Breeding
Breeding unlocks creatures for the Endgame by giving access to mutations and improvement of stats which are not available wild. It’s one of the most time-consuming activities.
So I started a new breeding project | Carcharodontosaurus
With the release of the Carcharodontosaurus I decided to write an article about how I prepare a new breeding base and set up new breeders in order to start mutating a new dinos. The Carchar is challenging because of it’s size and breeding timers. But here is how I am going to handle it.
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Beginners GUIDE to ARK Smart Breeding
ARK Smart Breeding is probably the tool you want to use if you are a breeder or even if you want to have an overview over your animals, plan linebreeding your dino and track your progress together with you tribe. What you need to run ARK Smart Breeder ARK Smart Breeder is a Windows program, […]
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Tames That Help You To Breed For Mutations
Breeding for mutations in ARK can be chore even for the ones that enjoy taking care of their virtual animals. In the past years we got more and more tames that would support us in our quest to breed super dinos. I want to show you a list of dinos that will help you achieve […]
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5 mistakes that slow down your mutation breeding
When breeding for mutations and practising mutation stacking, you can run into the problem of progressing way too slow. Sometimes this is just bad luck, other times you have influence over the speed of the mutation happening. I will tell you the 5 most common reasons why your mutation stacking is progressing way too slow. […]
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What are Mutations in ARK Survival Evolved?
Breeding and especially mutating creatures are a core game mechanic in ARK Survival Evolved. But what are Mutations, and how do they work? Mutations will boost a random stat by two stat points. They will also trigger a colour change on one of the 6 colour regions that are available. There are ways to target specific […]
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Rexes: Taming, Feeding, Breeding and what to level
Rexes have probably been THE flagship dinosaur for the ARK franchise. Not only was the Rex in ARK 1’s first trailer, they continued the legacy by also putting a Rex hunt into the first Trailer of ARK 2. Since its release Rexes have been used for all heavy duty fighting tasks. This guide will help […]
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Therizinosaurus: Taming, Feeding, Breeding and what to level
The Therizinosaurus or how we call it – The Tickle Chicken – is one of most popular herbivores in the game ARK Survival Evolved. Therizinos are probably the most used herbivore for bossing as well, so we will look into why this is the case as well. Want to learn a bunch about Therizinos? Let’s […]
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How many females per male are needed for a high mutation chance?
If you want to breed for mutations, you need to provide a certain amount of females per male to get the highest possible and reasonable mutation chance. I have been asked very often how many females are needed to get a guaranteed mutation. First there is unfortunately not such a thing as guaranteed mutations, but […]
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Maewing – Taming Feeding, Breeding and what to level
Let’s learn something about the Maewing. This is a creature that was introduced in the game with the DLC Genesis 2. The Meawing is unique in many of its characteristics and helpful no matter what stage of the game you are in. The name Maewing is very reminiscent of the name Mei Yin. cccc
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How to see level points in stats without mods in ARK Survival Evolved
If you watched breeding guides, you probably heard about stat points or level points before. Those are the points that go into a stats and then calculates the raw stats this way. We talked about it briefly in the Incubator article. But while modded servers have spyglasses like Awesome Spyglass that make it easy to see those points, unmodded or console players can’t use these tools. I will show you how you can figure out the stats anyway.
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