After a successful mate, the Rift Tiktaalik lays a fertilized egg. Incubation temperature must stay between 30°C and 34°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~1 day and 13 hours (1x rate), progressing slowly. 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.

Maturation has three phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~222 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~15h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~19h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.

Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Rift Tiktaalik gains 30% extra damage and damage resistance with its imprinter mounted. 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 Rift Tiktaalik. Budget ~222 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.

Raising multiple Rift Tiktaalik 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 Rift Tiktaalik is a piscivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the Variant category.

Its base Stamina of 175 gives it moderate endurance. With 100% base Melee Damage, the Rift Tiktaalik has respectable melee power. At 300 base HP, the Rift Tiktaalik is decently sturdy. Weight capacity starts at 150, giving it average weight tolerance.

The Rift Tiktaalik is a wild creature that cannot be tamed through conventional methods. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between 30°C and 34°C. Defeating one in the wild grants 2 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.15 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.