Chibi-Achatina

A tiny Achatina that raises your level cap

The Chibi-Achatina is a small cosmetic pet in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended with a practical side. Its item text spells it out: "Earn XP from Alpha creature kills when equipped, to increase its level and earn additional max-levels for your Survivor!" The ARK Wiki rates it as a common chibi, ties it to ARK: Eggcellent Adventure 6 and says it has been available in every event since; 326.3 is the version that added it.

Levelling the pet

A chibi can gain five levels. Each one comes from killing certain predators while the pet is equipped, and each permanently adds 1 to the maximum level of the survivor wearing it at that moment, for up to 5 extra levels. Creatures that count in both games include the Alpha Raptor, Alpha Carnotaurus, Alpha T-Rex, Alpha Megalodon, Alpha Tusoteuthis and the Enraged Corrupted Rex. On Steam, ASE adds targets such as the Alpha Dakosaurus and the Abyssal Alpha T-Rex, and ASA has its own extras, among them the Alpha Ossidon and Astral creatures like the Astral Direwolf.

Equipping and carrying it

In ASE the pet goes in the off-hand slot; ASA gives it a dedicated Chibi slot. It sits in the survivor's lap during rides and stays close by when they lie in a bed. It counts as an item, not an unlocked skin: on death it drops with the rest of the inventory and is gone for good if that cache is never recovered.

Where it turns up

Our records list 2 crate types that can contain it, the Valentine's Fishing Items and Fishing Meat crates, and place it on 5 maps: The Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction and Lost Colony. It weighs 0 and has a stack size of 1.