Instead of laying eggs, the Megatherium carries its young through a gestation period.Gestation takes approximately 8 hours at default rates.

After hatching or birth, the baby Megatherium matures over an extremely long period, one of the longest in the game, reaching adulthood in about 3 days and 20 hours at 1x maturation.Hand-feeding is required until 10% maturation.After that, a Feeding Trough handles the rest.

Mutations can add +2 levels to any stat and change colors.Stacking mutations across generations is the key to min-maxed breeding lines.Use the breeding calculator to plan food requirements, incubation timers, and maturation phases.

Maturation has three phases: 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.

Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Megatherium gains 30% extra damage and damage resistance with its imprinter mounted.You'll be asked to cuddle, walk, or feed specific kibble at regular intervals during maturation.

Planning a mass raise?The Megatherium raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste.The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~556 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.

Raising multiple Megatherium simultaneously?Set the dino count and the calculator scales food requirements automatically.Match your food choice to your play schedule - longer spoil timers mean less babysitting.

The Megatherium is a tamable, omnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended.

Melee starts at 100% - solid damage output that scales with level-ups.With 740 base Health, the Megatherium is impressively tough.Its base Stamina of 400 gives it good endurance.Weight capacity starts at 725, giving it excellent carrying capacity.

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

As a tame, the Megatherium is best used as a pack animal, hauling large amounts of resources between locations.It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward.Defeating one in the wild grants 4 base XP.It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.67 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.