Breeding Calculator

VARIANT

Dragon

Spawn Command

Information

Level

Preset

Base Settings

Variant

Taming Speed

Dragon Egg & Breeding Calculator

The baby Dragon takes approximately 3 days and 20 hours to fully mature at default rates - over an extremely long period, one of the longest in the game. The most labor-intensive part is the baby phase (0–10% maturation) when it can't use a Feeding Trough yet.

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.

Settings

Maturation Multiplier

Egg Hatch Multiplier

Food Consume Mult.

Creature Weight

Cuddle Interval Mult.

Imprinting Mult.

Pregnancy

Mating - 0%

8:00:00

The dinosaur is in its mother's womb, requiring time and care from the mother for successful gestation and birth.

Baby

0% - 10%

9:15:33

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.

Juvenile

10% - 50%

37:02:13

The dinosaur reaches the juvenile stage, where it can now eat from a feeding trough, reducing the need for direct feeding.

Adolescent

50% - 100%

46:17:46

The dinosaur reaches the adolescent stage, becoming more independent and able to follow you while continuing to grow toward full maturity.

The Dragon's growth progresses through three stages: 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.

Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Dragon 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.

Maturation Progress

Select Food

BabyJuvenileAdolescent

Status:

Baby

Time Left:

87:57:46

Total Time:

92:35:33

Maturation

Incubation Time

8h 0m 0s

Elapsed Time

4h 37m 47s

Maturation Time Left

87h 57m 46s

Time to Juvenile

4h 37m 47s

Food

Total Food Items

3513

items

Food to Adult

2292

items

Food Per Hour

Food Capacity

1500

items

Baby Hand Feed For

N/A

1.9% maturation

Imprinting

Cuddle Interval

Imprint Per Cuddle

Max Imprint

0.0%

The raising calculator above shows exactly how much food you need for each maturation phase of the Dragon. 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 Dragon raises by totaling food across all babies. Different food types have different spoil timers - factor that into which food you stockpile.

Raising CalculatorFrom 5% - use slider above to adjust

Babies

Food

Food per item

Stack size

Eats at 5%

60.06 food/min

Maturation

92h 35m 33s

Phase	Duration	Raw Meat	Stacks	Weight
BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10%	4h 37m 46s	325	9	32.5
JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50%	37h 2m 13s	1,967	50	196.7
AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100%	46h 17m 46s	879	22	87.9
Total	87h 57m 46s	3,171	81	317.1

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

Baby- 7x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Juvenile- 56x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Adolescent- 70x 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 Dragon is a boss creature in ARK: Survival Ascended that must be fought in a dedicated arena. It falls within the Variant classification.

With 20,000 base Health, the Dragon is an absolute bullet sponge. Dealing 100% base Melee Damage, the Dragon brings decent hitting power to the table. Stamina sits at 400 base, providing solid stamina reserves. It carries 3000 base Weight - excellent carrying capacity.

After taming, the Dragon is a fearsome boss that requires serious preparation and a strong army of tames to defeat. A wild Dragon is worth 3000 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0 Element plus 0 Element per level.

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