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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Creature

Select a creature from the list

Food type (hand feed)

Dino weight (adult)

Used only for the hand-feed buffer estimate

Hatch speed

Maturation speed

Consumption speed

Not included in official presets

Gen2 hatch effect Gen2 growth effect

Maturation progress Juvenile starts at 10%

Timers

Incubation	4h 59m 58s
Maturation (to adult)	3d 20h 35m 33s
Remaining to juvenile (10%)	9h 15m 33s
Remaining to adult	3d 20h 35m 33s

Hand-feed buffer

Hand-feed estimate unavailable: Invalid weight/food inputs

Food type	Raw Meat
Adult weight	0
Fill at stop point	~0 items
Food item weight	0.1

Assumptions

Juvenile starts at 10% maturation.

Food spoils at normal inventory rate (multiplier 1).

Discrete eating threshold of 20 hunger.

Simulation horizon is capped at 3 days.

Does not model nursing/feeding from nearby creatures.

Planning

Reference time

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

Cuddle interval multiplier

Base cuddle interval is 8h (ASA)

Imprint amount multiplier

Current imprint (%)

Estimate: in-game rounds

Calendar

Set a start time above to see calendar timestamps.

Imprinting (estimate)

Cuddles remaining

11 total from birth

Imprint per cuddle

9.1%

Current imprint: ~0%

100% still possible: Yes (needs ~11 cuddles)

Set a start time above to see a cuddle schedule.

Notes

This is an estimate based on maturation time, a base cuddle interval, and the multipliers above.

Schedule is offset by the current maturation progress.

In-game rounding and special cases may change exact cuddle counts.

Food estimate

Estimates are in items (rounded up). Consumption speed affects this table.

Food	To juvenile (remaining)	To adult (remaining)	To adult (total)
Cooked Meat	1,501	8,395	8,395
Kibble	626	3,498	3,498
Raw Fish Meat	1,501	8,395	8,395
Raw Meat	751	4,198	4,198