Chibi-Mammoth

A Chibi-Pet since Winter Wonderland 4

Every event since ARK: Winter Wonderland 4 has offered the Chibi-Mammoth, according to the ARK Wiki, which places its debut in ARK: Survival Evolved at version 304.1. Our records carry it for ASE and ARK: Survival Ascended. The ASA record gives the full description, "Earn XP from Alpha creature kills when equipped, to increase its level and earn additional max-levels for your Survivor!", while the ASE record only calls it a Chibi-Pet Woolly Mammoth.

How the mammoth gains levels

Kills of the right predators, made while the pet is equipped, give it experience, and it can level up five times. Each of those levels adds 1 to the maximum level of whichever survivor has it equipped at that moment, permanently, up to 5 extra levels in total. Among the creatures on the wiki's main list are the Alpha Carnotaurus, Alpha Mosasaur, Alpha Tusoteuthis, Alpha Fire Wyvern and Enraged Corrupted Triceratops. On Steam, the ASE list adds the Alpha Tridacna and Alpha Dakosaurus; the ASA list adds creatures like the Astral Mammoth, Alpha Ossidon and Enraged Lightning Triceratops.

Where it sits and what happens on death

In ASE the mammoth takes the off-hand slot; in ASA it has a dedicated Chibi slot. It then stays at the survivor's front-left, following their movement and the way they face, rides in their lap on a mount and sits close by when they are in bed. Although Chibi-Pets are mostly cosmetic, they are handled as normal items: they drop with your inventory when you die and are lost if you never get the death cache back.

Loot and maps

Our records list 2 loot crates that can contain the Chibi-Mammoth, Fishing Items (Valentine's) and Fishing Meat (Valentine's), and record the pet on The Island, Extinction and Lost Colony. It weighs 0 and stacks to 1.