Chibi-Magmasaur

The former Chibi-Cherufe

The Chibi-Magmasaur is a Chibi-Pet listed in our records for both ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended. According to the ARK Wiki it came from ARK: Winter Wonderland 4 in ASE and has been offered in every event since; before 311.74 it went by the name Chibi-Cherufe. The wiki gives 304.1 as the version that added it.

Raising your level cap

The item text sums up the reward: "Earn XP from Alpha creature kills when equipped, to increase its level and earn additional max-levels for your Survivor!" While equipped, the pet gains experience when certain predators are killed, up to five level-ups. Each one permanently raises the maximum level of the survivor who has it equipped at the time by 1, for a ceiling of 5 extra levels. Kills that count, per the wiki, include the Alpha Fire Wyvern, Alpha Blood Crystal Wyvern, Alpha Karkinos, Alpha Skeletal Rex and Enraged Corrupted Rex. Among those marked exclusive to ASE on Steam are the Alpha Malleocephalus and Alpha Chrysaora, and among those marked exclusive to ASA are the Astral Rock Drake, Astral Mammoth and Alpha Ossidon.

Equipping it

In ASE the chibi takes the off-hand slot, and in ASA it uses a dedicated chibi slot. It then stands ahead of the survivor on their left, matching their movement and the way they face, sits in their lap while they ride and stays nearby while they are in bed. In a Tek Sleeping Pod it still follows the survivor's position but faces upward at their right side, as survivors lie on their backs in the pods.

Losing it and finding it

Unlike unlockable skins, a chibi is treated as a normal item: it drops with your inventory when you die and is lost if you do not get the death cache back. Our records list two loot sources that can contain it, Fishing Items (Valentine's) and Fishing Meat (Valentine's), both recorded across a long map list that includes The Island, Genesis Part 2 and Lost Island. It weighs 0 and stacks to 1.