Ark How to Tell if Baby Has Mutation

Changes in stats and colors of bred offspring

Mutations are random stat boosts and color changes applied to offspring when breeding tamed creatures. For farther insights encounter the External links section.

Contents

• 1 Probability of Mutation
  • 1.1 Mutation Mechanics
  • 1.2 i. Initial Stat Selection from Parents
  • 1.3 2. Selecting a Stat for Mutation
  • 1.4 3. Assigning a Parent as Source of Mutation
  • 1.5 4. Random Curlicue for Mutation
  • 1.6 five. Apply Mutation and Color Modify
  • one.seven 6. Repeat #2-5 Twice More
• 2 Mutation Counters
• iii How to Breed Super Creatures
• 4 FAQ
• five Gallery
• half-dozen External Video Tutorial
• 7 External links
• 8 References

Probability of Mutation [ ]

For each offspring upward to three mutations can occur, each with a 2.5% chance, assuming both parents are eligible to receive a mutation. If multiple mutations occur, they may affect the aforementioned or different stats.

The probability for at least one mutation in an offspring whose parents both have less than 20 matrilineal and patrilineal mutations is 7.31%, for at least two mutations information technology is 0.184%, and for three mutations the probability is 0.00156%.^[1]

The probability for at least one mutation when the parent that provides the improved stat has twenty mutations or higher is 4.07% because the game prefers the "weaker" of both parents to provide the mutation increment in the ancestry by 55%.

The probability for at least i mutation in an offspring whose "worse stat" parent has xx or more than mutations is 3.31%. because the game prefers the "weaker" parent as the carrier of the mutation increase in the ancestry. Since the "weaker" parent is already above 20 mutations, the game disregards the mutation. This will terminate in a lower mutation probability than the previous example. This scenario volition non happen in the normal game flow since the parent that carries the mutated stat will usually be the one whose stat is higher.

The probability for at least one mutation in an offspring whose parents each have more than than 20 mutations is 0%.^[i]

Mutation Mechanics [ ]

Stat mutations are determined and practical in the following steps (from the code at ^[1]):

1. Initial stat choice from parents (not technically part of mutations)
2. Select a stat for mutation
3. Assign a parent equally source of potential mutation
4. Random roll for mutation (ii.5% hazard)
5. Apply mutation and color alter
6. Echo #two-five two more times

Many write-ups regarding mutations will mention "mutating a stat on a parent" or like language, which may be disruptive if you are new to breeding. To be articulate, only the offspring's stats are e'er actually modified/mutated, after they are initially ready in footstep #1 to a higher place. The mutation mechanic assigns i of the parents as the source of a mutation, but it is not actually mutating the parent creature.

When you lot read "parent has 20/20" or like below, this is referring to the full mutations on the parent - its Matrilineal+Patrilineal mutation Counters. Run into the Mutation Counters section for more details and also the code at.^[1]

1. Initial Stat Selection from Parents [ ]

The initial stat values are selected from either the mother or the begetter, with a 55% chance that the stronger stat will be selected. For example if the mother has 20 wild levels in melee and the male parent has xxx levels, it is 55% likely that the offspring's melee value will initially (earlier mutations) be set at +xxx levels.

2. Selecting a Stat for Mutation [ ]

(This step along with the next iii are repeated for 3 iterations.)
A single stat is selected for possible Mutation. Only stats which tin be leveled up for the species volition be selected.

3. Assigning a Parent every bit Source of Mutation [ ]

One of the parents is chosen every bit the source of the mutation, this is based on the stat picked from the parent, with a 55% run a risk that the weaker parent (in that stat) is chosen. This is a completely independent check from the initial stat assignment, significant that the father might accept provided the offspring'due south initial melee stat, merely the mother is the source of a mutation to it.

If the source of the mutation has reached the xx mutation limit, and then this mutation chance is lost and a new iteration (if any are left) begins at #2. This ways that the combined number of mutations for either the father or the female parent must be <20, because the check is performed with the baby'due south mutation counter (see next section).

