Bronto Egg

Where Bronto Eggs come from

Brontos lay these eggs at random in ARK: Survival Ascended and ARK: Survival Evolved, and our records list the Brontosaurus as the creature that drops them. The game praises the egg as food: "Tremendously nourishing by itself, this egg provides exceptional nutritional value in many cooking recipes." Our records place it on 7 maps, The Island, Ragnarok and Valguero among them.

Eating it or turning it into kibble

The egg can be eaten as it is or used to make Exceptional Kibble. The ARK Wiki names that kibble as taming food for creatures such as the Rex, Giganotosaurus, Quetzal, Mosasaurus, Yi Ling and the Brontosaurus itself, and for anything that eats Basic, Simple, Regular or Superior Kibble.

Hatching a baby Bronto

When two Brontos mate, the egg they produce can hatch into a baby Bronto. The wiki puts the hatch time at 4h 59m 58.561s. The egg needs between 28 and 31 °C (82 to 88 °F); outside that range it begins to lose health. An Egg Incubator set to the best temperature can shorten incubation by up to 20%. A female Bronto has to wait 18h to 2d before she can lay again.

Collecting an egg from wild Brontos

Picking up an egg near wild Brontos makes them hostile. The wiki calls grabbing one on foot extremely dangerous: tail whips hit hard and can throw a survivor several meters, and an aggressive Bronto can also run a player down. It recommends an oviraptor for the task. A flying mount such as a Pteranodon gets out of reach quickly, provided it can carry one of the largest eggs in the game; a water mount, or a fast land mount like a Carno, Raptor or Pachy, also offers a way out.

Weight and spoilage

Each egg weighs 20 and they stack to 100, so a full stack weighs 2000. Our records give a spoil time of 8 days (192 hours).