Ovis
CreatureFarmer
Breeding calculator
Ovis
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 90
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 12m 37s
- Maturation
- 48h 43m 58s
- Food at birth
- 96.57/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 46:17:46
- Total Time:
- 48:43:58
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 4h 12m 37s
Elapsed Time- 2h 26m 12s
- Maturation Time Left
- 46h 17m 46s
Time to Juvenile- 2h 26m 12s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 2824items
- Food to Adult
- 1843items
- Food Per Hour
- 111
Food Capacity- 45items
Baby Hand Feed For- 1h 46m 1s8.6% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 17.1%
- Maximum imprint
- 100.0% (6 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
Food per item- 30
Stack size- 100
- Eats at 5%
- 91.74 food/min
- Maturation
- 48h 43m 58s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Mejoberry | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 2h 26m 11s | 13,060 | 436 | 5 | 43.6 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 19h 29m 35s | 79,066 | 2,636 | 27 | 263.6 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 24h 21m 59s | 35,297 | 1,177 | 12 | 117.7 |
| Total | 46h 17m 46s | 4,249 | 44 | 424.9 |
Total: 4,249 Mejoberry
- Feeding Trough
- 6,000 items (60 slots)Fits in one load
Tek Trough- 10,000 items (100 slots)Fits in one load
- Maewing / Maeguana
- 300 slots50% weight reduction on meat & berries
- Baby - 4x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 30x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 37x 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 Ovis
Breeding produces live offspring - no egg management needed. Gestation takes approximately 4 hours and 12 minutes at default rates.
After hatching or birth, the baby Ovis matures requiring significant patience, reaching adulthood in about 2 days at 1x maturation. The most labor-intensive part is the baby phase (0–10% maturation) when it can't use a Feeding Trough yet.
Offspring inherit parental stats and have a small chance to mutate, gaining +2 levels in a random stat. Use the breeding calculator to plan food requirements, incubation timers, and maturation phases.
Raising a baby Ovis involves three maturation phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~292 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~19h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~24h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses. At 100% imprint, the Ovis gains 30% bonus damage and resistance when ridden by the imprinter. You'll be asked to cuddle, walk, or feed specific kibble at regular intervals during maturation.
Use the raising calculator to plan food requirements for raising Ovis babies through all three growth stages. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~292 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.
The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Ovis raises by totaling food across all babies. Consider food spoilage when choosing what to feed: Kibble lasts days, while Raw Meat spoils in minutes.
Found throughout the ARKs, the Ovis is a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. Classified under the Farmer group.
With 100 base Stamina, the Ovis has tires quickly. Dealing 100% base Melee Damage, the Ovis brings decent hitting power to the table. With 100 base Health, the Ovis is very frail. Weight capacity starts at 90, giving it very limited carrying capacity.
Taming the Ovis doesn't require unconsciousness. Instead, sneak up to it and hand-feed its preferred food. Its preferred food is Sweet Vegetable Cake.
After taming, the Ovis earns its keep through resource gathering, making tedious farming runs much faster. Breeding is via live birth rather than eggs, simplifying the process. Killing a wild Ovis yields 1 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.79 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.