Chibi-Featherlight

A chibi from the winter event

ARK: Winter Wonderland 5 introduced the Chibi-Featherlight to ARK: Survival Evolved, and it has been part of every event since. It is listed for ARK: Survival Ascended as well. Like all Chibi-Pets it is a miniature companion, mostly cosmetic, with one practical side described in its item text: "Earn XP from Alpha creature kills when equipped, to increase its level and earn additional max-levels for your Survivor!"

Aberration is required

The ARK Wiki notes that equipping this chibi requires owning Aberration, and our records list Aberration as its map.

Leveling the chibi

• Gaining experience: while equipped, the pet levels up when you kill certain predators, at most 5 times.
• The reward: every level it gains permanently raises the maximum level of the survivor who has it equipped by 1, for up to 5 extra levels.
• Kills that count: among them the Alpha Basilisk, Alpha Deathworm, Alpha Leedsichthys, Alpha Mosasaur, Alpha Fire Wyvern and Enraged Corrupted Triceratops. The ARK Wiki adds kills for one game only, such as the Astral Mammoth, Astral Rock Drake and Enraged Lightning Rex in ASA, or the Alpha Chrysaora and Abyssal Alpha T-Rex on the Steam version of ASE.

Slots, death and loot

In ASE the chibi takes the off-hand slot; in ASA it has a dedicated Chibi slot. It follows at the survivor's front-left and sits in their lap during rides. Chibi-Pets count as ordinary items rather than skins: they fall with your inventory when you die and vanish if that death cache is never recovered. Our records count 2 crate types that can contain it, Fishing Items (Valentine's) and Fishing Meat (Valentine's). It weighs 0 and stacks to 1.