ARK Survival Ascended Breeding Pen: How To Build

When it comes to obtaining superior and more desirable creatures in ARK Survival Ascended, breeding is the preferred method as it enables you to selectively breed dinos with the desired stats. Unfortunately, the breeding process can become overwhelming, leading to random dinos wandering around your base that you initially intended to breed.

The solution to this problem involves using a breeding pen, which helps you organize your breeding tames and allows you to tame multiple creatures simultaneously. In this guide, we will detail how to construct an efficient breeding pen in ARK Survival Ascended, streamlining your future breeding plans and facilitating the acquisition of mutations.

ARK Survival Ascended Breeding Pen: How To Build An Efficient Breeding Pen

Setting up an efficient breeding pen in ARK Survival Ascended involves a two-fold approach, focusing first on organizing your tames for effective breeding and then implementing structures to streamline the process. Let's start by discussing the necessary organization and setup for an effective breeding pen.

The core of this strategy is straightforward and capitalizes on the ability to breed up to four female tames with one male tame simultaneously. To achieve this, set up four female tames (using Raptors as an example above) nearby, ensuring they are stationary and have mating enabled in their menus.

Once this arrangement is in place, lead your male tame behind these four females. Upon activating mating on the male, all four female tames will initiate the breeding process. After completion and the gestation or pregnancy begins, you can proceed to set up another group of four females for the next breeding cycle.

While you can extend this strategy to as many groups of four female tames as desired, it may become somewhat disorganized and challenging to understand individually. This is where the second step of the strategy comes into play.

Use structures like railings to encircle your four female tames, create pens, and establish a pathway for your male to walk through. This configuration provides a clean separation between the female tames and offers an easily reusable path for the male, especially when switching to a different set of females, introducing a new male to enhance specific baby stats, or experimenting with breeding dinos featuring mutations.

This structure is basic and can be modified to suit your preferences, as it primarily serves utility purposes without significantly affecting breeding efficiency. Whether you opt for a standalone group of dinos or a pen constructed with structures using this method, you'll end up with numerous bred dinos, expanding your selection of baby dinos to add to your team.

This approach is also conducive to farming mutations, yielding 8 to 16 dinos per cycle (assuming successful births), thereby increasing the chances of obtaining rare mutations. If mutations are a priority and you aim to expedite the breeding process, consider incorporating this feature into your strategy.

In conclusion, this offers a quick and comprehensive method for quickly setting up an effective breeding pen in ARK Survival Ascended, facilitating the creation of numerous new dinos and increasing the frequency of breeding mutated dinos. Credit for the general breeding method goes to YouTuber Teachers Game Too, and for further insights on the topic, be sure to check out their video below.