Really good and most accurate video that I've seen on how breeding works Couple of notes: 1. You can only get 255 points into a single stat 2. Mutation stacking is a really deceptive term. A mutation modifies the base stat permanently. Mutation "stacking" for lack of better word is getting the highest original stat (included mutated) from the parent to a baby with a new mutation on the same stat. This can be repeated forever if desired * see point 4 3. The mutation counter is not in any way related to a stat 4. You can mutate a dino forever (baring the official 450 level cap and the 255 points into a stat cap) as long as one parent has their mutation counter under 20. Example Male is has a mutation counter of 100 on the Patriarchal side and 0 on the maternal side this can still be breed and get a new mutation. You can also get a male baby with 100 on the male side and 1 on a female side than raise it and breed it with the females and get a baby with 101 on the male side and 0 on the female side (without a new mutation.) This is how you go on infinitely as long as you have patience 5. It is best to keep one parent side clean on mutations since the mutation counter is multiplicative. 2 on F side and 2 on M becomes 4 on each side unless another mutation happens. Example being mutated male with x number of identical stat females with no mutations. Only babies that would be kept for breeding is a male with the correct stat plus a new mutation on that same stat so + 2 points into the stat over the breeding male 6. Ark Smart Breeding tool is incredible helpful for breeding and works on official servers. You go to a dino and do Option than Export Dino off the wheel menu on the dino than you can import it into Ark Smart Breeding (need to create a library with the server settings and they have a preset for official) 7. You can "clean" the mutation counter at any point by taking a clean dino and breeding it until you get the stats to pass down and one side should have 0 on the counter unless you get a mutation during the process Source: I got bored and just started breeding on a high breeding settings private server and I have multiple dinos with 254 into damage. This took 2 or 3 years real time of breeding with ability to breed every 2 hours and forcing a mutation via the S+ Mutator @Chaotic Gaming I can make screenshots of my Ark Smart Breeding Library to show stat progression if you would like to see examples
This man knows what he’s talking about. The only thing i do different from what i read was i will keep a female if it has the mutation i am looking for and i will just breed it back with a clean male to get the male while i keep trying to get the mut again from my clean fems on a male. Absolutely spot on info though 👌 whats your discord chaotic?
Hopefully this helps you out. If you still need help feel free to ask here or in my discord Link in the description. Check out my Channel and other content and guides if you want more Ark content and Guides ruclips.net/channel/UCKRdwFWpWxyocGzWGqsiNUg
Question. After finding a Dino you want to breed from the wild, should you level up the Dino before breeding it? And do the added levels you give to a Dino before breeding pass those higher stats onto the babies?
You can level it up if you want just right down in stats or use a spreadsheet to keep track of it before you do. The levels you gain from experience do not pass down to the baby's.
That's a great question bud. So creatures gain levels on tame based on the taming effectiveness + their level on tame. So a 150 at maximum taming effectiveness can top out at 224. From there you can place levels from experience gain up to 73. When you breed as explained in the video you can move the base levels from each stat down the line. The only levels that matter are usually HP and melee. If you are using for something else other then killing boss, other stars are good to. That level doesn't effect how many levels you can get from experience 73 is the minimum and maximum. Only creatures that can go higher are X- creatures 88 I think? You should be looking for the best stats as explained in the video to breed down when taming. I hope that helps I'd not ill do my best to explain this more.
Great video man, I’ve watched a few videos on breeding and mutation stacking, this was by far one of the easier ones to follow. Thank you for taking the time to explain the process.
This was definitely by far the best video for understanding breeding and stacking mutations. People don’t emphasize how long this process actually takes and what has to happen. You made it so clear and understandable that I’m super excited to try it for myself. I’ve gotten lucky and have run into people who have already done this and helped me out with high lvl eggs but I wanted to understand how it was done so I could do it myself. So thank you! I’m definitely liking and subscribing.
Coming from someone who has recently started breeding, I must thank you, this is one of the most straightforward and easy to understand guides Ive watched, which has been many lol. Fantastic work!
Find a dino u want with good melee , then find one w hp and then breed them if they are opposite breed, if not some servers have this thing idk the name but with it u can change a male to female with it. Then breed them till u get health or melee mutation and yeah breed the mutated again and again till another mutation
A friend recommended me to look at your guide and sure didnt dissappoint. I always love breeding and been obssesed with it and was frustrated often times cause i always didnt get what i wanted but you sir explained it perfectly and honestly havent thought of doing it like that. Youve done a good job thank you so much!
Finally! A guide that broke down visually and verbally to such a point that I fully understand! I’ll give it a shot and be back to tell you my results!
definitely the easiest way to breed explained!!! Thank you so much - short, sweet, to the point, & easy to understand!!! And EXACTLY how i was taught to breed when i started!
I appreciate the video and information. :) The problem, in my opinion, with explaining breeding (mutations) simply is that it is not simple. ;) The second you mentioned spreadsheets, I knew I was in trouble. It seems that this is just not my favorite aspect of ARK and I'll likely leave this to a either a tribemate or trade with an allied tribe.
Its just to keep track of stats. It helps if you level them you can look back. You don't have to at all. Breeding is complex and generally isn't fun for most people 🙃. But its still handy to at least breed in the best stats into a breeding pair. Gives you a better then tamed dino and the imprint bonus is well worth the time sink. Plus you can breed a few extras as replacements when you lose one.
