Tapejara Egg

An egg from the Tapejara

Tapejaras drop this egg at random, and in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended survivors can eat it or turn it into Superior Kibble. The in-game text: "Tremendously nourishing by itself, this egg provides superior nutritional value in many cooking recipes." The ARK Wiki also lists two variants, the Fertilized Tapejara Egg and the Fertilized X-Tapejara Egg.

Superior Kibble and taming

According to the wiki, Superior Kibble tames a long list of creatures, among them the Argentavis, Direwolf, Mammoth, Megalodon, Snow Owl, Woolly Rhino and the Tapejara itself. Any creature that takes Simple, Basic or Regular Kibble will accept it as well.

Hatching a baby Tapejara

When two Tapejaras mate, the egg they produce can hatch into a baby Tapejara. It needs between 29 and 32 °C (84 to 90 °F); outside that range it starts to lose health. Hatching takes 1h 39m 59.521s, and an Egg Incubator set to the best temperature can cut that time by up to 20%. After laying, a female needs between 18h and 2d before she can produce another egg.

Weight, spoiling and collecting

Each egg weighs 7 and they stack to 100, so a full stack weighs 700. The ARK Wiki gives a spoil time of 28800 seconds and a decompose time of 1800 seconds. Be careful when collecting one: taking an egg while wild Tapejaras are around turns them hostile, and they will go after the survivor. Our records list the egg on 7 maps, including The Island, Scorched Earth, Extinction, Ragnarok and Valguero. The wiki gives 247.0 as the version that added it.