Grendel (Alpha)
Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~1 day and 22 hours (1x rate), progressing requiring significant patience. 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.
Incubation Time
8h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time
2h 18m 54s
Maturation Time Left
43h 58m 53s
Time to Juvenile
2h 18m 53s
Total Food Items
1575
items
Food to Adult
1028
items
Food Per Hour
65
Food Capacity
500
items
Baby Hand Feed For
N/A
2.4% maturation
Cuddle Interval
0s
Imprint Per Cuddle
0%
Max Imprint
0.0%
The raising calculator above shows exactly how much food you need for each maturation phase of the Grendel (Alpha). Budget ~278 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.
Raising multiple Grendel (Alpha) 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.
Food per item
50
Stack size
40
Eats at 5%
53.84 food/min
Maturation
46h 17m 46s
| Phase | Duration | |
|---|---|---|
| 2h 18m 53s | 146 | |
| 18h 31m 6s | 882 | |
| 23h 8m 53s | 394 | |
| 43h 58m 53s | 1,422 |
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 slots
50% weight reduction on meat & berries
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.
Raising a baby Grendel (Alpha) involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~278 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~19h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~23h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the Grendel (Alpha)'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.
The Grendel (Alpha) is a boss creature in ARK: Survival Ascended that must be fought in a dedicated arena. It belongs to the Boss category.
At 600,000 base HP, the Grendel (Alpha) is one of the toughest creatures in the game. Melee starts at 100% - decent hitting power that scales with level-ups. Stamina sits at 3500 base, providing outstanding staying power. Weight capacity starts at 1000, giving it an enormous weight pool.
After taming, the Grendel (Alpha) guards its arena fiercely - come prepared with your best creatures and gear. A wild Grendel (Alpha) is worth 1500 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.26 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.