Breeding Calculator

SOAKER

Basilosaurus

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Basilosaurus Egg & Breeding Calculator

The Basilosaurus gives live birth after mating, skipping the egg-incubation step entirely. Gestation takes approximately 8 hours at default rates.

Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~4 days and 19 hours (1x rate), progressing over an extremely long period, one of the longest in the game. 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.

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Maturation Multiplier

Egg Hatch Multiplier

Food Consume Mult.

Creature Weight

Cuddle Interval Mult.

Imprinting Mult.

Pregnancy

Mating - 0%

4:00:00

The dinosaur is in its mother's womb, requiring time and care from the mother for successful gestation and birth.

Baby

0% - 10%

5:47:13

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.

Juvenile

10% - 50%

23:08:53

The dinosaur reaches the juvenile stage, where it can now eat from a feeding trough, reducing the need for direct feeding.

Adolescent

50% - 100%

28:56:06

The dinosaur reaches the adolescent stage, becoming more independent and able to follow you while continuing to grow toward full maturity.

The Basilosaurus's growth progresses through three stages: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~694 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~46h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~58h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.

Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Basilosaurus 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.

Maturation Progress

Select Food

BabyJuvenileAdolescent

Status:

Baby

Time Left:

54:58:36

Total Time:

57:52:13

Maturation

Incubation Time

4h 0m 0s

Elapsed Time

2h 53m 37s

Maturation Time Left

54h 58m 36s

Time to Juvenile

2h 53m 37s

Food

Total Food Items

3113

items

Food to Adult

2031

items

Food Per Hour

103

Food Capacity

350

items

Baby Hand Feed For

N/A

4.7% maturation

Imprinting

Cuddle Interval

Imprint Per Cuddle

Max Imprint

0.0%

The raising calculator above shows exactly how much food you need for each maturation phase of the Basilosaurus. Budget ~694 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.

Raising multiple Basilosaurus 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 adjust

Babies

Food

Food per item

Stack size

Eats at 5%

85.15 food/min

Maturation

57h 52m 13s

Phase	Duration	Raw Meat	Stacks	Weight
BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10%	2h 53m 36s	288	8	28.8
JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50%	23h 8m 53s	1,743	44	174.3
AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100%	28h 56m 6s	779	20	77.9
Total	54h 58m 36s	2,810	72	281

Feeding Trough

2,400 items(60 slots)

Need 2 full loads

Tek Trough

4,000 items(100 slots)

Fits in one load

Maewing / Maeguana

300 slots

50% weight reduction on meat & berries

At birth, baby holds ~80 food - refill every ~1 min

Baby- 5x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Juvenile- 35x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Adolescent- 44x 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.

Found throughout the ARKs, the Basilosaurus is a tamable, aquatic, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. Classified under the Soaker group.

At 2,400 base HP, the Basilosaurus is a proper tank. Dealing 100% base Melee Damage, the Basilosaurus brings decent hitting power to the table. Stamina sits at 300 base, providing average stamina. Weight capacity starts at 700, giving it excellent carrying capacity.

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

Once tamed, the Basilosaurus provides safe and efficient underwater traversal with good utility. Breeding is via live birth rather than eggs, simplifying the process. Defeating one in the wild grants 15 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.75 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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