Burrowbuck
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Burrowbuck Egg & Breeding Calculator
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.
Incubation Time
4h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time
1h 46m 51s
Maturation Time Left
33h 49m 54s
Time to Juvenile
1h 46m 50s
Total Food Items
2064
items
Food to Adult
1347
items
Food Per Hour
111
Food Capacity
175
items
Baby Hand Feed For
8m 48s
5.4% maturation
Cuddle Interval
0s
Imprint Per Cuddle
0%
Max Imprint
0.0%
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.
Raising CalculatorFrom 5% - use slider above to adjust
Food per item
30
Stack size
100
Eats at 5%
91.74 food/min
Maturation
35h 36m 45s
| Phase | Duration |  Mejoberry |
|---|---|---|
 BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 1h 46m 50s | 319 |
 JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 14h 14m 42s | 1,926 |
 AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 17h 48m 22s | 860 |
 Total | 33h 49m 54s | 3,105 |
WeightFeeding 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
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.
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. 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.