Burrowbuck
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Burrowbuck
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SettingsHatch 2× · Mature 2× · Food 1× · Weight 350
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.
- Gestation
- 3h 4m 36s
- Maturation
- 35h 36m 45s
- Food at birth
- 96.57/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 33:49:54
- Total Time:
- 35:36:45
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 3h 4m 36s
Elapsed Time- 1h 46m 51s
- Maturation Time Left
- 33h 49m 54s
Time to Juvenile- 1h 46m 50s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 3440items
- Food to Adult
- 2245items
- Food Per Hour
- 184
Food Capacity- 175items
Baby Hand Feed For- 34m 47s6.6% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 4h 48m
- Imprint per cuddle
- 27.9%
- Maximum imprint
- 100.0% (7 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×0.6 · amount ×2
Raising food
- Food per item
- 30
Stack size- 100
- Eats at 5%
- 91.74 food/min
- Maturation
- 35h 36m 45s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Mejoberry | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 1h 46m 50s | 9,544 | 319 | 4 | 31.9 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 14h 14m 42s | 57,779 | 1,926 | 20 | 192.6 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 17h 48m 22s | 25,794 | 860 | 9 | 86 |
| Total | 33h 49m 54s | 3,105 | 33 | 310.5 |
Total: 3,105 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 - 3x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 22x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 27x 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 Burrowbuck
Breeding produces live offspring - no egg management needed. Gestation takes approximately 6 hours and 9 minutes at default rates.
After hatching or birth, the baby Burrowbuck matures slowly, reaching adulthood in about 2 days and 23 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.
Maturation has three phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~427 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~28h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~36h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the Burrowbuck's stats, and hitting 100% grants a 30% combat bonus when the imprinter rides it. Keep various kibble types on hand, as imprint requests are randomized between cuddles, walks, and kibble feeding.
Use the raising calculator to plan food requirements for raising Burrowbuck babies through all three growth stages. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~427 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.
The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Burrowbuck raises by totaling food across all babies. Consider food spoilage when choosing what to feed: Kibble lasts days, while Raw Meat spoils in minutes.
The Burrowbuck is a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended.
Melee starts at 100% - solid damage output that scales with level-ups. With 550 base Health, the Burrowbuck is reasonably durable. Stamina sits at 500 base, providing good endurance. A base Weight of 350 means generous inventory space.
Taming the Burrowbuck doesn't require unconsciousness. Instead, sneak up to it and hand-feed its preferred food. Its preferred food is Superior Kibble.
After taming, the Burrowbuck is primarily used for resource harvesting, excelling at gathering specific materials. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. Killing a wild Burrowbuck yields 7 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.45 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.