Variant
After hatching or birth, the baby Lost Desmodus matures requiring significant patience, reaching adulthood in about 2 days and 23 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.
Raising a baby Lost Desmodus involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~427 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~28h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~36h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses. At 100% imprint, the Lost Desmodus gains 30% bonus damage and resistance when ridden by the imprinter. You'll be asked to cuddle, walk, or feed specific kibble at regular intervals during maturation.
Incubation Time
4h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time
1h 46m 51s
Maturation Time Left
33h 49m 54s
Time to Juvenile
1h 46m 50s
Total Food Items
1009
items
Food to Adult
659
items
Food Per Hour
54
Food Capacity
175
items
Baby Hand Feed For
N/A
3.7% maturation
Cuddle Interval
0s
Imprint Per Cuddle
0%
Max Imprint
0.0%
Use the raising calculator to plan food requirements for raising Lost Desmodus babies through all three growth stages. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~427 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.
The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Lost Desmodus 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%
44.86 food/min
Maturation
35h 36m 45s
| Phase | Duration | |
|---|---|---|
| 1h 46m 50s | 156 | |
| 14h 14m 42s | 942 | |
| 17h 48m 22s | 421 | |
| 33h 49m 54s | 1,519 |
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.
The Lost Desmodus is a carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the Variant category.
Stamina sits at 500 base, providing respectable staying power. Melee starts at 100% - respectable melee power that scales with level-ups. Health-wise, the Lost Desmodus sits at 10,000 base, making it one of the toughest creatures in the game. It carries 350 base Weight - generous inventory space.
The Lost Desmodus cannot be tamed and must be dealt with through combat or avoidance. A wild Lost Desmodus is worth 3 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.67 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.