Tek Stegosaurus
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Tek Stegosaurus
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SettingsHatch 2× · Mature 2× · Food 1× · Weight 500
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
- 1h 23m 19s
- Maturation
- 25h 43m 12s
- Incubation temperature
- 22 - 28 °C
- Food at birth
- 163.43/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 24:26:02
- Total Time:
- 25:43:12
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 1h 23m 19s
- Elapsed Time
- 1h 17m 10s
- Maturation Time Left
- 24h 26m 2s
Time to Juvenile- 1h 17m 10s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 4204items
- Food to Adult
- 2743items
- Food Per Hour
- 311
Food Capacity- 250items
Baby Hand Feed For- 19m 37s6.3% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 4h 48m
- Imprint per cuddle
- 39.2%
- Maximum imprint
- 100.0% (5 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×0.6 · amount ×2
Raising food
- Food per item
- 30
Stack size- 100
- Eats at 5%
- 155.26 food/min
- Maturation
- 25h 43m 12s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Mejoberry | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 1h 17m 9s | 11,665 | 389 | 4 | 38.9 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 10h 17m 17s | 70,620 | 2,354 | 24 | 235.4 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 12h 51m 36s | 31,527 | 1,051 | 11 | 105.1 |
| Total | 24h 26m 2s | 3,794 | 39 | 379.4 |
Total: 3,794 Mejoberry
- 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 slots50% weight reduction on meat & berries
- Baby - 2x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 16x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 20x 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 Tek Stegosaurus
The Tek Stegosaurus reproduces by laying fertilized eggs after mating. Incubation temperature must stay between 22°C and 28°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 2 hours and 46 minutes.
The baby Tek Stegosaurus takes approximately 2 days and 3 hours to fully mature at default rates - slowly. During the baby phase (0–10%), hand-feed it directly. From 10% onward (juvenile), it can eat from a Feeding Trough.
Mutations can add +2 levels to any stat and change colors. Stacking mutations across generations is the key to min-maxed breeding lines. Use the breeding calculator to plan food requirements, incubation timers, and maturation phases.
The Tek Stegosaurus's growth progresses through three stages: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~309 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~21h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~26h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses. At 100% imprint, the Tek Stegosaurus gains 30% bonus damage and resistance when ridden by the imprinter. Keep various kibble types on hand, as imprint requests are randomized between cuddles, walks, and kibble feeding.
Planning a mass raise? The Tek Stegosaurus raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. Expect ~309 minutes of active care during the Baby phase before it graduates to trough-feeding as a Juvenile.
Adjust the dino count to calculate food for multiple Tek Stegosaurus babies at once - essential for batch breeding operations. Match your food choice to your play schedule - longer spoil timers mean less babysitting.
The Tek Stegosaurus, a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, is well-known across multiple maps. It falls within the Variant classification.
Stamina sits at 300 base, providing average stamina. With 100% base Melee Damage, the Tek Stegosaurus has solid damage output. At 650 base HP, the Tek Stegosaurus is impressively tough. It carries 500 base Weight - massive inventory space.
Taming the Tek Stegosaurus requires rendering it unconscious first - use Tranq Arrows, Darts, or Shocking Tranq Darts to apply torpor. For best results, use Regular Kibble - it gives the highest taming efficiency.
As a tame, the Tek Stegosaurus is valued for its harvesting efficiency, collecting key resources faster than most tools. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between 22°C and 28°C. Killing a wild Tek Stegosaurus yields 5 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.29 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.