The Seahorse gives live birth after mating, skipping the egg-incubation step entirely. Gestation takes approximately 5 hours at default rates.

Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~2 days (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.

Raising a baby Seahorse involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~292 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~19h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~24h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.

Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses. At 100% imprint, the Seahorse 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 Seahorse. Budget ~292 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.

Raising multiple Seahorse 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.

The Seahorse is a tamable, aquatic, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended.

Melee starts at 100% - solid damage output that scales with level-ups. Starting at 700 Health, it's impressively tough. Its base Stamina of 700 gives it outstanding staying power. It carries 350 base Weight - good carrying capacity.

The Seahorse is a knockout tame: apply enough torpor to knock it out, then place food in its inventory. For best results, use Oryraise - it gives the highest taming efficiency.

As a tame, the Seahorse is well-suited for deep-sea exploration, cave diving, and ocean resource runs. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. Killing a wild Seahorse yields 4 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.66 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.