Xiphactinus
Water · 18 maps
Xiphactinus Egg & Breeding Calculator
After a successful mate, the Xiphactinus lays a fertilized egg. 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.
Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~3 days and 20 hours (1x rate), progressing over many real-world days, demanding serious time investment. 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.
The Xiphactinus's growth progresses through three stages: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~556 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~37h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~46h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Xiphactinus 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.
Incubation Time
4h 59m 58s
Elapsed Time
4h 37m 47s
Maturation Time Left
87h 57m 46s
Time to Juvenile
4h 37m 47s
Total Food Items
2683
items
Food to Adult
1751
items
Food Per Hour
56
Food Capacity
150
items
Baby Hand Feed For
1h 18m 33s
6.4% 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 Xiphactinus. Expect ~556 minutes of active care during the Baby phase before it graduates to trough-feeding as a Juvenile.
The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Xiphactinus 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 adjustFood per item
50
Stack size
40
Eats at 5%
45.87 food/min
Maturation
92h 35m 33s
| Phase | Duration |  Raw Meat |
|---|---|---|
 BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 4h 37m 46s | 249 |
 JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 37h 2m 13s | 1,503 |
 AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 46h 17m 46s | 671 |
 Total | 87h 57m 46s | 2,423 |
WeightFeeding Trough
2,400 items(60 slots)
Need 2 full loads
Tek Trough
4,000 items(100 slots)
Fits in one load
Maewing / Maeguana
300 slots
50% weight reduction on meat & berries
Baby- 7x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Juvenile- 56x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Adolescent- 70x 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.
ARK: Survival Ascended features the Xiphactinus as a tamable, carnivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. It belongs to the Water category.
Starting at 450 Health, it's moderately tough. Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it respectable melee power. Its base Stamina of 420 gives it solid stamina reserves. Weight capacity starts at 300, giving it good carrying capacity.
To tame the Xiphactinus, you need to knock it unconscious using torpor weapons, then feed it while it's down. Superior Kibble is the most effective food for taming, offering the highest affinity per feeding.
As a tame, the Xiphactinus is valued for its harvesting efficiency, collecting key resources faster than most tools. Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a -75°C–75°C temperature window. A wild Xiphactinus is worth 12 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.37 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.