Breeding Calculator

SHOULDER PET

Otter

Spawn Command

Information

Level

Preset

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Base Settings

Variant

Taming Speed

Otter Egg & Breeding Calculator

The Otter gives live birth after mating, skipping the egg-incubation step entirely. Gestation takes approximately 8 hours at default rates.

The baby Otter takes approximately 21 hours and 2 minutes to fully mature at default rates - at a medium pace. 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.

Settings

Maturation Multiplier

Egg Hatch Multiplier

Food Consume Mult.

Creature Weight

Cuddle Interval Mult.

Imprinting Mult.

Pregnancy

Mating - 0%

4:00:00

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

Baby

0% - 10%

1:03:07

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%

4:12:31

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

Adolescent

50% - 100%

5:15:39

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

Maturation has three phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~126 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~8h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~11h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.

Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the Otter's stats, and hitting 100% grants a 30% combat bonus when the imprinter rides it. Keep various kibble types on hand, as imprint requests are randomized between cuddles, walks, and kibble feeding.

Maturation Progress

Select Food

BabyJuvenileAdolescent

Status:

Baby

Time Left:

9:59:44

Total Time:

10:31:18

Maturation

Incubation Time

4h 0m 0s

Elapsed Time

31m 34s

Maturation Time Left

9h 59m 44s

Time to Juvenile

31m 34s

Food

Total Food Items

448

items

Food to Adult

292

items

Food Per Hour

Food Capacity

items

Baby Hand Feed For

15m 43s

7.5% 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 Otter. Expect ~126 minutes of active care during the Baby phase before it graduates to trough-feeding as a Juvenile.

The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Otter raises by totaling food across all babies. 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

Eats at 5%

67.27 food/min

Maturation

10h 31m 18s

Phase	Duration	Raw Meat	Stacks	Weight
BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10%	31m 33s	42	2	4.2
JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50%	4h 12m 31s	251	7	25.1
AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100%	5h 15m 39s	112	3	11.2
Total	9h 59m 44s	405	12	40.5

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 slots

50% weight reduction on meat & berries

Juvenile- 7x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Adolescent- 8x 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.

ARK: Survival Ascended features the Otter as a tamable, piscivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. It falls within the Shoulder Pet classification.

With 40 base Health, the Otter is glass-cannon fragile. Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it decent hitting power. With 180 base Stamina, the Otter has moderate endurance. Weight capacity starts at 30, giving it very limited carrying capacity.

Taming the Otter doesn't require unconsciousness. Instead, sneak up to it and hand-feed its preferred food. Its preferred food is Sabertooth Salmon (1.0x).

After taming, the Otter is primarily used for resource harvesting, excelling at gathering specific materials. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. Killing a wild Otter yields 4 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.84 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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