Pelagornis
Flyer · 14 maps
Pelagornis Egg & Breeding Calculator
After a successful mate, the Pelagornis lays a fertilized egg. Incubation temperature must stay between 29°C and 32°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 1 hour and 39 minutes.
Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~1 day and 13 hours (1x rate), progressing slowly. Hand-feeding is required until 10% maturation. After that, a Feeding Trough handles the rest.
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.
Raising a baby Pelagornis involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~222 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~15h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~19h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the Pelagornis's stats, and hitting 100% grants a 30% combat bonus when the imprinter rides it. Imprint requests include cuddling, walks, and specific kibble - check the wiki for which kibble to stockpile.
Incubation Time
49m 59s
Elapsed Time
55m 34s
Maturation Time Left
17h 35m 33s
Time to Juvenile
55m 33s
Total Food Items
525
items
Food to Adult
343
items
Food Per Hour
54
Food Capacity
75
items
Baby Hand Feed For
N/A
4.1% 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 Pelagornis. Budget ~222 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.
Raising multiple Pelagornis 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
Food per item
30
Stack size
100
Eats at 5%
44.86 food/min
Maturation
18h 31m 6s
| Phase | Duration |  Mejoberry |
|---|---|---|
 BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 55m 33s | 81 |
 JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 7h 24m 26s | 490 |
 AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 9h 15m 33s | 219 |
 Total | 17h 35m 33s | 790 |
WeightFeeding 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- 2x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Juvenile- 12x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Adolescent- 14x 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 Pelagornis as a tamable, flying, piscivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. It falls within the Flyer classification.
At 240 base HP, the Pelagornis is not particularly tanky. Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it respectable melee power. With 180 base Stamina, the Pelagornis has decent staying power. A base Weight of 150 means average weight tolerance.
To tame the Pelagornis, you need to knock it unconscious using torpor weapons, then feed it while it's down. Regular Kibble is the most effective food for taming, offering the highest affinity per feeding.
As a tame, the Pelagornis is commonly used for scouting and quick travel between locations. Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a 29°C–32°C temperature window. Killing a wild Pelagornis yields 3 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.43 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.