The Monodon gives live birth after mating, skipping the egg-incubation step entirely.Gestation takes approximately 5 hours and 20 minutes at default rates.

The baby Monodon takes approximately 2 days and 9 hours to fully mature at default rates - requiring significant patience.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.

The Monodon'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.

Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses.At 100% imprint, the Monodon 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 Monodon.Expect ~347 minutes of active care during the Baby phase before it graduates to trough-feeding as a Juvenile.

The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Monodon 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 Monodon as a tamable, aquatic, piscivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild.

With 2,300 base Health, the Monodon is among the tougher creatures.Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it decent hitting power.Stamina sits at 275 base, providing average stamina.Weight capacity starts at 300, giving it good carrying capacity.

Taming the Monodon doesn't require unconsciousness.Instead, sneak up to it and hand-feed its preferred food.Its preferred food is Superior Kibble.

After taming, the Monodon provides safe and efficient underwater traversal with good utility.It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward.Killing a wild Monodon yields 10 base XP.It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.7 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.