Aberrant Iguanodon
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Aberrant Iguanodon
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SettingsHatch 2× · Mature 2× · Food 1× · Weight 375
Baby: The hatched dinosaur, now a baby, needs constant attention and food placed directly in its inventory to survive, or a nearby Maewing to take care of its needs.
- Incubation
- 42m 51s
- Maturation
- 23h 8m 53s
- Incubation temperature
- 24 - 28 °C
- Food at birth
- 59.03/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 21:59:26
- Total Time:
- 23:08:53
Maturation
Incubation Time- 42m 51s
Elapsed Time- 1h 9m 27s
Maturation Time Left- 21h 59m 26s
Time to Juvenile- 1h 9m 27s
Food
Total Food Items- 1367items
Food to Adult- 892items
Food Per Hour- 113
Food Capacity- 188items
Baby Hand Feed For- N/A4.2% maturation
Imprinting
Cuddle interval- 4h 48m
Imprint per cuddle- 43.7%
Maximum imprint- 100.0% (4 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×0.6 · amount ×2
Raising food
Food per item- 30
Stack size- 100
Eats at 5%- 56.08 food/min
Maturation- 23h 8m 53s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Mejoberry | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1h 9m 26s | 3,792 | 127 | 2 | 12.7 | |
| 9h 15m 33s | 22,955 | 766 | 8 | 76.6 | |
| 11h 34m 26s | 10,248 | 342 | 4 | 34.2 | |
| Total | 21h 59m 26s | 1,235 | 14 | 123.5 |
Total: 1,235 Mejoberry
Feeding Trough- 6,000 items (60 slots)Fits in one load
Tek Trough- 10,000 items (100 slots)Fits in one load
Maewing / Maeguana- 300 slots50% weight reduction on meat & berries
- Baby - 2x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 14x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 18x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
Spoils in 10m | Trough / Maewing: 40m | Tek Trough: 16h 40m
During the Baby phase (0-10%), you must hand-feed or use a Maewing to nurse. From Juvenile (10%+), dinos can eat from a Feeding Trough on their own. Use Preserving Salt in troughs to double spoil times.
More about breeding the Aberrant Iguanodon
After a successful mate, the Aberrant Iguanodon lays a fertilized egg. 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 1 hour and 25 minutes.
After hatching or birth, the baby Aberrant Iguanodon matures over a lengthy period, reaching adulthood in about 1 day and 22 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.
Raising a baby Aberrant Iguanodon involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~278 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~19h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~23h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the Aberrant Iguanodon'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 Aberrant Iguanodon raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~278 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.
Raising multiple Aberrant Iguanodon 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 Aberrant Iguanodon is a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. Classified under the Variant group.
With 106% base Melee Damage, the Aberrant Iguanodon has solid damage output. With 250 base Health, the Aberrant Iguanodon is not particularly tanky. With 200 base Stamina, the Aberrant Iguanodon has decent staying power. Weight capacity starts at 375, giving it generous inventory space.
Taming the Aberrant Iguanodon requires rendering it unconscious first - use Tranq Arrows, Darts, or Shocking Tranq Darts to apply torpor. For best results, use Simple Kibble - it gives the highest taming efficiency.
As a tame, the Aberrant Iguanodon earns its keep through resource gathering, making tedious farming runs much faster. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between 24°C and 28°C. Defeating one in the wild grants 1 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.32 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.