How to Get Mutations in ASA | Breeding & Stacking Mutations COMPLETE GUIDE ► Ark Survival Ascended

[@ConCon]

Here's an ingame guide on how this all works with real creatures: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnitiHucmM6BqZo

[@mattodonoghue9397]

Pictures for dummies I lovevit

[@JiuseTV]

Dudeee Thankyou so much! I’m about 100 hours into ASA, I’m also a completely new player to the series. I wanted to try my hand at breeding and was SUPER overwhelmed trying to juggle stats alone. I’ve watched probably 4-5 vids on “breeding guides” and I genuinely mean this, your video was the only one that made sense. You should teach blind people to see man, honestly so well done. Thanks again my guy! Sub locked in for sure.

[@ConCon]

Lol thanks for that! glad I could help you

[@matthewsutter2958]

Yes you definitely earned a sub from me bro!

[@mikebottorff593]

Same here 😅

[@EricBogart]

Oh boy a new fish go try official pvp small tribes it'll eat you up

[@wildraptor4638]

My thoughts exactly

[@yoRichaard]

idk why but you drawing this out made it alot simpler to grasp since im a brand new ark player, didnt even know ase existed until asa came out. ive watched hour long guides about breeding and mutations and even using actual creatures to show it off but it never clicked until i stumbled upon this video thanks man you helped alot

[@ConCon]

Glad it helped for explaining it to you :D

[@jimbojerry596]

The only person that can explain things this easily. This is great for visual learners as well. Thank you brother, great job

[@mikeywillemsen1696]

By far the best informative and simple mutation guide ive seen and let me tell you ive seen a lot of ASE mutation guides

[@ConCon]

Yup I believe you, I had to learn ASE's one the hard way too

[@SwedePotato314]

I’ve never heard of this game but now this video has started me down an hours long rabbit hole. These games looks like everything I love in a game. I’m so excited to start these after Christmas. I was just here looking for a heads up in the indigo disk elite 4, found this video and now I’m 8 videos deep into this game and the other one and I forgot that I left my switch on in the other room lol.

[@ConCon]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@rhosket]

Start PVE If you love breeding, hardest part is finding a plot of land to start building, jump a few servers and you're good. People generally helpful in PVE, Discords are usually nice too. PVP is a whole nother level of savagery and stress, whole base whipes weather on or offline, steeling eggs and gear (super fun to do, also super traumatic when lose 6 months of work while your offline). Only really get to breed in PVP if you have strong reputation in an alpha tribe that can protect a huge base 'near full time job'. Discord are more toxic than COD lobbies, wild place.

[@SwedePotato314]

@@rhosket I've been playing Evolved. Ascended was way too stressful tbh. I couldn't keep up. Evolved is still stressful but at least I can make SOME progress lol

[@Dam_Right]

As someone that never really understood how mutations worked at all lol, this was very helpful and easy to follow. Great job

[@ConCon]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@nauna_218]

That was explained SO well! I've never FULLY grasped the information on ASE being tutorials but I believe I understood everything you've said here. I'm going to look, but if you haven't done an ASE breeding tutorial, that would be so appreciated!

[@SlyFitty]

Honestly i agree I wish some people would actually explain like this seems so informative anyone can easily understand I’ve always struggled understanding ase breeding and stacking mutation to this day but asa sees so much easier now for pvp lines and everything

[@ConCon]

You're very welcome!

[@joeygamingnl2724]

You explained this perfectly, im very happy with this change since I always breed a lot

[@ConCon]

Thanks, I hope you enjoy the new system

[@XSNation7]

Very well explained and a great guide brother! And I agree, with this new very lenient system you can start mutations as soon as you get a pair of dinos instead of wait for the stats you’re ok with starting with

[@ConCon]

Thanks, that's exactly true

[@OfficialBLKGoat]

After 17 hundred hrs in ASA Blind breeding. ..You painted a better picture

[@russrandolph]

Hands down the best ASA breading guide made to date. And its a month old at this poing. Great job and thank you!

[@ConCon]

Glad it was helpful!

[@insomninastreams]

For the past 2 years of playing Ark I finally understand mutations. Thanks for the in depth explanation!