Had to watch a number of times, but I think I'm getting it. - Breed the best stat parents to get the breeding pair at 2:30 - Exact same parent stats = exact same child stats, without mutations, making breeding mutations super simple - Breed the breeding pair for more females, save useful mutations as needed Thank you for the 7-minute help! I no longer need to wade through movies with ads to get the information I require
I've watched this twice, and can barely comprehend what is being said. I don't even understand what mutations are, and how you determine them. I will keep watching this over and over. Maybe then I'll get it. edit: Just got an explanation from Pterafier. Thanks.
I'm not really in to the min/max stat thing, but I was interested in breeding for the purposes of making mounts more available across the tribe and having basic packs of raptors to make progression easier. When I read the wiki it seemed like simply raising a dino from an egg was horribly involved especially if you are still on primitive equipment. It even seemed like starting a dodo farm would be overly complicated and that I'd need to be actively involved with raising every single dodo egg. What exactly is the bare minimum required for raising an egg to an adult?
Hatching it would require heat control and the best for that is air-conditioners how many depends on the egg but I think 12 will hatch mostly everything. Feeding babies untill 10% is a must. The won't eat from troughs food must be in inventory. After that keep troughs full. Other then that keeping them safe from outside dangers is a must. Wild dinos love killing your babies.
I have watched so many breeding and mutation guides. As a new player, obviously I am extremely lost. In all the other videos it felt like, they touch on all of the points but don’t go into depth especially the most confusing part. Your video is the first video that I actually feel gives me the best chance to understand. Don’t get me wrong I am still confused to adegree. But at no fault to you. I’m going to have to watch this video several times, but I really appreciated the diagrams of sorts when you were explaining a part of stacking you Mutations etc. etc., I can’t even properly explain the confusing bits that you made less confusing, that’s how confusing they are to a noob lol. Thank you for this video it will help me immensely.
Feel free to check out my new one. I go in a greater detail and add in all new mechanics added since I made this one. ruclips.net/video/33zvpxQMnk8/видео.html
I’ve watched countless videos on breeding even though I am considerably experienced with it, by far the best video out there. You even explained the that when you get a female with the mutation you’re looking for that you need to breed it back with the original clean male to get the male with the mutation. I feel this is where a lot of ppl lose their way. 👍and subbed man. Oh and you explained the lvl cap and being able to tame low lvls and breed them into your lines. Are you aware there is an actual stat cap? even on unofficial with the lvl cap turned off.
@@Chaotic_Gaming I play on an unofficial cluster with no lvl cap so I don’t see why that would implement a stat cap but I can not confirm if it is a thing on official. However from my understanding and experience is if you hit 255pts in any stat u will not be able to put points in from Xp in that stat. If you stop at 254 though you can put every single xp level in that stat without issue. On servers without level cap you can do this for every stat.
I haven't looked into this yet, but it's a good tid bit of knowledge. I know of offical pve the mutations are insanely high and I don't think they could get that high for points with the level cap. But I wouldn't doubt it that they will try 😅
So basically i start a line for melee mutations, a line for health mutations, etc and go back to the old strat for combining the best stats of the wild dinos and combine the mutated ones so that i get a baby with the melee and health mutations? Then i get a female and male of those and get infinite good dinos?
Nice video! I have a question though, is it possible to start the breeding line from the offspring instead? Both my main breeding offspring female and male pair has the exact same stats and level, breeded them and put another 9 females with the same stats and level in the breeding line. I thought this might help in controlling the levels being too far apart when babies are born. The parents level are 145 & 150. Now my whole breeding line is all level 221 >.< please let me know if this method is possible. Thank you very much!
Yes thats the idea. Take your best stats from each dino make a pair that has all the best stats and make sure they have the same samtats and level. This makes seeing new mutations so much easier.
You told no lie when you said, ull try to end the confusion about breeding. Informative and easy to understand... keep up the good content. Earned my like and subscribe 👊
Hey! I have a question. I'm hitting a wall while breeding my allos, I managed to get 4 melee mutations but then nothing. Has this something to do with the fact that I keep breeding my unmutated females with the new 4 mutations-male? Is the probability to get a new mutation getting lower and lower the more mutations is stacked on my breeding male (There are only 4)... do I need to breed him with mutated females of the same level? I'm kinda lost tbh
Sounds like you're doing it right bud. Just having some bad luck. keep at it you will get it. The process is entirely random. I have had some bad luck myself. Never breed a mutation with a mutation or you will hit that cap sooner.
@@Chaotic_Gaming phew that's comforting, for a second I thought I was really doing it all wrong. I'll keep at it then! Wish me luck and thank you for taking the time to answer. great vid btw, keep at it as well!
Very awesome guide. Just recently got back into ark from not playing since vanilla and there’s so much new stuff to learn lol. Love how well you simplified this process
Good info, i'm doing a lot of what you are talking about, and mutations have been made even easier thanks to the Incubator. Now you can see the new mutations (if any are added) before they are hatched, so saves time, if they have it, hatch it, if they dont just crack the egg, saves me a ton of time.
This is really good I’ve never understood mutations I’ve watched other videos on how to do it and they go way too in depth this is simple and helpful keep up the good work
Yes. Very helpful. I'll be sharing this with my crew that is starting ARK, hopefully it'll get you some more views and possible subs. I know you've got one from me!
One thing that I find helpful is using a level 1 for the female instead of a combined line, that way the levels lower and all the stats except the one you want on each line are the lowest possible so you know instantly where the mutation went without having to use Dododex on every single mutation. That and the stats you don't want should already be at zero on all of the stat lines you want, so easier to combine them later and get only the ones you want.
also pro tip 🤓 kibble can be used so long as its above what your dino calls for. i use all rex egg yuty egg or deino eggs. since rex lays fast and works for 98% of dinos and yuty and deino work for every single dino. plus they are the easiest kib to mass produce. just need a bronto or good berry getter and lemons for rex eggs cant remember what crop for yuty deino eggs?
