Dreadnoughtus
Soaker · 8 maps
Dreadnoughtus Egg & Breeding Calculator
Breeding the Dreadnoughtus produces fertilized eggs that require careful temperature control. Incubation temperature must stay between 40°C and 42°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 4 hours and 59 minutes.
After hatching or birth, the baby Dreadnoughtus matures over many real-world days, demanding serious time investment, reaching adulthood in about 7 days and 17 hours at 1x maturation. The most labor-intensive part is the baby phase (0–10% maturation) when it can't use a Feeding Trough yet.
Offspring inherit parental stats and have a small chance to mutate, gaining +2 levels in a random stat. Use the breeding calculator to plan food requirements, incubation timers, and maturation phases.
The Dreadnoughtus's growth progresses through three stages: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~1111 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~74h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~93h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Dreadnoughtus 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.
Incubation Time
4h 59m 58s
Elapsed Time
9h 15m 34s
Maturation Time Left
175h 55m 33s
Time to Juvenile
9h 15m 33s
Total Food Items
66667
items
Food to Adult
43500
items
Food Per Hour
684
Food Capacity
1500
items
Baby Hand Feed For
5h 51m 29s
8.2% maturation
Cuddle Interval
0s
Imprint Per Cuddle
0%
Max Imprint
0.0%
Use the raising calculator to plan food requirements for raising Dreadnoughtus babies through all three growth stages. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~1111 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.
The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Dreadnoughtus raises by totaling food across all babies. Consider food spoilage when choosing what to feed: Kibble lasts days, while Raw Meat spoils in minutes.
Raising CalculatorFrom 5% - use slider above to adjust
Food per item
30
Stack size
100
Eats at 5%
570 food/min
Maturation
185h 11m 6s
| Phase | Duration |  Mejoberry |
|---|---|---|
 BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 9h 15m 33s | 10,278 |
 JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 74h 4m 26s | 62,223 |
 AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 92h 35m 33s | 27,778 |
 Total | 175h 55m 33s | 100,279 |
WeightFeeding Trough
6,000 items(60 slots)
Need 17 full loads
Tek Trough
10,000 items(100 slots)
Need 11 full loads
Maewing / Maeguana
300 slots
50% weight reduction on meat & berries
Baby- 14x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Juvenile- 112x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Adolescent- 139x 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 Dreadnoughtus, a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, is well-known across multiple maps. Classified under the Soaker group.
The Dreadnoughtus has 100,000 base Health - one of the toughest creatures in the game. With 100% base Melee Damage, the Dreadnoughtus has respectable melee power. Stamina sits at 300 base, providing average stamina. Weight capacity starts at 3000, giving it massive inventory space.
As a tame, the Dreadnoughtus combines solid harvesting capability with generous carrying capacity. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between 40°C and 42°C. Killing a wild Dreadnoughtus yields 22 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.99 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.