Chibi-Pelagornis

The Chibi-Pelagornis at a glance

This little Pelagornis is a chibi-pet in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended. Like the other chibis it serves mainly as decoration, with one practical side: it can add levels to your survivor's cap. The game puts it like this: "Earn XP from Alpha creature kills when equipped, to increase its level and earn additional max-levels for your Survivor!" The ARK Wiki says it was introduced in ASE's Love Evolved 3 event, with patch 343.7, and has appeared in every event since.

Growing the pet

With the pet equipped, kills of certain predators feed it experience. It can gain five levels, and each one raises the maximum level of the survivor who has it equipped at that time by 1, for up to 5 extra levels. Alpha Basilisk, Alpha Raptor, Alpha Skeletal Rex and Alpha Surface Reaper King kills all count. In ASE on Steam the list adds creatures such as the Alpha Chrysaora, and in ASA it adds others, for example the Astral Megalodon and Astral Raptor.

Where it sits and what happens on death

ASE places chibis in the off-hand slot, while ASA has a separate Chibi slot. The Pelagornis then follows you at your front-left, perches in your lap when you ride and waits next to your bed. It is a regular item, not an unlocked skin: if you die, it drops with your inventory, and it is lost when the death cache is not picked up.

Crates and maps

Our records list The Island as its map and 2 crates that can contain it, Fishing Items (Valentine's) and Fishing Meat (Valentine's). It weighs 0 and its stack size is 1.