Breeding the Mantis Shrimp produces fertilized eggs that require careful temperature control.Incubation temperature must stay between 25°C and 30°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 Mantis Shrimp matures at a medium pace, reaching adulthood in about 21 hours and 2 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.

Maturation has three phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~126 min and requires constant hand-feeding.Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~8h - it can eat from a Trough now.Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~11h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.

Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Mantis Shrimp 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 Mantis Shrimp raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste.The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~126 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.

Raising multiple Mantis Shrimp 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.

Found throughout the ARKs, the Mantis Shrimp is a tamable, piscivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended.

Its base Stamina of 180 gives it moderate endurance.Dealing 100% base Melee Damage, the Mantis Shrimp brings decent hitting power to the table.With 40 base Health, the Mantis Shrimp is very frail.It carries 45 base Weight - very limited carrying capacity.

The Mantis Shrimp is passively tamed - approach it carefully and feed it by hand without knocking it out.Its preferred food is Raw Supreme Fish Meat.

Once tamed, the Mantis Shrimp is a versatile tame with a balanced stat spread, useful in a variety of roles.It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between 25°C and 30°C.Defeating one in the wild grants 4 base XP.It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.84 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.