Dilophosaur
CreatureMisc
Breeding calculator
Dilophosaur
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 45
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
- 1h 8m 10s
- Maturation
- 21h 2m 37s
- Incubation temperature
- 28 - 32 °C
- Food at birth
- 26.56/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 19:59:29
- Total Time:
- 21:02:37
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 1h 8m 10s
- Elapsed Time
- 1h 3m 8s
- Maturation Time Left
- 19h 59m 29s
Time to Juvenile- 1h 3m 8s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 336items
- Food to Adult
- 219items
- Food Per Hour
- 31
Food Capacity- 23items
Baby Hand Feed For- 12m 27s6.0% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 42%
- Maximum imprint
- 84.0% (2 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
- Food per item
- 50
Stack size- 40
- Eats at 5%
- 25.23 food/min
- Maturation
- 21h 2m 37s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Raw Meat | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 1h 3m 7s | 1,551 | 32 | 1 | 3.2 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 8h 25m 3s | 9,390 | 188 | 5 | 18.8 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 10h 31m 18s | 4,192 | 84 | 3 | 8.4 |
| Total | 19h 59m 29s | 304 | 9 | 30.4 |
Total: 304 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 - 2x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 13x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 16x 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 Dilophosaur
After a successful mate, the Dilophosaur lays a fertilized egg. Incubation temperature must stay between 28°C and 32°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 1 hour and 8 minutes.
After hatching or birth, the baby Dilophosaur matures over the course of several hours, reaching adulthood in about 21 hours and 2 minutes 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.
The Dilophosaur's growth progresses through three stages: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~126 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~8h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~11h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses. At 100% imprint, the Dilophosaur gains 30% bonus damage and resistance when ridden by the imprinter. Keep various kibble types on hand, as imprint requests are randomized between cuddles, walks, and kibble feeding.
Planning a mass raise? The Dilophosaur raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. Expect ~126 minutes of active care during the Baby phase before it graduates to trough-feeding as a Juvenile.
Adjust the dino count to calculate food for multiple Dilophosaur babies at once - essential for batch breeding operations. Match your food choice to your play schedule - longer spoil timers mean less babysitting.
The Dilophosaur is a tamable, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. Classified under the Misc group.
Melee starts at 100% - solid damage output that scales with level-ups. Health-wise, the Dilophosaur sits at 130 base, making it glass-cannon fragile. With 100 base Stamina, the Dilophosaur has low stamina reserves. It carries 45 base Weight - very limited carrying capacity.
The Dilophosaur is a knockout tame: apply enough torpor to knock it out, then place food in its inventory. For best results, use Basic Kibble - it gives the highest taming efficiency.
As a tame, the Dilophosaur is valued for its harvesting efficiency, collecting key resources faster than most tools. Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a 28°C–32°C temperature window. Killing a wild Dilophosaur yields 1 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.12 Element plus 0 Element per level.