R-Gasbags
CreatureVariant
Breeding calculator
R-Gasbags
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 3,000
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
- 46h 17m 46s
- Food at birth
- 63.22/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 43:58:52
- Total Time:
- 46:17:46
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 8h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time- 2h 18m 54s
- Maturation Time Left
- 43h 58m 53s
Time to Juvenile- 2h 18m 53s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 1757items
- Food to Adult
- 1146items
- Food Per Hour
- 73
Food Capacity- 1500items
Baby Hand Feed For- N/A1.0% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 18.1%
- Maximum imprint
- 90.5% (5 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
Food per item- 30
Stack size- 100
- Eats at 5%
- 60.06 food/min
- Maturation
- 46h 17m 46s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Mejoberry | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 2h 18m 53s | 8,122 | 271 | 3 | 27.1 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 18h 31m 6s | 49,171 | 1,640 | 17 | 164 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 23h 8m 53s | 21,951 | 732 | 8 | 73.2 |
| Total | 43h 58m 53s | 2,643 | 28 | 264.3 |
Total: 2,643 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 - 4x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 28x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 35x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
Spoils in 10m | Trough / Maewing: 40m | Tek Trough: 16h 40m
At birth, baby holds ~35 food - refill every ~1 min
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 R-Gasbags
Instead of laying eggs, the R-Gasbags carries its young through a gestation period. Gestation takes approximately 8 hours at default rates.
After hatching or birth, the baby R-Gasbags matures requiring significant patience, reaching adulthood in about 1 day and 22 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 R-Gasbags involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~278 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~19h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~23h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the R-Gasbags'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 R-Gasbags raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~278 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.
Raising multiple R-Gasbags 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 R-Gasbags, a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, is well-known across multiple maps. Classified under the Variant group.
Dealing 105% base Melee Damage, the R-Gasbags brings respectable melee power to the table. The R-Gasbags has 631 base Health - solidly tanky. Stamina sits at 600 base, providing outstanding staying power. Weight capacity starts at 3000, giving it excellent carrying capacity.
Taming the R-Gasbags requires rendering it unconscious first - use Tranq Arrows, Darts, or Shocking Tranq Darts to apply torpor. Superior Kibble is the most effective food for taming, offering the highest affinity per feeding.
As a tame, the R-Gasbags is a practical workhorse - it can both gather and haul resources efficiently. Breeding is via live birth rather than eggs, simplifying the process. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.72 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.