Breeding Calculator

MISC

Terror Bird

Spawn Command

Information

Level

Preset

Base Settings

Variant

Taming Speed

Terror Bird Egg & Breeding Calculator

Breeding the Terror Bird produces fertilized eggs that require careful temperature control. Incubation temperature must stay between 20°C and 28°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 1 hour and 59 minutes.

After hatching or birth, the baby Terror Bird matures requiring significant patience, reaching adulthood in about 1 day and 22 hours at 1x maturation. The most labor-intensive part is the baby phase (0–10% maturation) when it can't use a Feeding Trough yet.

Offspring inherit parental stats and have a small chance to mutate, gaining +2 levels in a random stat. 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%

1:59:59

The dino is inside an egg, needing specific conditions to incubate and hatch. The ideal temperature range is 20 - 28 °C.

Baby

0% - 10%

4:37:46

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%

18:31:06

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

Adolescent

50% - 100%

23:08:53

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

Raising a baby Terror Bird involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~278 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~19h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~23h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.

Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses. At 100% imprint, the Terror Bird gains 30% bonus damage and resistance when ridden by the imprinter. You'll be asked to cuddle, walk, or feed specific kibble at regular intervals during maturation.

Maturation Progress

Select Food

BabyJuvenileAdolescent

Status:

Baby

Time Left:

43:58:52

Total Time:

46:17:46

Maturation

Incubation Time

1h 59m 59s

Elapsed Time

2h 18m 54s

Maturation Time Left

43h 58m 53s

Time to Juvenile

2h 18m 53s

Food

Total Food Items

1342

items

Food to Adult

876

items

Food Per Hour

Food Capacity

items

Baby Hand Feed For

53m 3s

6.9% maturation

Imprinting

Cuddle Interval

Imprint Per Cuddle

Max Imprint

0.0%

Planning a mass raise? The Terror Bird raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~278 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.

Raising multiple Terror Bird simultaneously? Set the dino count and the calculator scales food requirements automatically. Match your food choice to your play schedule - longer spoil timers mean less babysitting.

Raising CalculatorFrom 5% - use slider above to adjust

Babies

Food

Food per item

Stack size

Eats at 5%

45.87 food/min

Maturation

46h 17m 46s

Phase	Duration	Raw Meat	Stacks	Weight
BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10%	2h 18m 53s	125	4	12.5
JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50%	18h 31m 6s	752	19	75.2
AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100%	23h 8m 53s	336	9	33.6
Total	43h 58m 53s	1,213	32	121.3

Feeding Trough

2,400 items(60 slots)

Fits in one load

Tek Trough

4,000 items(100 slots)

Fits in one load

Maewing / Maeguana

300 slots

50% weight reduction on meat & berries

Baby- 4x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Juvenile- 28x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Adolescent- 35x 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.

Found throughout the ARKs, the Terror Bird is a tamable, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. Classified under the Misc group.

Stamina sits at 160 base, providing decent staying power. Dealing 100% base Melee Damage, the Terror Bird brings decent hitting power to the table. At 270 base HP, the Terror Bird is on the squishy side. It carries 120 base Weight - a reasonable inventory size.

Taming the Terror Bird 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.

Once tamed, the Terror Bird earns its keep through resource gathering, making tedious farming runs much faster. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between 20°C and 28°C. Killing a wild Terror Bird yields 4 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.36 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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