Mantis Egg

The egg of the Mantis

The Mantis Egg appears when two Mantis mate in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended, and it hatches into a baby Mantis. Survivors can also eat it: "Tremendously nourishing by itself, this egg provides superior nutritional value in many cooking recipes." The egg comes from Scorched Earth; the ARK Wiki also lists Lost Island, Genesis: Part 2, Crystal Isles, Valguero, Extinction and Ragnarok.

Breeding rules

Mantis breeding arrived with 316.18, together with some other insects. As with bloodstalker eggs, a fertilized Mantis egg cannot be picked up once it is dropped. For that reason the wiki recommends letting the pair mate where the egg will hatch, or bringing a portable source of incubation such as a dimetrodon or a Standing Torch. Before TLC 3 the egg looked like a hard-shelled dino egg and could be carried.

Incubation

The egg hatches after 2h 46m 39.2s and needs between 35 and 38 °C (95 to 100 °F); outside that range it loses Health. An Egg Incubator set to the best temperature can cut incubation by up to 20%. A female needs between 18h and 2d before she can lay again.

Weight, spoiling and icon

Our records give a weight of 9, a stack size of 100 and a spoil time of 192 hours, or 8 days. In ASE the egg shows the default egg icon, while in ASA the icon matches its in-game model and colors. The wiki gives 246.0 as the version that added it.