Pegomastax
CreatureShoulder Pet
Breeding calculator
Pegomastax
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 55
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
- 1h 8m 10s
- Maturation
- 30h 51m 51s
- Incubation temperature
- 28 - 32 °C
- Food at birth
- 26.56/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 29:19:15
- Total Time:
- 30:51:51
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 1h 8m 10s
- Elapsed Time
- 1h 32m 36s
- Maturation Time Left
- 29h 19m 15s
Time to Juvenile- 1h 32m 36s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 492items
- Food to Adult
- 321items
- Food Per Hour
- 31
Food Capacity- 28items
Baby Hand Feed For- 26m 12s6.4% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 27.7%
- Maximum imprint
- 83.1% (3 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
Food per item- 30
Stack size- 100
- Eats at 5%
- 25.23 food/min
- Maturation
- 30h 51m 51s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Mejoberry | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 1h 32m 35s | 2,275 | 76 | 1 | 7.6 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 12h 20m 44s | 13,772 | 460 | 5 | 46 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 15h 25m 55s | 6,148 | 205 | 3 | 20.5 |
| Total | 29h 19m 15s | 741 | 9 | 74.1 |
Total: 741 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 - 3x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 19x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 24x 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 Pegomastax
The Pegomastax reproduces by laying fertilized eggs after mating. Incubation temperature must stay between 28°C and 32°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 1 hour and 8 minutes.
The baby Pegomastax takes approximately 1 day and 6 hours to fully mature at default rates - over a lengthy period. 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 Pegomastax's growth progresses through three stages: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~185 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~12h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~15h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses. At 100% imprint, the Pegomastax gains 30% bonus damage and resistance when ridden by the imprinter. Keep various kibble types on hand, as imprint requests are randomized between cuddles, walks, and kibble feeding.
Planning a mass raise? The Pegomastax raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. Expect ~185 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 Pegomastax 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 Pegomastax is a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It falls within the Shoulder Pet classification.
Its base Stamina of 100 gives it low stamina reserves. With 100% base Melee Damage, the Pegomastax has solid damage output. With 120 base Health, the Pegomastax is glass-cannon fragile. A base Weight of 55 means minimal inventory space.
After taming, the Pegomastax is valued for its harvesting efficiency, collecting key resources faster than most tools. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between 28°C and 32°C. A wild Pegomastax is worth 0.5 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.28 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.