Quetzal
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Quetzal
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SettingsHatch 2× · Mature 2× · Food 1× · Weight 800
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.
- Incubation
- 8h 19m 57s
- Maturation
- 66h 8m 15s
- Incubation temperature
- 5 - 6 °C
- Food at birth
- 107.1/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 62:49:50
- Total Time:
- 66:08:15
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 8h 19m 57s
- Elapsed Time
- 3h 18m 25s
- Maturation Time Left
- 62h 49m 50s
Time to Juvenile- 3h 18m 25s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 4251items
- Food to Adult
- 2774items
- Food Per Hour
- 123
Food Capacity- 400items
Baby Hand Feed For- 6m 1s5.2% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 4h 48m
- Imprint per cuddle
- 14.8%
- Maximum imprint
- 100.0% (13 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×0.6 · amount ×2
Raising food
- Food per item
- 50
Stack size- 40
- Eats at 5%
- 101.75 food/min
- Maturation
- 66h 8m 15s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Raw Meat | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 3h 18m 24s | 19,656 | 394 | 10 | 39.4 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 26h 27m 18s | 119,000 | 2,381 | 60 | 238.1 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 33h 4m 7s | 53,125 | 1,063 | 27 | 106.3 |
| Total | 62h 49m 50s | 3,838 | 97 | 383.8 |
Total: 3,838 Raw Meat
- Feeding Trough
- 2,400 items (60 slots)Need 2 full loads
Tek Trough- 4,000 items (100 slots)Fits in one load
- Maewing / Maeguana
- 300 slots50% weight reduction on meat & berries
- Baby - 5x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 40x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 50x 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 Quetzal
Breeding the Quetzal produces fertilized eggs that require careful temperature control. Incubation temperature must stay between 5°C and 6°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 16 hours and 39 minutes.
The baby Quetzal takes approximately 5 days and 12 hours to fully mature at default rates - over many real-world days, demanding serious time investment. 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.
The Quetzal's growth progresses through three stages: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~794 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~53h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~66h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Quetzal gains 30% extra damage and damage resistance with its imprinter mounted. Imprint requests include cuddling, walks, and specific kibble - check the wiki for which kibble to stockpile.
Use the raising calculator to plan food requirements for raising Quetzal babies through all three growth stages. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~794 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.
The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Quetzal raises by totaling food across all babies. Consider food spoilage when choosing what to feed: Kibble lasts days, while Raw Meat spoils in minutes.
The Quetzal is a tamable, flying, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the Flyer category.
Melee starts at 100% - solid damage output that scales with level-ups. Starting at 1,200 Health, it's among the tougher creatures. Its base Stamina of 800 gives it massive stamina reserves. It carries 800 base Weight - excellent carrying capacity.
The Quetzal is a knockout tame: apply enough torpor to knock it out, then place food in its inventory. For best results, use Exceptional Kibble - it gives the highest taming efficiency.
As a tame, the Quetzal excels at carrying heavy loads through the air, making base-to-base logistics much faster. Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a 5°C–6°C temperature window. A wild Quetzal is worth 18 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.98 Element plus 0.1 Element per level.