ARK Survival Evolved: How to Breed & Hatch Eggs

How to Breed & Hatch Eggs in ARK: Survival Evolved

Breeding creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved can be a much easier way to make new friends, but it also requires time and concentration. To hatch eggs, you’ll have to personally incubate it, being careful to keep it the perfect temperature for the proper amount of time.

First off, if you need eggs in ARK, set a male and female of the same species near each other and set them both to Wander. They’ll eventually get mating, and after the Mating bar depletes an egg will drop. Your creatures will need to rest a bit before they are able to mate again.

Now that you have your egg, it’s time to get it to hatch. An egg health bar will show above it, and hovering over it will tell you what temperature change is needed to hatch the egg. To heat an egg up, get some fire near it. To cool it down, either dip it in water or set up air conditioning. Keeping the egg at the proper temperature will eventually hatch it in ARK. How long the egg takes to hatch will vary based on the species, larger creatures usually taking longer to hatch.

You can also store your egg in a refrigerator in ARK, which will help keep it alive longer until you’re able to start incubating.

Once born, make sure to feed the baby until it reaches 10% maturity, when it will be able to feed itself. And there you go, you’re now the proud owner of a baby monster.

That’s all you need to know to breed and get hatching some eggs in ARK: Survival Evolved. For more on the game, be sure to search for Twinfinite.