Breeding Calculator

FLYER

Quetzal

Spawn Command

Information

Level

Preset

Base Settings

Variant

Taming Speed

Quetzal Egg & Breeding Calculator

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.

Settings

Maturation Multiplier

Egg Hatch Multiplier

Food Consume Mult.

Creature Weight

Cuddle Interval Mult.

Imprinting Mult.

Egg

Mating - 0%

16:39:55

The dino is inside an egg, needing specific conditions to incubate and hatch. The ideal temperature range is 5 - 6 °C.

Baby

0% - 10%

13:13:39

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%

52:54:36

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

Adolescent

50% - 100%

66:08:15

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

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.

Maturation Progress

Select Food

BabyJuvenileAdolescent

Status:

Baby

Time Left:

125:39:40

Total Time:

132:16:30

Maturation

Incubation Time

16h 39m 55s

Elapsed Time

6h 36m 50s

Maturation Time Left

125h 39m 40s

Time to Juvenile

6h 36m 50s

Food

Total Food Items

8501

items

Food to Adult

5547

items

Food Per Hour

123

Food Capacity

400

items

Baby Hand Feed For

2h 22m 52s

6.8% maturation

Imprinting

Cuddle Interval

Imprint Per Cuddle

Max Imprint

0.0%

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.

Raising CalculatorFrom 5% - use slider above to adjust

Babies

Food

Food per item

Stack size

100

Eats at 5%

101.75 food/min

Maturation

132h 16m 30s

Phase	Duration	Mejoberry	Stacks	Weight
BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10%	6h 36m 49s	1,311	14	131.1
JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50%	52h 54m 36s	7,934	80	793.4
AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100%	66h 8m 15s	3,542	36	354.2
Total	125h 39m 40s	12,787	130	1,278.7

Feeding Trough

6,000 items(60 slots)

Need 3 full loads

Tek Trough

10,000 items(100 slots)

Need 2 full loads

Maewing / Maeguana

300 slots

50% weight reduction on meat & berries

Baby- 10x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Juvenile- 80x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Adolescent- 100x 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.

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.

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