Adobe Hatchframe

A ceiling with an opening

The Adobe Hatchframe is an adobe ceiling piece with a hole for a trapdoor, introduced with Scorched Earth. It is in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended alike. The game describes it plainly: "This Adobe concrete ceiling has a hole in it for trapdoors." Like a normal ceiling it shields against the elements and adds to insulation against both cold and heat, while the hole provides a way in and out.

Where it can go

A hatchframe can sit on any foundation, fence foundation, wall or other hatchframe, and on ceilings as well, with the Thatch Roof as the one exception. It needs a nearby foundation or pillar for support. Measured from a wall or ceiling that stands over a connected foundation or pillar, it reaches up to 2 ceilings out along either axis and 1 diagonally; the pieces at the far end of such a run cannot carry walls.

Trapdoor, insulation and collapse

A Trapdoor fits into the opening and can be locked, so your tribe keeps its route while others stay out. The ARK Wiki notes that whether the trapdoor is open, closed or not there at all makes no difference to a house's insulation. It also warns that when a hatchframe is destroyed, every piece resting on it goes down with it, and if it was removed through the demolish option, those extra pieces refund no resources.

Engram, materials and maps

The engram unlocks at level 16 for 8 engram points. Each hatchframe takes 5 seconds to craft, gives 4.4 XP and uses:

• 50 Clay
• 25 Wood or Fungal Wood
• 12 Thatch
• 10 Fiber

One weighs 4, and a full stack of 100 weighs 400. Apart from Scorched Earth, the wiki lists it on Valguero, Ragnarok, Lost Island, Fjordur, Crystal Isles and Genesis: Part 2. In loot, 50 crate types can contain it, for example the Genesis Blue, Cyan and Red crates.