Protean trap

Protean trap is a Treasure Hunter reward. If the associated promotion is not currently active, it may not be obtainable.

Protean trap
Release																				10 October 2014 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				No
Equipable																				No
Stackable																				Yes
Disassembly																				No
Destroy																				Are you sure you want to destroy your Treasure Hunter prize? You cannot reclaim it!
Actions
Backpack																				Auto-deploy, Deploy, Convert, Destroy
On ground																				Redeploy, Take, Examine
Values
Value																				0 coins Cash out: 40 coins
Alchemy																				Not alchemisable
On death																				Always kept outside Wild
Weight																				0 kg
Examine
A stackable item that acts like a hunting bird snare, box trap, and marasamaw plant. It has a higher capture rate and doesn't require smoking or baiting.
Advanced data
Item ID																				32337
Links																				MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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Protean traps can be won from Treasure Hunter. The traps can be used as a stackable substitute for bird snares, box traps, and marasamaw plants. The traps do not function as tortle traps, and they do not work with hunter urns or skilling effigies from the Effigy Incubator.

They offer 10% higher capture rate as well as increased Hunter experience. Using the trap increases base experience by 25% for successful catches and gives 50% of the normal catching experience for failed catches. This stacks with bonus experience and other modifiers, along with the enhanced yaktwee stick providing its usual 2% experience boost. Use of the trap adds a 10% chance of catching prey, and it stays up for 50% longer. Baiting and smoking these traps are unnecessary.

The traps disappear once triggered; no drops are given from anything caught. Players can obtain strange rocks, skill shards, trapper fragments, and hunter marks from using these traps.

Protean traps have an auto-deploy option, which causes the player to automatically deploy the maximum number of traps possible at their Hunter level. Used traps are automatically checked and redeployed until 60 traps have been deployed. Moving or running out of traps also stops the auto-deploying.

Protean traps, as with all protean items, can be converted at a 3:2 ratio into other protean items.

Protean traps will not deploy on tiles occupied by surface world player-placed items such as clan vexillums, oldak coils, achievement banners, and dwarf multicannons.

Uses

This table only lists creatures after 60 , for lower level creatures see this listing. It is not recommended to waste protean traps on these lower levelled creatures.

Creature	Level required	Level required with	XP	Recommended
Carnivorous chinchompa	63	N/A	287
Pawya	66	N/A	400
Azure skillchompa	68	65	249	Catch one every ~6 seconds.
Grenwall (or private)	77	72	726	Catch one every ~10 seconds. Slow on DXP, good XP otherwise.
Common jadinko	80	73	200	Low XP
Shadow jadinko	81	74	473
Igneous jadinko	84	76	500
Cannibal jadinko	85	76	510	Requires a Juju hunter potion to catch.
Aquatic jadinko	86	77	570	540k to 620k XP/hour (without DXP). Requires a Juju hunter potion to catch.
Amphibious jadinko	87	77	450	Low XP
Carrion jadinko	88	78	635	900k to 1.2M XP/hour (without DXP).
Diseased jadinko	88	78	500
Camouflaged jadinko	89	78	515
Crimson skillchompa	89	78	309	Catch one every ~3 seconds.
Draconic jadinko	90	79	554	Low XP
Crystal skillchompa	97	81	419	Catch one every ~3 seconds.

