Dimorphodon
CreatureShoulder Pet
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Dimorphodon
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SettingsHatch 2× · Mature 2× · Food 1× · Weight 50
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.
- Incubation
- 40m 32s
- Maturation
- 12h 30m 45s
- Incubation temperature
- 35 - 38 °C
- Food at birth
- 39.84/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 11:53:12
- Total Time:
- 12:30:45
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 40m 32s
- Elapsed Time
- 37m 33s
- Maturation Time Left
- 11h 53m 12s
Time to Juvenile- 37m 32s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 300items
- Food to Adult
- 196items
- Food Per Hour
- 46
Food Capacity- 25items
Baby Hand Feed For- 3m 22s5.4% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 4h 48m
- Imprint per cuddle
- 84.9%
- Maximum imprint
- 100.0% (2 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×0.6 · amount ×2
Raising food
- Food per item
- 50
Stack size- 40
- Eats at 5%
- 37.85 food/min
- Maturation
- 12h 30m 45s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Raw Meat | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 37m 32s | 1,383 | 28 | 1 | 2.8 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 5h 0m 18s | 8,375 | 168 | 5 | 16.8 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 6h 15m 22s | 3,739 | 75 | 2 | 7.5 |
| Total | 11h 53m 12s | 271 | 8 | 27.1 |
Total: 271 Raw Meat
- Feeding Trough
- 2,400 items (60 slots)Fits in one load
Tek Trough- 4,000 items (100 slots)Fits in one load
- Maewing / Maeguana
- 300 slots50% weight reduction on meat & berries
- Juvenile - 8x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 10x 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 Dimorphodon
After a successful mate, the Dimorphodon lays a fertilized egg. Incubation temperature must stay between 35°C and 38°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 1 hour and 21 minutes.
After hatching or birth, the baby Dimorphodon matures requiring significant patience, reaching adulthood in about 1 day and 1 hour at 1x maturation. Hand-feeding is required until 10% maturation. After that, a Feeding Trough handles the rest.
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.
Raising a baby Dimorphodon involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~150 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~10h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~13h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses. At 100% imprint, the Dimorphodon 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.
Planning a mass raise? The Dimorphodon raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. Expect ~150 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 Dimorphodon babies at once - essential for batch breeding operations. Match your food choice to your play schedule - longer spoil timers mean less babysitting.
The Dimorphodon, a tamable, flying, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, is a common sight across multiple maps. Classified under the Shoulder Pet group.
Health-wise, the Dimorphodon sits at 125 base, making it very frail. With 100% base Melee Damage, the Dimorphodon has decent hitting power. Stamina sits at 150 base, providing decent staying power. Weight capacity starts at 50, giving it very limited carrying capacity.
You'll need to knock the Dimorphodon unconscious before taming it. Tranquilizers are the standard approach. For best results, use Raw Mutton - it gives the highest taming efficiency.
Once tamed, the Dimorphodon is commonly used for scouting and quick travel between locations. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between 35°C and 38°C. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.28 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.