Breeding Calculator

FARMER

Megaloceros

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Megaloceros Egg & Breeding Calculator

Instead of laying eggs, the Megaloceros carries its young through a gestation period. Gestation takes approximately 6 hours and 9 minutes at default rates.

After hatching or birth, the baby Megaloceros matures requiring significant patience, reaching adulthood in about 2 days and 23 hours at 1x maturation. Hand-feeding is required until 10% maturation. After that, a Feeding Trough handles the rest.

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.

Settings

Maturation Multiplier

Egg Hatch Multiplier

Food Consume Mult.

Creature Weight

Cuddle Interval Mult.

Imprinting Mult.

Pregnancy

Mating - 0%

3:04:36

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

Baby

0% - 10%

3:33:40

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%

14:14:42

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

Adolescent

50% - 100%

17:48:22

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

Raising a baby Megaloceros 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 Megaloceros 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:

33:49:54

Total Time:

35:36:45

Maturation

Incubation Time

3h 4m 36s

Elapsed Time

1h 46m 51s

Maturation Time Left

33h 49m 54s

Time to Juvenile

1h 46m 50s

Food

Total Food Items

1009

items

Food to Adult

659

items

Food Per Hour

Food Capacity

110

items

Baby Hand Feed For

N/A

4.8% maturation

Imprinting

Cuddle Interval

Imprint Per Cuddle

Max Imprint

0.0%

Planning a mass raise? The Megaloceros raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. Expect ~427 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 Megaloceros babies at once - essential for batch breeding operations. Match your food choice to your play schedule - longer spoil timers mean less babysitting.

Raising CalculatorFrom 5% - use slider above to adjust

Babies

Food

Food per item

Stack size

100

Eats at 5%

44.86 food/min

Maturation

35h 36m 45s

Phase	Duration	Mejoberry	Stacks	Weight
BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10%	1h 46m 50s	156	2	15.6
JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50%	14h 14m 42s	942	10	94.2
AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100%	17h 48m 22s	421	5	42.1
Total	33h 49m 54s	1,519	17	151.9

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

Baby- 3x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Juvenile- 22x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Adolescent- 27x 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.

Found throughout the ARKs, the Megaloceros is a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the Farmer category.

Dealing 100% base Melee Damage, the Megaloceros brings respectable melee power to the table. Health-wise, the Megaloceros sits at 300 base, making it reasonably durable. With 280 base Stamina, the Megaloceros has decent staying power. It carries 220 base Weight - a reasonable inventory size.

Taming the Megaloceros requires rendering it unconscious first - use Tranq Arrows, Darts, or Shocking Tranq Darts to apply torpor. Feed it Simple Kibble for the fastest tame and highest effectiveness bonus.

Once tamed, the Megaloceros earns its keep through resource gathering, making tedious farming runs much faster. Breeding is via live birth rather than eggs, simplifying the process. A wild Megaloceros is worth 4 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.36 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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