Chibi-Megalodon

A chibi in a sphere of water

The Chibi-Megalodon, a chibi pet in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended, trails its owner inside a sphere of water, according to the ARK Wiki. It was part of ARK: Eggcellent Adventure 5 in ASE and has been available in every event since. In-game it reads: "Earn XP from Alpha creature kills when equipped, to increase its level and earn additional max-levels for your Survivor!"

What equipping it does

Once equipped, the pet earns experience when you kill certain predators, and it can level up 5 times. Every level-up raises the maximum level of whichever survivor has it equipped at that moment by 1, for at most 5 extra levels, and that increase is permanent. Qualifying kills include the Alpha Megalodon, Alpha Tusoteuthis, Alpha Leedsichthys, Alpha Fire Wyvern, Alpha Basilisk and Enraged Corrupted Triceratops. A few are tied to one game: Alpha Tridacna and Abyssal Alpha T-Rex count in ASE on Steam, Astral Megalodon and Alpha Ossidon in ASA.

Wearing it, and losing it

ASE puts chibis in the off-hand slot, ASA in a dedicated Chibi slot. Chibi-Pets serve mostly as cosmetics, yet they are not unlockable skins: on death the pet drops with everything else in the inventory, and if the death cache is never retrieved, the pet is gone.

Crates and records

Our records name 3 crate types that can contain it: the Raptor Claus Gift plus the two Valentine's fishing crates, Fishing Items and Fishing Meat. They list it on The Island, with a weight of 0 and a stack size of 1.