Deadfall Trap
Kills small creatures so they may be harvested.
Details
- Category
- Structure
- Games
- ASE + ASA
- Expansion
- Base
- Recipe
- 3 ingredients
Engram
How you unlock it
- Required level
- 11
- Engram points
- 10
- How to unlock
- Manual
Maps
Found on 1 map
Video guides: search YouTube for Deadfall Trap guides
How to craft Deadfall Trap (Primitive Plus)
Deadfall Trap (Primitive Plus) is crafted from 3 ingredients. The engram unlocks at level 11, costs 10 engram points, takes 5 seconds, gives 8 XP.
Deadfall Trap — Detailed Guide
A baited trap for small prey
Part of the Primitive Plus content for ARK: Survival Evolved, the Deadfall Trap catches prey for survivors to harvest. Its in-game line is short: "Kills small creatures so they may be harvested." According to the ARK Wiki, a trap filled with trap bait catches small carnivores, the Compsognathus and the 
Dilophosaur among them. Every minute it produces a small creature underneath, and the wiki rates it highly for farming meat. Opening the trap's inventory resets it.
Engram and recipe
The engram unlocks at level 11 and costs 10 engram points. Each trap needs:
Fiber
Wood
StoneCrafting takes 5 seconds, yields one trap and gives 8 XP. A trap weighs 2 and they stack to 10, for a full-stack weight of 20.
Things worth knowing
Meat placed in the trap does not keep any longer than usual: the wiki notes that the trap does not extend its spoil time. On rare occasions, players standing close by may hear a sarcastic human sound when it catches something.