Chibi-Cnidaria

A tiny Cnidaria that raises your level cap

The Chibi-Cnidaria is a miniature pet in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended. The ARK Wiki ties it to the ARK: Summer Bash 2020 event of ASE and says it has been offered in every event since. Chibi-pets are mostly cosmetic, but the in-game text points to the perk: "Earn XP from Alpha creature kills when equipped, to increase its level and earn additional max-levels for your Survivor!"

Levelling the pet

With the pet equipped, killing certain predators gives it experience. It can level up five times, and every level permanently adds 1 to the maximum level of the survivor wearing it at that moment, for up to 5 extra levels in total. Creatures that count include, among others:

• General list: Alpha Raptor, Alpha T-Rex, Alpha Megalodon, Alpha Deathworm and Enraged Corrupted Rex
• ASE on Steam only: Alpha Water Wyvern and Abyssal Alpha T-Rex
• ASA only: Astral creatures such as the Astral Raptor and Astral Mammoth, plus the Alpha Ossidon and Enraged Lightning Rex

Equipping and losing it

In ASE it goes in the off-hand slot; ASA gives chibis a dedicated Chibi slot. Once equipped, it keeps to the survivor's front-left as they move, rides in their lap on a mount and sits close by while they sleep in a bed. Chibi-pets count as normal items rather than unlocked skins: they drop with the rest of the inventory on death and are gone for good if the death cache is never recovered.

Where it can be found

Our records list 3 sources that can contain it: Fishing Items (Valentine's), Fishing Meat (Valentine's) and the Raptor Claus Gift. It weighs 0 and has a stack size of 1.