What does imprinting do in Ark?

Imprinting will increase the stat-values of all stats by 20% at full affinity, including speed and torpor; this boost does not apply to stamina and oxygen.
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What do imprints do?

Imprinting is a form of learning in which an animal gains its sense of species identification. Birds do not automatically know what they are when they hatch – they visually imprint on their parents during a critical period of development. After imprinting, they will identify with that species for life.
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Does imprinting increase levels?

So fully imprinting boosts all stats (besides stamina and oxygen) by 20%. A creature being leveled up receives a certain percentage of each stat, with the percentage being the base of that stat, which includes mutations for bred, and post-tame bonus levels for tamed.
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Why does the imprinting say 0% on ark?

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I have seen this when I log in to a server and babies that have been imprinted 100% are asking for more "cuddling" again regardless. You can give them what they want and it will say "Imprinting +0%". If this tame is not at 100% imprinting already you may want to look at your imprint settings.
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Can you have human babies in Ark?

Two players can mate and have an ai offspring. It's capable of defending and stuff. But if you abandon the ai human it has a chance of finding other abandon ai humans and start forming a tribe.
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What happens if I dont imprint ark?

Any imprinting done is permanent and will not decay if you neglect to imprint the creature afterwards. If the creature asks for something you don't have or don't want to feed, it is possible to cryopod it, then release it back out.
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Do Maewings imprint babies?

When you are imprinting on a baby and it needs to go for a walk, if it's one of the more frustrating dinos to walk, put it in the Maewing pouch and whistle the baby, mount and run. It'll count for your walking imprint and only take a few strides.
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How long do you have to imprint ark?

Normally a ravager takes 2925 minutes to fully mature from birth to adult. With my rates, since they are 50 times faster, it should take only 2925/50 = 58.5 minutes to fully mature. Normal imprint time is 8 hours, but my interval multiplier is .
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Does imprinting affect movement speed?

Imprinting boosts movement speed!
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How does Ark breeding work?

Once the mating bar is completed, non-mammalian females drop a single fertilized egg , and mammalian females start gestating. If there are too many tamed creatures in the server or in the tribe, the pair will refuse to mate until there is a free spot.
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How do you stop imprinting?

Imprinting can be avoided by:
  1. raising birds with others of the same species.
  2. replacing the nest.
  3. fostering baby birds with other parents of the same species.
  4. puppet feeding (some species need this)
  5. playing bird calls while feeding.
  6. not treating the baby bird like a pet.
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Can Maewing steal babies in PVE?

No they cant steal Babys in pve on Xbox.
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Can Maewings raise gigas?

THEY OUTEAT GIGAS when raising. Babies consume so much food. They prefer meat but can be raised on berries.
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Can you cryo babies ark?

Cryopodding a baby (baby, juvenile or adolescent) creature inside a Cryopod will pause the imprint timer and food consumption, and if asking for care, will change what it wants whenever it is un-Cryopodded.
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Will there be Ark 2?

Ark 2 is a console launch exclusive for Xbox Series X. Studio Wildcard announced this partnership with Microsoft Gaming alongside its reveal of the game – it's a deal which ensures that the only console platform you'll be able to play Ark 2 on at launch will be Xbox.
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Can you breed fish in ARK?

Coelacanths in ARK are not assigned genders and thus cannot be bred by players.
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