X-Megalodon
CreatureVariant
Breeding calculator
X-Megalodon
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
- 6h 9m 13s
- Maturation
- 71h 13m 30s
- Food at birth
- 56.67/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 67:39:49
- Total Time:
- 71:13:30
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 6h 9m 13s
Elapsed Time- 3h 33m 41s
- Maturation Time Left
- 67h 39m 49s
Time to Juvenile- 3h 33m 41s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 2422items
- Food to Adult
- 1581items
- Food Per Hour
- 65
Food Capacity- 125items
Baby Hand Feed For- 1h 8m 12s6.6% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 11.6%
- Maximum imprint
- 92.8% (8 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
- Food per item
- 50
Stack size- 40
- Eats at 5%
- 53.84 food/min
- Maturation
- 71h 13m 30s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Raw Meat | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 3h 33m 40s | 11,201 | 225 | 6 | 22.5 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 28h 29m 24s | 67,812 | 1,357 | 34 | 135.7 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 35h 36m 45s | 30,273 | 606 | 16 | 60.6 |
| Total | 67h 39m 49s | 2,188 | 56 | 218.8 |
Total: 2,188 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 - 6x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 43x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 54x 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-Megalodon
Breeding produces live offspring - no egg management needed. Gestation takes approximately 6 hours and 9 minutes at default rates.
Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~2 days and 23 hours (1x rate), progressing slowly. During the baby phase (0–10%), hand-feed it directly. From 10% onward (juvenile), it can eat from a Feeding Trough.
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-Megalodon's growth progresses through three stages: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~427 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~28h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~36h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses. At 100% imprint, the X-Megalodon 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.
The raising calculator above shows exactly how much food you need for each maturation phase of the X-Megalodon. Budget ~427 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.
Raising multiple X-Megalodon 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.
Found throughout the ARKs, the X-Megalodon is a tamable, aquatic, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It falls within the Variant classification.
With 320 base Stamina, the X-Megalodon has average stamina. With 105% base Melee Damage, the X-Megalodon has respectable melee power. At 582 base HP, the X-Megalodon is decently sturdy. Weight capacity starts at 250, giving it generous inventory space.
Taming the X-Megalodon requires rendering it unconscious first - use Tranq Arrows, Darts, or Shocking Tranq Darts to apply torpor. Superior Kibble is the most effective food for taming, offering the highest affinity per feeding.
As a tame, the X-Megalodon provides safe and efficient underwater traversal with good utility. Breeding is via live birth rather than eggs, simplifying the process. Killing a wild X-Megalodon yields 12 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.37 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.