Breeding the Lystrosaurus produces fertilized eggs that require careful temperature control.Incubation temperature must stay between 24°C and 28°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range.At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 50 minutes.

After hatching or birth, the baby Lystrosaurus matures at a medium pace, reaching adulthood in about 15 hours and 25 minutes at 1x maturation.The most labor-intensive part is the baby phase (0–10% maturation) when it can't use a Feeding Trough yet.

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 Lystrosaurus involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~93 min and requires constant hand-feeding.Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~6h - it can eat from a Trough now.Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~8h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.

Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the Lystrosaurus's stats, and hitting 100% grants a 30% combat bonus when the imprinter rides it.Imprint requests include cuddling, walks, and specific kibble - check the wiki for which kibble to stockpile.

Planning a mass raise?The Lystrosaurus raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste.The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~93 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.

Raising multiple Lystrosaurus 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.

ARK: Survival Ascended features the Lystrosaurus as a tamable, herbivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild.

Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it solid damage output.Starting at 90 Health, it's extremely fragile.Stamina sits at 100 base, providing tires quickly.A base Weight of 90 means minimal inventory space.

This is a passive tame: no tranquilizers needed.Get close without startling it, then offer food from your last hotbar slot.Its preferred food is Rare Flower.

As a tame, the Lystrosaurus can serve multiple roles depending on how you level its stats after taming.Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a 24°C–28°C temperature window.Defeating one in the wild grants 0.5 base XP.It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.33 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.