Onyc
CreatureFlyer
Breeding calculator
Onyc
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 50
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
- 4h 0m 0s
- Maturation
- 28h 3m 30s
- Food at birth
- 88.53/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 26:39:19
- Total Time:
- 28:03:30
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 4h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time- 1h 24m 11s
- Maturation Time Left
- 26h 39m 19s
Time to Juvenile- 1h 24m 11s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 1491items
- Food to Adult
- 973items
- Food Per Hour
- 102
Food Capacity- 25items
Baby Hand Feed For- 1h 0m 0s8.6% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 30.7%
- Maximum imprint
- 92.1% (3 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
- Food per item
- 50
Stack size- 40
- Eats at 5%
- 84.1 food/min
- Maturation
- 28h 3m 30s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Raw Meat | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 1h 24m 10s | 6,893 | 138 | 4 | 13.8 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 11h 13m 24s | 41,729 | 835 | 21 | 83.5 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 14h 1m 45s | 18,629 | 373 | 10 | 37.3 |
| Total | 26h 39m 19s | 1,346 | 35 | 134.6 |
Total: 1,346 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 - 3x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 17x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 22x 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 Onyc
Instead of laying eggs, the Onyc carries its young through a gestation period. Gestation takes approximately 4 hours at default rates.
After hatching or birth, the baby Onyc matures over a lengthy period, reaching adulthood in about 1 day and 4 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 Onyc involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~168 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~11h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~14h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the Onyc'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 Onyc raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~168 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.
Raising multiple Onyc 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 Onyc, a tamable, flying, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, is well-known across multiple maps. It falls within the Flyer classification.
The Onyc has 250 base Health - relatively fragile. With 100% base Melee Damage, the Onyc has solid damage output. With 100 base Stamina, the Onyc has tires quickly. A base Weight of 50 means not built for hauling.
This is a passive tame: no tranquilizers needed. Get close without startling it, then offer food from your last hotbar slot. Its preferred food is Raw Mutton.
As a tame, the Onyc is commonly used for scouting and quick travel between locations. Breeding is via live birth rather than eggs, simplifying the process. A wild Onyc is worth 3 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.02 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.