Malfunctioned Tek Rex
CreatureVariant
Breeding calculator
Malfunctioned Tek Rex
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 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.
- Incubation
- 4h 59m 58s
- Maturation
- 92h 35m 33s
- Incubation temperature
- 32 - 34 °C
- Food at birth
- 70.81/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 87:57:46
- Total Time:
- 92:35:33
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 4h 59m 58s
- Elapsed Time
- 4h 37m 47s
- Maturation Time Left
- 87h 57m 46s
Time to Juvenile- 4h 37m 47s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 3934items
- Food to Adult
- 2567items
- Food Per Hour
- 81
Food Capacity- 250items
Baby Hand Feed For- 1h 1m 55s6.1% 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%
- 67.27 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 | 18,194 | 364 | 10 | 36.4 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 37h 2m 13s | 110,146 | 2,203 | 56 | 220.3 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 46h 17m 46s | 49,172 | 984 | 25 | 98.4 |
| Total | 87h 57m 46s | 3,551 | 91 | 355.1 |
Total: 3,551 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 - 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 Malfunctioned Tek Rex
After a successful mate, the Malfunctioned Tek Rex lays a fertilized egg. 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 Malfunctioned Tek Rex matures over an extremely long period, one of the longest in the game, reaching adulthood in about 3 days and 20 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.
Raising a baby Malfunctioned Tek Rex involves three maturation 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.
Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the Malfunctioned Tek Rex's stats, and hitting 100% grants a 30% combat bonus when the imprinter rides it. Imprint requests include cuddling, walks, and specific kibble - check the wiki for which kibble to stockpile.
Planning a mass raise? The Malfunctioned Tek Rex raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~556 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.
Raising multiple Malfunctioned Tek Rex 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 Malfunctioned Tek Rex is a carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. Classified under the Variant group.
Melee starts at 100% - solid damage output that scales with level-ups. The Malfunctioned Tek Rex has 1,100 base Health - quite durable. Its base Stamina of 420 gives it respectable staying power. A base Weight of 500 means an enormous weight pool.
The Malfunctioned Tek Rex cannot be tamed and must be dealt with through combat or avoidance. Defeating one in the wild grants 30 base XP.