The Golden Striped Brute Megalodon gives live birth after mating, skipping the egg-incubation step entirely. Gestation takes approximately 6 hours and 9 minutes at default rates.

The baby Golden Striped Brute Megalodon takes approximately 2 days and 23 hours to fully mature at default rates - requiring significant patience. 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.

Raising a baby Golden Striped Brute Megalodon involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~427 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~28h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~36h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.

Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the Golden Striped Brute Megalodon's stats, and hitting 100% grants a 30% combat bonus when the imprinter rides it. Imprint requests include cuddling, walks, and specific kibble - check the wiki for which kibble to stockpile.

ARK: Survival Ascended features the Golden Striped Brute Megalodon as an aquatic, carnivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild.

With 640 base Stamina, the Golden Striped Brute Megalodon has outstanding staying power. Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it solid damage output. Health-wise, the Golden Striped Brute Megalodon sits at 2,600 base, making it extremely durable. Weight capacity starts at 500, giving it massive inventory space.

The Golden Striped Brute Megalodon cannot be tamed and must be dealt with through combat or avoidance. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. Killing a wild Golden Striped Brute Megalodon yields 24 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.37 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

The raising calculator above shows exactly how much food you need for each maturation phase of the Golden Striped Brute Megalodon. Expect ~427 minutes of active care during the Baby phase before it graduates to trough-feeding as a Juvenile.

The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Golden Striped Brute Megalodon raises by totaling food across all babies. Different food types have different spoil timers - factor that into which food you stockpile.