Brute X-Megalodon
CreatureVariant
Breeding calculator
Brute X-Megalodon
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 500
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
- 6h 9m 13s
- Maturation
- 71h 13m 30s
- Food at birth
- 56.67/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 67:39:49
- Total Time:
- 71:13:30
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 6h 9m 13s
Elapsed Time- 3h 33m 41s
- Maturation Time Left
- 67h 39m 49s
Time to Juvenile- 3h 33m 41s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 2422items
- Food to Adult
- 1581items
- Food Per Hour
- 65
Food Capacity- 250items
Baby Hand Feed For- N/A4.9% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 11.6%
- Maximum imprint
- 92.8% (8 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
- Food per item
- 50
Stack size- 40
- Eats at 5%
- 53.84 food/min
- Maturation
- 71h 13m 30s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Raw Meat | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 3h 33m 40s | 11,201 | 225 | 6 | 22.5 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 28h 29m 24s | 67,812 | 1,357 | 34 | 135.7 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 35h 36m 45s | 30,273 | 606 | 16 | 60.6 |
| Total | 67h 39m 49s | 2,188 | 56 | 218.8 |
Total: 2,188 Raw Meat
- Feeding Trough
- 2,400 items (60 slots)Fits in one load
Tek Trough- 4,000 items (100 slots)Fits in one load
- Maewing / Maeguana
- 300 slots50% weight reduction on meat & berries
- Baby - 6x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 43x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 54x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
Spoils in 10m | Trough / Maewing: 40m | Tek Trough: 16h 40m
At birth, baby holds ~30 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 Brute X-Megalodon
The Brute X-Megalodon gives live birth after mating, skipping the egg-incubation step entirely. Gestation takes approximately 6 hours and 9 minutes at default rates.
Full maturation from baby to adult takes ~2 days and 23 hours (1x rate), progressing requiring significant patience. Hand-feeding is required until 10% maturation. After that, a Feeding Trough handles the rest.
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.
The Brute X-Megalodon's growth progresses through three stages: 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.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Brute X-Megalodon 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.
The raising calculator above shows exactly how much food you need for each maturation phase of the Brute X-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 Brute X-Megalodon raises by totaling food across all babies. Different food types have different spoil timers - factor that into which food you stockpile.
Found throughout the ARKs, the Brute X-Megalodon is an aquatic, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended.
Health-wise, the Brute X-Megalodon sits at 2,600 base, making it among the tougher creatures. Dealing 100% base Melee Damage, the Brute X-Megalodon brings decent hitting power to the table. Stamina sits at 640 base, providing massive stamina reserves. A base Weight of 500 means massive inventory space.
The Brute X-Megalodon roams the ARK as a wild, untamable creature. Killing a wild Brute X-Megalodon yields 24 base XP.