Trap

Trap
Number of skills	15
Elite skills	2
Supertype	Skill
Subtype	None

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If you're going to be a Ranger, you'll want to learn how to set Traps. The important thing to remember when setting a Trap is that you can be easily interrupted while doing it. This means that anyone hitting you with an attack while you are trying to set a Trap will interrupt you, causing the Trap to go off without effect.

— Isokeh, Expert Ranger

Skill type. Trap is a skill type associated with the ranger profession. Traps are best utilized as Anti Access/Area Denial: they are characteristically planted on the ground, and its effects will trigger if a foe walks in adjacent range of where it is placed. A trap is easily interruptible.

Except for Healing Spring, a trap always lasts for 90 seconds, and will automatically trigger themselves once that time has passed. When this happens, they can still damage targets that are near the trap.

Most traps cause a small amount of damage and can inflict conditions towards nearby foes that trigger that trap. Any weapon upgrade that increases the duration of a condition will take effect when the trap triggers, not when it is set.

Traps mostly fall under the Wilderness Survival attribute, except for Viper's Nest (Beast Mastery), Black Powder Mine (Deldrimor rank), and Weakness Trap (Ebon Vanguard rank). Healing Spring is the only trap that affects allies, and will always trigger as soon as the trap has been set, as the target activating the skill is always in range.

Trap-influencing skills

Icon	Name	Description						Attribute	Campaign
	Trapper's Focus	Elite Preparation. (12...22...24 seconds.) Your trap skills are no longer easy to interrupt. You gain +0...2...2 to your Wilderness Survival attribute.	0	055	02.002	01212		ExpertiseZ	Factions
	Trapper's Speed	Stance. (5...25...30 seconds.) Your traps recharge 25% faster and activate 25% faster. Ends if you hit with an attack.	0	055	0	02020		ExpertiseZ	Nightfall

List of traps

Icon	Name	Description						Prof.	Attribute	Campaign
	Barbed Trap	Trap. (90 seconds.) Affects nearby foes. Deals 7...20...23 piercing damage. Inflicts Crippled and Bleeding conditions (3...21...25 seconds). Easily interrupted.	0	1515	02.002	02020		rangera	Wilderness SurvivalZ	Core
	Black Powder Mine	Trap. (90 seconds.) Affects nearby foes. Deals 20...30 damage. Inflicts Blindness and Bleeding conditions (7...10 seconds). Easily interrupted.	0	1010	02.002	02020		a	Deldrimor rankZ	Eye of the North
	Dust Trap	Trap. (90 seconds.) Affects nearby foes. Deals 10...22...25 damage every second (5 seconds). Inflicts Blindness condition (3...7...8 seconds) every second (5 seconds). Easily interrupted.	0	2525	02.002	03030		rangera	Wilderness SurvivalZ	Prophecies
	Flame Trap	Trap. (90 seconds.) Affects nearby foes. Deals 5...17...20 fire damage every second (3 seconds). Inflicts Burning condition (1...3...3 second[s]). Easily interrupted.	0	1010	02.002	02020		rangera	Wilderness SurvivalZ	Core
	Healing Spring	Trap. (10 seconds.) Affects adjacent allies. Heals for 15...51...60 every 2 seconds. Easily interrupted.	0	1010	02.002	02020		rangera	Wilderness SurvivalZ	Prophecies
	Improvised Fire Trap	Trap. Create an improvised Fire Trap that lasts 90 seconds. When improvised Fire Trap is triggered, nearby foes are struck for 300 damage each second for 3 seconds, and suffer from Burning for 5 seconds. While activating this skill, you are easily interrupted.	0	0	02.002	0088		a	Z	Winds of Change
	Land Mine	Trap. Affects nearby foes. Deals 500 damage. Knocks down for 4 seconds. Easily interrupted.	0	1010	02.002	03030		a	Z	Core
	Piercing Trap	Trap. (90 seconds.) Affects nearby foes. Deals 5...41...50 piercing damage. Deals 15...51...60 more damage to any foes with Cracked Armor. Easily interrupted.	0	1010	02.002	03030		rangera	Wilderness SurvivalZ	Eye of the North
	Smoke Trap	Elite Trap. (90 seconds.) Inflicts Blinded and Dazed conditions (5...9...10 seconds) to nearby foes. Easily interrupted.	0	1010	02.002	02020		rangera	Wilderness SurvivalZ	Nightfall
	Snare	Trap. (90 seconds.) Affects nearby foes. Inflicts Crippled condition (3...13...15 seconds). Easily interrupted.	0	055	02.002	02020		rangera	Wilderness SurvivalZ	Factions
	Spike Trap	Elite Trap. (90 seconds.) Affects nearby foes. Every second, (for 2 seconds), this trap deals 10...34...40 piercing damage, causes knockdown, and inflicts Crippled condition (3...21...25 seconds). Easily interrupted.	0	1010	02.002	02020		rangera	Wilderness SurvivalZ	Core
	Spring of Purity	Trap. Every two seconds, Spring of Purity removes 1 hex from adjacent allies, and removes 1 enchantment from adjacent foes (10 seconds).	0	1010	02.002	02525		monstera	Z	Winds of Change
	Tripwire	Trap. (90 seconds.) Deals 5...17...20 piercing damage to nearby foes. Causes knock-down to Crippled foes. Easily interrupted.	0	1010	02.002	03030		rangera	Wilderness SurvivalZ	Nightfall
	Viper's Nest	Trap. (90 seconds.) Affects nearby foes. Deals 5...29...35 piercing damage. Inflicts Poisoned condition (5...17...20 seconds). Easily interrupted.	0	1010	02.002	02020		rangera	Beast MasteryZ	Factions
	Weakness Trap	Trap. (90 seconds.) Affects nearby foes. Deals 24...50 lightning damage. Inflicts Weakness condition (10...20 seconds). Knocks-down Charr. Easily interrupted.	0	1010	02.002	03030		a	Ebon Vanguard rankZ	Eye of the North

See also

• Trapper

Notes

• Despite the area of effect of most, the trigger area for traps is slightly smaller than nearby range.

Trivia

• Marble Trap, Shadow Tripwire, and Twisted Spikes were to be the first non-ranger traps introduced into the game, but were removed shortly before the release of Guild Wars Nightfall.