Cave Minotaur
Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~3 days and 20 hours (1x rate), progressing over many real-world days, demanding serious time investment. 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.
Incubation Time
8h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time
4h 37m 47s
Maturation Time Left
87h 57m 46s
Time to Juvenile
4h 37m 47s
Total Food Items
3934
items
Food to Adult
2567
items
Food Per Hour
81
Food Capacity
250
items
Baby Hand Feed For
1h 1m 55s
6.1% 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 Cave Minotaur. Expect ~556 minutes of active care during the Baby phase before it graduates to trough-feeding as a Juvenile.
The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Cave Minotaur raises by totaling food across all babies. Different food types have different spoil timers - factor that into which food you stockpile.
Food per item
50
Stack size
40
Eats at 5%
67.27 food/min
Maturation
92h 35m 33s
| Phase | Duration | |
|---|---|---|
| 4h 37m 46s | 364 | |
| 37h 2m 13s | 2,203 | |
| 46h 17m 46s | 984 | |
| 87h 57m 46s | 3,551 |
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
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.
Raising a baby Cave Minotaur involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~556 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~37h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~46h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses. At 100% imprint, the Cave Minotaur gains 30% bonus damage and resistance when ridden by the imprinter. You'll be asked to cuddle, walk, or feed specific kibble at regular intervals during maturation.
The Cave Minotaur is a carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the Ignore category.
Starting at 1,100 Health, it's impressively tough. Melee starts at 100% - decent hitting power that scales with level-ups. Its base Stamina of 420 gives it respectable staying power. Weight capacity starts at 500, giving it excellent carrying capacity.
The Cave Minotaur cannot be tamed and must be dealt with through combat or avoidance. A wild Cave Minotaur is worth 30 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.87 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.