Chibi-Ferox (Large)

A pocket-sized Ferox with a level bonus

Equip the Chibi-Ferox (Large) and qualifying kills count toward a higher level cap for your survivor. It is a chibi-pet in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended, and the in-game text sums up the deal: "Earn XP from Alpha creature kills when equipped, to increase its level and earn additional max-levels for your Survivor!" The ARK Wiki ties it to ARK: Winter Wonderland 4, gives 304.1 as the version that added it, and says it has been available in every event since. Until version 311.74 it carried the name Chibi-Shapeshifter (Large).

Which kills level it up

The pet levels up five times through kills of certain creatures made while it is equipped. A level-up raises the wearer's maximum level by 1 for good, up to 5 extra levels in all. On the list for both games are the Alpha Basilisk, Alpha Fire Wyvern, Alpha Leedsichthys, Alpha Mosasaur and Alpha Skeletal Rex, along with the Enraged Corrupted Triceratops. ASE players on Steam can also use targets like the Alpha Water Wyvern or the Alpha Tridacna, while ASA brings in the Alpha Hulking Revenant, the Alpha Palaeoctopus, the Enraged Lightning Rex and a group of Astral creatures.

Slots, death and loot

ASE puts it in the off-hand slot and ASA in its own Chibi slot. It counts as an ordinary item rather than an unlocked skin: death drops it with the rest of the inventory, and a cache that is never recovered takes the pet with it. Our records show 3 crate types that can contain it: the Valentine's Fishing Items and Fishing Meat crates and the Raptor Claus Gift. It weighs 0 with a stack size of 1.