Drop sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Showing 100 out of 141 sources.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Assassin's Return	N/A	10	601000/64400000
Assassin's Return	N/A	1,000	12020/64400000
Assassin's Return	N/A	150	150250/64400000
Assassin's Return	N/A	300	42070/64400000
Assassin's Return	N/A	75	300500/64400000
Celebration Lamps	N/A	10	520000/57702400
Celebration Lamps	N/A	1,000	10400/57702400
Celebration Lamps	N/A	150	130000/57702400
Celebration Lamps	N/A	300	36400/57702400
Celebration Lamps	N/A	75	260000/57702400
Contagion	N/A	10	450000/64419320
Contagion	N/A	1,000	9000/64419320
Contagion	N/A	150	112500/64419320
Contagion	N/A	300	31500/64419320
Contagion	N/A	75	225000/64419320
Double Dragon Chests	N/A	10	630000/64393560
Double Dragon Chests	N/A	1,000	12600/64393560
Double Dragon Chests	N/A	150	157500/64393560
Double Dragon Chests	N/A	300	44100/64393560
Double Dragon Chests	N/A	75	315000/64393560
Dragon's Dozen	N/A	150	615/20000
Dragon's Dozen	N/A	2,000	15/10000
Dragon's Dozen	N/A	25	7320/40000
Dragon's Dozen	N/A	50	2040/40000
Foresight	N/A	1,000	15000/44100000
Foresight	N/A	150	187500/44100000
Foresight	N/A	300	52500/44100000
Foresight	N/A	75	375000/44100000
Gemfall	N/A	1,000	14000/29097180
Gemfall	N/A	150	175000/29097180
Gemfall	N/A	300	49000/29097180
Gemfall	N/A	75	350000/29097180
Gemfall	N/A	75	Unknown
Genie's Wishes	N/A	10	750000/64400000
Genie's Wishes	N/A	1,000	15000/64400000
Genie's Wishes	N/A	150	187500/64400000
Genie's Wishes	N/A	300	52500/64400000
Genie's Wishes	N/A	75	375000/64400000
Grim Harvest	N/A	10	475000/64400000
Grim Harvest	N/A	1,000	9500/64400000
Grim Harvest	N/A	150	118750/64400000
Grim Harvest	N/A	300	33250/64400000
Grim Harvest	N/A	75	237500/64400000
Huge protean pack	N/A	1,000	Always
Large protean pack	N/A	300	Always
Loot Duels	N/A	10	630000/64393560
Loot Duels	N/A	1,000	12600/64393560
Loot Duels	N/A	150	157500/64393560
Loot Duels	N/A	300	44100/64393560
Loot Duels	N/A	75	315000/64393560
Loot Rooms Regular and multiplier chests	N/A	10	630000/64393560
Loot Rooms Regular and multiplier chests	N/A	100	157500/64393560
Loot Rooms Regular and multiplier chests	N/A	200	44100/64393560
Loot Rooms Regular and multiplier chests	N/A	50	315000/64393560
Loot Rooms Regular and multiplier chests	N/A	750	12600/64393560
Medium protean pack	N/A	150	Always
Phoenix Lamps	N/A	10	500000/64400000
Phoenix Lamps	N/A	1,000	10000/64400000
Phoenix Lamps	N/A	150	125000/64400000
Phoenix Lamps	N/A	300	35000/64400000
Phoenix Lamps	N/A	75	250000/64400000
Protean chest	N/A	40	Common
Rainbow Trail	N/A	10	375000/64400000
Rainbow Trail	N/A	1,000	7500/64400000
Rainbow Trail	N/A	150	93750/64400000
Rainbow Trail	N/A	300	26250/64400000
Rainbow Trail	N/A	75	187500/64400000
Rainbow's End	N/A	10	500000/51520000
Rainbow's End	N/A	1,000	10000/51520000
Rainbow's End	N/A	150	125000/51520000
Rainbow's End	N/A	300	35000/51520000
Rainbow's End	N/A	75	250000/51520000
Santa's Grotto	N/A	10	5023850000/350000000000
Santa's Grotto	N/A	1,000	6539000/7000000000
Santa's Grotto	N/A	150	643825000/87500000000
Santa's Grotto	N/A	300	67476500/24500000000
Santa's Grotto	N/A	75	2054325000/175000000000
Shining Prismania	N/A	10	500000/56672000
Shining Prismania	N/A	1,000	10000/56672000
Shining Prismania	N/A	150	125000/56672000
Shining Prismania	N/A	300	35000/56672000
Shining Prismania	N/A	75	250000/56672000
Small protean pack	N/A	75	Always
Smouldering Lamps	N/A	10	625000/64400000
Smouldering Lamps	N/A	1,000	12500/64400000
Smouldering Lamps	N/A	150	156250/64400000
Smouldering Lamps	N/A	300	43750/64400000
Smouldering Lamps	N/A	75	312500/64400000
Smouldering vs Supernova	N/A	10	290000/32200000
Smouldering vs Supernova	N/A	1,000	5800/32200000
Smouldering vs Supernova	N/A	150	72500/32200000
Smouldering vs Supernova	N/A	300	20300/32200000
Smouldering vs Supernova	N/A	75	145000/32200000
Solstice Showdown	N/A	10	630000/64393560
Solstice Showdown	N/A	1,000	12600/64393560
Solstice Showdown	N/A	150	157500/64393560
Solstice Showdown	N/A	300	44100/64393560
Solstice Showdown	N/A	75	315000/64393560
Time Crash With multiplier modifiers	N/A	10	500000/51198000
Time Crash With Loot Chests! modifier	N/A	10	500000/57316000

Gallery

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  A planted protean trap.

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  A creature being caught by the trap.

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included - see here for how to help out!

• hidden 18 July 2022 (Update):
  • Protean traps are now easier to tap on mobile.

• patch 27 July 2020 (Update):
  • Penguins can now be caught using protean traps.

• patch 19 June 2017 (Update):
  • Placing a Divine location no longer blocks auto-deploying protean traps.

• patch 29 February 2016 (Update):
  • Protean traps can no longer be reclaimed after using them to snare birds.

• patch 25 January 2016 (Update):
  • Protean traps have been reverted to give an extra 25% XP instead of an extra 5%.

• hidden 30 November 2015 (Update):
  • An auto-deploy option is added to protean traps.

• patch 13 July 2015 (Update):
  • An issue with protean traps deleting scenery has been fixed.

• update 10 October 2014 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• When deployed on the ground, its examine text becomes "Waiting quietly to catch something and fly away. Shhh..."