Desmodus
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Desmodus
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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
- 4h 0m 0s
- Maturation
- 35h 36m 45s
- Food at birth
- 47.22/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 33:49:54
- Total Time:
- 35:36:45
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 4h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time- 1h 46m 51s
- Maturation Time Left
- 33h 49m 54s
Time to Juvenile- 1h 46m 50s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 5045items
- Food to Adult
- 3292items
- Food Per Hour
- 270
Food Capacity- 175items
Baby Hand Feed For- 51m 49s7.4% 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
- 10
Stack size- 40
- Eats at 5%
- 44.86 food/min
- Maturation
- 35h 36m 45s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Raw Meat | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 1h 46m 50s | 4,666 | 467 | 12 | 46.7 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 14h 14m 42s | 28,249 | 2,825 | 71 | 282.5 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 17h 48m 22s | 12,611 | 1,262 | 32 | 126.2 |
| Total | 33h 49m 54s | 4,554 | 115 | 455.4 |
Total: 4,554 Raw Meat
- Feeding Trough
- 2,400 items (60 slots)Need 2 full loads
Tek Trough- 4,000 items (100 slots)Need 2 full loads
- 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 Desmodus
Instead of laying eggs, the Desmodus carries its young through a gestation period. Gestation takes approximately 8 hours at default rates.
The baby Desmodus takes approximately 2 days and 23 hours to fully mature at default rates - over a lengthy period. During the baby phase (0–10%), hand-feed it directly. From 10% onward (juvenile), it can eat from a Feeding Trough.
Mutations can add +2 levels to any stat and change colors. Stacking mutations across generations is the key to min-maxed breeding lines. Use the breeding calculator to plan food requirements, incubation timers, and maturation phases.
The Desmodus's growth progresses through three stages: 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.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Desmodus gains 30% extra damage and damage resistance with its imprinter mounted. Imprint requests include cuddling, walks, and specific kibble - check the wiki for which kibble to stockpile.
Planning a mass raise? The Desmodus raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. Expect ~427 minutes of active care during the Baby phase before it graduates to trough-feeding as a Juvenile.
Adjust the dino count to calculate food for multiple Desmodus babies at once - essential for batch breeding operations. Match your food choice to your play schedule - longer spoil timers mean less babysitting.
The Desmodus is a tamable, flying, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It falls within the Flyer classification.
Melee starts at 100% - respectable melee power that scales with level-ups. At 325 base HP, the Desmodus is reasonably durable. Its base Stamina of 500 gives it solid stamina reserves. It carries 350 base Weight - generous inventory space.
Once tamed, the Desmodus works well as a reconnaissance mount, offering fast travel and a bird's-eye view of the terrain. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. A wild Desmodus is worth 3 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.67 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.