Try this lovely stuff when head injury makes remembering a pain. Paradox is the smart fella with breeding in my setup. If I see this enough; it may just soak in.
Pick the best stats and breed until you get a baby with them. Then do it again until you get a baby with them again! Then breed some more until you have a breeding pair with identical levels and stats.
I have an updated guide with a slightly better pace and more detail with all the breeding changes since this one was released! ruclips.net/video/33zvpxQMnk8/видео.html
Glad I could help. But this guide is outdated. I have a updated guide that has considerable more information with all the new content updates since this video was released.
@@Chaotic_Gaming could I ask, is it easier to get stats or colour mutations. And once you have breeding parents, I get confused you receive a daughter and son then breed them 2 for daughters and so on? Who is the male to breed with after?
Check out my latest breeding guide bud see if that is more helpful and if you still don't quite understand ask me there and I'll explain it the best I can
@@Chaotic_Gaming So. I have 2 megatheriums. Female and male and male is 20 and female is 23. How would I be able to get a noticeable mutation that is a stat mutation. I just want my first 20/20 mutation and still confused. Thanks to you I got the hang of it but still a tiny bit confused on this.
Normally it’s hard for me to understand these bc I’m a 9 year old who loves ark but now I understand so thx I’ve been planing on breeding baryonix’s so thx
TTHHHAAAAANNNNKKKK YYYOOOUUU!!! I finally understand how this works after 4 hours of research my small brain didn’t understand other videos but small brain got bigger when listening to this vid 👌
You have to keep breeding until you get all the stats you want into both a male and female that are exactly the same level with exactly the same stats.
In the video, I see that the health per 1 level increase from experience is more than gained by breeding. So wouldn't it be better to find our main dinosaur a low level dinosaur. As a result, we will both improve the statistics we want and get more efficiency than with mating. I would be very happy if you correct me if I am wrong. And since my mother tongue is not English, sorry if I have any typos.
Yes you gain more from experience but you can only gain 77 levels total (some are 88 ) but levels and imprinting are not enough breeding up the best stats then mutations will give you an exponentially higher amount.
Very helpful video, cleared a lot up. Mutation section was confusing, but I think I understood? Will be watching another video strictly on mutations though, unless you have one😃
@@Chaotic_Gaming question, what's the highest hp and atk for a rex? Also, need some clarification, with a Rex for example. 1) let's say our tamed male has 10k health, and female has 300 attack, we want to breed those 2 original tames until we get a male and female baby with both of those stats in each, creating our breeding pair, correct? 2) Once you have the breeding pair described above, what's the purpose of farming out a bunch of female babies? 3) When it comes to mutations, we'll be using the Rex's for boss fights, so we want a stat mutation on health and attack, how many mutations for each of those stats can we get?
@@adamchristopherson5242 2. The purpose of more females is they lay more eggs at once. I've seen bases on official with 300 plus females and 1 male. Greatly reducing wait times.
@@adamchristopherson5242 3. For mutations you want one dedicated line for hp. And another dedicated line for melee. You can breed up to 255 levels per stat. But there's a soft cap of 20 mutations from one line. From there you can no longer get a mutation from that parent only the creature it mates with. So having a bunch of females with no mutations is the only way to gain the next mutation.
So I just got a breeding pair and I breeded them and got a male and a female both the same level. Now with those dinos do I make them a breeding pair and keep repeating the process?
I usually don't get the point the first time around, so I'll watch videos over and over until I understand. So I have to thank you for how short and informative this video is! Also, I'm on abberation with some equus and I have a question. I never knock them out; since I'm on singleplayer. Is there any way to tell how many stat points are in an equus while riding one? And if not, should I invest in a megalosaurus to bring an equus to a pen for knockout?
I'm assuming you don't have access to mods. You will unfortunately have to tame it. You can use the egg incubator to see live birth stats now on official no mods.
Right you are, I do not have mods on my game. I'm also on xbox if that information helps. In my crafting menu, it does say that I need to go aquire the egg incubator on genesis 2. I know you can download a character to a map, I just don't know how to do that yet. Any extra information on that will be appreciated!
Took me months to write the script. Edits and rewrites. Took me 4 days to edit this. Probably the most work I put into a video yet. I'm glad it's helped a lot of people.
Great guide! One question, once you start stacking mutations and replacing the original stat male dino, do you still keep adding females to the group as long as they don't have mutations? Or do you just keep the original set (before the first mutation)? Also, in your video, you got a female with a mutation and then bred it to get a male mutation of the same health stat category. What would you do with that Female? Discard it or include it in the breeding group? Thanks for your help!
@@Chaotic_Gaming yeah like breeding what together, i ofc know breeding them but like which ones? For example lets say i got 15 muts on Health and Melee and i want to make a this my main set, do i breed till i get the same set of muts with opposite sex?
I never quite understood why it's better to have the mutations on males. I think the diagram helped me realize that when the male has the mutation, there's a far better chance to breed that mutation into however many females you have lined up and ready. Is that right? The only other thing I don't quite get yet is the specific stacking. Like how it says 5/20 on the left (paternal) and 40/20 on the right (maternal). Is there a reason for that other than organization? To make sure you have x amount of hp, melee and stam mutations on specific dinos, then say breed the full melee mut with the full stam mut with the full melee mut? That way it's not just a mess of muts on different dinos? Or am I missing something else? Sorry, I know this sounds scatterbrained lol
So for your first paragraph you are correct 1 male can breeds lots of females that equals more eggs and more chances for mutations. As for you second Paragraph The mutation counter is just that a counter. It doesn't keep track of anything other then how many mutations that counter is. If you breed a 10 mutations male with a 7 mutations female that counter on the baby will be 17 combined between the 2 sides. And it will do nothing more then make sure that baby will not produce any mutations once it hits 20. I got a new and improved guide in the works hoping to get it out Wednesday. It'll have a more in depth explanation of everything bud.
