Megachelon
CreatureSoaker
Breeding calculator
Megachelon
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 2,500
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
- 4h 59m 58s
- Maturation
- 92h 35m 33s
- Incubation temperature
- -75 - 75 °C
- Food at birth
- 306/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 87:57:46
- Total Time:
- 92:35:33
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 4h 59m 58s
- 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- 1250items
Baby Hand Feed For- 42m 23s5.8% 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 Megachelon
After a successful mate, the Megachelon lays a fertilized egg. Incubation temperature must stay between -75°C and 75°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 4 hours and 59 minutes.
After hatching or birth, the baby Megachelon matures over an extremely long period, one of the longest in the game, reaching adulthood in about 3 days and 20 hours at 1x maturation. Hand-feeding is required until 10% maturation. After that, a Feeding Trough handles the rest.
Mutations can add +2 levels to any stat and change colors. Stacking mutations across generations is the key to min-maxed breeding lines. Use the breeding calculator to plan food requirements, incubation timers, and maturation phases.
The Megachelon'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.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Megachelon 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.
Planning a mass raise? The Megachelon raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~556 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.
Raising multiple Megachelon simultaneously? Set the dino count and the calculator scales food requirements automatically. Match your food choice to your play schedule - longer spoil timers mean less babysitting.
The Megachelon, a tamable, omnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, is well-known across multiple maps. It falls within the Soaker classification.
With 1,920 base Health, the Megachelon is among the tougher creatures. With 100% base Melee Damage, the Megachelon has respectable melee power. Stamina sits at 100 base, providing low stamina reserves. Weight capacity starts at 2500, giving it massive inventory space.
As a tame, the Megachelon combines solid harvesting capability with generous carrying capacity. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between -75°C and 75°C. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.74 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.