Breeding Calculator

VARIANT

Lightning Triceratops

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Preset

Base Settings

Variant

Taming Speed

Lightning Triceratops Egg & Breeding Calculator

After hatching or birth, the baby Lightning Triceratops matures requiring significant patience, reaching adulthood in about 1 day and 22 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.

Settings

Maturation Multiplier

Egg Hatch Multiplier

Food Consume Mult.

Creature Weight

Cuddle Interval Mult.

Imprinting Mult.

Pregnancy

Mating - 0%

8:00:00

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

Baby

0% - 10%

4:37:46

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%

18:31:06

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

Adolescent

50% - 100%

23:08:53

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

The Lightning Triceratops's growth progresses through three stages: 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.

Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Lightning Triceratops 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.

Maturation Progress

Select Food

BabyJuvenileAdolescent

Status:

Baby

Time Left:

43:58:52

Total Time:

46:17:46

Maturation

Incubation Time

8h 0m 0s

Elapsed Time

2h 18m 54s

Maturation Time Left

43h 58m 53s

Time to Juvenile

2h 18m 53s

Food

Total Food Items

2683

items

Food to Adult

1751

items

Food Per Hour

111

Food Capacity

183

items

Baby Hand Feed For

26m 26s

6.0% maturation

Imprinting

Cuddle Interval

Imprint Per Cuddle

Max Imprint

0.0%

Use the raising calculator to plan food requirements for raising Lightning Triceratops babies through all three growth stages. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~278 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.

The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Lightning Triceratops 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

Babies

Food

Food per item

Stack size

Eats at 5%

91.74 food/min

Maturation

46h 17m 46s

Phase	Duration	Raw Meat	Stacks	Weight
BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10%	2h 18m 53s	249	7	24.9
JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50%	18h 31m 6s	1,503	38	150.3
AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100%	23h 8m 53s	671	17	67.1
Total	43h 58m 53s	2,423	62	242.3

Feeding Trough

2,400 items(60 slots)

Need 2 full loads

Tek Trough

4,000 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.

ARK: Survival Ascended features the Lightning Triceratops as a herbivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. It belongs to the Variant category.

With 150 base Stamina, the Lightning Triceratops has average stamina. Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it respectable melee power. At 375 base HP, the Lightning Triceratops is decently sturdy. A base Weight of 365 means good carrying capacity.

The Lightning Triceratops roams the ARK as a wild, untamable creature. A wild Lightning Triceratops is worth 4 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.23 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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