Plant Species Y Trap
Immobilizes humans and small creatures.
Details
- Category
- Structure
- Games
- ASE + ASA
- Expansion
- Scorched Earth
Maps
Found on 5 maps
Video guides: search YouTube for Plant Species Y Trap guides
Plant Species Y Trap — Detailed Guide
A trap that grows on a plant
The Plant Species Y Trap comes from the plant of the same name: according to the ARK Wiki, a 
Plant Species Y that has grown to full size starts producing these traps. Its in-game text is short: "Immobilizes humans and small creatures." Our database has it in both ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended.
How it holds its target
It behaves like a 
Bear Trap in that players and small to medium creatures that step on it get tangled. The trap has 100 durability, and while something is caught that durability drains at around 3 per second, so the hold ends sooner than a Bear Trap's. On the other hand, it is close to invisible on the ground and hard to spot. Unlike the Bear Trap, it also deals a little damage over time to whatever it holds, which lowers Taming Effectiveness on a knockout.
Creatures it catches and creatures it does not
The ARK Wiki keeps two long lists. Among the creatures the trap affects are the 
Dodo, 
Raptor, 
Triceratops, 
Sabertooth, 
Parasaur, 
Argentavis and Human. Among those it does not affect are the 
Brontosaurus, 
Dire Bear, 
Basilisk, 
Deathworm, 
Andrewsarchus and 
Desert Titan.
Maps, weight and spoilage
The trap was introduced with Scorched Earth, and the wiki also lists Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, Crystal Isles, Lost Island, Fjordur and both parts of Genesis. A trap weighs 2 and stacks to 10, for a full stack weight of 20. It spoils after 3600 seconds, which is 1 hour.