X-Helicoprion
Variant
X-Helicoprion Egg & Breeding Calculator
Breeding the X-Helicoprion produces fertilized eggs that require careful temperature control. Incubation temperature must stay between -75°C and 75°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 4 hours and 59 minutes.
The baby X-Helicoprion takes approximately 4 days and 6 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.
Maturation has three phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~617 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~41h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~51h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted X-Helicoprion gains 30% extra damage and damage resistance with its imprinter mounted. You'll be asked to cuddle, walk, or feed specific kibble at regular intervals during maturation.
Incubation Time
4h 59m 58s
Elapsed Time
5h 8m 39s
Maturation Time Left
97h 44m 11s
Time to Juvenile
5h 8m 39s
Total Food Items
3499
items
Food to Adult
2283
items
Food Per Hour
65
Food Capacity
250
items
Baby Hand Feed For
51m 22s
5.8% maturation
Cuddle Interval
0s
Imprint Per Cuddle
0%
Max Imprint
0.0%
The raising calculator above shows exactly how much food you need for each maturation phase of the X-Helicoprion. Expect ~617 minutes of active care during the Baby phase before it graduates to trough-feeding as a Juvenile.
The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale X-Helicoprion 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
Food per item
30
Stack size
100
Eats at 5%
53.84 food/min
Maturation
102h 52m 50s
| Phase | Duration |  Mejoberry |
|---|---|---|
 BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 5h 8m 38s | 540 |
 JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 41h 9m 8s | 3,266 |
 AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 51h 26m 25s | 1,458 |
 Total | 97h 44m 11s | 5,264 |
WeightFeeding 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- 8x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Juvenile- 62x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Adolescent- 78x 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 X-Helicoprion is a tamable, aquatic, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the Variant category.
Dealing 105% base Melee Damage, the X-Helicoprion brings decent hitting power to the table. With 1,261 base Health, the X-Helicoprion is a proper tank. Stamina sits at 500 base, providing good endurance. It carries 500 base Weight - an enormous weight pool.
Taming the X-Helicoprion doesn't require unconsciousness. Instead, sneak up to it and hand-feed its preferred food. Its preferred food is Little Ratfish Treats!.
After taming, the X-Helicoprion is a versatile aquatic mount for underwater exploration and resource gathering. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between -75°C and 75°C. A wild X-Helicoprion is worth 8 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.7 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.