[@ConCon]

Glad I could help with it

[@Demonamic777]

I never did a lot of breeding in the original game, I was a base builder. But I've been wanting to expand into it more and this is good to hear!~

[@ConCon]

Yeah it's a great time to chance

[@ozimantv]

This is actually so cool. Often especially on the island you can't find high levels especially early on. I had several cases of starting mutations with 35 or so on a stat and later found something like 41 or 43 in ASE which wasted SOOOO much time. This definitely makes the game more accessible as a single player because I don't think tribes have this problem as much as single players. They can hunt dinos in several spots and kill low levels to basically force high level spawns real quick compared to single players.

[@ConCon]

Yeah its a really neat system

[@ozimantv]

@@CxMonstah thats not the issue. Island has a natural curve towards low end. Lets say you play default or set 150 max. Island still makes almost all dines level 60 and below. The higher end of the curve spawns too rarely and you need to clear the map usually multiple times to find something like lets say giga high level or yuty or carcha. The dinos that don't die by themselves and stay on the map for long. Some rare dinos almost stop spawning like thylas at some point especially if you don't clear the trees from bees. I have been looking for a thyla on the island for like a month at this point.

[@ozimantv]

@@CxMonstah I didn't tho you clearly didn't understand/ I maybe wasn't able to explain what I meant. Anything short of making everything like set 150 level which kills the whole chase doesn't work on the island even with mods in my experience. You set it like min level 60 then everything is between 100 and 60 levels and you get like 10 dinos in the whole map tops that is 140 adjacent. You can set it higher than that sure but the problem is there is not a way to make hunting less rng dependent and still be actual hunts on island because either everything is really high levels or high levels are really hard to find.

[@jeffreypikul6402]

@@CxMonstah that doesn't sound very fun. Let's just cheat the game and beat it was never my play style though.

[@Harodis]

@@ozimantv The mod that CxMonstah is referencing has a few different settings. It doesn't just change the minimum spawning to be a set number, it changes how the Island's spawning system works to either mimic Ragnarok, invert the weight (weighted towards high-end, plenty of lows still spawn), or have an equal chance to spawn any level. I'm personally using the mod for the reason that you mentioned - With some dinos being hard to find after a while (Spinos, Otters, and Thylas come to mind) it's easier imo just to weight the spawns different than to run around killing everything in sight to chase down the level.

[@aaronking1642]

You did an excellent job breaking this down. Drawing it out especially helped me understand the differences in the new breeding system. On the subject: What's everyone like to use for breeding multipliers? Trying to boost it on my server so casual players still get a chance to try some boss fights.

[@ConCon]

I think that depends on how fast you want players to play. Most people quit playing after doing the bosses (guilty of it myself) so beware you don't make it too fast.

[@kegen121]

seeshell gaming had a really good tutorial. I was able to get a 40/40 pair of zinos on official after 3 months and then I got hired as a mega tribe breeder😊 because of her video I mean there's plenty of good ones out there man. I'm interested to see how this is different now.

[@Whiptail84]

This breeding is so simplified I actually understood it. Thanks

[@ConCon]

Glad it helped!

[@0800sofa]

This is so cool. So much easier to understand than ASA and you did a fantastic job breaking it down. I’m really excited to get into this game

[@ConCon]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@wigglesmanpetersen3232]

This makes so much more sense than any other guide I've seen.

[@ConCon]

Thanks!

[@gamersreactions9267]

Wow... just wow. You explained this so clearly its mindboggling. Thanks a lot 🎉

[@ConCon]

Glad it was helpful!

[@elg1400]

FINALLY! I understand!!! It took someone drawing pictures for my pea brain to click! Lol This makes so much sense! I was getting frustrated because everyone else was confusing me and I couldn't keep the different generations straight. I was about ready to give up. So thank you!

[@ConCon]

Yeah I understand that, this was the best way for me to explain it without getting lost myself hahaha

[@BlowinXO]

Definitely very simple and easily understandable. Thanks for the info. ASA is not out on console yet so having info like this B4 hand is awesome as it could give me a slight advantage on release day!! Thank you!

[@ConCon]

Glad I could help!

[@gren5805]

Tommorow at 9am central brother.

