Manta
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Manta
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SettingsHatch 2× · Mature 2× · Food 1× · Weight 200
Baby: 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.
- Gestation
- 4h 0m 0s
- Maturation
- 18h 31m 6s
- Food at birth
- 59.03/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 17:35:33
- Total Time:
- 18:31:06
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 4h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time- 55m 34s
- Maturation Time Left
- 17h 35m 33s
Time to Juvenile- 55m 33s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 656items
- Food to Adult
- 428items
- Food Per Hour
- 68
Food Capacity- 100items
Baby Hand Feed For- N/A4.0% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 4h 48m
- Imprint per cuddle
- 55.4%
- Maximum imprint
- 100.0% (3 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×0.6 · amount ×2
Raising food
- Food per item
- 50
Stack size- 40
- Eats at 5%
- 56.08 food/min
- Maturation
- 18h 31m 6s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Raw Meat | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 55m 33s | 3,033 | 61 | 2 | 6.1 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 7h 24m 26s | 18,364 | 368 | 10 | 36.8 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 9h 15m 33s | 8,198 | 164 | 5 | 16.4 |
| Total | 17h 35m 33s | 593 | 17 | 59.3 |
Total: 593 Raw Meat
- 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 slots50% weight reduction on meat & berries
- Baby - 2x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 12x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 14x 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.
More about breeding the Manta
Instead of laying eggs, the Manta carries its young through a gestation period. Gestation takes approximately 8 hours at default rates.
The baby Manta takes approximately 1 day and 13 hours to fully mature at default rates - requiring significant patience. During the baby phase (0–10%), hand-feed it directly. From 10% onward (juvenile), it can eat from a Feeding Trough.
Mutations can add +2 levels to any stat and change colors. Stacking mutations across generations is the key to min-maxed breeding lines. Use the breeding calculator to plan food requirements, incubation timers, and maturation phases.
Raising a baby Manta involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~222 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~15h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~19h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses. At 100% imprint, the Manta 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.
Planning a mass raise? The Manta raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. Expect ~222 minutes of active care during the Baby phase before it graduates to trough-feeding as a Juvenile.
Adjust the dino count to calculate food for multiple Manta babies at once - essential for batch breeding operations. Match your food choice to your play schedule - longer spoil timers mean less babysitting.
The Manta, a tamable, aquatic, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, is a common sight across multiple maps. Classified under the Water group.
Dealing 100% base Melee Damage, the Manta brings decent hitting power to the table. At 320 base HP, the Manta is reasonably durable. Its base Stamina of 270 gives it decent staying power. Weight capacity starts at 200, giving it a reasonable inventory size.
The Manta is passively tamed - approach it carefully and feed it by hand without knocking it out. Its preferred food is AnglerGel.
Once tamed, the Manta is well-suited for deep-sea exploration, cave diving, and ocean resource runs. Breeding is via live birth rather than eggs, simplifying the process. Killing a wild Manta yields 4 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.21 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.