Plesiosaur
CreatureWater
Breeding calculator
Plesiosaur
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 800
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
- 115h 44m 26s
- Food at birth
- 118.05/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 109:57:12
- Total Time:
- 115:44:26
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 8h 0m 0s
Elapsed Time- 5h 47m 14s
- Maturation Time Left
- 109h 57m 13s
Time to Juvenile- 5h 47m 13s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 8199items
- Food to Adult
- 5350items
- Food Per Hour
- 135
Food Capacity- 400items
Baby Hand Feed For- 1h 59m 31s6.7% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 7%
- Maximum imprint
- 98.0% (14 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
- Food per item
- 50
Stack size- 40
- Eats at 5%
- 112.15 food/min
- Maturation
- 115h 44m 26s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Raw Meat | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 5h 47m 13s | 37,917 | 759 | 19 | 75.9 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 46h 17m 46s | 229,551 | 4,592 | 115 | 459.2 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 57h 52m 13s | 102,478 | 2,050 | 52 | 205 |
| Total | 109h 57m 13s | 7,401 | 186 | 740.1 |
Total: 7,401 Raw Meat
- Feeding Trough
- 2,400 items (60 slots)Need 4 full loads
Tek Trough- 4,000 items (100 slots)Need 2 full loads
- Maewing / Maeguana
- 300 slots50% weight reduction on meat & berries
- Baby - 9x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 70x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 87x 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 Plesiosaur
Instead of laying eggs, the Plesiosaur carries its young through a gestation period. Gestation takes approximately 8 hours at default rates.
The baby Plesiosaur takes approximately 4 days and 19 hours to fully mature at default rates - over an extremely long period, one of the longest in the game. 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.
Maturation has three phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~694 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~46h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~58h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the Plesiosaur's stats, and hitting 100% grants a 30% combat bonus when the imprinter rides it. Keep various kibble types on hand, as imprint requests are randomized between cuddles, walks, and kibble feeding.
Use the raising calculator to plan food requirements for raising Plesiosaur babies through all three growth stages. Budget ~694 minutes for the Baby phase - this is when hand-feeding or Maewing nursing is mandatory.
Adjust the dino count to calculate food for multiple Plesiosaur babies at once - essential for batch breeding operations. Consider food spoilage when choosing what to feed: Kibble lasts days, while Raw Meat spoils in minutes.
Found throughout the ARKs, the Plesiosaur is a tamable, aquatic, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. Classified under the Water group.
With 100% base Melee Damage, the Plesiosaur has decent hitting power. At 2,400 base HP, the Plesiosaur is extremely durable. With 800 base Stamina, the Plesiosaur has exceptional endurance. A base Weight of 800 means an enormous weight pool.
You'll need to knock the Plesiosaur unconscious before taming it. Tranquilizers are the standard approach. For best results, use Superior Kibble - it gives the highest taming efficiency.
Once tamed, the Plesiosaur 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 0.42 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.