Improvised Explosive Device

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Place two of these near each other to create an explosive trap.

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Weapon

Type

Explosive

Explosive damage

250 (4 meter radius)

Item

Weight

0.5

Stack size

10

Single use

Yes

Spawn Command

cheat giveitemnum 46 1 0 0
or
cheat gfi Tripwire 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Weapons/PrimalItem_WeaponTripwireC4.PrimalItem_WeaponTripwireC4'" 1 0 0

Crafting

Required level

Level 44

Engram points

30 EP

Crafting XP

76.2 XP

Crafting time

5s

Prerequisites

Grenade

Unlocks

C4 Charge

Crafted in

Required stations

Refining Forge

Mortar and Pestle

Campfire

Ingredients

Resources breakdown [Expand]

50 × Gunpowder

50 ×

25 ×

50 ×

50 ×

50 ×

10 × Crystal or Primal Crystal

35 × Fiber

5 × Hide

10 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot

1 × Wood or Fungal Wood

Total Base Ingredients

25 ×	Stone
10 ×	Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot
50 ×	Flint
10 ×	Crystal or Primal Crystal
5 ×	Hide
35 ×	Fiber
51 ×	Wood or Fungal Wood

The Improvised Explosive Device is one of the explosives in ARK: Survival Evolved. Unlike the thrown Grenade, it can be placed in pairs to create traps.

The IED can be triggered by anyone crossing the tripwire, including the creator and tribe members. The creator and tribe members can however unwire a paired device from the radial options menu. Unwired devices can be picked up and replaced.

Damage[]

List of explosive damage versus various materials as of Patch 257:

Weapon/Structure	Thatch	Wood	Stone	Metal	Tek
C4 Charge	^*	11813	^*	3544	788
Grenade	788	788	1838	237	53
Improvised Explosive Device (pair)	^*	7875	^**	^**	^**
Rocket Propelled Grenade	^*	7350	^*	2205	596
Tek Rifle	1260	536	294	29	185
Tek Grenade	2625	1115	612	59	385
Cannon	*	*	3446	355	40

^* The damage is greater than the health-points of structures of that material
^** IEDs are currently just about impossible to place on stone, metal, or Tek structures.

Mobile[]

List of explosive damage versus various materials on ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile:

Weapon/Structure	Thatch	Wood	Stone	Metal
C4 Charge	^*	10238	11944	1280
Grenade	788	788	1838	237
Improvised Explosive Device (pair)	^*	7875	^**	^**
Rocket Propelled Grenade	^*	^*	^*	1969

^* The damage is greater than the health-points of structures of that material
^** IEDs are currently just about impossible to place on stone or metal.

Notes[]

The IED can be triggered by tribemates. Be careful.
The Improvised Explosive Device is known as C4 Tripwire and Trip Wire C4 in the game files.
IED's are best used as traps for luring players and/or hostile dinosaurs into.
The best placements for IED's are around the outside of enemy bases, specifically the doors, and in dense forested areas where they cannot be easily spotted.