Handcuffs
EngramLevel 28
Equip this onto an unconscious player, to and they'll be restrained when they wake up!
- Weight
- 1
- Stack
- 1
- Melee damage
- 2
- Unlock level
- 28
- Engram points
- 16
- Crafting XP
- 24.5

Handcuffs is a shield equipment in ARK: Survival Ascended. It unlocks at level 28 for 16 Engram Points. It can be crafted at a Smithy using 3 different resources.
Crafting recipe
50 Metal Ingot
10 Cementing Paste
5 Obsidian- 24.5 Craft XP
To craft Handcuffs, you need 50x Metal Ingot, 10x Cementing Paste, 5x Obsidian. Available crafting stations: Smithy, Tek Replicator. Use the calculator below to figure out exact quantities for multiple crafts.
Crafting
Crafting calculator
Level 28 · 16 engram points
Crafting XP: 24.5
Blueprint crafting cost by quality
| Quality | Metal Ingot | Cementing Paste | Obsidian |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primitive 1x | 50 | 10 | 5 |
| Ramshackle 1.33x | 100 | 20 | 10 |
| Apprentice 1.67x | 176 | 36 | 18 |
| Journeyman 2x | 320 | 64 | 32 |
| Mastercraft 2.5x | 575 | 115 | 58 |
| Ascendant 3.5x | 1,100 | 220 | 110 |
Weapon stats
- Equip Time
- 0.67
- Harvest Tool
- Hatchet
- Melee Damage
- 2
- Ammo Per Clip
- 8
- Ammo Per Shot
- 1
- Infinite Ammo
- Yes
- Reload Duration
- 1
- Time Between Shots
- 0.4
- Durability Per Shot
- 1
- Durability Per Melee Hit
- 0.4
- Harvest Resource Multiplier
- 1
Loot crates
Acquisition
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