Protean trap

Protean trap
Detailed
Release	10 October 2014 (Update)
Members	Yes
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Quest item	No
Tradeable	No
Tradeable	No
Equipable	No
Equipable	No
Stackable	Yes
Stackable	Yes
Disassembly	Unknown
Disassembly	Unknown
Value	20 coins
Value	20 coins
Alchemy	Not alchemisable
Alchemy	Not alchemisable
High Alchemy	12 coins
High Alchemy	12 coins
Low Alchemy	8 coins
Low Alchemy	8 coins
Destroy	Are you sure you want to destroy your Treasure Hunter prize? You cannot reclaim it!
On death	Unknown
On death	Unknown
On death	Unknown
Exchange	Not sold
Weight	0 kg
Examine	Inventory: 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. Deployed: Waiting quietly to catch something and fly away. Shhh...

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. They offer a higher capture rate as well as increased Hunter experience. Baiting and smoking these traps is unnecessary.

Using the trap gives a 25% experience boost with 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 5% experience boost. Use of the trap adds a 10% chance of catching prey, and it stays up for 50% longer.

The traps disappear once triggered, whether or not a creature is caught. Experience is granted in either case, but it is significantly higher if a creature is caught. No drops are obtained from the creatures caught. You can obtain strange rocks from using these traps.

On 30 November 2015 the protean traps received an auto-deploy option. Using it causes the player to automatically deploy the maximum number of traps after which used traps are automatically checked and redeployed until 60 traps are deployed. Moving or running out of traps also stops the auto-deploying.

A creature being caught by the trap.