Unicorn
CreatureVariant
Breeding calculator
Unicorn
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 350
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
- 59.03/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
- 1640items
- Food to Adult
- 1070items
- Food Per Hour
- 68
Food Capacity- 175items
Baby Hand Feed For- N/A4.8% 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%
- 56.08 food/min
- Maturation
- 46h 17m 46s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Mejoberry | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 2h 18m 53s | 7,583 | 253 | 3 | 25.3 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 18h 31m 6s | 45,910 | 1,531 | 16 | 153.1 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 23h 8m 53s | 20,496 | 684 | 7 | 68.4 |
| Total | 43h 58m 53s | 2,468 | 26 | 246.8 |
Total: 2,468 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
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 Unicorn
Instead of laying eggs, the Unicorn carries its young through a gestation period. Gestation takes approximately 8 hours at default rates.
The baby Unicorn takes approximately 1 day and 22 hours to fully mature at default rates - slowly. During the baby phase (0–10%), hand-feed it directly. From 10% onward (juvenile), it can eat from a Feeding Trough.
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 Unicorn 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.
Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses. At 100% imprint, the Unicorn gains 30% bonus damage and resistance when ridden by the imprinter. You'll be asked to cuddle, walk, or feed specific kibble at regular intervals during maturation.
Use the raising calculator to plan food requirements for raising Unicorn babies through all three growth stages. Budget ~278 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.
Adjust the dino count to calculate food for multiple Unicorn babies at once - essential for batch breeding operations. Consider food spoilage when choosing what to feed: Kibble lasts days, while Raw Meat spoils in minutes.
ARK: Survival Ascended features the Unicorn as a tamable, herbivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. It falls within the Variant classification.
Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it respectable melee power. At 240 base HP, the Unicorn is relatively fragile. Its base Stamina of 560 gives it respectable staying power. Weight capacity starts at 350, giving it generous inventory space.
Once tamed, the Unicorn earns its keep through resource gathering, making tedious farming runs much faster. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. Killing a wild Unicorn yields 1 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.44 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.