Chibi-Allosaurus

A miniature Allosaurus that lifts your level cap

Survivors in ARK: Survival Ascended and ARK: Survival Evolved can carry the Chibi-Allosaurus as a tiny companion pet. The ARK Wiki says it first appeared in ASE with the ARK: Winter Wonderland 4 event and has come back in every event since. Its in-game text sums up the point: "Earn XP from Alpha creature kills when equipped, to increase its level and earn additional max-levels for your Survivor!"

Levels and bonus max levels

Although chibis are mostly cosmetic, this one can level up five times. It gains experience when certain predators are killed while it is equipped, and each level permanently raises the maximum level of the survivor wearing it at that moment by 1, for up to 5 extra levels. The wiki's list of creatures that count includes, for example:

• Alpha T-Rex, Alpha Raptor, Alpha Megalodon, Alpha Deathworm and Enraged Corrupted Rex
• ASE on Steam only: Alpha Water Wyvern, Alpha Malleocephalus and Abyssal Alpha T-Rex
• ASA only: Astral T-Rex, Astral Direwolf, Alpha Hulking Revenant and Enraged Lightning Rex

Equipping it, and losing it

In ASE the chibi goes in the off-hand slot, while ASA has a dedicated slot for it. Once equipped it walks at the survivor's front-left, following their movement and the way they face. On a mount it rides in the survivor's lap, and when they are in bed it sits nearby. Chibis count as ordinary items, not unlocked skins: they drop with the rest of the inventory on death and are gone for good if the death cache is not recovered.

Where to find one

Our records list 2 crate types that can contain it: Fishing Items (Valentine's) and Fishing Meat (Valentine's). They also tie it to The Island, Extinction and Lost Colony. It weighs nothing and has a stack size of 1.