Mesopithecus
CreatureShoulder Pet
Breeding calculator
Mesopithecus
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 70
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
- 2h 40m 0s
- Maturation
- 30h 51m 51s
- Food at birth
- 26.56/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 29:19:15
- Total Time:
- 30:51:51
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 2h 40m 0s
Elapsed Time- 1h 32m 36s
- Maturation Time Left
- 29h 19m 15s
Time to Juvenile- 1h 32m 36s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 492items
- Food to Adult
- 321items
- Food Per Hour
- 31
Food Capacity- 35items
Baby Hand Feed For- 15m 37s5.8% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 27.7%
- Maximum imprint
- 83.1% (3 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
Food per item- 30
Stack size- 100
- Eats at 5%
- 25.23 food/min
- Maturation
- 30h 51m 51s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Mejoberry | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 1h 32m 35s | 2,275 | 76 | 1 | 7.6 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 12h 20m 44s | 13,772 | 460 | 5 | 46 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 15h 25m 55s | 6,148 | 205 | 3 | 20.5 |
| Total | 29h 19m 15s | 741 | 9 | 74.1 |
Total: 741 Mejoberry
- Feeding Trough
- 6,000 items (60 slots)Fits in one load
Tek Trough- 10,000 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 - 19x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 24x 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 Mesopithecus
Instead of laying eggs, the Mesopithecus carries its young through a gestation period. Gestation takes approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes at default rates.
After hatching or birth, the baby Mesopithecus matures over a lengthy period, reaching adulthood in about 1 day and 6 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.
Raising a baby Mesopithecus involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~185 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~12h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~15h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the Mesopithecus's stats, and hitting 100% grants a 30% combat bonus when the imprinter rides it. Imprint requests include cuddling, walks, and specific kibble - check the wiki for which kibble to stockpile.
Planning a mass raise? The Mesopithecus raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. Expect ~185 minutes of active care during the Baby phase before it graduates to trough-feeding as a Juvenile.
Adjust the dino count to calculate food for multiple Mesopithecus babies at once - essential for batch breeding operations. Match your food choice to your play schedule - longer spoil timers mean less babysitting.
Found throughout the ARKs, the Mesopithecus is a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. Classified under the Shoulder Pet group.
Stamina sits at 100 base, providing tires quickly. Dealing 100% base Melee Damage, the Mesopithecus brings respectable melee power to the table. Starting at 115 Health, it's very frail. It carries 70 base Weight - very limited carrying capacity.
The Mesopithecus is passively tamed - approach it carefully and feed it by hand without knocking it out. Its preferred food is Basic Kibble.
Once tamed, the Mesopithecus earns its keep through resource gathering, making tedious farming runs much faster. Breeding is via live birth rather than eggs, simplifying the process. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.23 Element plus 0 Element per level.