Really good and most accurate video that I've seen on how breeding works
Couple of notes:
1. You can only get 255 points into a single stat
2. Mutation stacking is a really deceptive term. A mutation modifies the base stat permanently. Mutation "stacking" for lack of better word is getting the highest original stat (included mutated) from the parent to a baby with a new mutation on the same stat. This can be repeated forever if desired * see point 4
3. The mutation counter is not in any way related to a stat
4. You can mutate a dino forever (baring the official 450 level cap and the 255 points into a stat cap) as long as one parent has their mutation counter under 20. Example Male is has a mutation counter of 100 on the Patriarchal side and 0 on the maternal side this can still be breed and get a new mutation.
You can also get a male baby with 100 on the male side and 1 on a female side than raise it and breed it with the females and get a baby with 101 on the male side and 0 on the female side (without a new mutation.) This is how you go on infinitely as long as you have patience
5. It is best to keep one parent side clean on mutations since the mutation counter is multiplicative. 2 on F side and 2 on M becomes 4 on each side unless another mutation happens. Example being mutated male with x number of identical stat females with no mutations. Only babies that would be kept for breeding is a male with the correct stat plus a new mutation on that same stat so + 2 points into the stat over the breeding male
6. Ark Smart Breeding tool is incredible helpful for breeding and works on official servers. You go to a dino and do Option than Export Dino off the wheel menu on the dino than you can import it into Ark Smart Breeding (need to create a library with the server settings and they have a preset for official)
7. You can "clean" the mutation counter at any point by taking a clean dino and breeding it until you get the stats to pass down and one side should have 0 on the counter unless you get a mutation during the process
Source: I got bored and just started breeding on a high breeding settings private server and I have multiple dinos with 254 into damage. This took 2 or 3 years real time of breeding with ability to breed every 2 hours and forcing a mutation via the S+ Mutator
@Chaotic Gaming I can make screenshots of my Ark Smart Breeding Library to show stat progression if you would like to see examples
You are welcome to join my discord and share your progress there bud
This man knows what he’s talking about. The only thing i do different from what i read was i will keep a female if it has the mutation i am looking for and i will just breed it back with a clean male to get the male while i keep trying to get the mut again from my clean fems on a male. Absolutely spot on info though 👌 whats your discord chaotic?
@@Ibsmokin links in the description bud
@@Ibsmokin I've done that but usually faster to just breed another cycle and wait till I get the male with the right stat
It depends honestly I just do both if I get the female grown and breed up a male before I get the mutation I win some where 😁
Finally a breeding guide that is simple but straight to the point that isnt an hour long.
Glad it helped bud
Its a very poor guide don't follow it, he makes a bunch of noob mistakes in it.
Hopefully this helps you out. If you still need help feel free to ask here or in my discord Link in the description. Check out my Channel and other content and guides if you want more Ark content and Guides ruclips.net/channel/UCKRdwFWpWxyocGzWGqsiNUg
Question. After finding a Dino you want to breed from the wild, should you level up the Dino before breeding it? And do the added levels you give to a Dino before breeding pass those higher stats onto the babies?
You can level it up if you want just right down in stats or use a spreadsheet to keep track of it before you do. The levels you gain from experience do not pass down to the baby's.
That's a great question bud. So creatures gain levels on tame based on the taming effectiveness + their level on tame. So a 150 at maximum taming effectiveness can top out at 224. From there you can place levels from experience gain up to 73. When you breed as explained in the video you can move the base levels from each stat down the line. The only levels that matter are usually HP and melee. If you are using for something else other then killing boss, other stars are good to. That level doesn't effect how many levels you can get from experience 73 is the minimum and maximum. Only creatures that can go higher are X- creatures 88 I think? You should be looking for the best stats as explained in the video to breed down when taming. I hope that helps I'd not ill do my best to explain this more.
Great video man, I’ve watched a few videos on breeding and mutation stacking, this was by far one of the easier ones to follow. Thank you for taking the time to explain the process.
Thanks, glad I could help.
This was definitely by far the best video for understanding breeding and stacking mutations. People don’t emphasize how long this process actually takes and what has to happen. You made it so clear and understandable that I’m super excited to try it for myself. I’ve gotten lucky and have run into people who have already done this and helped me out with high lvl eggs but I wanted to understand how it was done so I could do it myself. So thank you! I’m definitely liking and subscribing.
Glad I could help bud 🤘
Coming from someone who has recently started breeding, I must thank you, this is one of the most straightforward and easy to understand guides Ive watched, which has been many lol. Fantastic work!
Glad I could help bud
I now understood a little bit but am still confused 😂
You are welcome to ask if you need some clarification bud. Here or in my discord 😁
You have to get into the thick of things in-game and you will slowly get understanding.
Ya practice practice practice 💪
Find a dino u want with good melee , then find one w hp and then breed them if they are opposite breed, if not some servers have this thing idk the name but with it u can change a male to female with it. Then breed them till u get health or melee mutation and yeah breed the mutated again and again till another mutation
@@leos0257 do you breed the mutated with the mutated or with the originals?
