VR Mantis breeding calculator
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VR Mantis
CreatureVariant
Breeding calculator
VR Mantis
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SettingsHatch 2× · Mature 2× · Food 1× · Weight 220
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
- 27h 13m 59s
- Incubation temperature
- 35 - 38 °C
- Food at birth
- 70.81/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 25:52:17
- Total Time:
- 27:13:59
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 1h 23m 19s
- Elapsed Time
- 1h 21m 42s
- Maturation Time Left
- 25h 52m 17s
Time to Juvenile- 1h 21m 42s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 1157items
- Food to Adult
- 755items
- Food Per Hour
- 81
Food Capacity- 110items
Baby Hand Feed For- 2m 4s5.1% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 4h 48m
- Imprint per cuddle
- 36.9%
- Maximum imprint
- 100.0% (5 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×0.6 · amount ×2
Raising food
- Food per item
- 50
Stack size- 40
- Eats at 5%
- 67.27 food/min
- Maturation
- 27h 13m 59s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Raw Meat | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 1h 21m 41s | 5,351 | 108 | 3 | 10.8 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 10h 53m 35s | 32,396 | 648 | 17 | 64.8 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 13h 36m 59s | 14,462 | 290 | 8 | 29 |
| Total | 25h 52m 17s | 1,046 | 28 | 104.6 |
Total: 1,046 Raw Meat
- 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 slots50% weight reduction on meat & berries
- Baby - 3x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 17x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 21x 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 VR Mantis
After a successful mate, the VR Mantis lays a fertilized egg. Incubation temperature must stay between 35°C and 38°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.
After hatching or birth, the baby VR Mantis matures requiring significant patience, reaching adulthood in about 2 days and 6 hours at 1x maturation. Hand-feeding is required until 10% maturation. After that, a Feeding Trough handles the rest.
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.
Maturation has three phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~327 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~22h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~27h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the VR Mantis's stats, and hitting 100% grants a 30% combat bonus when the imprinter rides it. Keep various kibble types on hand, as imprint requests are randomized between cuddles, walks, and kibble feeding.
Planning a mass raise? The VR Mantis raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~327 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.
Raising multiple VR Mantis 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.
ARK: Survival Ascended features the VR Mantis as a tamable, carnivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. Classified under the Variant group.
The VR Mantis has 275 base Health - on the squishy side. Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it respectable melee power. Stamina sits at 150 base, providing moderate endurance. A base Weight of 220 means modest carrying capacity.
This is a passive tame: no tranquilizers needed. Get close without startling it, then offer food from your last hotbar slot. Its preferred food is Deathworm Horn.
As a tame, the VR Mantis is a versatile tame with a balanced stat spread, useful in a variety of roles. Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a 35°C–38°C temperature window. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.79 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.