Spino Egg

Food, kibble or a future hatchling

Spino Eggs appear in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended, laid at random by Spinos; our records also name the Aberrant Spino as a source. The in-game text says: "Tremendously nourishing by itself, this egg provides superior nutritional value in many cooking recipes." A survivor can eat one as it is or use it to make Superior Kibble.

Superior Kibble and taming

Superior Kibble made from it is used to tame, for example, the Megalodon, Direwolf, Tapejara, Mammoth, Deinosuchus and Snow Owl. The ARK Wiki adds that it also suits any creature whose diet is Regular Kibble, Simple Kibble or Basic Kibble.

Hatching a baby Spino

When two Spinos mate, the egg they produce hatches into a baby Spino. It needs between 30 and 32 °C (86 to 90 °F); outside that range it starts losing health. Hatching takes 3h 50m 45.047s, and an Egg Incubator set to the best temperature can cut that by up to 20%. A female needs between 18h and 2d before she can lay again. The wiki lists these fertilized variants: the Fertilized Spino Egg, the Fertilized Aberrant Spino Egg and the Fertilized X-Spino Egg.

Taking one from the wild

Picking up an egg near wild Spinos turns them hostile. The wiki suggests a flying mount: grab the egg and climb fast. Fleeing into water is no sure escape, as a Spino will follow a thief there too. A strong group, such as a Rex with backup, may be able to kill the Spino instead.

Weight, spoiling and maps

Each egg weighs 12 and stacks to 100, so a full stack weighs 1200. The ARK Wiki gives a spoil time of 28800 seconds and says a dropped egg decomposes after 1800 seconds. Our records place the egg on 8 maps, among them The Island, Ragnarok, The Center and Valguero.