Do Traps work?

[Ramar]

Are the rabbit traps working? I've had 2 down for a couple of days and I can't catch anything. For that matter, I can't seem to keep from starving to death!

[RequiemsRose]

They do, but you also have to put them somewhere that actually gets rabbits as well. Preferably nearby enough for it to stay rendered. If you are patient enough and keep your distance from it, you can watch a rabbit spawn in and slowly hop right into it (they will spook and sprint in whatever direction is away from you if you get too close).

I find active hunting better if you are trying to catch them for initial food reasons rather than caging them though. A bow can be made with 1 stick, a cloth, and a rope and does wonders for killing rabbits if you can get the hang of aiming it (you can find arrows around the map, or make your own with 5 feathers and a stick). If archery isn't your thing, then you might also be able to melee them with a long range melee, the easiest of which to obtain is a weak spear (2 sticks). You want to save up your stamina and essentially ambush them. Either sprint up with a downward stab before they run off, or push them towards terrain like rivers that can help you corral/trap them to kill.

If you find yourself starving all the time, expand your food options. Berries can be found throughout the world, the blue and blackberries are fine to eat. white and red berries hurt, but can also be collected once you have a pouch to add poison to weapons. Most ponds, rivers, and bodies of water have fish, and spear fishing is a great easy way to get meat when your other hunting isn't going well. turtles spawn on beaches as well and are very slow. They drop a shell which can help with your water needs, as well as 2 generic meat. Just aim for the neck/head.

[Ramar]

Originally posted by RequiemsRose:

They do, but you also have to put them somewhere that actually gets rabbits as well. Preferably nearby enough for it to stay rendered. If you are patient enough and keep your distance from it, you can watch a rabbit spawn in and slowly hop right into it (they will spook and sprint in whatever direction is away from you if you get too close).

I find active hunting better if you are trying to catch them for initial food reasons rather than caging them though. A bow can be made with 1 stick, a cloth, and a rope and does wonders for killing rabbits if you can get the hang of aiming it (you can find arrows around the map, or make your own with 5 feathers and a stick). If archery isn't your thing, then you might also be able to melee them with a long range melee, the easiest of which to obtain is a weak spear (2 sticks). You want to save up your stamina and essentially ambush them. Either sprint up with a downward stab before they run off, or push them towards terrain like rivers that can help you corral/trap them to kill.

If you find yourself starving all the time, expand your food options. Berries can be found throughout the world, the blue and blackberries are fine to eat. white and red berries hurt, but can also be collected once you have a pouch to add poison to weapons. Most ponds, rivers, and bodies of water have fish, and spear fishing is a great easy way to get meat when your other hunting isn't going well. turtles spawn on beaches as well and are very slow. They drop a shell which can help with your water needs, as well as 2 generic meat. Just aim for the neck/head.

Thank again for that info. I just discovered the fish so we are not starving to death now. :) Keep getting killed by mutants though! Can't stay alive past day 3 or 4. :( Working on it though. :)

I finally found a pot so we are no longer dying of thirst. But maybe you can answer a question here: When I put meat on the campfire, I can't take it off and put it in my pack. I have to eat it.

So how do I build up a reserve of food to eat?

[RequiemsRose]

Originally posted by Ramar:

Thank again for that info. I just discovered the fish so we are not starving to death now. :) Keep getting killed by mutants though! Can't stay alive past day 3 or 4. :( Working on it though. :)

I finally found a pot so we are no longer dying of thirst. But maybe you can answer a question here: When I put meat on the campfire, I can't take it off and put it in my pack. I have to eat it.

So how do I build up a reserve of food to eat?

Candy bars, berry pouch, and drying rack. For meat specifically it's the drying rack you want. It's a structure found in the food tab of your book (iirc third tab in, symbol of a fish). Meat will dry slowly over time, and dried meat can be eaten directly off the rack or stored in the inventory. It can still spoil, but takes significantly longer to do so (though be aware that saving and reloading can do some weird things with decay stages). A berry pouch is 2 rabbit fur, and lets you collect 30 of each berry, plus like 10? of each mushroom, i forget exactly. Candy bars can be found in luggage, sometimes at beaches and villages, and in caves. It never spoils, and I believe you can carry 15 of them. Bonus fun fact, since you do have the old pot, even if your meat spoils you can still safely eat it by making it into a stew. Be aware that too much food in a stew will diminish its hydration though, so keep it to one big meat per stew.

[Ramar]

Originally posted by RequiemsRose:

Originally posted by Ramar:

Thank again for that info. I just discovered the fish so we are not starving to death now. :) Keep getting killed by mutants though! Can't stay alive past day 3 or 4. :( Working on it though. :)

I finally found a pot so we are no longer dying of thirst. But maybe you can answer a question here: When I put meat on the campfire, I can't take it off and put it in my pack. I have to eat it.

So how do I build up a reserve of food to eat?

