After a successful mate, the Rex Ghost lays a fertilized egg. Incubation temperature must stay between 32°C and 34°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 4 hours and 59 minutes.

Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~3 days and 20 hours (1x rate), progressing over many real-world days, demanding serious time investment. 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 Rex Ghost's growth progresses through three stages: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~556 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~37h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~46h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.

Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses. At 100% imprint, the Rex Ghost 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 Rex Ghost. Budget ~556 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.

Raising multiple Rex Ghost 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 Rex Ghost as a carnivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. Classified under the Variant group.

Stamina sits at 420 base, providing solid stamina reserves. Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it respectable melee power. The Rex Ghost has 1,100 base Health - solidly tanky. A base Weight of 500 means excellent carrying capacity.

The Rex Ghost roams the ARK as a wild, untamable creature. Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a 32°C–34°C temperature window. Killing a wild Rex Ghost yields 30 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.87 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.