The X-Ichthyosaurus gives live birth after mating, skipping the egg-incubation step entirely.Gestation takes approximately 8 hours at default rates.

Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~2 days and 9 hours (1x rate), progressing over a lengthy period.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.

The X-Ichthyosaurus'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.

Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted X-Ichthyosaurus gains 30% extra damage and damage resistance with its imprinter mounted.Imprint requests include cuddling, walks, and specific kibble - check the wiki for which kibble to stockpile.

The raising calculator above shows exactly how much food you need for each maturation phase of the X-Ichthyosaurus.Budget ~347 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.

Raising multiple X-Ichthyosaurus 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.

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

Its base Stamina of 300 gives it average stamina.Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it solid damage output.Starting at 275 Health, it's not particularly tanky.Weight capacity starts at 250, giving it good carrying capacity.

To tame the X-Ichthyosaurus, you need to knock it unconscious using torpor weapons, then feed it while it's down.Feed it Simple Kibble for the fastest tame and highest effectiveness bonus.

After taming, the X-Ichthyosaurus provides safe and efficient underwater traversal with good utility.It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward.A wild X-Ichthyosaurus is worth 4 base experience when killed.It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.66 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.