Chibi-Megaloceros

A Megaloceros in chibi form

The Chibi-Megaloceros is a miniature Megaloceros pet for ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended. The ARK Wiki links it to ARK: Winter Wonderland 4, gives version 304.1 as the version it was added in, and says it has turned up in every event since then. The wiki points out that these chibis always carry antlers, meaning every one of them is male. Its in-game description: "Earn XP from Alpha creature kills when equipped, to increase its level and earn additional max-levels for your Survivor!"

Finding one

Our records list the Megaloceros as a creature that drops it, along with 2 loot crates that can contain it: Fishing Items (Valentine's) and Fishing Meat (Valentine's). The maps in our records are The Island, Aberration, Extinction and Lost Colony.

Extra levels for the survivor

Its use goes beyond looks. Killing qualifying predators with the chibi equipped levels it up, five times at most, and at each level the survivor wearing it gains 1 more maximum level, for a permanent bonus of up to 5. Examples of qualifying kills are the Alpha Leedsichthys, Alpha Skeletal Rex, Alpha Surface Reaper King, Alpha Karkinos and Enraged Corrupted Rex. In ASA the Astral Mammoth, Astral Argentavis and Alpha Hulking Revenant also count; ASE on Steam adds the Alpha Chrysaora and Alpha Malleocephalus.

Equipping it and dying with it

The off-hand slot holds it in ASE, and ASA uses a Chibi slot. In a Tek Sleeping Pod the pet keeps to the survivor's position but faces upward at their right side. A chibi is an ordinary item rather than an unlockable skin: at death it drops with the survivor's belongings and is lost if the death cache is not reclaimed. It weighs 0 and stacks to 1.