Deinotherium
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Deinotherium
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
- 8h 0m 0s
- Maturation
- 185h 11m 6s
- Food at birth
- 70.81/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 175:55:32
- Total Time:
- 185:11:06
Maturation
Incubation Time- 8h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time- 9h 15m 34s
Maturation Time Left- 175h 55m 33s
Time to Juvenile- 9h 15m 33s
Food
Total Food Items- 7868items
Food to Adult- 5134items
Food Per Hour- 81
Food Capacity- 400items
Baby Hand Feed For- 3h 1m 4s6.6% maturation
Imprinting
Cuddle interval- 8h
Imprint per cuddle- 4.4%
Maximum imprint- 100.0% (23 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
Food per item- 30
Stack size- 100
Eats at 5%- 67.27 food/min
Maturation- 185h 11m 6s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Mejoberry | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9h 15m 33s | 36,388 | 1,213 | 13 | 121.3 | |
| 74h 4m 26s | 220,293 | 7,344 | 74 | 734.4 | |
| 92h 35m 33s | 98,345 | 3,279 | 33 | 327.9 | |
| Total | 175h 55m 33s | 11,836 | 120 | 1,183.6 |
Total: 11,836 Mejoberry
Feeding Trough- 6,000 items (60 slots)Need 2 full loads
Tek Trough- 10,000 items (100 slots)Need 2 full loads
Maewing / Maeguana- 300 slots50% weight reduction on meat & berries
- Baby - 14x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 112x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 139x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
Spoils in 10m | Trough / Maewing: 40m | Tek Trough: 16h 40m
At birth, baby holds ~80 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 Deinotherium
Instead of laying eggs, the Deinotherium carries its young through a gestation period. Gestation takes approximately 8 hours at default rates.
After hatching or birth, the baby Deinotherium matures over many real-world days, demanding serious time investment, reaching adulthood in about 7 days and 17 hours at 1x maturation. Hand-feeding is required until 10% maturation. After that, a Feeding Trough handles the rest.
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.
Maturation has three phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~1111 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~74h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~93h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Deinotherium 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 Deinotherium raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~1111 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.
Raising multiple Deinotherium 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.
Found throughout the ARKs, the Deinotherium is a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the Support category.
The Deinotherium has 1,750 base Health - extremely durable. Dealing 100% base Melee Damage, the Deinotherium brings respectable melee power to the table. With 450 base Stamina, the Deinotherium has good endurance. It carries 800 base Weight - massive inventory space.
As a tame, the Deinotherium pulls double duty as both a capable resource harvester and pack animal. Breeding is via live birth rather than eggs, simplifying the process. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.63 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.