Kibble (Kairuku Egg)

A kibble from before the rework

Our records list Kibble (Kairuku Egg) for ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended, but the ARK Wiki now treats it as a Basic Kibble of ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile. On PC and console it was dropped by the Homestead! Kibble Rework patch, which switched kibble to quality-based types: PC lost it in 293.100, Xbox in 784.13 and Playstation in 533.14, and the Nintendo Switch edition followed in its remastered version, as of 601.0. For current kibble recipes in ASE and ASA, the wiki refers readers to its main Kibble page. The description reads: "This pet food recipe has been carefully designed to give balanced nutrition to almost any creature native to the island. Includes plant fibers to help with digestion and egg to bind the mix."

What it did for taming

Its main use was taming: per the wiki, kibble raises the taming meter faster than berries or meat and costs less Taming Effectiveness, which means more extra levels when the tame completes. This one was once used to force-tame the Angler on PC and console, and on ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile it still is. For other creatures it is worth only 66% of regular meat and berries, so the wiki advises against it there.

Still crafted on Mobile

The wiki states that it can no longer be crafted on PC or console. On ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile it is still made in a Cooking Pot or Industrial Cooker, and the TEK Kibble Processor can produce it from any kibble adding up to a value of 1. Mobile also has Super Kibble (Kairuku Egg), made by using a Super Fertilized Kairuku Egg (Mobile) in place of the normal Kairuku Egg; it speeds up taming and gives better Taming Effectiveness.

Weight and spoiling

A piece weighs 0.1 and they stack to 100, so a full stack weighs 10. It spoils after 72 hours, or 3 days. Our records tie it to The Island and The Center.