The Astral Boaratos is a carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. Classified under the Variant group.

With 15,000 base Health, the Astral Boaratos is an absolute bullet sponge. Melee starts at 100% - decent hitting power that scales with level-ups. Stamina sits at 400 base, providing solid stamina reserves. A base Weight of 500 means an enormous weight pool.

The Astral Boaratos roams the ARK as a wild, untamable creature. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. Killing a wild Astral Boaratos yields 750 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.26 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

Planning a mass raise? The Astral Boaratos raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. The Baby phase (0-10%) takes ~494 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.

Raising multiple Astral Boaratos 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.

Instead of laying eggs, the Astral Boaratos carries its young through a gestation period. Gestation takes approximately 7 hours and 56 minutes at default rates.

After hatching or birth, the baby Astral Boaratos matures over many real-world days, demanding serious time investment, reaching adulthood in about 3 days and 10 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.

The Astral Boaratos's growth progresses through three stages: Baby (0-10%) lasts ~494 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10-50%) spans ~33h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50-100%) takes ~41h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.

Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses. At 100% imprint, the Astral Boaratos gains 30% bonus damage and resistance when ridden by the imprinter. Keep various kibble types on hand, as imprint requests are randomized between cuddles, walks, and kibble feeding.