Breeding produces live offspring - no egg management needed.Gestation takes approximately 6 hours and 9 minutes at default rates.

Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~2 days and 23 hours (1x rate), progressing over a lengthy period.During the baby phase (0–10%), hand-feed it directly.From 10% onward (juvenile), it can eat from a Feeding Trough.

Offspring inherit parental stats and have a small chance to mutate, gaining +2 levels in a random stat.Use the breeding calculator to plan food requirements, incubation timers, and maturation phases.

Raising a baby Megalodon involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~427 min and requires constant hand-feeding.Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~28h - it can eat from a Trough now.Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~36h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.

Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses.At 100% imprint, the Megalodon 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.

Use the raising calculator to plan food requirements for raising Megalodon babies through all three growth stages.Budget ~427 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.

Adjust the dino count to calculate food for multiple Megalodon babies at once - essential for batch breeding operations.Consider food spoilage when choosing what to feed: Kibble lasts days, while Raw Meat spoils in minutes.

The Megalodon is a tamable, aquatic, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended.

Stamina sits at 320 base, providing decent staying power.Melee starts at 100% - decent hitting power that scales with level-ups.Health-wise, the Megalodon sits at 600 base, making it solidly tanky.It carries 250 base Weight - a solid weight pool.

The Megalodon is a knockout tame: apply enough torpor to knock it out, then place food in its inventory.Superior Kibble is the most effective food for taming, offering the highest affinity per feeding.

After taming, the Megalodon is well-suited for deep-sea exploration, cave diving, and ocean resource runs.It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward.Defeating one in the wild grants 12 base XP.It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.37 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.