Archaeopteryx
CreatureShoulder Pet
Breeding calculator
Archaeopteryx
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 30
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.
- Incubation
- 2h 37m 52s
- Maturation
- 15h 25m 55s
- Incubation temperature
- 16 - 20 °C
- Food at birth
- 39.84/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 14:39:37
- Total Time:
- 15:25:55
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 2h 37m 52s
- Elapsed Time
- 46m 18s
- Maturation Time Left
- 14h 39m 37s
Time to Juvenile- 46m 18s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 369items
- Food to Adult
- 241items
- Food Per Hour
- 46
Food Capacity- 15items
Baby Hand Feed For- 19m 32s7.1% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 59.6%
- Maximum imprint
- 59.6% (1 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
Food per item- 30
Stack size- 100
- Eats at 5%
- 37.85 food/min
- Maturation
- 15h 25m 55s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Mejoberry | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 46m 17s | 1,706 | 57 | 1 | 5.7 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 6h 10m 22s | 10,329 | 345 | 4 | 34.5 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 7h 42m 57s | 4,611 | 154 | 2 | 15.4 |
| Total | 14h 39m 37s | 556 | 7 | 55.6 |
Total: 556 Mejoberry
- Feeding Trough
- 6,000 items (60 slots)Fits in one load
Tek Trough- 10,000 items (100 slots)Fits in one load
- Maewing / Maeguana
- 300 slots50% weight reduction on meat & berries
- Baby - 2x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 10x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 12x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
Spoils in 10m | Trough / Maewing: 40m | Tek Trough: 16h 40m
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 Archaeopteryx
Breeding the Archaeopteryx produces fertilized eggs that require careful temperature control. Incubation temperature must stay between 16°C and 20°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 2 hours and 37 minutes.
After hatching or birth, the baby Archaeopteryx matures at a medium pace, reaching adulthood in about 15 hours and 25 minutes at 1x maturation. The most labor-intensive part is the baby phase (0–10% maturation) when it can't use a Feeding Trough yet.
Offspring inherit parental stats and have a small chance to mutate, gaining +2 levels in a random stat. Use the breeding calculator to plan food requirements, incubation timers, and maturation phases.
Maturation has three phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~93 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~6h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~8h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Archaeopteryx 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.
Planning a mass raise? The Archaeopteryx raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~93 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.
Raising multiple Archaeopteryx simultaneously? Set the dino count and the calculator scales food requirements automatically. Match your food choice to your play schedule - longer spoil timers mean less babysitting.
The Archaeopteryx, a tamable, insectivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, is a common sight across multiple maps. It falls within the Shoulder Pet classification.
With 150 base Stamina, the Archaeopteryx has moderate endurance. Dealing 100% base Melee Damage, the Archaeopteryx brings respectable melee power to the table. At 125 base HP, the Archaeopteryx is extremely fragile. Weight capacity starts at 30, giving it not built for hauling.
You'll need to knock the Archaeopteryx unconscious before taming it. Tranquilizers are the standard approach. Feed it Simple Kibble for the fastest tame and highest effectiveness bonus.
Once tamed, the Archaeopteryx is primarily used for resource harvesting, excelling at gathering specific materials. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between 16°C and 20°C. Killing a wild Archaeopteryx yields 0.5 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.13 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.