Breeding the Aberrant Carnotaurus produces fertilized eggs that require careful temperature control. Incubation temperature must stay between 26°C and 32°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes.

The baby Aberrant Carnotaurus takes approximately 1 day and 22 hours to fully mature at default rates - slowly. The most labor-intensive part is the baby phase (0–10% maturation) when it can't use a Feeding Trough yet.

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.

Raising a baby Aberrant Carnotaurus 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 Aberrant Carnotaurus 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.

The raising calculator above shows exactly how much food you need for each maturation phase of the Aberrant Carnotaurus. Expect ~278 minutes of active care during the Baby phase before it graduates to trough-feeding as a Juvenile.

The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Aberrant Carnotaurus raises by totaling food across all babies. Different food types have different spoil timers - factor that into which food you stockpile.

ARK: Survival Ascended features the Aberrant Carnotaurus as a tamable, carnivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. It falls within the Variant classification.

Its base Stamina of 300 gives it decent staying power. Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it respectable melee power. Starting at 420 Health, it's moderately tough. It carries 300 base Weight - good carrying capacity.

To tame the Aberrant Carnotaurus, you need to knock it unconscious using torpor weapons, then feed it while it's down. Regular Kibble is the most effective food for taming, offering the highest affinity per feeding.

As a tame, the Aberrant Carnotaurus can serve multiple roles depending on how you level its stats after taming. Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a 26°C–32°C temperature window. Killing a wild Aberrant Carnotaurus yields 18 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.26 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.