Chibi-Shinehorn

A Shinehorn chibi with one condition

The Chibi-Shinehorn is a chibi-pet for ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended. The ARK Wiki says it was introduced in the ARK: Winter Wonderland 5 event and has been part of every event since, and gives 320.18 as the version that added it. One condition applies: according to the wiki, a player has to own Aberration to equip it.

Levels for your survivor

Its item text: "Earn XP from Alpha creature kills when equipped, to increase its level and earn additional max-levels for your Survivor!" In practice, kills of certain predators feed the chibi experience while it is equipped. It can level up five times. Each time, the survivor wearing it receives 1 permanent extra maximum level, up to 5. The wiki's list of qualifying kills includes the Alpha Blood Crystal Wyvern, Alpha Skeletal Carnotaurus, Alpha Skeletal Fire Wyvern, Alpha Raptor and Enraged Corrupted Rex. ASA also counts the Astral Rock Drake, Astral Boaratos and Enraged Lightning Triceratops, and ASE on Steam the Alpha Water Wyvern.

On the survivor and after death

ASE uses the off-hand slot for it; ASA has a dedicated Chibi slot. The Shinehorn appears at the survivor's front-left and follows their movement and facing. Mounted, it sits in the survivor's lap, and beside a bed it rests nearby. In a Tek Sleeping Pod it still follows the survivor's position but faces upward at the survivor's right. Chibi-pets are items, not unlockable skins, and a dead survivor drops this one with the rest of the inventory; without recovering the death cache, the pet is gone.

Crates and maps

3 crate types can contain it: the Raptor Claus Gift, Fishing Items (Valentine's) and Fishing Meat (Valentine's). Our records list it on 12 maps, for example Valguero, Genesis Part 1, Crystal Isles, Lost Island and Fjordur. It weighs 0 and has a stack size of 1.