Megalodon
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Megalodon
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SettingsHatch 2× · Mature 2× · Food 1× · Weight 250
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
- 3h 4m 36s
- Maturation
- 35h 36m 45s
- Food at birth
- 56.67/min
Maturation Progress
- 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
- 1211items
- Food to Adult
- 791items
- Food Per Hour
- 65
Food Capacity- 125items
Baby Hand Feed For- N/A4.9% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 4h 48m
- Imprint per cuddle
- 27.9%
- Maximum imprint
- 100.0% (7 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×0.6 · amount ×2
Raising food
- Food per item
- 50
Stack size- 40
- Eats at 5%
- 53.84 food/min
- Maturation
- 35h 36m 45s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Raw Meat | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 1h 46m 50s | 5,601 | 113 | 3 | 11.3 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 14h 14m 42s | 33,906 | 679 | 17 | 67.9 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 17h 48m 22s | 15,137 | 303 | 8 | 30.3 |
| Total | 33h 49m 54s | 1,095 | 28 | 109.5 |
Total: 1,095 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 - 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.
More about breeding the Megalodon
Breeding produces live offspring - no egg management needed. Gestation takes approximately 6 hours and 9 minutes at default rates.
Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~2 days and 23 hours (1x rate), progressing over a lengthy period. 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.
Raising a baby Megalodon 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 Megalodon 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.
Use the raising calculator to plan food requirements for raising Megalodon babies through all three growth stages. Budget ~427 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.
Adjust the dino count to calculate food for multiple Megalodon babies at once - essential for batch breeding operations. Consider food spoilage when choosing what to feed: Kibble lasts days, while Raw Meat spoils in minutes.
The Megalodon is a tamable, aquatic, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. Classified under the DMG group.
Stamina sits at 320 base, providing decent staying power. Melee starts at 100% - decent hitting power that scales with level-ups. Health-wise, the Megalodon sits at 600 base, making it solidly tanky. It carries 250 base Weight - a solid weight pool.
The Megalodon is a knockout tame: apply enough torpor to knock it out, then place food in its inventory. Superior Kibble is the most effective food for taming, offering the highest affinity per feeding.
After taming, the Megalodon is well-suited for deep-sea exploration, cave diving, and ocean resource runs. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. Defeating one in the wild grants 12 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.37 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.