Greater Protecting (Gun Trait)
Each hit from this weapon against a non-allied target reduces the damage of the next incoming attack by 5%, stacking up to 10 times. Trait must be applied in a Makeshift Megalab
Details
- Category
- Weapon
- Games
- ASA
- Expansion
- Wasteland
- Recipe
- 1 ingredient
- Loot crates
- 20 crates
Engram
How you unlock it
- Required level
- None
- Engram points
- 0
- How to unlock
- DLC Variant (Non-Base)
Maps
Found on 3 maps
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How to craft Greater Protecting (Gun Trait)
Greater Protecting (Gun Trait) is crafted from 1 ingredient. The engram costs 0 engram points, takes 15 seconds.
Ingredients
For one craft
How to get Greater Protecting (Gun Trait)
Greater Protecting (Gun Trait) is found in 20 loot crates.
Loot crates
20 crates
- Armadoggo CrateExtinction and Astraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Orbital HardAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Orbital LegendaryAstraeos · ASA
- Extinction Orbital HardExtinction · ASA
- Extinction Orbital LegendaryExtinction · ASA
- Outpost: Breeding Pits EasyLost Colony · ASA
- Outpost: Breeding Pits HardLost Colony · ASA
- Outpost: Breeding Pits MediumLost Colony · ASA
- Outpost: Gladiator's Keep EasyLost Colony · ASA
- Outpost: Gladiator's Keep HardLost Colony · ASA
- Outpost: Gladiator's Keep MediumLost Colony · ASA
- Outpost: Lost Resource Cache EasyLost Colony · ASA
Show all 20 crates
- Outpost: Lost Resource Cache HardLost Colony · ASA
- Outpost: Lost Resource Cache MediumLost Colony · ASA
- Outpost: Marksman's Hold EasyLost Colony · ASA
- Outpost: Marksman's Hold HardLost Colony · ASA
- Outpost: Marksman's Hold MediumLost Colony · ASA
- Outpost: Outpost Defense EasyLost Colony · ASA
- Outpost: Outpost Defense HardLost Colony · ASA
- Outpost: Outpost Defense MediumLost Colony · ASA
Greater Protecting (Gun Trait) — Detailed Guide
A defensive trait for guns
Greater Protecting (Gun Trait) is a weapon trait item in ARK: Survival Ascended. Its description explains the effect: "Each hit from this weapon against a non-allied target reduces the damage of the next incoming attack by 5%, stacking up to 10 times." The same in-game text adds a condition: the trait has to be applied in a 
Makeshift Megalab.
Making the greater version
Our records give one recipe for it: 10 
Moderate Protecting (Gun Trait). The craft takes 15 seconds and yields a single Greater Protecting (Gun Trait). The stack size is 1.
Crates that can contain it
Our records list 20 crate types that can contain this trait. Examples include the Extinction Orbital Hard and Extinction Orbital Legendary crates, the Astraeos Orbital Hard and Astraeos Orbital Legendary crates, the Armadoggo Crate on Extinction and Astraeos, and Outpost: Breeding Pits Easy on Lost Colony.
Maps and content
Our database ties the item to the Wasteland content and lists 3 maps for it: Extinction, Lost Colony and Astraeos.