A friend recommended me to look at your guide and sure didnt dissappoint. I always love breeding and been obssesed with it and was frustrated often times cause i always didnt get what i wanted but you sir explained it perfectly and honestly havent thought of doing it like that. Youve done a good job thank you so much!
Awe bud that means a lot. Glad I could help.
@Hadtochangeofnamebecausepeoplefeltuncomfortable :( haha, yah now that you mentioned it. It does 🤪🤣
very helpful ive got 4.5k hours and there was some info there i didnt even know :D
Glad I could help bud.
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This is so true I have 4k and was missing some info abt breeding
That’s 4.5k hours of your life bro, more than half a year, is you crazy
😅 I'm not going to say how many hours I have 😬
This guide is so much better than other guides. Visual representation, quick to the point, good pace talker. Other ones have none of that.
Thanks bud.
Finally! A guide that broke down visually and verbally to such a point that I fully understand!
I’ll give it a shot and be back to tell you my results!
Awesome bud glad it helped if you have any questions feel free to ask
definitely the easiest way to breed explained!!! Thank you so much - short, sweet, to the point, & easy to understand!!! And EXACTLY how i was taught to breed when i started!
Thanks for the kind words 🤘
Quit playing ark for 2+ years and used to be a huge breeder. Tribe brought me back in and this was a great quick refresher. Thanks
Glad I could help bud 🤘
I appreciate the video and information. :) The problem, in my opinion, with explaining breeding (mutations) simply is that it is not simple. ;) The second you mentioned spreadsheets, I knew I was in trouble. It seems that this is just not my favorite aspect of ARK and I'll likely leave this to a either a tribemate or trade with an allied tribe.
Its just to keep track of stats. It helps if you level them you can look back. You don't have to at all. Breeding is complex and generally isn't fun for most people 🙃. But its still handy to at least breed in the best stats into a breeding pair. Gives you a better then tamed dino and the imprint bonus is well worth the time sink. Plus you can breed a few extras as replacements when you lose one.
bruh this is what we need, direct to the point and not an hour long jeez. thanks man!
Glad I could help
Had to watch a number of times, but I think I'm getting it.
- Breed the best stat parents to get the breeding pair at 2:30
- Exact same parent stats = exact same child stats, without mutations, making breeding mutations super simple
- Breed the breeding pair for more females, save useful mutations as needed
Thank you for the 7-minute help! I no longer need to wade through movies with ads to get the information I require
You are welcome bud. Glad it helped.
The comparison at the end really showed how powerful mutations are. I never really understood why they were so good but that comparison helped.
Yah and that's only 20 mutations. You can do a lot more.
Thos was probably the easiest guide on RUclips for Ark super dino breeding I have seen.
Thanks bud. Glad it helped.
I've watched this twice, and can barely comprehend what is being said. I don't even understand what mutations are, and how you determine them. I will keep watching this over and over. Maybe then I'll get it. edit: Just got an explanation from Pterafier. Thanks.
Glad pterafier was able to help bud. I also have a more updated video if you have any further questions feel free to ask 🤘
@@Chaotic_Gaming ,...I am rewatching this, just like I said. I will learn this, whatever it takes.
@@happytimeharry363 try watching my newer guide. You may find it easier for yah ruclips.net/video/33zvpxQMnk8/видео.html
@@Chaotic_Gaming ,...Just watched this one a tenth time. I'm starting to get it. I will now try your newer guide. Thanks.
I'm not really in to the min/max stat thing, but I was interested in breeding for the purposes of making mounts more available across the tribe and having basic packs of raptors to make progression easier. When I read the wiki it seemed like simply raising a dino from an egg was horribly involved especially if you are still on primitive equipment. It even seemed like starting a dodo farm would be overly complicated and that I'd need to be actively involved with raising every single dodo egg. What exactly is the bare minimum required for raising an egg to an adult?
Hatching it would require heat control and the best for that is air-conditioners how many depends on the egg but I think 12 will hatch mostly everything. Feeding babies untill 10% is a must. The won't eat from troughs food must be in inventory. After that keep troughs full. Other then that keeping them safe from outside dangers is a must. Wild dinos love killing your babies.
I have watched so many breeding and mutation guides. As a new player, obviously I am extremely lost. In all the other videos it felt like, they touch on all of the points but don’t go into depth especially the most confusing part. Your video is the first video that I actually feel gives me the best chance to understand. Don’t get me wrong I am still confused to adegree. But at no fault to you. I’m going to have to watch this video several times, but I really appreciated the diagrams of sorts when you were explaining a part of stacking you Mutations etc. etc., I can’t even properly explain the confusing bits that you made less confusing, that’s how confusing they are to a noob lol. Thank you for this video it will help me immensely.
Feel free to check out my new one. I go in a greater detail and add in all new mechanics added since I made this one.
ruclips.net/video/33zvpxQMnk8/видео.html
@@Chaotic_Gaming i watched it right after this one. Was even more helpful. I keep referencing it. Thanks brother!
@@zwleathers no problem bud 🤟
I’ve watched countless videos on breeding even though I am considerably experienced with it, by far the best video out there. You even explained the that when you get a female with the mutation you’re looking for that you need to breed it back with the original clean male to get the male with the mutation. I feel this is where a lot of ppl lose their way. 👍and subbed man.
Oh and you explained the lvl cap and being able to tame low lvls and breed them into your lines. Are you aware there is an actual stat cap? even on unofficial with the lvl cap turned off.
Thanks for the kind words bud. I was not aware of a stat cap I'll have to look into it.
