Stegosaurus
CreatureSoaker
Breeding calculator
Stegosaurus
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 500
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
- 2h 46m 39s
- Maturation
- 51h 26m 25s
- Incubation temperature
- 22 - 28 °C
- Food at birth
- 163.43/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 48:52:05
- Total Time:
- 51:26:25
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 2h 46m 39s
- Elapsed Time
- 2h 34m 20s
- Maturation Time Left
- 48h 52m 5s
Time to Juvenile- 2h 34m 19s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 5045items
- Food to Adult
- 3292items
- Food Per Hour
- 187
Food Capacity- 250items
Baby Hand Feed For- 52m 3s6.7% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 16.2%
- Maximum imprint
- 97.2% (6 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
Food per item- 30
Stack size- 100
- Eats at 5%
- 155.26 food/min
- Maturation
- 51h 26m 25s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Mejoberry | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 2h 34m 19s | 23,330 | 778 | 8 | 77.8 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 20h 34m 34s | 141,240 | 4,708 | 48 | 470.8 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 25h 43m 12s | 63,053 | 2,102 | 22 | 210.2 |
| Total | 48h 52m 5s | 7,588 | 78 | 758.8 |
Total: 7,588 Mejoberry
- Feeding Trough
- 6,000 items (60 slots)Need 2 full loads
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 - 31x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 39x 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 Stegosaurus
Breeding the Stegosaurus produces fertilized eggs that require careful temperature control. Incubation temperature must stay between 22°C and 28°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 2 hours and 46 minutes.
After hatching or birth, the baby Stegosaurus matures slowly, reaching adulthood in about 2 days and 3 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.
The Stegosaurus's growth progresses through three stages: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~309 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~21h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~26h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses. At 100% imprint, the Stegosaurus gains 30% bonus damage and resistance when ridden by the imprinter. Keep various kibble types on hand, as imprint requests are randomized between cuddles, walks, and kibble feeding.
Use the raising calculator to plan food requirements for raising Stegosaurus babies through all three growth stages. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~309 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.
The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Stegosaurus raises by totaling food across all babies. Consider food spoilage when choosing what to feed: Kibble lasts days, while Raw Meat spoils in minutes.
Found throughout the ARKs, the Stegosaurus is a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the Soaker category.
Starting at 650 Health, it's impressively tough. Dealing 100% base Melee Damage, the Stegosaurus brings decent hitting power to the table. With 300 base Stamina, the Stegosaurus has average stamina. A base Weight of 500 means massive inventory space.
Taming the Stegosaurus requires rendering it unconscious first - use Tranq Arrows, Darts, or Shocking Tranq Darts to apply torpor. For best results, use Regular Kibble - it gives the highest taming efficiency.
Once tamed, the Stegosaurus is valued for its harvesting efficiency, collecting key resources faster than most tools. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between 22°C and 28°C. Defeating one in the wild grants 5 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.29 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.