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Character: Ellen RipleyChapter: 29: Alien

Chemical Trap

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Summary

After repairing generators enough, you can trap a dropped pallet so that when the Killer breaks it, they are heavily slowed, with trapped pallets shown to all Survivors.

Add to New Survivor build
In-game description

In the Fog, an officer must adapt to the materials at hand.

Effect

After repairing Generators for a total of 20 %, Chemical Trap activates:

  • Press the Active Ability button while near a dropped Pallet to install a Trap, which stays active for 40/50/60 seconds.
  • When the Killer breaks the Trapped Pallet, its Trap explodes, spraying the Killer with a chemical compound:
    • Causes the Killer to suffer from a -50 % Hindered Status Effect for 4 seconds.

Chemical Trap deactivates after triggering successfully or once the timer runs out.

The Auras of Trapped Pallets are revealed to all Survivors in yellow.

Quote

How do we kill it, Ash?

— Ellen Ripley

Chemical Trap Mini Guide

Chemical Trap mini guide: info-driven usage with explicit activation, pairing, and correction rules.

What This Perk Is For

  • After repairing Generators for a total of 20 % , Chemical Trap activates: Press the Active Ability button while near a dropped Pallet to install a Trap, which stays active for 40 / 50 / 60 seconds .
  • Practical effect: After repairing Generators for a total of 20 % , Chemical Trap activates: Press the Active Ability button while near a dropped Pallet to install a Trap, which stays active for 40 / 50 / 60 seconds .
  • Tier values shown: 20 / 40 / 50 / 60
  • Treat activation timing as the core skill check for this perk, then build around reliable follow-up value.

How To Pilot It In Match

  • First phase: force one clean trigger before committing to risky tempo lines.
  • Conversion phase: convert triggers into objective or survival stability.
  • If two trigger windows are missed: fallback to your safest baseline pattern and re-enter later.
  • Role: Survivor (167 perks in role pool)

Common Throw + Fix

  • Common throw: Playing this perk as passive value and never routing around its trigger.
  • Fix: Choose one match phase where this perk is your primary decision anchor, then pivot after conversion.
  • Character: Ellen Ripley
  • Chapter: 29: Alien
  • Tag set: Pallet, Trap, Hindered, Aura, Generator, Repair, Solo, Bully Squad
  • Bloodpoint focus: Boldness

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