How to make an EggFarm

[Yacster]

I've seen in videos and stuff of people making eggfarms. The animals lay eggs which then make kibble to tame. How do you do this? How can i make my animals lay eggs?
Thanks

[Shane]

You create a pen style area, fill it with dinos (females lay eggs) and the males increase the chance of them doing so because they get a boost, and then you can tame oviraptors to further increase the chance again. then you simply wait and collect all the eggs up store in a fridge and so forth to make your kibble.

[Zengetzu]

You also need to be aroubd them so that they will be active and lay otherwise they go into stasis

[123]

>Make a box and put XX number of dinos male/females inside
>Put then on wandering
>Tame a oviraptor
>????
>Proffit

[BrunoLuigi]

easy easy!

Tame ONE male and X females of each species, look for low level because u do not need high level for ir.
Them build a huge building to fit all that dino. I recommend a closed box, would be better if there is spaces without foundations on the bottom (sometimes you will not be able to pickup the egg if it's on ceilling).
Build feeding through for feeding.
Tame a couple of oviraptor if your egg farm is big enough.
put stones inside the oviraptor and turn on the Wandening.
Collect the eggs

[Professor Nipples]

skip the hassle...download or play on a server that has an automatic egg collector. Get eggs, go back to having fun. But...if your set on egg collection, placing bums under ramps so eggs roll down and are easy to grab is a great way to collect. As mentioned, if you aren't there dinos go into stasis, no eggs (get the collector) ;)

[willemstowi]

one male and some females of the dinos you want the eggs from, feed them well and most important be active around them.

[StoneTiger]

Tame dinos 1 male and 1-5 females. To get the matw boost. It gives you a boost i. The chance of a female laying a egg. The more females the faster you will get eggs. Now they will lay eggs. Mostly when you or your tribe members are around. As they stay active.

You don't need to build a building a fenced in pen or just dinos sitting any where together works. But it's recommended to at least build a pen so you can put most dinos on passive so they don't move to far apart.

To boost the chance and speed of them laying eggs tame a oviraptor. Fill it with what ever to over weight it. Then turn it's wander on. Then you will get a egg laying boost. This means instead of say a 5% chance ever 20 min. They get say 10% or more chance every 15 min. (These are not the actual numbers!!! Just a example) not sure what the actual % or time is you would need to seach that.

Now your dinos will lay eggs at a decent rate. I would recommend checking for eggs ever 10-20 min when around your base. Put eggs in a dino, persevering bin or frig to extend their spoil time so you can save them up for kibble. A frig would be best if you have one.

[Yacster]

Ok thanks, so i need to put the dinos on wandering mode for them to lay, also how far from my base can i go so that they still lay?

[Shane]

Originally posted by yacub786:

Ok thanks, so i need to put the dinos on wandering mode for them to tame, also how far from my base can i go so that they still lay?

incorrect, wander for mating, or for oviraptor (egg laying happens in any mode)

[StoneTiger]

Originally posted by yacub786:

Ok thanks, so i need to put the dinos on wandering mode for them to tame, also how far from my base can i go so that they still lay?

Only have your oviraptor that is weight down on wander to get the egg boost. Your other dinos don't need to be on wander of your are not trying to get fertilized eggs you can hatch. And never leave anything on wander when not around except the weighted down ovi. As dinos on wander will glitch through walls and run away or at least wander a bit away making you have to round them up.

Not sure on the distance from base you can go. But my self I go out around my base collecting mats to build stuff or narco berries for narcos. And then check back ever so often for eggs.

Mostly I would say around rendering distance or a little farther so you can still do stuff around your base and get eggs faster. They will still drop eggs when you are farther away but not as much as they go in to a some whay stasis mode when no one is around

[Shane]

you see i get eggs when returning from the other side of the map, and loading up the game. because i often considered that if i log in and out a dozen times will it improve getting them.

[Yacster]

So do i put the dinos on a certain mode, or just have then locked up in a pen without changing any of their modes or anything?

[Shane]

You can do anything if you want them to wander around a pen they will still lay eggs, just as they would on passive. its just not required... the abosulte miminal critea is that you have a female dino.

you can even find eggs in the wild...


I dont even mate boost my dinos, i just only tame females (with exception of argentavis because i plan to mate them) and only recently have i boosted with oviraptor. i use to just have only females and got eggs as and when they came.

you dont even have to have them in a pen, mine are just sat on the beach looking useless all feeding from a trough...

here is mine: http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/356149357102383881/4B32941FA62FF92974FBD22DEC48F31AC7EAE9EA/


when you place a tamed male of the same species in range of a female dino, they become whats called mate boosted, part of which means they get a higher chance of producing an egg...


EXCEPTION TO THE RULING: on boosting your kibble farm...
the oviraptor increases it again (but this one needs to be on wander) but to stop it walking off people load it up with rocks so its too heavy to move, because the boost from it doesnt arrive unless its on wander mode.


ONLY IF YOU WANT TO MATE: is wander mode essential....
if you want to mate male/females then you place them both in a pen, put them both on wander and then the egg produced will not be a normal egg but a fertilized one which you can hatch into a baby dino.

looking at the egg will tell you if its fertilized or normal egg !!


Notes:

mate boosted animals have love heart above them
oviraptor boost to animals makes a spotted egg icon appear on dinos
animals in range of a feeding trough with have trough icon above them

[StoneTiger]

Originally posted by yacub786:

So do i put the dinos on a certain mode, or just have then locked up in a pen without changing any of their modes or anything?

No certain mode just have the male and female close.

I my self keep most of them on passive so I can line them up in nice orderly rows. And then keep any extra males besides the 1st one on neutral to defend them or set up a plant x to do so

[Yacster]

Ok, my Dilos are now on some thatch foundations all clumped together, 1 female 3 males (i know its not ideal) there is a feeding trough next to them. They have hearts above them and a picture of a feeding trough. Is it working?