ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

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Wendigo Jan 15, 2016 @ 6:06am
Kibble Science: Kibble is not 80 food (mostly), Turtle Eggs aren't very filling, and people can't digest kibble fully
So I fed my dinos some kibble and noticed they weren't getting 80 food per kibble, like the wiki claims kibble is, so I figured since I didn't have anything better to do I would take a closer look into kibble. My results are in this google spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bXA_bw5uQ5mGtJ3XjTWb-ihV8zeLLZpuZPLwEwyjjyI/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=565567869

My results are that while a dino's favorite kibble is usually 80 food for it, the kibble's actual food value is based on whether it uses prime meat or regular meat, being 90 and 60 respectively. One exception is turtle kibble which is only 60 food despite requiring prime meat, and only 54 for a bronto despite being its preferred kibble. Also, despite requiring 3 prime meat, quetz kibble is still only 90 food. Additionally if a dino prefers a prime kibble it still only gets 80 food from it, less then other dinos do. Lastly, kibbles give 1/6 the amount if eaten by a person, so etiher 15 or 10 food.

I found this interesting, and though I am obviously easily amused, I thought others might also find it so.
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Chop Jan 15, 2016 @ 6:12am 
I believe the 80 food was taken from taming. when taming a piece of preferred kibble will replenish 80 food for the dino. but still good to know. maybe I'll change to an all dodo egg kibble diet for my pets. hopefully my wolfs fur will start to look better :)
When used correctly Kibble is 80 food. That is for taming and raising babies.

A dino needs 80 hunger to eat it, dinos will NOT eat kibble unless it is their last option unless they are taming or being raised, and even then they will preferentially eat only their favorite kibble, and then only under the previous 2 circumstances.

If you personally eat kibble you won't get 80 food because you are not a dinosaur. If you forcefeed dinos kibble, they will get some food but mostly kibble is for those two roles and in those cases it is ALWAYS 100% of the time 80 hunger needed and then filled.

also keep in mind that depending on the hunger drain for the particular animal you are dealing with it may look like less because hunger doesn't stop dropping during the eating process.
Last edited by A҉g̷e͢nt̨ o͡f ̴Çh̨a҉nge; Jan 15, 2016 @ 6:21am
Wendigo Jan 15, 2016 @ 6:34am 
Only preferred kibble is 80 food 100% of the time when taming or raising babies, other kibbles are either 90 or 60 food, which is the point of my post, feeding a baby rex scorpion kibble (80 food) is less food per kibble then say argent kibble (90 food), and while a baby ptero will get 80 food from dodo kibble, a baby ankylo only gets 60 food. Dodos get 80 food from kibble exactly 0% of the time, because they have no preferred kibble.

Kibble is not ALWAYS 100% 80 food points
Last edited by Wendigo; Jan 15, 2016 @ 6:35am
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Date Posted: Jan 15, 2016 @ 6:06am
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