Meganeura
Maturation has three 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.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Meganeura gains 30% extra damage and damage resistance with its imprinter mounted. You'll be asked to cuddle, walk, or feed specific kibble at regular intervals during maturation.
Incubation Time
4h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time
2h 18m 54s
Maturation Time Left
43h 58m 53s
Time to Juvenile
2h 18m 53s
Total Food Items
1476
items
Food to Adult
963
items
Food Per Hour
61
Food Capacity
25
items
Baby Hand Feed For
1h 38m 39s
8.6% maturation
Cuddle Interval
0s
Imprint Per Cuddle
0%
Max Imprint
0.0%
The raising calculator above shows exactly how much food you need for each maturation phase of the Meganeura. Expect ~556 minutes of active care during the Baby phase before it graduates to trough-feeding as a Juvenile.
The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Meganeura raises by totaling food across all babies. Different food types have different spoil timers - factor that into which food you stockpile.
Food per item
30
Stack size
100
Eats at 5%
50.47 food/min
Maturation
46h 17m 46s
| Phase | Duration | |
|---|---|---|
| 2h 18m 53s | 228 | |
| 18h 31m 6s | 1,378 | |
| 23h 8m 53s | 615 | |
| 43h 58m 53s | 2,221 |
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 baby Meganeura takes approximately 3 days and 20 hours to fully mature at default rates - over an extremely long period, one of the longest in the game. The most labor-intensive part is the baby phase (0–10% maturation) when it can't use a Feeding Trough yet.
Each baby inherits stats from both parents with a chance of mutation - +2 wild levels to a random stat plus a color change. Use the breeding calculator to plan food requirements, incubation timers, and maturation phases.
Found throughout the ARKs, the Meganeura is a flying, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. Classified under the Misc group.
Starting at 45 Health, it's very frail. With 100% base Melee Damage, the Meganeura has respectable melee power. Its base Stamina of 100 gives it limited endurance. It carries 50 base Weight - very limited carrying capacity.
The Meganeura is a wild creature that cannot be tamed through conventional methods. Defeating one in the wild grants 3 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0 Element plus 0 Element per level.