Candy bars, berry pouch, and drying rack. For meat specifically it's the drying rack you want. It's a structure found in the food tab of your book (iirc third tab in, symbol of a fish). Meat will dry slowly over time, and dried meat can be eaten directly off the rack or stored in the inventory. It can still spoil, but takes significantly longer to do so (though be aware that saving and reloading can do some weird things with decay stages). A berry pouch is 2 rabbit fur, and lets you collect 30 of each berry, plus like 10? of each mushroom, i forget exactly. Candy bars can be found in luggage, sometimes at beaches and villages, and in caves. It never spoils, and I believe you can carry 15 of them. Bonus fun fact, since you do have the old pot, even if your meat spoils you can still safely eat it by making it into a stew. Be aware that too much food in a stew will diminish its hydration though, so keep it to one big meat per stew.

Hmm. Stew, eh? I never saw that option. That's one of my biggest complaints about this game. Have no idea what I can make until I drop items into my mat in my inventory bag? You know now long I went with an axe before I realized I could make a club? Not until I accidentally hit combine on a skull and it went into the mat. So what else am I missing? :)

Also, maybe you can help with this: I saw a video where a player built a small shed type place, and went inside. He was on single player. Ok. Now, When we (wife and I) created the same little shed, the door wouldn't open. We could hit the 'C' button and after a while the 'Z' button, but not enter it. Will this apply to all buildings?

[RequiemsRose]

The stew you make by setting a pot to boil. You will get an option above the pot to add ingredients like meats, herbs, berries, or mushrooms. For crafting recipes, place materials on the crafting mat and hover your mouse over the cog icon that appears. It will list all the recipes that material is used to craft, and what items are needed for them. It does this with icons though, some of which are not incredibly clear.

As for the shelters, no, that won't happen everytime. usually that happens when something is obstructing the door; such as terrain, another structure, another entity, or set piece clutter.

edit: Another crafting related thing the game doesnt exactly tell you...you have hot keys! If you combine the item you want to hotkey, with your backpack, on the crafting mat it will give you the ability to assign that item to slot 1-4.

[Ramar]

Thanks for the help. I'm just coming off of 1,800 hours of 7d2d and this is totally new. :) Can I upgrade my spear? My bow? Do you realize how long it's going to take to chop down enough logs to make a decent base? ugh. New games. :) I'M GONNA DIE!!!!!

Actually, last round we did. Over, and over and over. :) Everytime we tried to run back to our bags at camp. They were there....surrounding us....IT WAS TERRIBLE! They killed us over and over. Had to start a new game. Never lasted more than 3 days. LOL

Far cry from 7d. :)

[RequiemsRose]

Forest is definitely different than 7d2d, but if you can figure out blood moons you can figure out cannibals :P

Indeed you can upgrade your spear. The upgraded spear is your weak spear + 3 bone + 2 cloth if i recall right (rarely remember the cloth requirements exactly because i just hoard it so its never a problem). There is an upgrade for the crafted bow, but it is not craftable. that one must be found. There are also upgrades to the axe, in fact a few axes are available. The easiest for the player is obviously the default plane axe, followed by the crafted axe, but there are other options that can be found as well that can make chopping trees much faster to. On a plus, unlike 7d2d, your ability to find the loot you need is not based on RNG. The map is always the same, so once you do find stuff you can always find it again later (assuming you have a good memory lol). bonus points, and a slight hint: most the good stuff is found in caves, and caves respawn their loot each time you enter them, but almost none of the caves respawn their enemies (there are some exceptions though).

[Pineapple]

Turtles and savages can provide a stable source of food

[Pineapple]

All creatures are food. :)

[Ramar]

Originally posted by Moira:

Turtles and savages can provide a stable source of food

You can eat a savage????

[Dutchcrazygamer]

Originally posted by Ramar:

Originally posted by Moira:

Turtles and savages can provide a stable source of food

You can eat a savage????

Yes, cut of its limbs and cook it on a fire. It is the easiest food source :P. The only downside is that it drains your sanity (which does not that much in the game)

[John Cruelty]

If you live near a pond you can easily use a spear to get fish.

[Lusignan]

yes，traps works
I love the happybrithday trap,you can use it to kill mutants,each time only need a stick to fix it.With 4 or 5 ,you can kill a band of mutants without hurt yourself.
the rabbit trap can not only catch rabbits,but also lizards,that is really annoying because lizards will escape whether it is in a trap or not,and it will make the trap invalid.ATTENTION!you need to put your traps in the place where rabbits often appear,or you will get nothing .
if you are hungry,why not try to eat blueberries or catch some fish with your spear?And the rabbit trap can be build under water ,it will catch fish very fast in a pond.
By the way,if you are a good archer,hunt deer is a very good choice,because the skin is necessary to make stuffs,and it will give you four pieces of meat each time you kill one.

[Sumerling]

You need place the trap where rabbit walk OR place the trap and stay runing on the rabbit till he will enter in the trap

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wtf? you need a POT to pick up some water from a river or whatever? what happens to scoop up some with ur hand or stick ur head down ? no wonder i couldnt drink even if there is tons of water arround ..even eating berries and ♥♥♥♥ should give u some hydration

**** i knew it was an error to spend cash on this ♥♥♥♥