Chibi-Daeodon

A tiny Daeodon at your side

The Chibi-Daeodon is a miniature pet in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended. Its main role is cosmetic, but it can also lift a survivor's level cap. The item text explains the idea: "Earn XP from Alpha creature kills when equipped, to increase its level and earn additional max-levels for your Survivor!"

Five levels from Alpha hunts

With the pet equipped, killing certain predators gives it experience, and it can level up five times. Every level-up permanently adds 1 to the maximum level of whichever survivor has it equipped at that moment, for at most 5 extra levels. Creatures on the ARK Wiki's list include the Alpha Carnotaurus, Alpha Mosasaur, Alpha Karkinos, Alpha Tusoteuthis and the Enraged Corrupted Triceratops. The wiki marks a few as exclusive to ASE on Steam, such as the Alpha Dakosaurus and Alpha Tridacna, while ASA has extras of its own, the Astral Mammoth, Astral Rock Drake and Alpha Palaeoctopus among them.

Slots, poses and death

ASE puts a chibi in the off-hand slot; ASA has a separate Chibi slot for it. The pet then shows up ahead of the survivor on the left, following where they move and face. On a mount it rides in the survivor's lap, while the survivor is in bed it sits close by, and in a Tek Sleeping Pod it stays at the survivor's right, facing up. It counts as an ordinary item rather than an unlocked skin: on death it drops with the rest of the inventory and is lost if the death cache is not recovered.

Event origin and sources

According to the wiki, the Chibi-Daeodon came with ASE's ARK: Winter Wonderland 4 event and has been offered in every event since. Our records name the Daeodon as a creature that drops it and list three loot sources that can contain it: Fishing Items (Valentine's), Fishing Meat (Valentine's) and the Raptor Claus Gift. They tie it to The Island, Scorched Earth, Extinction and Lost Colony. The pet weighs 0 and has a stack size of 1.