[@christoofurry]

saw this video way back when it first dropped but at the time i just wanted a general understanding to test it out, wasn't much into breeding mutations in ASE but i wanted to try in ASA, and now realized I've done it wrong currently, but this video helped me understand where I went wrong and how i can possibly fix it. glad i kept majority of the dinos i used to breed lol great, easy to understand visually video 👍

[@Valariel]

Omg, this change makes breeding so much more worthwhile. So often I’ve bred the crap out of a Dino only to tame a wild Dino with a higher stat and effectively negated all my breeding effort.

[@ConCon]

Yeah it happens so often

[@DragonbornAri]

Super informative and straight to the point, thank you! I had recently got Ascended after a few thousand hours of Evolved and I really wanted to dive right in to mutating some mod creatures but wasn't sure how the mutations were different. Gotta say I love these changes!

[@samuloentertainment2843]

I have seen a couple of videos about this, and they never made sense to me. This is the best explanation I have ever seen. Finally understand it thanks to you.

[@ConCon]

You're very welcome!

[@stephanee5858]

yes cuz he want to look more inteligent than you. He is rushing too much details before talking of the subject. "how to breed how to keep the interesting stat" THE ONLY shit we want to know...

[@joshjcastillo]

I’ve watched tons of videos on mutations and your literally the only one that made it make sense! Amazing!!!

[@ConCon]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@DeftestHawk]

Omg this video is so easy to understand, thank you! I’ve watched a couple videos about this and it goes over my head but you’ve done a really good job.

[@ConCon]

You're so welcome!

[@TheAxeManLP]

Thank you sir !! Was looking for someone to explain the new system to me like i was 5 lol and this was perfect 💜

[@ConCon]

You're very welcome hahaha!

[@halomaster366]

Dude, thanks, I understood the whole thing to the T! I don’t have the game yet but this will help me understand so much! 🎉

[@ConCon]

Glad I could help!

[@sassygrilledcheese]

I NEVER understood breeding and mutations (played ark since 2016) but your video explained it perfectly.

[@ConCon]

Glad to hear that then

[@eyeemknotlion1873]

This is just what my tribe mates needed. Explained it better than I could've so now you're my go-to for breaking in newbies on breeding from here out! Thanks, mate!

[@ConCon]

Glad it helped!

[@casandragon4322]

WOOOO! I don't have to rebreed an entire line anymore because I tamed some random 150 full event just because it was pretty and gets up with a higher stat then I had previously is AMAZING and a huge time save!

[@ConCon]

It really is

[@acornhan0914]

i never got into breeding in ase because of how complicated it seemed to me. this is much easier for me to understand, and i might actually try and get into it now. thank you for a great visual explanation too

[@ConCon]

Glad I could help! Good luck!

[@wswanberg]

The individual stat limit remains at 255 (254 if you want to add post-tame levels) on official servers, but it can be changed on unofficials higher or lower. What's unclear at this point is if that limit is for hatched levels or hatched levels plus mutations. I suspect the latter, but only time will tell.

[@ConCon]

Yeah the information isn't readily available as yet

[@di11onm1nkgaming]

Can confirm that it has no effect on mutations, so the max you can get is 255 in all stats except health with has a 254 (melee for giga and carcha). Then add in the mutations let’s say 20 per stat and then add in the experience level. They should get to 1530 + 20(6) + max experience level cap

[@derickcarrigan]

good job guy!! i have 3k hrs in the game and never realy understood the whole mutations thing but now i do. great explanations

[@ConCon]

Glad I could help!

[@JulieKnegt]

Well explained. Thumbs up!

[@ConCon]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kylechu4115]

This was the best and most clear explanation of mutations. Thank you sir.

[@ConCon]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mathijsruben1086]

Its worth noting that at 4:06 its said you want to use a male baby with the new improved mutation, but in the case you get a female that gets the mutation, you can either gender swap it using some mod, or you can breed that female baby with the dad you started out with (or any other male). Here you would also have to make sure that dad or other male does not have any mutations just like you would with the male baby. By breeding the female baby with a male you have good chances of getting the mutations that are on that baby female, onto a new baby male. its how i breed mine rather than only going for the male in the mutation process. Its worth noting that if you are using some kind of mod or something to increase the odds of mutations it may actually be better to simply only go for a male baby and throw away the female baby even if it has the correct added mutation

[@nobodyimportant-lo8zd]

Thank you for this, i was just thinking about this.

