ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

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cool skill Jul 5, 2020 @ 10:23pm
Dodo not laying eggs.
Had male and female dodo since roughly day 2. They have their own coop house. Set to enable mate and wander. I put them on a wood floor. She laid two eggs once when I first tamed her. However, since then, nothing. Days and days go by. Zero eggs.

Around day 10, got two turtle-dinos. Male and female in dino pen. Set to mate and wander. The female turtle lays eggs regularly. After a few days, have gotten eggs out of her. The dodos still nothing.

I have the settings on default. I tried bumping up the egg laying speed. Dodo laid once soon after. Then never again for days. Turtles laid nonstop. Why isn't the dodo laying eggs? They're supposed to lay more often than the dinos afaik.
Last edited by cool skill; Jul 5, 2020 @ 10:30pm
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Zera_Fox Jul 5, 2020 @ 10:36pm 
Dodos have a chance to produce an unfertilized egg instead of poop on their poop interval.
This "more often" doesn't apply to fertilized eggs.

Also sometimes eggs will fall through floors, so this could be what is happening that you aren't noticing the eggs being produced. And if these eggs are fertilized (produced from mating) then there could also be the chance that they are decaying/spoiling before you see them as fertilized eggs will die and disappear if they sit for too long in the wrong temperature.
Unfertilized eggs don't have to worry about temperature as there isn't anything to incubate. :P
margalus Jul 5, 2020 @ 10:57pm 
I just collected 5 eggs from 1 dodo...:steammocking:

One thing you have to watch out for, eggs can fall thru foundations and floors. If you want o breed them it would be best to have them surrouned by a fence, but no foundations under them. Just keep them fenced in on bare ground.
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Date Posted: Jul 5, 2020 @ 10:23pm
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