Breeding Calculator

MISC

Gigantopithecus

Spawn Command

Information

Level

Preset

Base Settings

Variant

Taming Speed

Gigantopithecus Egg & Breeding Calculator

The Gigantopithecus gives live birth after mating, skipping the egg-incubation step entirely. Gestation takes approximately 6 hours and 39 minutes at default rates.

Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~3 days and 5 hours (1x rate), progressing over many real-world days, demanding serious time investment. Hand-feeding is required until 10% maturation. After that, a Feeding Trough handles the rest.

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%

6:39:59

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

Baby

0% - 10%

7:42:57

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%

30:51:50

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

Adolescent

50% - 100%

38:34:48

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

Raising a baby Gigantopithecus involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~463 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~31h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~39h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.

Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the Gigantopithecus's stats, and hitting 100% grants a 30% combat bonus when the imprinter rides it. 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:

73:18:08

Total Time:

77:09:37

Maturation

Incubation Time

6h 39m 59s

Elapsed Time

3h 51m 29s

Maturation Time Left

73h 18m 8s

Time to Juvenile

3h 51m 29s

Food

Total Food Items

5888

items

Food to Adult

3842

items

Food Per Hour

146

Food Capacity

110

items

Baby Hand Feed For

2h 38m 37s

8.4% 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 Gigantopithecus. Budget ~463 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.

Raising multiple Gigantopithecus simultaneously? Set the dino count and the calculator scales food requirements automatically. 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

100

Eats at 5%

120.81 food/min

Maturation

77h 9m 37s

Phase	Duration	Mejoberry	Stacks	Weight
BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10%	3h 51m 28s	908	10	90.8
JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50%	30h 51m 51s	5,496	55	549.6
AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100%	38h 34m 48s	2,454	25	245.4
Total	73h 18m 8s	8,858	90	885.8

Feeding Trough

6,000 items(60 slots)

Need 2 full loads

Tek Trough

10,000 items(100 slots)

Fits in one load

Maewing / Maeguana

300 slots

50% weight reduction on meat & berries

Baby- 6x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Juvenile- 47x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Adolescent- 58x 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 Gigantopithecus is a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. Classified under the Misc group.

Starting at 640 Health, it's solidly tanky. Melee starts at 100% - decent hitting power that scales with level-ups. Stamina sits at 300 base, providing decent staying power. Weight capacity starts at 220, giving it a reasonable inventory size.

The Gigantopithecus is passively tamed - approach it carefully and feed it by hand without knocking it out. Its preferred food is Regular Kibble.

Once tamed, the Gigantopithecus earns its keep through resource gathering, making tedious farming runs much faster. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. Killing a wild Gigantopithecus yields 20 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.35 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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