@@Chaotic_Gaming I play on an unofficial cluster with no lvl cap so I don’t see why that would implement a stat cap but I can not confirm if it is a thing on official. However from my understanding and experience is if you hit 255pts in any stat u will not be able to put points in from Xp in that stat. If you stop at 254 though you can put every single xp level in that stat without issue. On servers without level cap you can do this for every stat.
I haven't looked into this yet, but it's a good tid bit of knowledge. I know of offical pve the mutations are insanely high and I don't think they could get that high for points with the level cap. But I wouldn't doubt it that they will try 😅
Commenting to reference back to
This is probably the quickest and best breeding video I've come across
Glad it helped bud
So basically i start a line for melee mutations, a line for health mutations, etc and go back to the old strat for combining the best stats of the wild dinos and combine the mutated ones so that i get a baby with the melee and health mutations? Then i get a female and male of those and get infinite good dinos?
Correct 😁
I remember the first time I got a triple melee mutation whilst breeding rexes lol
I've never gotten a triple into one stat 🥲
Nice video! I have a question though, is it possible to start the breeding line from the offspring instead? Both my main breeding offspring female and male pair has the exact same stats and level, breeded them and put another 9 females with the same stats and level in the breeding line. I thought this might help in controlling the levels being too far apart when babies are born. The parents level are 145 & 150. Now my whole breeding line is all level 221 >.< please let me know if this method is possible. Thank you very much!
Yes thats the idea. Take your best stats from each dino make a pair that has all the best stats and make sure they have the same samtats and level. This makes seeing new mutations so much easier.
You told no lie when you said, ull try to end the confusion about breeding. Informative and easy to understand... keep up the good content. Earned my like and subscribe 👊
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Hey! I have a question. I'm hitting a wall while breeding my allos, I managed to get 4 melee mutations but then nothing. Has this something to do with the fact that I keep breeding my unmutated females with the new 4 mutations-male? Is the probability to get a new mutation getting lower and lower the more mutations is stacked on my breeding male (There are only 4)... do I need to breed him with mutated females of the same level? I'm kinda lost tbh
Sounds like you're doing it right bud. Just having some bad luck. keep at it you will get it. The process is entirely random. I have had some bad luck myself. Never breed a mutation with a mutation or you will hit that cap sooner.
@@Chaotic_Gaming phew that's comforting, for a second I thought I was really doing it all wrong. I'll keep at it then! Wish me luck and thank you for taking the time to answer. great vid btw, keep at it as well!
Good luck bud, consider subscribing 🤘
Never thought I would ever want to see a T chart more in my life time 😆lol . Thanks for the information
No problem bud
Very awesome guide. Just recently got back into ark from not playing since vanilla and there’s so much new stuff to learn lol. Love how well you simplified this process
Glad it helped you out bud 😁
Good info, i'm doing a lot of what you are talking about, and mutations have been made even easier thanks to the Incubator. Now you can see the new mutations (if any are added) before they are hatched, so saves time, if they have it, hatch it, if they dont just crack the egg, saves me a ton of time.
Yah the incubator makes breeding so much easier
Under-rated video, i was so confused before this video. Thank you so much
You're very welcome!
This is really good I’ve never understood mutations I’ve watched other videos on how to do it and they go way too in depth this is simple and helpful keep up the good work
Glad it helped
Finally! A video that’s actually easy to understand instead of those long and boring vids. (Looking at you ‘breeding for dummies’)
Glad it could help bud 🤘
Yes. Very helpful. I'll be sharing this with my crew that is starting ARK, hopefully it'll get you some more views and possible subs. I know you've got one from me!
Glad I could help and thanks for sharing 👍
Thank you very much for this easy to understand guide. I'll definitely be putting it into practice as soon as possible.
No problem bud, glad I could help
Hehe
Thank you! This was very helpful, short, sweet and easy to understand :)
Glad it helped bud
Amazing.
Best guide out there for this in my opinion, especially since you even explained the taming and what to look for there.
Thanks bud 🤘
much better than some other guides i just need to watch it 10 more times to digest it all xD
Even short a has a lot to chew
amazing guide have come back to this when I'm confused time and time again (also originally learned from this video) keep up the great work
Glad I could be of help 🤘
Very helpful and informative, explains breeding and mutations a lot clearer than other guides, thank you
Np bud glad it helped.
One thing that I find helpful is using a level 1 for the female instead of a combined line, that way the levels lower and all the stats except the one you want on each line are the lowest possible so you know instantly where the mutation went without having to use Dododex on every single mutation. That and the stats you don't want should already be at zero on all of the stat lines you want, so easier to combine them later and get only the ones you want.
also pro tip 🤓 kibble can be used so long as its above what your dino calls for. i use all rex egg yuty egg or deino eggs. since rex lays fast and works for 98% of dinos and yuty and deino work for every single dino. plus they are the easiest kib to mass produce. just need a bronto or good berry getter and lemons for rex eggs cant remember what crop for yuty deino eggs?
All great advice bud 👍👌
This is a good guide! Short and sweet and pretty funny.
Awesome to hear bud 🤘
Try this lovely stuff when head injury makes remembering a pain. Paradox is the smart fella with breeding in my setup. If I see this enough; it may just soak in.
Good luck bud 🤘
How do i get the breeding pair? or i can breed without the same levels and stats?
Pick the best stats and breed until you get a baby with them. Then do it again until you get a baby with them again! Then breed some more until you have a breeding pair with identical levels and stats.
Ty. This is the only one I have found that made sense.
