Bird Trap

Bird Trap
"Capture winged beasts."
Crafting
Recipe	×3 ×4
Tab
Filter
Tier
Properties
Durability	8 uses
Stacks up to	Does not stack
Perk
Captures Birds. Can be baited.
Sources
Dropped by
Sold by	( ×20)
Code
"birdtrap"

“Gives me a net advantage!”

–Wilson

“I'll catch those creepy birds.”

–Willow

“I will catch bird!”

–Wolfgang

“Sticks and silk turned lethal.”

–Wendy

“STUPID BIRDS. HA.”

–WX-78

“A simple clap-trap for birds.”

–Wickerbottom

“I'll show those birds yet!”

–Woodie

“They keep falling for it!”

–Maxwell

“An state-of-the-art snare for those elusive birds.”

–Wagstaff

“I'm a cunning raven catcher!”

–Wigfrid

“Come to our web trap, birds!”

–Webber

“I can catch myself a birdy buddy with this.”

–Walani

“Oh, roast bird! Hm, don't get ahead of yourself, Warly...”

–Warly

“Once ye fly in, ye don't fly oot.”

–Woodlegs

“WILBA CAN'ST ENTRAPETH BIRDIES”

–Wilba

“Tweeter Nabber”

–Wormwood

“It keeps the little birdies grounded.”

–Wheeler

“Birds of a feather get trapped together.”

–Winona

“The birds will find this so funny!”

–Wortox

“Catch birdies!”

–Wurt

“A bird trap! Classic survival stuff!”

–Walter

“Thankfully, birds are stupid.”

–Wanda

A Bird Trap is a Survival Item used to catch Birds. It is crafted using 3 Twigs and 4 Silk and requires a Science Machine to prototype. Bird Traps can be baited with Seeds to significantly increase the chance of catching a Bird, though it is not a requirement. Using a Feather Hat will increase the number of birds landing to speed up the process. A Bird Trap is required in order to put a bird into the player's inventory so that it can be imprisoned in a Bird Cage.

It appears that there is a chance a trap will fail to catch a Bird and simply break, leaving the Bird that triggered the Trap lying on the ground for a brief time before flying away. The failed Trap can still be picked up and reset, but this still costs one use's worth of durability. It is currently unknown whether the chance of a Trap failing is based on a certain probability, bird type, or player proximity.

Trivia

• Following the Naughty and Nice update, Feathers and Morsels can no longer be acquired directly using the Trap. Instead, murdering the Bird while it's in the Inventory is now necessary.
• In the old science system, the Bird Trap used to cost 30 Research Points to craft.

Bugs

• Sometimes Birds will glitch out of Traps after being caught.
• If the Bird Trap is picked up right as it catches a Bird, the Bird may disappear.
• Sometimes the Trap will turn invisible, but will still be shown on the map. The player can press space when near it to get it back.
• In the Shipwrecked DLC, putting a Seed retrieved from the Ocean inside the Bird Trap may make it look like it's still in the Ocean. Picking up the Bird Trap may cause the Seed to disappear.

Gallery

A placed Bird Trap.

Bird Trap icon on the Map.

An empty Trap (left) and an occupied Trap (right).

• DS
• RoG
• SW
• Ham
• DST