X-Archelon
CreatureVariant
Breeding calculator
X-Archelon
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 1,000
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.
- Incubation
- 4h 59m 58s
- Maturation
- 185h 11m 6s
- Incubation temperature
- 26 - 29 °C
- Food at birth
- 236.11/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 175:55:32
- Total Time:
- 185:11:06
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 4h 59m 58s
- Elapsed Time
- 9h 15m 34s
- Maturation Time Left
- 175h 55m 33s
Time to Juvenile- 9h 15m 33s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 26235items
- Food to Adult
- 17118items
- Food Per Hour
- 270
Food Capacity- 500items
Baby Hand Feed For- 6h 17m 42s8.4% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 4.4%
- Maximum imprint
- 100.0% (23 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
Food per item- 30
Stack size- 100
- Eats at 5%
- 224.3 food/min
- Maturation
- 185h 11m 6s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Mejoberry | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 9h 15m 33s | 121,334 | 4,045 | 41 | 404.5 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 74h 4m 26s | 734,563 | 24,486 | 245 | 2,448.6 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 92h 35m 33s | 327,930 | 10,931 | 110 | 1,093.1 |
| Total | 175h 55m 33s | 39,462 | 396 | 3,946.2 |
Total: 39,462 Mejoberry
- Feeding Trough
- 6,000 items (60 slots)Need 7 full loads
Tek Trough- 10,000 items (100 slots)Need 4 full loads
- Maewing / Maeguana
- 300 slots50% weight reduction on meat & berries
- Baby - 14x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 112x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 139x 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 X-Archelon
Breeding the X-Archelon produces fertilized eggs that require careful temperature control. Incubation temperature must stay between 26°C and 29°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 4 hours and 59 minutes.
After hatching or birth, the baby X-Archelon matures at a glacially slow pace - plan for a multi-day commitment, reaching adulthood in about 7 days and 17 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 X-Archelon's growth progresses through three stages: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~1111 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~74h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~93h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses. At 100% imprint, the X-Archelon 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 X-Archelon babies through all three growth stages. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~1111 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.
The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale X-Archelon 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 X-Archelon is a tamable, aquatic, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the Variant category.
At 1,358 base HP, the X-Archelon is a proper tank. With 105% base Melee Damage, the X-Archelon has decent hitting power. With 775 base Stamina, the X-Archelon has massive stamina reserves. A base Weight of 1000 means an enormous weight pool.
Taming the X-Archelon doesn't require unconsciousness. Instead, sneak up to it and hand-feed its preferred food. Its preferred food is Superior Kibble.
After taming, the X-Archelon provides safe and efficient underwater traversal with good utility. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between 26°C and 29°C. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.91 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.