X-Argentavis
CreatureVariant
Breeding calculator
X-Argentavis
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 400
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
- 2h 56m 27s
- Maturation
- 54h 27m 58s
- Incubation temperature
- 12 - 13.5 °C
- Food at birth
- 56.67/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 51:44:34
- Total Time:
- 54:27:58
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 2h 56m 27s
- Elapsed Time
- 2h 43m 24s
- Maturation Time Left
- 51h 44m 34s
Time to Juvenile- 2h 43m 24s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 1852items
- Food to Adult
- 1209items
- Food Per Hour
- 65
Food Capacity- 200items
Baby Hand Feed For- N/A4.8% maturation
Imprinting
- Cuddle interval
- 8h
- Imprint per cuddle
- 15.2%
- Maximum imprint
- 91.2% (6 cuddles)
Settings8 h · interval ×1 · amount ×1
Raising food
Food per item- 30
Stack size- 100
- Eats at 5%
- 53.84 food/min
- Maturation
- 54h 27m 58s
| Stage | Time remaining | Food points | Mejoberry | Stacks | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10% | 2h 43m 23s | 8,565 | 286 | 3 | 28.6 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 21h 47m 11s | 51,856 | 1,729 | 18 | 172.9 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 27h 13m 59s | 23,150 | 772 | 8 | 77.2 |
| Total | 51h 44m 34s | 2,787 | 29 | 278.7 |
Total: 2,787 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 - 5x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Juvenile - 33x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)
- Adolescent - 41x 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 X-Argentavis
Breeding the X-Argentavis produces fertilized eggs that require careful temperature control. Incubation temperature must stay between 12°C and 13.5°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 2 hours and 56 minutes.
After hatching or birth, the baby X-Argentavis matures over a lengthy period, reaching adulthood in about 2 days and 6 hours 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.
The X-Argentavis's growth progresses through three stages: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~327 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~22h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~27h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted X-Argentavis gains 30% extra damage and damage resistance with its imprinter mounted. Imprint requests include cuddling, walks, and specific kibble - check the wiki for which kibble to stockpile.
Use the raising calculator to plan food requirements for raising X-Argentavis babies through all three growth stages. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~327 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.
The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale X-Argentavis 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 X-Argentavis is a tamable, flying, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It falls within the Variant classification.
Dealing 105% base Melee Damage, the X-Argentavis brings decent hitting power to the table. With 354 base Health, the X-Argentavis is decently sturdy. With 400 base Stamina, the X-Argentavis has solid stamina reserves. Weight capacity starts at 400, giving it generous inventory space.
Taming the X-Argentavis requires rendering it unconscious first - use Tranq Arrows, Darts, or Shocking Tranq Darts to apply torpor. For best results, use Superior Kibble - it gives the highest taming efficiency.
Once tamed, the X-Argentavis works well as a reconnaissance mount, offering fast travel and a bird's-eye view of the terrain. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between 12°C and 13.5°C. A wild X-Argentavis is worth 7 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.68 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.