Alpha Karkinos
CreatureVariant
Breeding calculator
Alpha Karkinos
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 800
Baby: The hatched dinosaur, now a baby, needs constant attention and food placed directly in its inventory to survive, or a nearby Maewing to take care of its needs.
- Gestation
- 9h 59m 59s
- Maturation
- 115h 44m 26s
- Food at birth
- 96.57/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 109:57:12
- Total Time:
- 115:44:26
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 9h 59m 59s
Elapsed Time- 5h 47m 14s
- Maturation Time Left
- 109h 57m 13s
Time to Juvenile- 5h 47m 13s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 6707items
- Food to Adult
- 4376items
- Food Per Hour
- 111
Food Capacity- 400items
Baby Hand Feed For- 1h 27m 47s6.3% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 7%
- Maximum imprint
- 98.0% (14 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
- Food per item
- 50
Stack size- 40
- Eats at 5%
- 91.74 food/min
- Maturation
- 115h 44m 26s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Raw Meat | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 5h 47m 13s | 31,018 | 621 | 16 | 62.1 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 46h 17m 46s | 187,782 | 3,756 | 94 | 375.6 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 57h 52m 13s | 83,831 | 1,677 | 42 | 167.7 |
| Total | 109h 57m 13s | 6,054 | 152 | 605.4 |
Total: 6,054 Raw Meat
- Feeding Trough
- 2,400 items (60 slots)Need 3 full loads
Tek Trough- 4,000 items (100 slots)Need 2 full loads
- Maewing / Maeguana
- 300 slots50% weight reduction on meat & berries
- Baby - 9x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 70x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 87x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
Spoils in 10m | Trough / Maewing: 40m | Tek Trough: 16h 40m
At birth, baby holds ~50 food - refill every ~1 min
During the Baby phase (0-10%), you must hand-feed or use a Maewing to nurse. From Juvenile (10%+), dinos can eat from a Feeding Trough on their own. Use Preserving Salt in troughs to double spoil times.
More about breeding the Alpha Karkinos
Instead of laying eggs, the Alpha Karkinos carries its young through a gestation period. Gestation takes approximately 9 hours and 59 minutes at default rates.
The baby Alpha Karkinos takes approximately 4 days and 19 hours to fully mature at default rates - at a glacially slow pace - plan for a multi-day commitment. During the baby phase (0–10%), hand-feed it directly. From 10% onward (juvenile), it can eat from a Feeding Trough.
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 Alpha Karkinos's growth progresses through three stages: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~694 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~46h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~58h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Alpha Karkinos gains 30% extra damage and damage resistance with its imprinter mounted. Imprint requests include cuddling, walks, and specific kibble - check the wiki for which kibble to stockpile.
Planning a mass raise? The Alpha Karkinos raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. Expect ~694 minutes of active care during the Baby phase before it graduates to trough-feeding as a Juvenile.
Adjust the dino count to calculate food for multiple Alpha Karkinos babies at once - essential for batch breeding operations. Match your food choice to your play schedule - longer spoil timers mean less babysitting.
The Alpha Karkinos is a carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the Ignore category.
With 600 base Stamina, the Alpha Karkinos has massive stamina reserves. Melee starts at 100% - decent hitting power that scales with level-ups. Starting at 20,400 Health, it's extraordinarily tanky. It carries 800 base Weight - excellent carrying capacity.
The Alpha Karkinos roams the ARK as a wild, untamable creature. Defeating one in the wild grants 850 base XP.