ARK: Survival Ascended
Breeding Calculator

Pick a creature, set your server's multipliers, and see exact maturation, imprint cadence, incubation and mating cooldown times — all calculated from ARK's engine formulas. Vanilla (1×) by default.

Server multipliers — leave at 1 for vanilla

Set your server's Game.ini values to see YOUR exact times. Sign up and NodeMesh reads them live.

Re-mate after
18h – 2d
Mating Interval Multiplier
Egg hatches in
4h 59m
Egg Hatch Speed Multiplier
Fully grown in
3d 20h 35m
Hands-on for first 9h 15m (Baby phase)
Baby 9h 15m
Juvenile 1d 13h 2m
Adolescent 1d 22h 17m
Baby Mature Speed Multiplier
Imprinting
Every 8h
~12 cuddles · 9% each → 100%
Baby Cuddle Interval + Baby Imprint Amount Multipliers
Keep the egg between 32°C and 34°C.
Babies eat slower on this server — easier to keep fed.
Maturation simulator
4s preview · all math runs server-side
Vanilla defaults · formula data last verified 2026-06-27. Times scale linearly with multipliers — read how it works.
NodeMesh

Running this on a NodeMesh server?

It reads your live Game.ini automatically — no sliders needed. The breeding, taming, stats and damage calculators all update with your server's real settings.

Sign up free — bring your own host

Free during beta · your hardware · no port forwarding needed