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Lesser Ambusher's (Projectile Trait)
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Lesser Ambusher's (Projectile Trait)

After not dealing or receiving damage for 30 seconds, this weapons next attack deals an additional 50% damage. Trait must be applied in a Makeshift Megalab

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Details

Category
Misc
Games
ASA
Expansion
Wasteland
Loot crates
23 crates

Engram

How you unlock it

Required level
None
Engram points
0
How to unlock
DLC Variant (Non-Base)

Maps

Found on 3 maps

ExtinctionLost ColonyAstraeos

How to get Lesser Ambusher's (Projectile Trait)

Lesser Ambusher's (Projectile Trait) is found in 23 loot crates.

Loot crates

23 crates

  • Armadoggo CrateExtinction and Astraeos · ASA
  • Astraeos Orbital EasyAstraeos · ASA
  • Astraeos Orbital HardAstraeos · ASA
  • Astraeos Orbital MediumAstraeos · ASA
  • Extinction Orbital EasyExtinction · ASA
  • Extinction Orbital HardExtinction · ASA
  • Extinction Orbital LegendaryExtinction · ASA
  • Extinction Orbital MediumExtinction · 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
Show all 23 crates
  • Outpost: Gladiator's Keep HardLost Colony · ASA
  • Outpost: Gladiator's Keep MediumLost Colony · ASA
  • Outpost: Lost Resource Cache EasyLost Colony · ASA
  • 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

Lesser Ambusher's (Projectile Trait) — Detailed Guide

A trait that rewards waiting

Lesser Ambusher's (Projectile Trait) is a weapon trait item from the Wasteland DLC, recorded for ARK: Survival Ascended. The game states its effect as: "After not dealing or receiving damage for 30 seconds, this weapons next attack deals an additional 50% damage." The description adds that the trait must be applied in a Makeshift Megalab.

What the bonus means in a fight

Put simply, a weapon carrying this trait gains 50% damage on its next attack once 30 seconds have passed in which you neither hit anything nor took a hit.

Crates that can hold it

Our records list 23 crate types that can contain it. Examples include the Armadoggo Crate (Extinction and Astraeos), the Astraeos Orbital Easy, Astraeos Orbital Medium and Astraeos Orbital Hard crates, and the Extinction Orbital Easy and Extinction Orbital Hard crates. The maps in our data for this item are Extinction, Lost Colony and Astraeos.

The recipe that uses it

In our records it goes into one recipe: Moderate Ambusher's (Projectile Trait), which takes 10 of the lesser traits. Our data also gives a crafting time of 15 seconds for this item. The stack size is 1.

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