Mosasaurus
CreatureWater
Breeding calculator
Mosasaurus
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 1,300
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
- 153/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
- 17000items
- Food to Adult
- 11093items
- Food Per Hour
- 175
Food Capacity- 650items
Baby Hand Feed For- 4h 8m 14s7.2% 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
- 50
Stack size- 40
- Eats at 5%
- 145.35 food/min
- Maturation
- 185h 11m 6s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Raw Meat | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 9h 15m 33s | 78,625 | 1,573 | 40 | 157.3 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 74h 4m 26s | 476,000 | 9,520 | 238 | 952 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 92h 35m 33s | 212,500 | 4,250 | 107 | 425 |
| Total | 175h 55m 33s | 15,343 | 385 | 1,534.3 |
Total: 15,343 Raw Meat
- Feeding Trough
- 2,400 items (60 slots)Need 7 full loads
Tek Trough- 4,000 items (100 slots)Need 4 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 Mosasaurus
Instead of laying eggs, the Mosasaurus carries its young through a gestation period. Gestation takes approximately 8 hours at default rates.
After hatching or birth, the baby Mosasaurus matures at a glacially slow pace - plan for a multi-day commitment, 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 Mosasaurus 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 Mosasaurus 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 Mosasaurus 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 Mosasaurus, a tamable, aquatic, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, is well-known across multiple maps. It belongs to the Water category.
Dealing 100% base Melee Damage, the Mosasaurus brings solid damage output to the table. At 3,600 base HP, the Mosasaurus is one of the toughest creatures in the game. With 400 base Stamina, the Mosasaurus has good endurance. A base Weight of 1300 means massive inventory space.
You'll need to knock the Mosasaurus unconscious before taming it. Tranquilizers are the standard approach. For best results, use Exceptional Kibble - it gives the highest taming efficiency.
As a tame, the Mosasaurus is a versatile aquatic mount for underwater exploration and resource gathering. Breeding is via live birth rather than eggs, simplifying the process. Defeating one in the wild grants 15 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.88 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.