Turtle Egg

An egg from the Carbonemys

Carbonemys are the source of the Turtle Egg in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended. Carbonemys drop it at random, and an egg from a mated pair can be hatched into a baby Carbonemys. The in-game description reads: "Tremendously nourishing by itself, this egg provides regular nutritional value in many cooking recipes."

Food and kibble

The egg can be eaten as it is, or turned into Regular Kibble. That kibble tames a long list of creatures; the ARK Wiki names, among others, the Ankylosaurus, Carnotaurus, Pteranodon, Sabertooth, Stegosaurus and Velonasaur, as well as any creature that takes Simple or Basic Kibble. Take care when collecting: grabbing an egg while wild Carbonemys are close makes them hostile, and they will attack you.

Hatching a Carbonemys

Hatching lasts 1h 14m 59.64s. It needs between 30 and 34 °C (86 to 93 °F); outside that range it begins to lose health. An Egg Incubator set to the best temperature can shorten incubation by up to 20%. After laying, it takes a female Carbonemys between 18h and 2d before she can lay again.

Weight, stacking and spoiling

An egg weighs 3 and they stack to 100, so a full stack weighs 300. It spoils after 192 hours, which is 8 days. Our records list it on 8 maps, among them The Island, Aberration, Extinction, Ragnarok and Valguero.