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ARK Taming and Breeding Multipliers Guide

Ark Guide • Updated Mar 30, 2026

ARK Taming and Breeding Multipliers Guide

Taming settings are where most ARK communities start customizing the game, but admins often change one number without adjusting the breeding and imprint settings around it. Good rates feel fast without making imprinting impossible or turning every species into a five-minute throwaway tame.

Core Settings

Setting What It Changes
TamingSpeedMultiplier How quickly wild creatures tame
BabyMatureSpeedMultiplier How quickly babies grow up
EggHatchSpeedMultiplier How quickly eggs incubate
BabyCuddleIntervalMultiplier How often imprint interactions are requested
BabyImprintAmountMultiplier How much imprint each interaction gives
MatingIntervalMultiplier How long breeding cooldowns last

Balanced Community Example

[ServerSettings]
TamingSpeedMultiplier=4.0
MatingIntervalMultiplier=0.5
EggHatchSpeedMultiplier=8.0
BabyMatureSpeedMultiplier=10.0
BabyCuddleIntervalMultiplier=0.2
BabyImprintAmountMultiplier=1.0

This kind of preset speeds up taming and breeding heavily without making imprint windows absurdly tight. If you increase maturation far beyond this, you usually need to lower cuddle interval further or raise imprint amount.

Imprinting settings interact with each other. Faster maturation without matching cuddle adjustments is the classic way to create baby dinos that can never reach a full imprint.

How to Tune Without Breaking the Game

  1. Set your target tame time first.
  2. Adjust breeding speed second.
  3. Test one fast-growing species and one slow-growing species.
  4. Only then fine-tune cuddle interval and imprint amount.

Common Mistakes

  • Using huge maturation boosts without checking imprint math
  • Speeding up taming but leaving food and raising balance untouched
  • Changing too many rates at once and losing the original baseline

Need an easier place to test ARK rates and rollback bad tuning changes? Host ARK: Survival Evolved on Supercraft or run ARK: Survival Ascended on Supercraft and keep experimental server tuning easier to manage.

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