Carnotaurus
Carnotaurus Egg & Breeding Calculator
After a successful mate, the Carnotaurus lays a fertilized egg. Incubation temperature must stay between 26°C and 32°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 1 hour and 39 minutes.
Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~1 day and 22 hours (1x rate), progressing over a lengthy period. 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.
Maturation has three phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~278 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~19h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~23h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Carnotaurus gains 30% extra damage and damage resistance with its imprinter mounted. You'll be asked to cuddle, walk, or feed specific kibble at regular intervals during maturation.
Incubation Time
49m 59s
Elapsed Time
1h 9m 27s
Maturation Time Left
21h 59m 26s
Time to Juvenile
1h 9m 27s
Total Food Items
788
items
Food to Adult
514
items
Food Per Hour
65
Food Capacity
150
items
Baby Hand Feed For
N/A
3.4% 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 Carnotaurus. Budget ~278 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.
Raising multiple Carnotaurus 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%
53.84 food/min
Maturation
23h 8m 53s
| Phase | Duration |  Raw Meat |
|---|---|---|
 BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 1h 9m 26s | 73 |
 JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 9h 15m 33s | 441 |
 AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 11h 34m 26s | 197 |
 Total | 21h 59m 26s | 711 |
WeightFeeding Trough
2,400 items(60 slots)
Fits in one load
Tek Trough
4,000 items(100 slots)
Fits in one load
Maewing / Maeguana
300 slots
50% weight reduction on meat & berries
Baby- 2x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Juvenile- 14x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Adolescent- 18x 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 Carnotaurus is a tamable, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It falls within the DMG classification.
Dealing 100% base Melee Damage, the Carnotaurus brings respectable melee power to the table. With 420 base Health, the Carnotaurus is moderately tough. Stamina sits at 300 base, providing moderate endurance. It carries 300 base Weight - good carrying capacity.
Taming the Carnotaurus requires rendering it unconscious first - use Tranq Arrows, Darts, or Shocking Tranq Darts to apply torpor. Regular Kibble is the most effective food for taming, offering the highest affinity per feeding.
As a tame, the Carnotaurus is primarily used for resource harvesting, excelling at gathering specific materials. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between 26°C and 32°C. A wild Carnotaurus is worth 18 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.26 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.