You are welcome bud
Damn your going fast. i need to watch the video atleast 20 more times to understand all this
I have an updated guide with a slightly better pace and more detail with all the breeding changes since this one was released!
ruclips.net/video/33zvpxQMnk8/видео.html
really simplifies things, i would have monster killers by now if i was smart enough to understand anything past the intro.
Feel free to ask questions bud 💪
The best guide on yt
Thanks bud glad it helped 👍😀
Super late to the Ark party but this was very helpful as I'm just starting my first playthrough on the island
Glad I could help. But this guide is outdated. I have a updated guide that has considerable more information with all the new content updates since this video was released.
Cheers bro im getting back into Ark and this was an awesome refresher 💪
Glad i could help bud
Yep, this guide pretty much tells you what you need to know
This was awesome! totally didn’t know you can have multiple females breeding with one male, thanks🤙🏽
Glad I could help
I just got a nosebleed lol, it kinda helped. The video is nicely descriptive
Glad I could help
@@Chaotic_Gaming could I ask, is it easier to get stats or colour mutations.
And once you have breeding parents, I get confused you receive a daughter and son then breed them 2 for daughters and so on?
Who is the male to breed with after?
Check out my latest breeding guide bud see if that is more helpful and if you still don't quite understand ask me there and I'll explain it the best I can
@@Chaotic_Gaming your a legend cheers
I'll need to rewatch it a few times, but this was really helpful! I didn't know much about breeding prior to this ^_^'
Glad I could help 😌
This guy explained it better than Syntac. Subscribed
Thanks bud much appreciated
@@Chaotic_Gaming Nice thanks for replying. I have several questions though about this
@@hydrakkulus fire away bud I'll see if I can help
@@Chaotic_Gaming So. I have 2 megatheriums. Female and male and male is 20 and female is 23. How would I be able to get a noticeable mutation that is a stat mutation. I just want my first 20/20 mutation and still confused. Thanks to you I got the hang of it but still a tiny bit confused on this.
@@hydrakkulus the numbers 20 and 23 are they the current levels or the current mutations?
Normally it’s hard for me to understand these bc I’m a 9 year old who loves ark but now I understand so thx I’ve been planing on breeding baryonix’s so thx
Good luck bud
TTHHHAAAAANNNNKKKK YYYOOOUUU!!!
I finally understand how this works after 4 hours of research my small brain didn’t understand other videos but small brain got bigger when listening to this vid 👌
No problem bud glad I could help 👍
Excellent explanation!
Helped a lot
Awesome bud
Can I make two males mate with each other so they adopt a baby Pachy as their son?
Yes. 🤪
This made it make way more sense right on
Glad I could help bud 🤘
Still the best breeding video for beginners, maybe a updated one but at the start talk about mutagen?
I have a 1/4 finished updated video done. But I've been distracted doing these 100 days projects
Dude thanks soo much it's simple and easy to understand
No problem bud. Glad it helped
I think im just not ready yet but the video was super interesting learned alot and i am less confused but still abit confused!
Start small combine some dodo stats, see how the baby's cone out, look for mutations. It'll click
@@Chaotic_Gaming thanks i will try that!! :)
Best breeding video! Thank you for the information.
Glad i could help bud
This is a really great video. It is simplistic and right to the point, But I’m confused about how to obtain a breeding pair.
You have to keep breeding until you get all the stats you want into both a male and female that are exactly the same level with exactly the same stats.
It was super helpful! Do you have a video with a spreadsheet and explaining how you use it to track the stats?
Nah. I just put dino name hp st food etc. In there own box
Yes yes yes yes thank you thank you I have beeeen sooo confused recently
Glad I could help bud
Its understated in this video just how long this can take, getting exponentially longer on larger dinos.
I would need an hour to properly explain the length it would take depending on your dinos and your breeding speeds 🤣
best breeding video very clear and correct
Thanks bud. I definitely appreciate that
Starting breeding for mutation in Allo’s. Up to 10 Health and it’s taken roughly a week of on and off work.
Nice bud
In the video, I see that the health per 1 level increase from experience is more than gained by breeding. So wouldn't it be better to find our main dinosaur a low level dinosaur. As a result, we will both improve the statistics we want and get more efficiency than with mating. I would be very happy if you correct me if I am wrong. And since my mother tongue is not English, sorry if I have any typos.
Yes you gain more from experience but you can only gain 77 levels total (some are 88 ) but levels and imprinting are not enough breeding up the best stats then mutations will give you an exponentially higher amount.
@@Chaotic_Gaming Are all stats gained from experience limited to 77, or is the sum of all stats limited to 77?
@@jintus4026 all stats gained from experience
@@Chaotic_Gaming Thx mate, I’ve subscribe to ur channel
@@jintus4026 glad I could help
wow i actually did well at the start but kinda imprinted both a lil. I'll get it next toime!!
Nice! You got this
Very helpful video, cleared a lot up. Mutation section was confusing, but I think I understood? Will be watching another video strictly on mutations though, unless you have one😃
No I don't have one. Just this one bud. Glad I could help mostly 😌
@@Chaotic_Gaming question, what's the highest hp and atk for a rex?
Also, need some clarification, with a Rex for example.
1) let's say our tamed male has 10k health, and female has 300 attack, we want to breed those 2 original tames until we get a male and female baby with both of those stats in each, creating our breeding pair, correct?
2) Once you have the breeding pair described above, what's the purpose of farming out a bunch of female babies?
3) When it comes to mutations, we'll be using the Rex's for boss fights, so we want a stat mutation on health and attack, how many mutations for each of those stats can we get?
