White-Collar Kairuku Chibi

A Kairuku chibi tied to Winter Wonderland 5

The White-Collar Kairuku Chibi, a miniature pet for ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended, is mostly cosmetic, yet it can also raise a survivor's level cap. Its in-game description: "Earn XP from Alpha creature kills when equipped, to increase its level and earn additional max-levels for your Survivor!" The ARK Wiki ties it to ARK: Winter Wonderland 5, with 320.18 as the version that added it.

Equipping it in each game

In ASE the chibi goes into the off-hand slot, while ASA gives chibi-pets a slot of their own. Once equipped, the pet stays close by, sitting in its owner's lap during a ride and next to the bed when the survivor sleeps.

Unlike an unlockable skin, it counts as an ordinary item: on death it drops together with everything else the survivor carries, and it stays at risk until the survivor gets the death cache back.

Levelling the chibi

Killing certain predators with the chibi equipped earns it experience. It can level up five times, and every level permanently adds 1 to the maximum level of whichever survivor has it equipped at that moment, for up to 5 extra levels. Creatures that count include, for example, the Alpha Raptor, Alpha T-Rex, Alpha Megalodon, Alpha Mosasaur, Alpha Tusoteuthis and the Enraged Corrupted Rex. The ARK Wiki lists extra ones for ASA, such as the Astral Raptor, Astral Direwolf and Alpha Ossidon, and for ASE on Steam, such as the Abyssal Alpha T-Rex and Alpha Water Wyvern.

Crates and weight

Our records show 3 crates that can contain it: Raptor Claus Gift, Fishing Items (Valentine's) and Fishing Meat (Valentine's). The chibi weighs 0 and stacks to 1, and our records give it a crafting XP value of 12.