How many ticks are in one egg? - briefly
A single egg contains exactly one tick; the embryo develops inside that individual egg.
How many ticks are in one egg? - in detail
A tick is a discrete unit of time used by many simulation and game engines. In the context of egg incubation, the tick count represents the duration the system monitors before the egg transitions to the next developmental stage.
For most standard implementations, an egg requires a fixed number of ticks to reach hatching. The typical configuration is:
- 600 ticks = 30 seconds (when the engine runs at 20 ticks per second).
- 1200 ticks = 60 seconds (40 ticks per second).
- 1800 ticks = 90 seconds (20 ticks per second with a doubled interval).
The exact figure depends on three variables:
- Engine tick rate – the number of ticks executed each second.
- Species‑specific incubation period – biological models assign different durations to various organisms.
- Environmental modifiers – temperature, humidity, or game‑specific buffs may accelerate or delay the count.
When the system records the predefined total, it triggers the hatch event, removes the egg entity, and spawns the offspring. Adjusting any of the three variables changes the total tick requirement, but the underlying mechanism—counting down from a preset integer—remains constant.