Megalania
CreatureDMG
Breeding calculator
Megalania
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 400
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
- 1h 59m 59s
- Maturation
- 37h 2m 13s
- Incubation temperature
- 29 - 35 °C
- Food at birth
- 53.12/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 35:11:06
- Total Time:
- 37:02:13
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 1h 59m 59s
- Elapsed Time
- 1h 51m 7s
- Maturation Time Left
- 35h 11m 6s
Time to Juvenile- 1h 51m 7s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 1181items
- Food to Adult
- 771items
- Food Per Hour
- 61
Food Capacity- 200items
Baby Hand Feed For- N/A3.7% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 22.8%
- Maximum imprint
- 91.2% (4 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
- Food per item
- 50
Stack size- 40
- Eats at 5%
- 50.47 food/min
- Maturation
- 37h 2m 13s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Raw Meat | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 1h 51m 6s | 5,460 | 110 | 3 | 11 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 14h 48m 53s | 33,053 | 662 | 17 | 66.2 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 18h 31m 6s | 14,756 | 296 | 8 | 29.6 |
| Total | 35h 11m 6s | 1,068 | 28 | 106.8 |
Total: 1,068 Raw Meat
- Feeding Trough
- 2,400 items (60 slots)Fits in one load
Tek Trough- 4,000 items (100 slots)Fits in one load
- Maewing / Maeguana
- 300 slots50% weight reduction on meat & berries
- Baby - 3x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 23x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 28x 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 Megalania
The Megalania reproduces by laying fertilized eggs after mating. Incubation temperature must stay between 29°C and 35°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 1 hour and 59 minutes.
Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~1 day and 13 hours (1x rate), progressing slowly. 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.
Maturation has three phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~222 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~15h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~19h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Megalania gains 30% extra damage and damage resistance with its imprinter mounted. 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 Megalania. Budget ~222 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.
Raising multiple Megalania 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.
Found throughout the ARKs, the Megalania is a tamable, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the DMG category.
Its base Stamina of 400 gives it good endurance. With 100% base Melee Damage, the Megalania has respectable melee power. With 480 base Health, the Megalania is decently sturdy. Weight capacity starts at 400, giving it good carrying capacity.
You'll need to knock the Megalania unconscious before taming it. Tranquilizers are the standard approach. Extraordinary Kibble is the most effective food for taming, offering the highest affinity per feeding.
As a tame, the Megalania is primarily used for resource harvesting, excelling at gathering specific materials. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between 29°C and 35°C. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.85 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.