Alpha Tusoteuthis
Alpha Tusoteuthis Egg & Breeding Calculator
After a successful mate, the Alpha Tusoteuthis lays a fertilized egg. 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 4 hours and 59 minutes.
Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~7 days and 17 hours (1x rate), progressing over many real-world days, demanding serious time investment. 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 Alpha Tusoteuthis involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~1111 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~74h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~93h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the Alpha Tusoteuthis'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.
Incubation Time
4h 59m 58s
Elapsed Time
9h 15m 34s
Maturation Time Left
175h 55m 33s
Time to Juvenile
9h 15m 33s
Total Food Items
17000
items
Food to Adult
11093
items
Food Per Hour
175
Food Capacity
400
items
Baby Hand Feed For
5h 43m 55s
8.1% 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 Alpha Tusoteuthis. Budget ~1111 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.
Raising multiple Alpha Tusoteuthis 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.
Raising CalculatorFrom 5% - use slider above to adjustFood per item
50
Stack size
40
Eats at 5%
145.35 food/min
Maturation
185h 11m 6s
| Phase | Duration |  Raw Meat |
|---|---|---|
 BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 9h 15m 33s | 1,573 |
 JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 74h 4m 26s | 9,520 |
 AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 92h 35m 33s | 4,250 |
 Total | 175h 55m 33s | 15,343 |
WeightFeeding Trough
2,400 items(60 slots)
Need 7 full loads
Tek Trough
4,000 items(100 slots)
Need 4 full loads
Maewing / Maeguana
300 slots
50% weight reduction on meat & berries
Baby- 14x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Juvenile- 112x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Adolescent- 139x 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 Tusoteuthis, an aquatic, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, is a notable presence across multiple maps. It belongs to the Ignore category.
With 100% base Melee Damage, the Alpha Tusoteuthis has solid damage output. Starting at 30,000 Health, it's one of the toughest creatures in the game. Stamina sits at 300 base, providing decent staying power. It carries 800 base Weight - massive inventory space.
The Alpha Tusoteuthis cannot be tamed and must be dealt with through combat or avoidance. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between -75°C and 75°C. A wild Alpha Tusoteuthis is worth 2200 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.87 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.