Chibi-Gigantopithecus

A miniature Gigantopithecus companion

Chibi-Gigantopithecus is a chibi-pet available in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended. According to the ARK Wiki it comes from ARK: Winter Wonderland 4 in ASE (version 304.1) and has been part of every event since. Chibi-pets are cosmetic first of all, yet they also raise how high a survivor can level. The in-game text: "Earn XP from Alpha creature kills when equipped, to increase its level and earn additional max-levels for your Survivor!"

Five extra levels for your survivor

Kill qualifying predators with the pet equipped and it gains experience. It can level up five times, and each level-up permanently raises by 1 the maximum level of whoever has it equipped at that point, to a total of 5 extra levels.

Qualifying kills include, for example, the Alpha Carnotaurus, Alpha Fire Wyvern, Alpha Tusoteuthis, Alpha Leedsichthys and Enraged Corrupted Triceratops. Some creatures count in one game only: the Alpha Dakosaurus and Alpha Tridacna in ASE (Steam only), the Astral Mammoth and Alpha Palaeoctopus in ASA.

Equipping and carrying it

ASE players equip it in the off-hand slot; ASA has a separate Chibi slot. The pet then keeps to the survivor's front left, turning as they turn. It sits in the survivor's lap while they ride a mount and settles nearby when they are in bed. As a normal item rather than an unlocked skin, it falls with your inventory on death and is lost unless the death cache is recovered.

Sources in our records

Our database lists the Gigantopithecus as a creature that drops it, and 2 crate types can contain it, both of them Valentine's fishing crates: Fishing Items (Valentine's) and Fishing Meat (Valentine's). It has a weight of 0 and a stack size of 1.