Aberrant Ovis
The Aberrant Ovis gives live birth after mating, skipping the egg-incubation step entirely. Gestation takes approximately 4 hours and 12 minutes at default rates.
Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~2 days (1x rate), progressing slowly. Hand-feeding is required until 10% maturation. After that, a Feeding Trough handles the rest.
Each baby inherits stats from both parents with a chance of mutation - +2 wild levels to a random stat plus a color change. Use the breeding calculator to plan food requirements, incubation timers, and maturation phases.
Raising a baby Aberrant Ovis involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~292 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~19h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~24h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses. At 100% imprint, the Aberrant Ovis gains 30% bonus damage and resistance when ridden by the imprinter. You'll be asked to cuddle, walk, or feed specific kibble at regular intervals during maturation.
Incubation Time
4h 12m 37s
Elapsed Time
2h 26m 12s
Maturation Time Left
46h 17m 46s
Time to Juvenile
2h 26m 12s
Total Food Items
2824
items
Food to Adult
1843
items
Food Per Hour
111
Food Capacity
45
items
Baby Hand Feed For
1h 46m 1s
8.6% maturation
Cuddle Interval
0s
Imprint Per Cuddle
0%
Max Imprint
0.0%
The raising calculator above shows exactly how much food you need for each maturation phase of the Aberrant Ovis. Budget ~292 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.
Raising multiple Aberrant Ovis simultaneously? Set the dino count and the calculator scales food requirements automatically. Different food types have different spoil timers - factor that into which food you stockpile.
Food per item
30
Stack size
100
Eats at 5%
91.74 food/min
Maturation
48h 43m 58s
| Phase | Duration | |
|---|---|---|
| 2h 26m 11s | 436 | |
| 19h 29m 35s | 2,636 | |
| 24h 21m 59s | 1,177 | |
| 46h 17m 46s | 4,249 |
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 slots
50% weight reduction on meat & berries
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.
The Aberrant Ovis is a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the Variant category.
Stamina sits at 100 base, providing tires quickly. Melee starts at 106% - decent hitting power that scales with level-ups. The Aberrant Ovis has 96 base Health - extremely fragile. Weight capacity starts at 90, giving it not built for hauling.
Taming the Aberrant Ovis doesn't require unconsciousness. Instead, sneak up to it and hand-feed its preferred food. Its preferred food is Sweet Vegetable Cake.
After taming, the Aberrant Ovis earns its keep through resource gathering, making tedious farming runs much faster. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. Defeating one in the wild grants 1 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.79 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.