Burrowbuck
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
8h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time
3h 33m 41s
Maturation Time Left
67h 39m 49s
Time to Juvenile
3h 33m 41s
Total Food Items
4128
items
Food to Adult
2693
items
Food Per Hour
111
Food Capacity
175
items
Baby Hand Feed For
1h 26m 26s
7.0% 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
71h 13m 30s
| Phase | Duration |  Mejoberry |
|---|---|---|
 BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 3h 33m 40s | 637 |
 JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 28h 29m 24s | 3,852 |
 AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 35h 36m 45s | 1,720 |
 Total | 67h 39m 49s | 6,209 |
WeightFeeding Trough
6,000 items(60 slots)
Need 2 full loads
Tek Trough
10,000 items(100 slots)
Fits in one load
Maewing / Maeguana
300 slots
50% weight reduction on meat & berries
Baby- 6x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Juvenile- 43x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Adolescent- 54x 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.