R-Quetzal
CreatureVariant
Breeding calculator
R-Quetzal
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 800
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
- 16h 39m 55s
- Maturation
- 132h 16m 30s
- Incubation temperature
- 5 - 6 °C
- Food at birth
- 107.1/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 125:39:40
- Total Time:
- 132:16:30
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 16h 39m 55s
- Elapsed Time
- 6h 36m 50s
- Maturation Time Left
- 125h 39m 40s
Time to Juvenile- 6h 36m 50s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 8501items
- Food to Adult
- 5547items
- Food Per Hour
- 123
Food Capacity- 400items
Baby Hand Feed For- 2h 22m 52s6.8% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 6.1%
- Maximum imprint
- 97.6% (16 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
Food per item- 30
Stack size- 100
- Eats at 5%
- 101.75 food/min
- Maturation
- 132h 16m 30s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Mejoberry | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 6h 36m 49s | 39,313 | 1,311 | 14 | 131.1 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 52h 54m 36s | 238,000 | 7,934 | 80 | 793.4 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 66h 8m 15s | 106,250 | 3,542 | 36 | 354.2 |
| Total | 125h 39m 40s | 12,787 | 130 | 1,278.7 |
Total: 12,787 Mejoberry
- Feeding Trough
- 6,000 items (60 slots)Need 3 full loads
Tek Trough- 10,000 items (100 slots)Need 2 full loads
- Maewing / Maeguana
- 300 slots50% weight reduction on meat & berries
- Baby - 10x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 80x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 100x 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 R-Quetzal
Breeding the R-Quetzal produces fertilized eggs that require careful temperature control. Incubation temperature must stay between 5°C and 6°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 16 hours and 39 minutes.
After hatching or birth, the baby R-Quetzal matures over an extremely long period, one of the longest in the game, reaching adulthood in about 5 days and 12 hours at 1x maturation. The most labor-intensive part is the baby phase (0–10% maturation) when it can't use a Feeding Trough yet.
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 R-Quetzal involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~794 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~53h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~66h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the R-Quetzal'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-Quetzal raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~794 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.
Raising multiple R-Quetzal 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-Quetzal, a tamable, flying, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, is a common sight across multiple maps. It falls within the Variant classification.
With 1,164 base Health, the R-Quetzal is impressively tough. With 105% base Melee Damage, the R-Quetzal has decent hitting power. Stamina sits at 800 base, providing outstanding staying power. Weight capacity starts at 800, giving it massive inventory space.
You'll need to knock the R-Quetzal unconscious before taming it. Tranquilizers are the standard approach. For best results, use Exceptional Kibble - it gives the highest taming efficiency.
Once tamed, the R-Quetzal is prized as a flying transport, capable of hauling large inventories over long distances. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between 5°C and 6°C. A wild R-Quetzal is worth 18 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.98 Element plus 0.1 Element per level.