ARK Breeding & Imprint Calculator

Two tools in one: calculate imprint schedules for your server's rates, and generate a complete GameUserSettings.ini breeding snippet.

Part 1 — Imprint Schedule Calculator

1.00
0.014.0

Effective cuddle interval: 8h

1.0×
1×100×

Default 480 min = 8 hours. Enter how often you can log in to cuddle.

Results for Rex

Official maturation

3d 20h

Effective maturation (1.0× speed)

3d 20h

Cuddle interval on your server

8h

% imprint per cuddle

8.7%

Cuddles available during maturation

11

Required cuddles for 100% imprint

12

100% imprint is NOT achievable at your availability. You can get 11 cuddles (95.7%) but need 12.

Imprint Schedule (time from birth)

Cuddle #1

8h

9%

Cuddle #2

16h

17%

Cuddle #3

1d

26%

Cuddle #4

1d 8h

35%

Cuddle #5

1d 16h

43%

Cuddle #6

2d

52%

Cuddle #7

2d 8h

61%

Cuddle #8

2d 16h

70%

Cuddle #9

3d

78%

Cuddle #10

3d 8h

87%

Cuddle #11

3d 16h

96%

Part 2 — Breeding Rate Settings

1.0

Lower = shorter wait between matings. Official mating interval ~18 hours.

0.014
1.0

Higher = faster egg incubation. Rex egg: ~4.5h official.

1100
1.0

Synced with Part 1 above. — adjust in Part 1 above.

1.0

Scales the bonus stats gained per imprint. 1.0 = full bonus.

01
1.0

Synced with Part 1 above. — adjust in Part 1 above.

Rex Reference Times at Current Rates

Metric Official Your Server
Mating interval ~18h 18h
Egg incubation (Rex) ~4.5h 4h 30m
Maturation (Rex) 3d 20h 3d 20h
Cuddle interval 8h 8h

Where to put this snippet

Add these lines to GameUserSettings.ini under the [/Script/ShooterGame.ShooterGameMode] section on your ARK server.

Output — GameUserSettings.ini

[/Script/ShooterGame.ShooterGameMode]
MatingIntervalMultiplier=1.000000
EggHatchSpeedMultiplier=1.000000
BabyMatureSpeedMultiplier=1.000000
BabyImprintingStatScaleMultiplier=1.000000
BabyCuddleIntervalMultiplier=1.000000
BabyCuddleLoseImprintQualitySpeedMultiplier=1.000000
BabyCuddleGracePeriodMultiplier=1.000000
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