For example, if yous breed a 20/20 father and a 0/20 mother and on mutation iteration #i (of iii) the father is called as the source for a mutation, the mutation does not happen (the 2.5% chance is not even evaluated) and the iteration is complete. This of class reduces (by approximately fifty%) the already-slim chances of a mutation actually occurring so if you desire the full 7.31% hazard of at to the lowest degree one mutation, both parents must be <xx. Encounter the section beneath on mutation Stacking for more than data about breeding maximum stats.

iv. Random Roll for Mutation [ ]

If the "source" parent is valid, and so the two.five% chance is evaluated. If this check fails, this mutation iteration is consummate and a new iteration (if any are left) begins at #2.

5. Apply Mutation and Color Modify [ ]

If the mutation check succeeds, then the offspring's stat is evaluated; if it'south adamant less than 255 levels it is then given 2 wild levels and the mutation counter on the side (Matrilineal/Patrilineal) of the source of the mutation (non the source of the initial stat) is increased past 1. Additionally, a random mutation to a color region will occur. This color mutation may not be obvious due to it resulting in a very similar colour to one of the parents, or due to the algorithm choosing a colour region not used by the species.

Any colour (including dyes) can be selected for the resulting color mutation, with effectually a 10% chance to select a dye and xc% chance to select a normal colour. Also note that the invalid color IDs 0 and 227 can rarely exist rolled. ID 0 shows only the animate being base of operations texture, while ID 227 shows as white.

six. Repeat #ii-five Twice More than [ ]

Regardless of whether or not a mutation occurred, the process is repeated twice more. The aforementioned stat may exist afflicted twice (+4) or even three times (+half-dozen) if you are especially lucky!

Mutation Counters [ ]

The Beginnings screen for each beast shows a mutation counter on both the Matrilineal (mother'southward) and Patrilineal (father'south) side. These numbers practice not show the bodily mutations on the fauna. Rather, they are a combination of the parents' mutation counters plus whatever actual mutations expressed when the baby was hatched. Without knowing details of the ancestry of a particular creature, it is impossible to tell how many actual mutations accept been a) carried forrard from a parent or b) expressed at nascency (though with some reverse-engineering it is possible to brand some guesses). The reason the numbers are given as 10/20 is explained below.

Wild creatures begin with cypher mutations on both sides. Infant tame creatures (from breeding, not from stolen eggs east.grand.  Wyvern) inherit a base mutation counter value from each parent. This base value is equal to the parent'southward own matrilineal + patrilineal counters.

• Mother's Matrilineal + Patrilineal = babe'southward Matrilineal counter
• Father'due south Matrilineal + Patrilineal = baby'due south Patrilineal counter

Additionally, if Step 4 higher up results in a mutation on a baby's stat, the mutation counter for the source of the mutation is increased. If mother was the source of the mutation (not necessarily the source of the initial stat), the Matrilineal counter gets +1. If the father was the source of the mutation, then baby's Patrilineal counter gets +1.

When because creatures every bit potential parents, if the creature's combined mutation counters (Matrilineal + Patrilineal) is greater than 20, then any potential mutations which have that parent equally the source (Stride 3 above) will automatically neglect.

Notation - previous writeup said that only Patrilinial number matterd for fathers, and only Matrilineal number mattered for mothers, but this is contradicted by the code. Encounter calc for RandomMutationCount and RandomMutationCountMate at.^[1]

Here is an instance showing some possible mutation counter results for Mutated and non-Mutated babies:

	Matrilineal/twenty	Patrilineal/twenty	New Mutations	Description
Mother	1	4	N/A	Northward/A
Male parent	x	5	Due north/A	N/A
Babe 1	5	15	0	No successful mutations; infant inherits M+P counters from each side
Baby 2	5	sixteen	1 (+2 levels to a stat)	Father was the source of the mutation; +1 to P counter
Baby 3	6	15	1 (+2 levels to a stat)	Mother was the source of the mutation; +1 to M counter
Baby 4	6	sixteen	2 (+2 levels to 2 stats/+4 to one stat)	Both parents were the source of a mutation; +i to both Thou & P counters

