Breeding Calculator

SHOULDER PET

Shinehorn

Spawn Command

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Shinehorn Egg & Breeding Calculator

The Shinehorn gives live birth after mating, skipping the egg-incubation step entirely. Gestation takes approximately 4 hours and 12 minutes at default rates.

Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~2 days (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.

Settings

Maturation Multiplier

Egg Hatch Multiplier

Food Consume Mult.

Creature Weight

Cuddle Interval Mult.

Imprinting Mult.

Pregnancy

Mating - 0%

2:06:18

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

Baby

0% - 10%

2:26:11

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%

9:44:47

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

Adolescent

50% - 100%

12:10:59

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

Raising a baby Shinehorn involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~292 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~19h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~24h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.

Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the Shinehorn'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.

Maturation Progress

Select Food

BabyJuvenileAdolescent

Status:

Baby

Time Left:

23:08:53

Total Time:

24:21:59

Maturation

Incubation Time

2h 6m 18s

Elapsed Time

1h 13m 6s

Maturation Time Left

23h 8m 53s

Time to Juvenile

1h 13m 6s

Food

Total Food Items

389

items

Food to Adult

254

items

Food Per Hour

Food Capacity

items

Baby Hand Feed For

N/A

4.4% 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 Shinehorn. Expect ~292 minutes of active care during the Baby phase before it graduates to trough-feeding as a Juvenile.

The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Shinehorn 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

100

Eats at 5%

25.23 food/min

Maturation

24h 21m 59s

Phase	Duration	Mejoberry	Stacks	Weight
BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10%	1h 13m 5s	60	1	6
JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50%	9h 44m 47s	363	4	36.3
AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100%	12h 10m 59s	162	2	16.2
Total	23h 8m 53s	585	7	58.5

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

Baby- 2x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Juvenile- 15x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Adolescent- 19x 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 Shinehorn is a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the Shoulder Pet category.

Melee starts at 100% - solid damage output that scales with level-ups. Health-wise, the Shinehorn sits at 115 base, making it glass-cannon fragile. With 180 base Stamina, the Shinehorn has decent staying power. A base Weight of 100 means average weight tolerance.

This is a passive tame: no tranquilizers needed. Get close without startling it, then offer food from your last hotbar slot. Its preferred food is Plant Species Z Seed.

As a tame, the Shinehorn earns its keep through resource gathering, making tedious farming runs much faster. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.05 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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