
After taming, the Mega Mek is a practical workhorse - it can both gather and haul resources efficiently. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0 Element plus 0 Element per level.