Dreadmare
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Breeding calculator
Dreadmare
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 450
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
- 115h 44m 26s
- Food at birth
- 59.03/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 109:57:12
- Total Time:
- 115:44:26
Maturation
Incubation Time- 8h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time- 5h 47m 14s
Maturation Time Left- 109h 57m 13s
Time to Juvenile- 5h 47m 13s
Food
Total Food Items- 4100items
Food to Adult- 2675items
Food Per Hour- 68
Food Capacity- 225items
Baby Hand Feed For- 1h 41m 8s6.5% maturation
Imprinting
Cuddle interval- 8h
Imprint per cuddle- 7%
Maximum imprint- 98.0% (14 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
Food per item- 50
Stack size- 40
Eats at 5%- 56.08 food/min
Maturation- 115h 44m 26s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Raw Meat | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5h 47m 13s | 18,958 | 380 | 10 | 38 | |
| 46h 17m 46s | 114,775 | 2,296 | 58 | 229.6 | |
| 57h 52m 13s | 51,239 | 1,025 | 26 | 102.5 | |
| Total | 109h 57m 13s | 3,701 | 94 | 370.1 |
Total: 3,701 Raw Meat
Feeding Trough- 2,400 items (60 slots)Need 2 full loads
Tek Trough- 4,000 items (100 slots)Fits in one load
Maewing / Maeguana- 300 slots50% weight reduction on meat & berries
- Baby - 9x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 70x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 87x 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 Dreadmare
Instead of laying eggs, the Dreadmare carries its young through a gestation period. Gestation takes approximately 8 hours at default rates.
The baby Dreadmare takes approximately 4 days and 19 hours to fully mature at default rates - at a glacially slow pace - plan for a multi-day commitment. During the baby phase (0–10%), hand-feed it directly. From 10% onward (juvenile), it can eat from a Feeding Trough.
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 Dreadmare's growth progresses through three stages: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~694 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~46h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~58h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted Dreadmare 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.
Planning a mass raise? The Dreadmare raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. Expect ~694 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 Dreadmare babies at once - essential for batch breeding operations. Match your food choice to your play schedule - longer spoil timers mean less babysitting.
Found throughout the ARKs, the Dreadmare is a tamable, flying, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It falls within the Flyer classification.
Its base Stamina of 600 gives it massive stamina reserves. With 100% base Melee Damage, the Dreadmare has decent hitting power. Starting at 1,000 Health, it's impressively tough. It carries 450 base Weight - generous inventory space.
Once tamed, the Dreadmare excels at carrying heavy loads through the air, making base-to-base logistics much faster. Breeding is via live birth rather than eggs, simplifying the process. Killing a wild Dreadmare yields 12 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.94 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.