Because the mutation count is stored as a signed 32-bit integer information technology'due south possible that mutation counters volition exist expressed as a negative number. This happens when the count would accept exceeded 2,147,483,647. The signing chip is then reversed and a negative number is observed. The inverse is also true, when two extremely small numbers are added together and exceed -2,147,483,648 the signing fleck will flip producing a positive number. For all intents and purposes these negative numbers are yet less than the maximum of twenty, therefore a male with a negative mutation count can be bred with a female with a < 20 mutation count and be eligible for the vii.31% chance of a mutation occurring.

How to Breed Super Creatures [ ]

Selective mutation breeding / mutation stacking

Note: The goal of this process is to obtain a level 449 creature that has NO levels in whatsoever stat except the ones y'all explicitly want. That'due south why we're starting with a level ane-ish dino in step 2.

1. Breed a animate being that has the best stats that you lot can find. – the creature has to take less than a combined mutation counter of 20
2. Get a low level creature that has 0 levels in each of the stats yous aren't interested in, due east.g. Oxygen, Food, Weight, and Speed. All creatures are limited on Official Servers to level 449 or less and then every level counts.
3. Get a breeding pair of 1 male person and equally many females as y'all tin (the more the faster the whole process gets) all with equal stats to the animate being from step 1 with the all-time desired stats. Ideally, they (especially the females) should all have the same stats and 0 on their combined mutation counters.
4. Breed… a lot.
5. Go a mutation in the stat yous are looking for (e.g. Wellness)
   1. on a baby that inherited the lower stat of both parents
   2. on a baby that inherited the higher stat of both parents
6. Brood your new mutation to a male person creature.
7. Swap your original male from pace three with the new mutated (eastward.k. Health) male creature.
8. Echo point v.two - vii.
9. Stop far earlier reaching level 450, and level 500 for x- and r- creatures. – The Official Server common animal level cap is level 450, and 500 for x- and r- creatures (Voidwyrm included). Any creature that reaches those levels volition exist non able to level up. You should become a end many levels before those limits, especially considering how a the stats value can rise on level ups. Actual level upwards limit on Official servers is 88; you may want to stop before that value (similar 73 levels), since getting the concluding level ups with feel points may be difficult, especially on non-boss fights designated creatures. If yous intend to take advantage of all possible 88 level ups, you may desire to target level 362, and 412 for x- and -r creatures.
10. Stop if you reach 253 or 254 levels in specific stat – Ark will prevent a stat from being levelled if the wild level count for that stat is 255 but non if it is lower and not if the stat'south wild levels plus the stat's domestic levels run across or exceed 255.^[two]

^{Note: The male creature's mutation counter will exceed 20. This isn't an upshot as long as you lot proceed to apply females with a combined mutation counter less than twenty. The male person'south will go on to contribute their high stat levels while the females volition continue to offer mutation chances.}

Example: Breeding a god Rex.

1. Starting King stats bred from all best Rex'southward y'all take.

   

   Starting stats

   

   Family tree

2. Getting a level 1 Male monarch. (May crave taming a few low level Rex's and breeding them together to get 0's in all of the stats)
3. Breeding a Rex that has no points in undesirable stats, e.1000. Oxygen, Food, Weight, and Speed.
4. Selective mutations breeding – for a very long time
5. In this instance the goal was to get high levels for health and melee, so every health or melee mutation was used.
6. Final stats

   

   Concluding levels

   

   Family tree

7. Breeding for color – such an OP creature needs to look nice too

   

   Color mutations

Every new color mutation that appeared in the process was kept, then in the end there were around 200+ Rex's of every color imaginable on each colour region.

The Rex in the example was bred a niggling different, all levels in move speed were eliminated in the finish.

FAQ [ ]

• Why did my baby fauna become +2 levels in a stat, but the colors seem to exist the same?

