Trap

A Trap is a survival item used to catch small animals including Rabbits, Frogs and Spiders. It is the first available trap to players. Once set, traps can be baited with food items attractive to said animals. Baited or not, a trap will trigger once a small creature gets close enough to it.

Usage



 * For a detailed guide of trapping rabbits, please read here.

Traps are set by placing them on the ground and can be picked up again at any time. To bait a Trap once set, simply place a food item in it. Bait will be consumed on successful catch. Traps do not need bait in order to catch creatures; if a creature touches the trap for any reason it will fall and catch it. This means if a Trap is placed directly on top of a rabbit hole it will catch the Rabbit as it leaves home or comes back. Traps lose 12.5% durability each time they catch something (8 uses).

Once a trap is triggered, it will shake and "jump" around with the animal inside. If you leave the trap uncollected for too long, the animal can escape eventually, though this usually takes a few days (exact time unknown at the moment). Apart from the normal durability loss of the catch, the trap does not lose additional durability from the escape.

Traps are also a popular way to mark notable areas on the map.

Hunting
When a Trap  catches a Rabbit it will be picked up as a live inventory item. Spiders and Frogs will be killed by the Trap and the item they drop (Frog Legs for example) will be picked up from the trap. A hostile creature can be lured into a Trap if it is chasing the player character; Spiders for example will always try to travel in a straight line towards him and make no effort to avoid traps or other obstacles. Traps can be used in this way to form a barrier when destroying Spider Dens, or as a great method to farm Silk.

Trivia

 * Gobbler and Pig are able to eat food baited in a trap.
 * You can place seeds in the trap, and birds will fly down to eat it. The trap will NOT catch the bird, though.
 * If you place the Trap above the rabbit hole, it will cause the Rabbit to come out of its hole and instantly get traped.

Recipe
rabbit escapes from my trap.