Lamprey
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.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Lamprey gains 30% extra damage and damage resistance with its imprinter mounted. You'll be asked to cuddle, walk, or feed specific kibble at regular intervals during maturation.
Incubation Time
8h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time
4h 37m 47s
Maturation Time Left
87h 57m 46s
Time to Juvenile
4h 37m 47s
Total Food Items
2952
items
Food to Adult
1926
items
Food Per Hour
61
Food Capacity
5
items
Baby Hand Feed For
4h 28m 32s
9.8% maturation
Cuddle Interval
0s
Imprint Per Cuddle
0%
Max Imprint
0.0%
Use the raising calculator to plan food requirements for raising Lamprey 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 Lamprey raises by totaling food across all babies. Consider food spoilage when choosing what to feed: Kibble lasts days, while Raw Meat spoils in minutes.
Food per item
30
Stack size
100
Eats at 5%
50.47 food/min
Maturation
92h 35m 33s
| Phase | Duration | |
|---|---|---|
| 4h 37m 46s | 455 | |
| 37h 2m 13s | 2,755 | |
| 46h 17m 46s | 1,230 | |
| 87h 57m 46s | 4,440 |
Feeding 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
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.
After hatching or birth, the baby Lamprey matures over many real-world days, demanding serious time investment, 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.
The Lamprey is an aquatic, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended.
Health-wise, the Lamprey sits at 40 base, making it very frail. Melee starts at 100% - respectable melee power that scales with level-ups. With 100 base Stamina, the Lamprey has limited endurance. A base Weight of 10 means very limited carrying capacity.
The Lamprey is a wild creature that cannot be tamed through conventional methods. A wild Lamprey is worth 1 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0 Element plus 0 Element per level.