Chibi-Gallimimus

A tiny Gallimimus with a level bonus

Love Evolved 3 brought the Chibi-Gallimimus to ARK: Survival Evolved, and the miniature pet has come back with every event since. It is also listed for ARK: Survival Ascended. Chibi-Pets are mostly cosmetic, yet they also do something useful, as this pet's item text explains: "Earn XP from Alpha creature kills when equipped, to increase its level and earn additional max-levels for your Survivor!"

How it raises your maximum level

Kill certain predators while the pet is equipped and it gains experience. It can level up 5 times, and each level it gains adds 1 to the maximum level of the survivor who has it equipped at that moment, permanently, for up to 5 extra levels.

Qualifying kills include the Alpha Raptor, Alpha T-Rex, Alpha Carnotaurus, Alpha Megalodon, Alpha Tusoteuthis and the Enraged Corrupted Rex. The ARK Wiki also lists kills that count in one game only: on the Steam version of ASE, creatures such as the Alpha Dakosaurus and Alpha Water Wyvern; in ASA, the Alpha Ossidon, the Enraged Lightning Triceratops and Astral creatures like the Astral Direwolf.

Slot, behaviour and death

ASE puts the pet in the off-hand slot, while ASA gives chibis a dedicated Chibi slot. Once equipped, it stays at the survivor's front-left and follows where they move and face. On a mount it rides in the survivor's lap, and when the survivor is in bed it sits close by. Keep in mind that Chibi-Pets count as items, not unlocked skins: they drop with the rest of your inventory on death and are lost if you do not retrieve the death cache.

Where it drops

Our records count 3 crate types that can contain it: Fishing Items (Valentine's), Fishing Meat (Valentine's) and the Raptor Claus Gift. It weighs 0 and stacks to 1.