Drakeling
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Drakeling Egg & Breeding Calculator
Breeding the Drakeling produces fertilized eggs that require careful temperature control. Incubation temperature must stay between 17°C and 20°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 1 hour and 14 minutes.
The baby Drakeling takes approximately 1 day and 1 hour to fully mature at default rates - slowly. 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 ~150 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~10h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~13h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the Drakeling'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.
Incubation Time
37m 29s
Elapsed Time
37m 33s
Maturation Time Left
11h 53m 12s
Time to Juvenile
37m 32s
Total Food Items
300
items
Food to Adult
196
items
Food Per Hour
46
Food Capacity
33
items
Baby Hand Feed For
N/A
4.8% 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 Drakeling. Expect ~150 minutes of active care during the Baby phase before it graduates to trough-feeding as a Juvenile.
The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Drakeling 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%
37.85 food/min
Maturation
12h 30m 45s
| Phase | Duration |  Raw Meat |
|---|---|---|
 BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 37m 32s | 28 |
 JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 5h 0m 18s | 168 |
 AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 6h 15m 22s | 75 |
 Total | 11h 53m 12s | 271 |
WeightFeeding 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
Juvenile- 8x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Adolescent- 10x 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 Drakeling is a tamable, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It falls within the Ignore classification.
Starting at 150 Health, it's on the squishy side. With 100% base Melee Damage, the Drakeling has solid damage output. Stamina sits at 150 base, providing moderate endurance. Weight capacity starts at 65, giving it very limited 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 Exceptional Kibble.
As a tame, the Drakeling is primarily used for resource harvesting, excelling at gathering specific materials. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between 17°C and 20°C. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.28 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.