Chibi-Andrewsarchus

An Andrewsarchus chibi from Winter Wonderland 7

The Chibi-Andrewsarchus is a chibi-pet with rows in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended. The ARK Wiki traces it to Winter Wonderland 7, an ASE event, and says every event since has offered it; patch 355.3 is listed as the one that added it. The ASA description simply calls it a Chibi-Pet Andrewsarchus, while the ASE text spells out the benefit: "Earn XP from Alpha creature kills when equipped, to increase its level and earn additional max-levels for your Survivor!"

Leveling the pet, raising your cap

Chibi-pets are mainly cosmetic, but each one can level up five times when certain predators are killed while it is equipped. Every level-up permanently adds 1 to the maximum level of the survivor wearing it at that moment, for up to 5 extra levels. The wiki's shared list of qualifying kills includes the Alpha Deathworm, Alpha Leedsichthys, Alpha Basilisk, Alpha Fire Wyvern and Enraged Corrupted Triceratops. Steam players of ASE can also count kills such as the Alpha Dakosaurus or Alpha Tridacna, and ASA adds creatures like the Astral Mammoth, Alpha Ossidon and Enraged Lightning Triceratops.

Equipping it and losing it

ASE puts the chibi in the off-hand slot; ASA has a dedicated Chibi slot. Once equipped, the pet stands at the survivor's front-left and follows their movement and facing. It rides in their lap on mounts and sits close by while they sleep in a bed; in a Tek Sleeping Pod it keeps following their position but faces upward at their right, since survivors lie on their backs in the pods. Chibi-pets are items, not unlockable skins: they drop with the rest of the inventory on death and are lost if the death cache is not recovered. The wiki's one exception is the Chibi-Noglin from the Genesis Season Pass, which comes back as a new, unleveled copy after respawn.

Where to find it

The chibi weighs 0 and stacks to 1. Our records list 2 loot entries that can contain it, Fishing Meat (Valentine's) and Fishing Items (Valentine's).