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.

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.

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.

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.