Breeding Calculator

SOAKER

Triceratops

Spawn Command

Information

Level

Preset

Base Settings

Variant

Taming Speed

Triceratops Egg & Breeding Calculator

After a successful mate, the Triceratops lays a fertilized egg. 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 29 minutes.

Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~1 day and 22 hours (1x rate), progressing requiring significant patience. 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.

Egg

Mating - 0%

2:29:59

The dino is inside an egg, needing specific conditions to incubate and hatch. The ideal temperature range is 22 - 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.

The Triceratops's growth progresses through three stages: 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.

Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Triceratops 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:

43:58:52

Total Time:

46:17:46

Maturation

Incubation Time

2h 29m 59s

Elapsed Time

2h 18m 54s

Maturation Time Left

43h 58m 53s

Time to Juvenile

2h 18m 53s

Food

Total Food Items

2683

items

Food to Adult

1751

items

Food Per Hour

111

Food Capacity

183

items

Baby Hand Feed For

26m 26s

6.0% 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 Triceratops. Expect ~278 minutes of active care during the Baby phase before it graduates to trough-feeding as a Juvenile.

The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Triceratops 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%

91.74 food/min

Maturation

46h 17m 46s

Phase	Duration	Mejoberry	Stacks	Weight
BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10%	2h 18m 53s	414	5	41.4
JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50%	18h 31m 6s	2,504	26	250.4
AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100%	23h 8m 53s	1,118	12	111.8
Total	43h 58m 53s	4,036	43	403.6

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- 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.

The Triceratops is a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the Soaker category.

With 150 base Stamina, the Triceratops has average stamina. Melee starts at 100% - decent hitting power that scales with level-ups. Starting at 375 Health, it's decently sturdy. A base Weight of 365 means generous inventory space.

The Triceratops is a knockout tame: apply enough torpor to knock it out, then place food in its inventory. For best results, use Simple Kibble - it gives the highest taming efficiency.

Once tamed, the Triceratops is valued for its harvesting efficiency, collecting key resources faster than most tools. Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a 22°C–28°C temperature window. A wild Triceratops is worth 4 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.23 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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