Skeletal Jerboa
CreatureVariant
Breeding calculator
Skeletal Jerboa
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 55
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 38m 43s
- Maturation
- 21h 2m 37s
- Food at birth
- 26.56/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 19:59:29
- Total Time:
- 21:02:37
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 2h 38m 43s
Elapsed Time- 1h 3m 8s
- Maturation Time Left
- 19h 59m 29s
Time to Juvenile- 1h 3m 8s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 336items
- Food to Adult
- 219items
- Food Per Hour
- 31
Food Capacity- 28items
Baby Hand Feed For- 6m 15s5.5% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 42%
- Maximum imprint
- 84.0% (2 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
Food per item- 30
Stack size- 100
- Eats at 5%
- 25.23 food/min
- Maturation
- 21h 2m 37s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Mejoberry | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 1h 3m 7s | 1,551 | 52 | 1 | 5.2 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 8h 25m 3s | 9,390 | 314 | 4 | 31.4 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 10h 31m 18s | 4,192 | 140 | 2 | 14 |
| Total | 19h 59m 29s | 506 | 7 | 50.6 |
Total: 506 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 - 2x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 13x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 16x 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 Skeletal Jerboa
Instead of laying eggs, the Skeletal Jerboa carries its young through a gestation period. Gestation takes approximately 2 hours and 38 minutes at default rates.
After hatching or birth, the baby Skeletal Jerboa matures at a medium pace, reaching adulthood in about 21 hours and 2 minutes 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 Skeletal Jerboa's growth progresses through three stages: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~126 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~8h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~11h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Skeletal Jerboa 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 Skeletal Jerboa raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. Expect ~126 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 Skeletal Jerboa babies at once - essential for batch breeding operations. Match your food choice to your play schedule - longer spoil timers mean less babysitting.
ARK: Survival Ascended features the Skeletal Jerboa as a herbivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. It falls within the Ignore classification.
Its base Stamina of 100 gives it low stamina reserves. Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it decent hitting power. Starting at 825 Health, it's quite durable. Weight capacity starts at 55, giving it minimal inventory space.
The Skeletal Jerboa roams the ARK as a wild, untamable creature. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. Killing a wild Skeletal Jerboa yields 0.5 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.51 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.