The color mutation can target any of the six colour regions, nevertheless non all creatures use all regions, so it is possible that the color mutation is invisible. For example, if colour regions 1, 2, or 3 are targeted for mutation on a Sabertooth, you lot will non run across any visible colour modify.

Some other reason for not seeing a color mutation is that the mutated color is the aforementioned or very similar to the original color.

• Why did my babe creature go a colour mutation, simply no visible stat mutation?

Either a) the stat mutation targeted Movement Speed, which will not result in a visible increase in the stat value or b) the source of the base stat was the weaker parent, who was exactly two wild levels below its mate and and so, after mutation, the infant ends upward with exactly the same stat levels as the stronger parent. It looks to you like the baby simply inherited from the stronger parent when it actually has [weaker parent +two].

Note that a stat mutation is always detectable through a higher Torpor value and higher total level. That is, if you see that Torpor & total level are higher than expected, it is certain that a stat mutation occurred fifty-fifty if it is not obvious.

• Why did total level become up, but in that location is no visible stat increase and no colour modify?

This tin happen as a combination of the first two cases. The but affair that visibly changes is the Torpor and the full level.

• Can the mutated colour be the aforementioned as the original colour?

Yes, the mutation color is chosen randomly.

• Can a brute mutate twice at the same time?

Yes, upwards to iii mutations tin can happen for an offspring, with +2 wild levels on a stat i color change for each mutation. Multiple mutations can target the same stat, and then y'all could come across +4 or +half-dozen wild levels on a single stat.

• Can creatures exist bred infinitely to increment their stats?

No, there is a level cap of 450 on official servers. Whatsoever tamed/bred dinos that reach levels in a higher place 450 on birth are deleted by the game after server restart and once you lot hitting the 450 Levels on your adult dino you won't be able to level your beast anymore. Notation that selective mutation convenance is a very long process and information technology's going to take months of real time, until that limit is hit.

• Could a low level creature with 3 mutation in a stat used to transfer these mutations on a high level creature to increase its stat-values?

No, mutations cannot be transferred to other creatures. Merely offspring can become new mutations. Besides, the game does not record which stats on a creature are mutated or by how much. In one case the mutation algorithm is finished and the baby is hatched/born, the simply information recorded is the current levels in each stat and the total Matrilineal and Patrilineal mutation counters. The game does non record whether the current stat levels are naturally inherited or mutated.

• Can the offspring of parents with full mutations (Matrilineal + Patrilineal) of greater than 20 take mutations?

No, at to the lowest degree one parent with a total mutation counter of less than xx is needed to have an offspring with a mutation. If merely one parent meets this requirement, the chance for a mutation is approximately halved..

• Can the offspring of a parent with more 20 total mutations have inherit a stat of this parent and take a mutation on this stat?

Yes, if the other parent has a mutation counter of less than 20.^[3] This method is used in selective mutation breeding. See the detailed mechanics higher up regarding the source of the initial stat vs. the source of the mutation. Either parent tin can exist the source of the initial stat, but simply a <20 parent can be the source of a mutation.

• Does a loftier mutation counter imply a good creature?

No. The mutation counter doesn't reflect the stats of the creature and is contained of them, and so a animate being with 0 mutations can have very loftier levels and a creature with a high mutation-counter tin can have 0 levels in each stat. For more than data watch ane of tagbacktv'southward videos on mutations.

Gallery [ ]

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  Color Mutation on a Raptor

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  Color Mutation on a Therizinosaurus

External Video Tutorial [ ]

External links [ ]

• Mutation probabilities explored (includes JSON data) past mgxts on Reddit
• Mutations and You - A Guide on Convenance Mutations past daymeeuhn on Reddit

References [ ]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.ane 1.2 1.3 1.4} Mutation-probability on reddit
2. ↑ This was verified by admin spawning a fauna and checking it's stat levels with the Admin Rifle. The raptor had 252 melee and 255 speed. Speed levelup was disabled in the creature's inventory, but melee was leveled an boosted xi times without issue.
3. ↑ mutations and you on reddit

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