[@ConCon]

Thanks for sharing

[@DDracee]

if you have alot females its often faster to just pretend you didnt get any mutations and do another batch, really need to leverage the fact a male can breed with 20 females for maximum efficiency, people using mods tend to forgo this tho i usually just add the mutated female to the breeding group of females for the next batch so i can leverage both odds

[@MoIds0]

Are you not able to just stack the muts? Like if the female had 2 muts and the male had 4 muts would it not be turned into a 6? If not that kinda sucks

[@mathijsruben1086]

@@MoIds0 no. And by breeding parents that both have mutations you quickly reach the mutation cap. It's called a dirty breeding line

[@makay8532]

Thank you! I have never understood Ark breeding, it just always got too complicated, this helps soooo much!!

[@ConCon]

Happy to help!

[@emerald6136]

Nice explanaion. Very similar to the former game, but ASA has made it a decent sum easier

[@ConCon]

Yes, true

[@jorgetellez7969]

being a visual learner this explained breeding perfectly!! on to breeding on ASA!! lol.. thank you so much!! Legend!

[@ConCon]

Happy to help!

[@cornxx3]

Love that it doesn't matter if you dont have the absolute highest possible favorable stat line on your dinos at the start. You can breed one that you find later that's higher, into that line as the mutations are independent from the line. I Remember the last time I was breeding rexes I got through the melee and stamina mut lines first, was about halfway through the health line when I found another rex that after taming was about 2k starting health higher than my original starting pair. Was pretty upset. Now that wouldn't be an issue. One thing you said I'm not sure about though. You mentioned the mutations could possibly go up to 244, is that per stat or in total? Because that could mean MEGA dinos and I'm all for that!

[@ConCon]

254* and yea they are called stat capped dinos. Because you max out each stat and get insane values plus a Dino with a level over 1000 if the server doesn't have a level limit

[@MachiSupay]

Such an awesome simple straight forward way of explaining this all. Nice job!!!

[@ConCon]

You're welcome

[@justbaumwolle1105]

7:40 i like that he shows us thats this t-rex is an absolute MF

[@ConCon]

Hahaha 😂

[@TheBurdDukem]

ohh my good this is like one of them lockdown online maths lessons 😭😭. The digital writing up of numbers just hit me with so much repressed trauma!! Funnily enough you taught me way more than all those online lecturers ever did 😁😁❤️

[@squiddad1528]

What about wild dinos with mutations? That's a thing now, I'm interested to know how many mutations a wild Dino can have and how breeding them with other dinos works.

[@ConCon]

Oh it is?? I had no idea that was a thing

[@OleCopperbeard]

I claimed a baby Rex with 2 mutations on it earlier. Problem is I have no idea which stat is mutated since I killed the parent. I hope they add the ability to see which stats are mutated through the UI.

[@Retik7]

@@OleCopperbeard I'm pretty sure the newly added tek binoculars will show base stats and mutations, among other info regarding dinos.

[@GoNique]

Breakdown was on point!

[@kristiangines1486]

One of the best videos explaining how mutations and stats work. Keep it up man.

[@ConCon]

Thanks, will do!

[@TravisPelesasaSefo]

Followed because this was the most helpful to me in regards to breeding again since everything is different. Thank you

[@ConCon]

Awesome, thank you!

[@MrSnow76]

This was a very clear and quick explanation. Thank you for that!

[@wolfindragonsclothing]

This guide was amazing and very insightful. I have watched syntacs verison on repeat and almost never get the mutation stage but with easier stuff with mods and tek binoculars plus this explanations i understand it way better.

[@ConCon]

Thanks! glad I could help

[@KingJames42]

Had zero knowledge on any of this and now I understand it completely, really great job explaining!

[@ConCon]

Great to hear!

[@daltontjelmeland2105]

Explained PERFECTLY! Just subbed! Look forward to diving into your content as I play!

[@ConCon]

Thanks

[@heolx]

This video is a godsend I was way overcomplicating it. Thank you so much!

[@jamesstewart9351]

Saved me so much time. Wasn’t looking forward to breeding mutations the old way. Nice work.

[@ConCon]

Great to hear!

