Alpha Palaeoctopus
Variant
Alpha Palaeoctopus Egg & Breeding Calculator
After hatching or birth, the baby Alpha Palaeoctopus matures over a lengthy period, reaching adulthood in about 1 day and 13 hours 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.
The Alpha Palaeoctopus's growth progresses through three stages: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~222 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~15h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~19h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Alpha Palaeoctopus gains 30% extra damage and damage resistance with its imprinter mounted. Imprint requests include cuddling, walks, and specific kibble - check the wiki for which kibble to stockpile.
Incubation Time
8h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time
1h 51m 7s
Maturation Time Left
35h 11m 6s
Time to Juvenile
1h 51m 7s
Total Food Items
2147
items
Food to Adult
1401
items
Food Per Hour
111
Food Capacity
500
items
Baby Hand Feed For
N/A
3.0% maturation
Cuddle Interval
0s
Imprint Per Cuddle
0%
Max Imprint
0.0%
Use the raising calculator to plan food requirements for raising Alpha Palaeoctopus babies through all three growth stages. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~222 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.
The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Alpha Palaeoctopus raises by totaling food across all babies. Consider food spoilage when choosing what to feed: Kibble lasts days, while Raw Meat spoils in minutes.
Raising CalculatorFrom 5% - use slider above to adjustFood per item
50
Stack size
40
Eats at 5%
91.74 food/min
Maturation
37h 2m 13s
| Phase | Duration |  Raw Meat |
|---|---|---|
 BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 1h 51m 6s | 199 |
 JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 14h 48m 53s | 1,202 |
 AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 18h 31m 6s | 537 |
 Total | 35h 11m 6s | 1,938 |
WeightFeeding Trough
2,400 items(60 slots)
Fits in one load
Tek Trough
4,000 items(100 slots)
Fits in one load
Maewing / Maeguana
300 slots
50% weight reduction on meat & berries
Baby- 3x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Juvenile- 23x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Adolescent- 28x 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.
The Alpha Palaeoctopus is a tamable, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It falls within the Variant classification.
Melee starts at 100% - respectable melee power that scales with level-ups. The Alpha Palaeoctopus has 1,050 base Health - quite durable. Its base Stamina of 400 gives it solid stamina reserves. It carries 1000 base Weight - massive inventory space.
The Alpha Palaeoctopus is a knockout tame: apply enough torpor to knock it out, then place food in its inventory. Feed it Raw Mutton for the fastest tame and highest effectiveness bonus.
Once tamed, the Alpha Palaeoctopus combines solid harvesting capability with generous carrying capacity. A wild Alpha Palaeoctopus is worth 400 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.85 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.