Piranha
CreatureWater
Breeding calculator
Piranha
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 15
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
- 92h 35m 33s
- Food at birth
- 47.22/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 87:57:46
- Total Time:
- 92:35:33
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 8h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time- 4h 37m 47s
- Maturation Time Left
- 87h 57m 46s
Time to Juvenile- 4h 37m 47s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 2624items
- Food to Adult
- 1712items
- Food Per Hour
- 54
Food Capacity- 8items
Baby Hand Feed For- 4h 22m 21s9.7% 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%
- 44.86 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 | 12,132 | 243 | 7 | 24.3 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 37h 2m 13s | 73,447 | 1,469 | 37 | 146.9 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 46h 17m 46s | 32,789 | 656 | 17 | 65.6 |
| Total | 87h 57m 46s | 2,368 | 61 | 236.8 |
Total: 2,368 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 - 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 Piranha
The baby Piranha takes approximately 3 days and 20 hours to fully mature at default rates - over many real-world days, demanding serious time investment. The most labor-intensive part is the baby phase (0–10% maturation) when it can't use a Feeding Trough yet.
Each baby inherits stats from both parents with a chance of mutation - +2 wild levels to a random stat plus a color change. Use the breeding calculator to plan food requirements, incubation timers, and maturation phases.
The Piranha's growth progresses through three stages: 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.
Imprinting during maturation provides permanent stat bonuses. At 100% imprint, the Piranha 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.
The raising calculator above shows exactly how much food you need for each maturation phase of the Piranha. Expect ~556 minutes of active care during the Baby phase before it graduates to trough-feeding as a Juvenile.
The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Piranha raises by totaling food across all babies. Different food types have different spoil timers - factor that into which food you stockpile.
Found throughout the ARKs, the Piranha is an aquatic, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. Classified under the Water group.
Dealing 100% base Melee Damage, the Piranha brings solid damage output to the table. The Piranha has 150 base Health - relatively fragile. Stamina sits at 120 base, providing low stamina reserves. It carries 15 base Weight - minimal inventory space.
The Piranha roams the ARK as a wild, untamable creature. Killing a wild Piranha yields 1 base XP.