Golden Hesperornis Egg

A golden egg that never hatches

The Golden Hesperornis Egg is laid by the Hesperornis in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended, and it cannot be hatched. Its in-game text names two uses: "Eat it to gain tremendous nourishment, or feed it to small creatures for enlightenment!"

Getting one

Hesperornis drop the golden egg at random. According to the ARK Wiki, a female Hesperornis lays one after eating fish: once she is satisfied, she heads up onto land and leaves the egg there. The same species also lays the Hesperornis Egg.

The experience buff

The egg works differently depending on who eats it. Fed to a small tame that cannot be ridden, it grants a temporary 500% boost to experience. Survivors and larger tames may also eat it, gaining 10% instead. Either buff runs for 10 minutes.

Extraordinary Kibble

The egg also goes into Extraordinary Kibble. The ARK Wiki ties that kibble to taming the Yutyrannus, Thylacoleo, Megalania, Griffin, Ceratosaurus, Cerberax and Rock Elemental, among others, and creatures that eat Basic, Simple, Regular, Superior or Exceptional Kibble accept it too.

Weight, spoilage and loot

The egg stacks to 1. It weighs 3 in ASA and 6 in ASE, and spoils after 1800 seconds, which is 30 minutes. Our records place it on The Island and The Center, and 44 crate types can contain it, for example the Genesis Purple and Genesis Orange crates on Genesis Part 2. One more note from the ARK Wiki: you cannot transfer the egg to a Vulture, as it accepts only Spoiled Meat.