@@adamchristopherson5242 1. Is correct 👌
@@adamchristopherson5242 2. The purpose of more females is they lay more eggs at once. I've seen bases on official with 300 plus females and 1 male. Greatly reducing wait times.
@@adamchristopherson5242 3. For mutations you want one dedicated line for hp. And another dedicated line for melee. You can breed up to 255 levels per stat. But there's a soft cap of 20 mutations from one line. From there you can no longer get a mutation from that parent only the creature it mates with. So having a bunch of females with no mutations is the only way to gain the next mutation.
Ok thank you very being clear about how to do this
I try my best bud 🤘
Very understandable thank you🤟👍
You are welcome bud
Thanks! Gonna try this
No problem bud 🤟
So I just got a breeding pair and I breeded them and got a male and a female both the same level. Now with those dinos do I make them a breeding pair and keep repeating the process?
As long as there stats are the same you now start looking for your first mutations. They will be 2 levels higher then the parents
@@Chaotic_Gaming Thanks man appreciate the help, definitely subbing.
Great guide. Thanks Chaotic Gaming
No problem bud. Glad I could help.
I usually don't get the point the first time around, so I'll watch videos over and over until I understand. So I have to thank you for how short and informative this video is! Also, I'm on abberation with some equus and I have a question. I never knock them out; since I'm on singleplayer. Is there any way to tell how many stat points are in an equus while riding one? And if not, should I invest in a megalosaurus to bring an equus to a pen for knockout?
I'm assuming you don't have access to mods. You will unfortunately have to tame it. You can use the egg incubator to see live birth stats now on official no mods.
Right you are, I do not have mods on my game. I'm also on xbox if that information helps. In my crafting menu, it does say that I need to go aquire the egg incubator on genesis 2. I know you can download a character to a map, I just don't know how to do that yet. Any extra information on that will be appreciated!
Transmitter you can upload your items and character there. I recommend looking up a guide for it. I don't have one unfortunately 😔
Thanks for the help. And hey, if you'd make a video on that, I'd watch it! I've got no clue what I'm doing half the time anyway.
Real good tutorial without this abnoxious music everyone else is putting on their ARK Videos. Subscribed for sure! Greets from germany
Glad it helped
Broo ty so mych dude we have 2 breeders in my tribe and it looks fun so i wanted 2 try it out but i didnt know how and now i do ty bro appreciated
No problem bud. Glad I could help
great vid bro this is perfect
Glad I could help
This video is friggin mint bud!
Glad you liked it
hey man i am looking into spino breeding very very usefull video my friend
Hope it help bud
Great information thank you!
No problem bud
Good job on the vid bud
Thanks bud 👍
Finally someone with sense
Thanks bud 👍
@@Chaotic_Gaming I have been breeding somewhat like this but never seen someone explain it so well
Took me months to write the script. Edits and rewrites. Took me 4 days to edit this. Probably the most work I put into a video yet. I'm glad it's helped a lot of people.
Thanks man, i thought i should only go for 150 which would take so long.
Yah bud, you can go even lower if you want to rarely a 120 tames up great in a stat.
Great guide! One question, once you start stacking mutations and replacing the original stat male dino, do you still keep adding females to the group as long as they don't have mutations? Or do you just keep the original set (before the first mutation)? Also, in your video, you got a female with a mutation and then bred it to get a male mutation of the same health stat category. What would you do with that Female? Discard it or include it in the breeding group? Thanks for your help!
You can add more females to the group if you feel it's necessary, as for the mutated female she's treated the same as the mutated males and put away.
Okay so suppose i create a super dino, how do i make an army of it?
By breeding them together and making more of them.
@@Chaotic_Gaming yeah like breeding what together, i ofc know breeding them but like which ones? For example lets say i got 15 muts on Health and Melee and i want to make a this my main set, do i breed till i get the same set of muts with opposite sex?
@@TheOneWhoMotivates223 yes
@@Chaotic_Gaming sounds good
Best video ever thank you so much much love brother👍😁
You are welcome bud. Glad you loved it
Perfect short guide.
Glad you liked it bud 👍
In my recommended, found some useful stuff here 👍
Glad you found it useful bud 👍 👌
Hello! I'm newer to Ark and extremely new to breeding. Does this idea currently work for Valguero? Not sure if different map means anything.
Yes it does work on all maps. Though a bit dated gen2.
Best breeding guide
Much appreciated
Nice video dude :)
Thanks bud. Glad you liked it.
I never quite understood why it's better to have the mutations on males. I think the diagram helped me realize that when the male has the mutation, there's a far better chance to breed that mutation into however many females you have lined up and ready. Is that right?
The only other thing I don't quite get yet is the specific stacking. Like how it says 5/20 on the left (paternal) and 40/20 on the right (maternal). Is there a reason for that other than organization? To make sure you have x amount of hp, melee and stam mutations on specific dinos, then say breed the full melee mut with the full stam mut with the full melee mut? That way it's not just a mess of muts on different dinos? Or am I missing something else? Sorry, I know this sounds scatterbrained lol
So for your first paragraph you are correct 1 male can breeds lots of females that equals more eggs and more chances for mutations.
As for you second Paragraph
The mutation counter is just that a counter. It doesn't keep track of anything other then how many mutations that counter is. If you breed a 10 mutations male with a 7 mutations female that counter on the baby will be 17 combined between the 2 sides. And it will do nothing more then make sure that baby will not produce any mutations once it hits 20. I got a new and improved guide in the works hoping to get it out Wednesday. It'll have a more in depth explanation of everything bud.
Late to the ark game but thanks for the video.
No problem bud 🤘