Talk:Guides/Hound Repelling/@comment-219.90.158.64-20130702135536/@comment-219.90.158.64-20130702145123

Fair call - but if you do decide to merge this with the other one you could list it as one of the "other" tactics. Personally I think what you describe is the most reliable method, as it can be used repeatedly, at any time, the loot stays close to the base (on the traps etc), and most importantly it will work irrespective of what else is nearby (no reliance on beefaloes etc).

The only downside is that it's not possible to build from the get-go, as you need to have killed some hounds to get the tooth traps in the first place. OK you do mention attacking only one at a time (going hand-to-hand), but personally I prefer to build my first base either near beefaloes, or pigs (although not useful at night - although if you're quick and you have a roll/tent you can jump to the next day).

Lureplants are useful but as you say winter only (unless you don't care about the loot, as the fire typically kills the non-fire-hounds - you can usually still get the meat, pre-cooked!). but then of course you'd need to plant another lureplant to get repeatability. Actually lureplants aren't possible from the get-go either, since they don't spawn until 9-10 days (?) in or so, and you'll probably have to kill one to plant it somewhere useful, then wait 2 days or so for the eyeplants to spawn.

The thing I like best about the "tunnel of death" is that once it gets going, you're swimming in hound teeth, so it's easy to build more traps when the old ones wear out (or just more for the hell of it). After day 500 at the moment and I have three bases, each with a death tunnel (although a small-ish one), and still each base has at least 40-80 hounds teeth in storage, despite the fact I've also used them for other stuff.