Chibi-Turkey

A rare turkey chibi-pet

The Chibi-Turkey is a miniature pet. The ARK Wiki lists it as a rare chibi-pet of ARK: Survival Ascended and ties it to ARK: Turkey Trial 2025, while our own database record for it comes from ARK: Survival Evolved. The wiki's item text explains its purpose: when Alpha creatures are killed while it is equipped, it earns XP, levels up, and gives its survivor extra maximum levels.

Equipping it

Chibi-pets are mostly cosmetic. In ASE chibi-pets go into the off-hand slot, while ASA gives chibis a slot of their own. Once equipped, the little turkey stays in front of its owner on the left side, copying their movement and the way they face. During a ride it sits in the survivor's lap, and when the survivor sleeps in a bed it sits close by.

Levelling it up

A chibi-pet can gain five levels. Each level-up permanently adds 1 to the maximum level of whichever survivor has it equipped at that moment, for up to 5 extra levels. XP comes from killing certain creatures with the pet worn. The wiki's general list includes, for example, the Alpha Raptor, Alpha Carnotaurus, Alpha T-Rex, Alpha Megalodon, Alpha Mosasaur, Alpha Basilisk, Alpha Deathworm and Alpha Surface Reaper King, plus the Enraged Corrupted Rex and Enraged Corrupted Triceratops. ASA adds others such as the Alpha Ossidon, Alpha Palaeoctopus, Enraged Lightning Rex and several Astral creatures, the Astral Direwolf and Astral T-Rex among them. ASE on Steam has its own extras, for example the Alpha Dakosaurus and Alpha Water Wyvern.

What happens on death

Unlike unlockable skins, chibi-pets count as ordinary items. When the survivor dies, the turkey drops with the rest of the inventory, and it is gone for good unless the death cache is recovered. It weighs 0 and a slot holds 1.