Breeding Calculator

DMG

Mega Mek

Spawn Command

Information

Level

Preset

Base Settings

Variant

Taming Speed

Mega Mek Egg & Breeding Calculator

Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~3 days and 20 hours (1x rate), progressing over many real-world days, demanding serious time investment. During the baby phase (0–10%), hand-feed it directly. From 10% onward (juvenile), it can eat from a Feeding Trough.

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%

9:15:33

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%

37:02:13

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

Adolescent

50% - 100%

46:17:46

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

Raising a baby Mega Mek involves three maturation 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.

Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses. At 100% imprint, the Mega Mek 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.

Maturation Progress

Select Food

BabyJuvenileAdolescent

Status:

Baby

Time Left:

87:57:46

Total Time:

92:35:33

Maturation

Incubation Time

8h 0m 0s

Elapsed Time

4h 37m 47s

Maturation Time Left

87h 57m 46s

Time to Juvenile

4h 37m 47s

Food

Total Food Items

17000

items

Food to Adult

11093

items

Food Per Hour

350

Food Capacity

4501

items

Baby Hand Feed For

N/A

2.7% maturation

Imprinting

Cuddle Interval

Imprint Per Cuddle

Max Imprint

0.0%

The raising calculator above shows exactly how much food you need for each maturation phase of the Mega Mek. Budget ~556 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.

Raising multiple Mega Mek 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.

Raising CalculatorFrom 5% - use slider above to adjust

Babies

Food

Food per item

Stack size

100

Eats at 5%

290.7 food/min

Maturation

92h 35m 33s

Phase	Duration	Mejoberry	Stacks	Weight
BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10%	4h 37m 46s	2,621	27	262.1
JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50%	37h 2m 13s	15,867	159	1,586.7
AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100%	46h 17m 46s	7,084	71	708.4
Total	87h 57m 46s	25,572	257	2,557.2

Feeding Trough

6,000 items(60 slots)

Need 5 full loads

Tek Trough

10,000 items(100 slots)

Need 3 full loads

Maewing / Maeguana

300 slots

50% weight reduction on meat & berries

Baby- 7x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Juvenile- 56x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Adolescent- 70x 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.

The Mega Mek, a tamable, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, is a notable presence across multiple maps. Classified under the DMG group.

With 9,000 base Health, the Mega Mek is extraordinarily tanky. Dealing 100% base Melee Damage, the Mega Mek brings solid damage output to the table. Its base Stamina of 1000 gives it outstanding staying power. It carries 9001 base Weight - excellent carrying capacity.

Taming the Mega Mek requires rendering it unconscious first - use Tranq Arrows, Darts, or Shocking Tranq Darts to apply torpor. Feed it Element Dust for the fastest tame and highest effectiveness bonus.

After taming, the Mega Mek is a practical workhorse - it can both gather and haul resources efficiently. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0 Element plus 0 Element per level.

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