[@taco8102]

this is the best explanation i have found on youtube about this topic, i learned more than other guides i have seen! one question, can you maybe do an ingame guide? i’m curious about the process!

[@ConCon]

I'll try once I have more experience, my pc has been packed up for 6 days as I've moved to a new city so I'm still waiting for stuff to get set up and progress again

[@streamerellla]

Best video I've ever seen about breeding and mutations, both ASE and ASA. Hat off to you sir 🎉🎉🎉

[@ConCon]

Wow, thanks

[@CallMeNovaGirl]

Out of anyone ever of all time, you have explained this the best. And after many years, my dumbass now understands. Thank you.

[@ConCon]

You're welcome :D

[@scafeski3852]

Until yesterday, this is how i thought ASE breeding worked. Learned that the hard way after rewatcging a breeding video. Glad to know that my original understanding is now reality in ASA

[@ConCon]

Lmao that must have been a mess in ASE then, but glad you got it now

[@alexnorth2452]

Dude absolutely amazing video explaining a complex system in a way a simp like me can understand, thanks a ton

[@ConCon]

You're welcome

[@mattodonoghue9397]

Best explanation of breeding mutation I have seen. New sub

[@ConCon]

Awesome, thank you!

[@Reptar724]

Awesome vid man. Broke it down, really good for dummies like myself

[@ConCon]

Glad it helped

[@CRABWIZRD]

This was actually pretty easy to understand and very helpful and from my understanding i can use the gigantoraptor feathers to speed the process up at the end or throughout the entire process so thank you i understand most of breeding now

[@ConCon]

Great to hear!

[@TheDragonQueen-uh4lm]

Love it! The mystery on how mutations work now has been answered. :D Loved your video, it is so easy to understand.

[@ConCon]

Thanks, glad it helped

[@sqidneyravenwood1494]

Jfc someone give the algorithm an award, i just started breeding my direwolves with the ye olden days in mind, im still going to compile the stats to make maths easier on my brain but im so glad im not DONE taming now!!!

[@ConCon]

Yup it's great

[@draimomdpdr]

That's awesome, so much better this way. Now you can start breeding mutations right from your very first low level tames.

[@ConCon]

That's the plan!

[@prodbyskogs4435]

Fantastic video man!

[@ConCon]

Thanks a ton!

[@BirdyHTID]

This is the best and most simple guide to mutations 👍

[@ConCon]

Glad you liked it

[@tricktim12]

I watched like 10 of these vids. Yours is the best one by far! Thank you:D

[@ConCon]

Wow, thanks!

[@AB-fv4tr]

This was the best explanation I’ve seen. I’ve seen searching & confused since Ark original for over 5+ years and I finally get it lol. I’m a visual learner so this is way easier than I thought

[@ConCon]

You're welcome

[@retajansevanvuuren5173]

Yep, never understood the breeding in ASE, now this actually make me want to go do breeding because I can understand what to do. Awesome and thank you!

[@ConCon]

Glad I could help! Enjoy the process

[@JH-fd9xt]

I love this , makes wayyyy more sense to me as a beach bob level player.

[@ConCon]

Awesome to hear that

[@dynasty7298]

By far the easiest to understand breeding video

[@ConCon]

Glad to hear that

[@garethallport2262]

Well done for the video, as a long time breeder myself, this is an excellent video. Subbed. Keep posting, would love to see you post videos on a line you are currently working with!

[@ConCon]

Awesome, thank you!

[@bobhewes-wr5bh]

it's funny to me that i don't pay much attention in school but ill gladly put all my focus on a breeding guide in ark

[@ConCon]

Well you're probably not interested in school compared to this

[@bobhewes-wr5bh]

yeah i'm already looking for a job like school is just not for me tbh

[@alexicey]

Dude thank you, this vid explained the confusion i always had with breeding

[@ConCon]

Glad I could help!

[@denzwaxy]

This was the best explanation of the breeding system that I’ve seen. Thank you!

[@ConCon]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Kuruko_jr]

This explanation couldn’t be any better thank you bro 🙏

[@ConCon]

You're welcome

[@mikebottorff593]

That is great to know i can wirk on colors one way & stats another and combine in end. Great video .

[@ConCon]

Glad it was helpful!

