Lost Ceratosaurus
Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~5 days and 12 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.
Incubation Time
8h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time
6h 36m 50s
Maturation Time Left
125h 39m 40s
Time to Juvenile
6h 36m 50s
Total Food Items
5620
items
Food to Adult
3667
items
Food Per Hour
81
Food Capacity
175
items
Baby Hand Feed For
3h 28m 22s
7.6% 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 Lost Ceratosaurus. Budget ~794 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.
Raising multiple Lost Ceratosaurus 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%
67.27 food/min
Maturation
132h 16m 30s
| Phase | Duration | |
|---|---|---|
| 6h 36m 49s | 520 | |
| 52h 54m 36s | 3,148 | |
| 66h 8m 15s | 1,405 | |
| 125h 39m 40s | 5,073 |
Feeding Trough
2,400 items(60 slots)
Need 3 full loads
Tek Trough
4,000 items(100 slots)
Need 2 full loads
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 Lost Ceratosaurus involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~794 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~53h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~66h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the Lost Ceratosaurus'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.
Found throughout the ARKs, the Lost Ceratosaurus is a carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. Classified under the Variant group.
At 550 base HP, the Lost Ceratosaurus is decently sturdy. With 100% base Melee Damage, the Lost Ceratosaurus has decent hitting power. With 400 base Stamina, the Lost Ceratosaurus has respectable staying power. It carries 350 base Weight - generous inventory space.
The Lost Ceratosaurus cannot be tamed and must be dealt with through combat or avoidance. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.74 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.