X-Ichthyosaurus
CreatureVariant
Breeding calculator
X-Ichthyosaurus
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 250
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
- 57h 52m 13s
- Food at birth
- 59.03/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 54:58:36
- Total Time:
- 57:52:13
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 8h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time- 2h 53m 37s
- Maturation Time Left
- 54h 58m 36s
Time to Juvenile- 2h 53m 37s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 2050items
- Food to Adult
- 1338items
- Food Per Hour
- 68
Food Capacity- 125items
Baby Hand Feed For- 42m 5s6.2% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 14.3%
- Maximum imprint
- 100.0% (7 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
- Food per item
- 50
Stack size- 40
- Eats at 5%
- 56.08 food/min
- Maturation
- 57h 52m 13s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Raw Meat | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 2h 53m 36s | 9,479 | 190 | 5 | 19 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 23h 8m 53s | 57,388 | 1,148 | 29 | 114.8 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 28h 56m 6s | 25,620 | 513 | 13 | 51.3 |
| Total | 54h 58m 36s | 1,851 | 47 | 185.1 |
Total: 1,851 Raw Meat
- Feeding Trough
- 2,400 items (60 slots)Fits in one load
Tek Trough- 4,000 items (100 slots)Fits in one load
- Maewing / Maeguana
- 300 slots50% weight reduction on meat & berries
- Baby - 5x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 35x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 44x 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-Ichthyosaurus
The X-Ichthyosaurus gives live birth after mating, skipping the egg-incubation step entirely. Gestation takes approximately 8 hours at default rates.
Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~2 days and 9 hours (1x rate), progressing over a lengthy period. Hand-feeding is required until 10% maturation. After that, a Feeding Trough handles the rest.
Each baby inherits stats from both parents with a chance of mutation - +2 wild levels to a random stat plus a color change. Use the breeding calculator to plan food requirements, incubation timers, and maturation phases.
The X-Ichthyosaurus's growth progresses through three stages: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~347 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~23h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~29h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted X-Ichthyosaurus 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.
The raising calculator above shows exactly how much food you need for each maturation phase of the X-Ichthyosaurus. Budget ~347 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.
Raising multiple X-Ichthyosaurus simultaneously? Set the dino count and the calculator scales food requirements automatically. Different food types have different spoil timers - factor that into which food you stockpile.
ARK: Survival Ascended features the X-Ichthyosaurus as a tamable, aquatic, carnivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. It falls within the Variant classification.
Its base Stamina of 300 gives it average stamina. Its base Melee Damage sits at 105%, giving it solid damage output. Starting at 267 Health, it's not particularly tanky. Weight capacity starts at 250, giving it good carrying capacity.
Taming the X-Ichthyosaurus doesn't require unconsciousness. Instead, sneak up to it and hand-feed its preferred food. Its preferred food is Simple Kibble.
After taming, the X-Ichthyosaurus provides safe and efficient underwater traversal with good utility. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. A wild X-Ichthyosaurus is worth 4 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.66 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.