Traps per area limitation

[Mmm]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1967630/view/3647403465588747385?l=english

in one area, you can only catch one animal at a time, no matter how many traps are there.

What does "in one area" mean here? Does it mean only one chance per enemy spawn? Or is it white radius?

I.e. how close can you set traps to each other?

[CrankyOldGamer]

About this close

Tegu trap farm (Copper Island)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3159307386
Tegu spawn points within trap radius
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3260819316
How traps work is the radius has to cover the spawn points of what you are trying to trap. so after you place one open the map mouse over the trap icon and see what spawn points are covered. You can move it to another location to adjust and capture as many spawn points as possible within the traps radius. Once its placed the menu will show you what animals are available to trap and what bait is needed. As each spawn point triggers in game (probably on a timer) it will spawn as a carcass at the trap. So it takes the traps as long to fill up as the spawn points take to trigger in game. In the second pic shows 9 traps covering 5 spawn points for Tegu. The traps take 3-4 days to fill up. Don't wait too long or the carcasses will decay. You don't have to wait for them to fill up you can just collect whatever traps are full and re-bait them keeping a sort of ongoing rotation. More traps don't mean faster trapping spawn points have set timers. It just means you wont have to go back for a few days and they will be mostly or all full. I found a max of 12 traps seems to be the threshold between when they are all full and the carcasses start decaying and disappearing. 9 traps seems to be a good balanced number. But it also depends on the animal. For example deer (on Silver Island) seem to spawn a bit slower than Tegu so I only set out 6 traps there and still takes about 3 days or more. Also I recommend keeping a couple of Saltpeter Pits nearby to dispose of the carcasses and a small box to keep a stock of bait in hand to re-bait the traps.

[Mmm]

Great info, thanks. Traps it is then.

[Mmm]

What about line of sight? Is it ok to set them where I visit sometimes? If I pass near them, will they trigger this day?

The trap can only be triggered if it is not within the player's line of sight. No way to cheat the game here, even if you hide really-really well.

[stretch]

Originally posted by Mmm:

What about line of sight? Is it ok to set them where I visit sometimes? If I pass near them, will they trigger this day?

The trap can only be triggered if it is not within the player's line of sight. No way to cheat the game here, even if you hide really-really well.

I suspect if this is so it's to save them on animations for the trapping itself.

[CrankyOldGamer]

Line of sight has nothing to do with it. I've been literally 20 feet away from traps waiting with a sleeping bag for them to fill up. When the spawn point triggers a carcass is dropped at the trap. I've had carcasses spawn right in front of me. That's all there is to it.