Field instrument

Breeding Calculator

Estimate breeding timers and food needs for ARK: Survival Ascended. Includes a hand-feeding buffer estimate.

Math and constants are derived from ARK devkit values and are provided as-is. Always sanity check in-game.

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Breeding console

Preset

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Creature

Select a creature from the list

Food (hand feed)

Adult weight

For the hand-feed buffer estimate

Hatch speed

Maturation speed

Maturation progress 0%

Juvenile starts at 10%

Advanced rates & effects

Consumption speed

Not included in official presets

Gen2 hatch effect Gen2 growth effect

Planning

Reference time

If progress is 0%, this is egg/gestation start. If > 0%, this is the time at the current progress.

Cuddle interval x

Base cuddle interval is 8h (ASA)

Imprint amount x

Current imprint %

Breeding readout

Matured

Incubation

4h 59m 58s total

Hatch / birth (0%)

After incubation

Juvenile (10%)

9h 15m 33s left

Adult (100%)

3d 20h 35m 33s left

Hand-feed buffer

N/A

Invalid weight/food inputs

Cuddles left

11 total from birth

Imprint / cuddle

9.1%

Current: ~0%

100% imprint: Yes (~11 cuddles)

Raising food

Items to reach each stage (rounded up). Consumption speed affects these.

FoodTo juvTo adultTotal

Cooked Meat1,5018,3958,395

Kibble6263,4983,498

Raw Fish Meat1,5018,3958,395

Raw Meat7514,1984,198

Imprint plan

Set a reference time to see a cuddle schedule.

Notes

Estimate from maturation time, the base cuddle interval, and the multipliers above. Schedule is offset by current progress; in-game rounding may change exact counts.

Hand-feed detail

Food typeRaw Meat

Adult weight0

Fill at stop point~0 items

Food item weight0.1

Assumptions

Juvenile starts at 10%. Food spoils at the normal inventory rate (x1). Discrete eating threshold of 20 hunger. Simulation horizon capped at 3 days. Does not model nursing from nearby creatures.