Defense Unit
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Breeding calculator
Defense Unit
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 1,500
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
- 8h 0m 0s
- Maturation
- 92h 35m 33s
- Food at birth
- 96.57/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 87:57:46
- Total Time:
- 92:35:33
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 8h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time- 4h 37m 47s
- Maturation Time Left
- 87h 57m 46s
Time to Juvenile- 4h 37m 47s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 5366items
- Food to Adult
- 3501items
- Food Per Hour
- 111
Food Capacity- 750items
Baby Hand Feed For- N/A4.2% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 8.8%
- Maximum imprint
- 96.8% (11 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
- Food per item
- 50
Stack size- 40
- Eats at 5%
- 91.74 food/min
- Maturation
- 92h 35m 33s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Raw Meat | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 4h 37m 46s | 24,814 | 497 | 13 | 49.7 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 37h 2m 13s | 150,226 | 3,005 | 76 | 300.5 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 46h 17m 46s | 67,065 | 1,342 | 34 | 134.2 |
| Total | 87h 57m 46s | 4,844 | 123 | 484.4 |
Total: 4,844 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 - 7x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 56x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 70x 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 Defense Unit
The baby Defense Unit takes approximately 3 days and 20 hours to fully mature at default rates - over many real-world days, demanding serious time investment. The most labor-intensive part is the baby phase (0–10% maturation) when it can't use a Feeding Trough yet.
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.
Maturation has three phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~556 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~37h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~46h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Defense Unit 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.
The raising calculator above shows exactly how much food you need for each maturation phase of the Defense Unit. Expect ~556 minutes of active care during the Baby phase before it graduates to trough-feeding as a Juvenile.
The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Defense Unit raises by totaling food across all babies. Different food types have different spoil timers - factor that into which food you stockpile.
The Defense Unit is a boss creature in ARK: Survival Ascended that must be fought in a dedicated arena.
At 924 base HP, the Defense Unit is solidly tanky. Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it respectable melee power. With 2000 base Stamina, the Defense Unit has exceptional endurance. A base Weight of 1500 means excellent carrying capacity.