Breeding the Mudpuppy produces fertilized eggs that require careful temperature control.Incubation temperature must stay between -75°C and 75°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range.At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 1 hour and 59 minutes.

After hatching or birth, the baby Mudpuppy matures over a moderate period, 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.

Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the Mudpuppy's stats, and hitting 100% grants a 30% combat bonus when the imprinter rides it.Keep various kibble types on hand, as imprint requests are randomized between cuddles, walks, and kibble feeding.

Use the raising calculator to plan food requirements for raising Mudpuppy babies through all three growth stages.The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~126 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.

The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Mudpuppy raises by totaling food across all babies.Consider food spoilage when choosing what to feed: Kibble lasts days, while Raw Meat spoils in minutes.

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

With 150 base Stamina, the Mudpuppy has moderate endurance.Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it respectable melee power.The Mudpuppy has 85 base Health - glass-cannon fragile.Weight capacity starts at 250, giving it generous inventory space.

The Mudpuppy is passively tamed - approach it carefully and feed it by hand without knocking it out.Its preferred food is Basic Kibble.

Once tamed, the Mudpuppy is primarily used for resource harvesting, excelling at gathering specific materials.Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a -75°C–75°C temperature window.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.