X-Xiphactinus
CreatureVariant
Breeding calculator
X-Xiphactinus
SettingsHatch 1× · Mature 1× · Food 1× · Weight 300
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
- 4h 59m 58s
- Maturation
- 92h 35m 33s
- Incubation temperature
- -75 - 75 °C
- Food at birth
- 48.29/min
Maturation Progress
- Status:
- Baby
- Time Left:
- 87:57:46
- Total Time:
- 92:35:33
Maturation
- Incubation Time
- 4h 59m 58s
- Elapsed Time
- 4h 37m 47s
- Maturation Time Left
- 87h 57m 46s
Time to Juvenile- 4h 37m 47s
Food
- Total Food Items
- 2683items
- Food to Adult
- 1751items
- Food Per Hour
- 56
Food Capacity- 150items
Baby Hand Feed For- 1h 18m 33s6.4% 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%
- 45.87 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 | 12,407 | 249 | 7 | 24.9 |
| JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50% | 37h 2m 13s | 75,113 | 1,503 | 38 | 150.3 |
| AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100% | 46h 17m 46s | 33,532 | 671 | 17 | 67.1 |
| Total | 87h 57m 46s | 2,423 | 62 | 242.3 |
Total: 2,423 Raw Meat
- Feeding Trough
- 2,400 items (60 slots)Need 2 full loads
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 X-Xiphactinus
After a successful mate, the X-Xiphactinus lays a fertilized egg. Incubation temperature must stay between -75°C and 75°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range. At the correct temperature, the egg hatches in approximately 4 hours and 59 minutes.
After hatching or birth, the baby X-Xiphactinus matures over many real-world days, demanding serious time investment, reaching adulthood in about 3 days and 20 hours at 1x maturation. Hand-feeding is required until 10% maturation. After that, a Feeding Trough handles the rest.
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 ~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.
Imprint bonuses are significant: a fully imprinted X-Xiphactinus gains 30% extra damage and damage resistance with its imprinter mounted. You'll be asked to cuddle, walk, or feed specific kibble at regular intervals during maturation.
Planning a mass raise? The X-Xiphactinus raising calculator breaks down food needs per phase so nothing goes to waste. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~556 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.
Raising multiple X-Xiphactinus simultaneously? Set the dino count and the calculator scales food requirements automatically. Match your food choice to your play schedule - longer spoil timers mean less babysitting.
Found throughout the ARKs, the X-Xiphactinus is a tamable, aquatic, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. Classified under the Variant group.
Health-wise, the X-Xiphactinus sits at 437 base, making it reasonably durable. Dealing 105% base Melee Damage, the X-Xiphactinus brings solid damage output to the table. With 420 base Stamina, the X-Xiphactinus has good endurance. Weight capacity starts at 300, giving it generous inventory space.
Taming the X-Xiphactinus 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.
As a tame, the X-Xiphactinus is a versatile aquatic mount for underwater exploration and resource gathering. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between -75°C and 75°C. Killing a wild X-Xiphactinus yields 12 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.37 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.