Ceratosaurus
CreatureMisc
Breeding calculator
Ceratosaurus
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 350
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
- 4h 59m 58s
- Maturation
- 132h 16m 30s
- Incubation temperature
- 32 - 34 °C
- Food at birth
- 70.81/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 125:39:40
- Total Time:
- 132:16:30
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 4h 59m 58s
- Elapsed Time
- 6h 36m 50s
- Maturation Time Left
- 125h 39m 40s
Time to Juvenile- 6h 36m 50s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 5620items
- Food to Adult
- 3667items
- Food Per Hour
- 81
Food Capacity- 175items
Baby Hand Feed For- 3h 28m 22s7.6% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 6.1%
- Maximum imprint
- 97.6% (16 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
- Food per item
- 50
Stack size- 40
- Eats at 5%
- 67.27 food/min
- Maturation
- 132h 16m 30s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Raw Meat | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 6h 36m 49s | 25,991 | 520 | 13 | 52 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 52h 54m 36s | 157,352 | 3,148 | 79 | 314.8 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 66h 8m 15s | 70,246 | 1,405 | 36 | 140.5 |
| Total | 125h 39m 40s | 5,073 | 128 | 507.3 |
Total: 5,073 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 - 10x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 80x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 100x 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 Ceratosaurus
Breeding the Ceratosaurus produces fertilized eggs that require careful temperature control. Incubation temperature must stay between 32°C and 34°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 4 hours and 59 minutes.
After hatching or birth, the baby Ceratosaurus matures over an extremely long period, one of the longest in the game, reaching adulthood in about 5 days and 12 hours 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.
Raising a baby Ceratosaurus involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~794 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~53h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~66h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses. At 100% imprint, the Ceratosaurus gains 30% bonus damage and resistance when ridden by the imprinter. You'll be asked to cuddle, walk, or feed specific kibble at regular intervals during maturation.
Planning a mass raise? The Ceratosaurus raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~794 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.
Raising multiple Ceratosaurus 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 Ceratosaurus, a tamable, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, is well-known across multiple maps.
Dealing 100% base Melee Damage, the Ceratosaurus brings respectable melee power to the table. With 550 base Health, the Ceratosaurus is reasonably durable. Its base Stamina of 400 gives it respectable staying power. Weight capacity starts at 350, giving it a solid weight pool.
This is a passive tame: no tranquilizers needed. Get close without startling it, then offer food from your last hotbar slot. Its preferred food is Extraordinary Kibble.
As a tame, the Ceratosaurus earns its keep through resource gathering, making tedious farming runs much faster. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between 32°C and 34°C. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.74 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.