[@feralomen]

New to breeding for stats, thank you for a easy to understand guide.

[@ConCon]

Glad it was helpful!

[@JacobLeex]

Dumbed down so that us noobs can understand the game. Much thanks man

[@ConCon]

Hahaha you're welcome, I would've explained it to myself this way too

[@joshuareed4311]

I agree. The most informative video yet. I still have questions if I may? 1. Does the counter for mutations stack when breeding 2 different lines with mutations? I understand that the total of mutations received by the baby will only come from one parent and not the two when it comes to a single stat. But in ASE, the mutations count did stack when breeding with other bloodlines with mutations. 2. Yes this seems like an easier way for some to understand how to breed appropriately, but at the same time it seems like a way that the devs might have found a way to avoid us getting a negative mutation count. What do you think about that? Thanks again. Happy Arking...

[@ConCon]

Sure, 1. I'm not sure how it differs from ASE in this regard honestly. I do think it will stack but i haven't been able to try yet. 2. Perhaps that bug is solved here, it did kinda exploit the system to easily get 254 stat dinos.

[@nursejim2129]

This was a very helpful video. Thank you.

[@ConCon]

You're very welcome!

[@SarahXros]

Simple, yet, suuuuuper useful! I have 1261 hours in ark and was wondering "wth is that third number?"

[@ConCon]

Glad to help with it!

[@jaethabeast]

Great explanation dude. Earned my sub

[@ConCon]

Awesome, thank you!

[@AmirSohrabi]

Thank you for nice info. It was very clear and for me that i am very new to game was easy to understand.

[@ConCon]

Glad it helped!

[@JHawke12]

Thank you! Was very informative and great help!

[@ConCon]

You're welcome

[@evchen3237]

Thank you so much. It's nice that you can start mutations with low levels now

[@ConCon]

No problem!

[@mjl1006]

Thank you for this very informative video. I haven't had luck with mutations so far (200 theri eggs and not a single mut) but I keep trying.

[@ConCon]

Good luck!

[@SnowBee]

Hey fellow South African! :) Thanks for the guide, well explained.

[@ConCon]

Hey there. Glad it was helpful!

[@AsylumO-ci6do]

I often don't leave comments but "F'N" done Sir well done

[@ConCon]

Thanks

[@mattpena7489]

New subscriber. Quickly one of my favs! Always so understandable.

[@ConCon]

Glad to hear that!

[@realtalkz3930]

The thing with breeding is it takes a long time regardless to get those boss ready dino's, The mutations use to be random RnG and where difficult to manage after a certain point having to keep cross breeding your best mutated males to avoid the cap with this change it's one less thing to worry about, now you can pick any old breeding pair of dino's and farm the mutations seperately whilst you hunt for those max level, max stat dino's and breeding them into one mutationless breeding pair you can then cross breed the mutation at the end, I think it's a good move. Nice explanation thanks for sharing.

[@ConCon]

Yeah its made a lot more convenient for if you ever make a mistake or lose a specific dino etc.

[@snillum5004]

This has always been in the game you just couldn't see it nothings changed. They really simplified and made breeding and mutating easier to understand then prior

[@ConCon]

It has changed, mutations having their own counter instead of being merged with the base stat is incredibly different in how you can breed dinos with more efficiency in this system

[@DivinionFaith]

1:05 "if you add all of those up..." it equals 74. Base stat is always level 1 so it's not additional levels. I am sure you know this, but people who may be new to the game may not and see that it always adds up to 1 less than their current level.

[@ConCon]

Yeah I wasn't thinking clearly when I said that, I was focused on emphasizing that levels are allocated into stat points

[@clements_9005]

Appreciate the guidance! Didn't know it got changed till I watched. Time to make another Super Carchar 😂

[@ConCon]

Enjoy and good luck

[@myferretollie9235]

I swear to God, your thumbnail looks like a ripped old guy wearing a bath towel. 😅 Great video!

[@ConCon]

🤭 hahahaha

[@El-Niil]

Very easy to understand great vid 👍

[@ConCon]

Glad it helped

[@farcup6154]

wish you were around when I was learning how to breed but instead got all those other people that explain it in the most complicated way 😂😂

[@ConCon]

I wish I had my videos to learn from when I needed it too lmao