Giant Queen Bee
Farmer · 15 maps
Giant Queen Bee Egg & Breeding Calculator
After hatching or birth, the baby Giant Queen Bee matures at a glacially slow pace - plan for a multi-day commitment, reaching adulthood in about 3 days and 20 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.
Maturation has three 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.
Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the Giant Queen Bee's stats, and hitting 100% grants a 30% combat bonus when the imprinter rides it. Keep various kibble types on hand, as imprint requests are randomized between cuddles, walks, and kibble feeding.
Incubation Time
4h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time
2h 18m 54s
Maturation Time Left
43h 58m 53s
Time to Juvenile
2h 18m 53s
Total Food Items
1640
items
Food to Adult
1070
items
Food Per Hour
68
Food Capacity
75
items
Baby Hand Feed For
51m 43s
6.9% maturation
Cuddle Interval
0s
Imprint Per Cuddle
0%
Max Imprint
0.0%
Use the raising calculator to plan food requirements for raising Giant Queen Bee babies through all three growth stages. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~556 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.
The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Giant Queen Bee 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%
56.08 food/min
Maturation
46h 17m 46s
| Phase | Duration |  Mejoberry |
|---|---|---|
 BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 2h 18m 53s | 253 |
 JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 18h 31m 6s | 1,531 |
 AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 23h 8m 53s | 684 |
 Total | 43h 58m 53s | 2,468 |
WeightFeeding Trough
6,000 items(60 slots)
Fits in one load
Tek Trough
10,000 items(100 slots)
Fits in one load
Maewing / Maeguana
300 slots
50% weight reduction on meat & berries
Baby- 4x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Juvenile- 28x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Adolescent- 35x 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.
Found throughout the ARKs, the Giant Queen Bee is a tamable, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It falls within the Farmer classification.
With 200 base Stamina, the Giant Queen Bee has moderate endurance. With 100% base Melee Damage, the Giant Queen Bee has respectable melee power. Health-wise, the Giant Queen Bee sits at 80 base, making it glass-cannon fragile. Weight capacity starts at 150, giving it modest carrying capacity.
The Giant Queen Bee is passively tamed - approach it carefully and feed it by hand without knocking it out. Its preferred food is Raw Mutton.
Once tamed, the Giant Queen Bee is primarily used for resource harvesting, excelling at gathering specific materials. Killing a wild Giant Queen Bee yields 1 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0 Element plus 0 Element per level.