Chibi-Purlovia

A chibi tied to Eggcellent Adventure 7

Chibi-Purlovia is a small pet item that survivors equip in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended. The wiki ties it to Eggcellent Adventure 7 and notes it has been available in every event since; version 345.6 is the one that added it. Its description reads: "Earn XP from Alpha creature kills when equipped, to increase its level and earn additional max-levels for your Survivor!"

Five level-ups, five survivor levels

The pet earns experience when its owner kills certain creatures while it is equipped. It can level up five times, and each level it gains adds 1 to the maximum level of the survivor who has it equipped right then; that bonus stays, for up to 5 extra levels. The wiki's list of creatures that count in both games includes, for example, the Alpha Karkinos, the Alpha Raptor, the Alpha Skeletal Carnotaurus and the Enraged Corrupted Triceratops. On ASE (Steam only) the Abyssal Alpha T-Rex and the Alpha Water Wyvern count too; on ASA the list grows with the Alpha Hulking Revenant and Astral creatures such as the Astral Raptor and the Astral Megalodon.

Where it sits and what happens on death

The off-hand slot holds it in ASE, while ASA has a separate slot for chibis. From there it follows the survivor around from their front-left, rests in their lap while they ride and stays nearby while they are in bed. Unlike an unlocked skin, Chibi-Purlovia is a plain item: it drops along with the rest of the inventory when its owner dies, and a death cache left unrecovered takes the pet with it.

Crates and maps

Two crate types can contain it, Fishing Items (Valentine's) and Fishing Meat (Valentine's). Our records list it on 5 maps: The Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction and Lost Colony. It weighs 0 and has a stack size of 1.