Chibi-Carno

A small Carnotaurus companion

The Chibi-Carno is a chibi-pet in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended; the ASE item text names it plainly as "Chibi-Pet Carnotaurus." The ARK Wiki ties it to the ARK: Winter Wonderland 4 event, says it has been available in every event after that, and gives 304.1 as the version that added it. It weighs 0 and has a stack size of 1.

Levelling it for extra survivor levels

Chibi-pets are mostly cosmetic, but they can also raise your level cap. With the pet equipped, kills of certain predators give it experience. It can level up five times, and each level adds 1 to the maximum level of whichever survivor has it equipped at that moment, for up to 5 extra levels that stay for good. The ARK Wiki's list of qualifying kills includes the Alpha T-Rex, Alpha Raptor, Alpha Megalodon, Alpha Deathworm and Enraged Corrupted Rex. ASE on Steam adds the Alpha Water Wyvern and Abyssal Alpha T-Rex, while ASA adds the Alpha Ossidon and Astral creatures such as the Astral Raptor and Astral Direwolf.

Equipping it, and losing it

In ASE the pet goes in the off-hand slot; ASA gives it a dedicated Chibi slot. Once equipped it shows up at the survivor's front-left and follows where they move and face. On a mount it sits in your lap, and next to a bed it sits close by. A chibi-pet counts as an ordinary item, not an unlockable skin: it drops with the rest of your inventory when you die and is lost if you do not recover your death cache.

Where it turns up

2 crate types can contain it: Fishing Items (Valentine's) and Fishing Meat (Valentine's). Our records list it on 5 maps: The Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction and Lost Colony.