Chibi-Plesiosaur

Leveling with a Chibi-Plesiosaur

The Chibi-Plesiosaur is a chibi-pet in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended. Equipping it gives you a miniature companion and a route to a higher level cap, as its in-game text explains: "Earn XP from Alpha creature kills when equipped, to increase its level and earn additional max-levels for your Survivor!"

Event origins and loot

The ARK Wiki ties it to ASE's ARK: Summer Bash 2020, records it as added in version 312.9, and says it has been offered in every event since then. Our records count 2 crate types that can contain it, both Valentine's fishing crates: Fishing Items (Valentine's) and Fishing Meat (Valentine's). Our records also tie it to The Island. It weighs 0 and does not stack.

Extra levels from Alpha kills

Kills made while the pet is equipped give it experience, and it can reach five level-ups. Each one raises the maximum level of whoever has it equipped at that moment by 1, permanently, to a ceiling of 5 extra levels. Creatures that count, per the wiki, include the Alpha Skeletal Carnotaurus, Alpha Skeletal Raptor, Alpha Blood Crystal Wyvern, Alpha Karkinos and Enraged Corrupted Rex. In ASA the Astral Boaratos, Astral Deinosuchus and Enraged Lightning Triceratops also count; ASE on Steam adds the Alpha Chrysaora and Alpha Malleocephalus.

Equipping and keeping it safe

The pet goes into the off-hand slot in ASE and into a dedicated Chibi slot in ASA. Once equipped, it shows up at the survivor's front-left; it keeps to their lap while they ride and stays close when they lie in a bed. It is an item, not an unlockable skin: dying drops it with the rest of the inventory, and an unrecovered death cache means losing it.