How to capture Hoppers

[§þyđà ÐæĦōŋĩƈ]

Having a little problem capturing these hoppers, other than them evading the net 90% of the time, when i do finally entangle one, I cant find a way to equip, or use the crates on them to capture one. Been at it for a while now ... dragging to the bars then selecting just results in me punching the hopper in the face, I cant put them on the quickslots, and right clicking gives no options either ... anyone have a way to make this work?

[Luthan]

Right click from inventory. Then left click on that hopper. Manually activate combat to they won't move(but you still need to be nearby to have enough movement and action points to do the action).

[Expert]

Simple way to capture hoppers. Go in stealth mode. In your inventory make a double click on the net - so it will appear on fast skill bar, also put here a cage for them. Then go in stealth to hopper - use your net, then come to catched hopper and use a cage. Repeat it 3-5 times, and all hoppers are yours.

[Luthan]

I never used net. I only used cage? Or what hopper do you mean? For the quest at the beginning I did not need a net when I did it with activating manually combat(then I will have the first turn and they won't have time to run away).

[Troll]

I did the same as Luthan at first, then saw they all stacked at one point of the map without moving.

after getting to the are past the sentry you reach the water where the fisherman is, at that point I just went West and there I found my hoppers.

At first I went in to combat mode near one and captured it, or used sprint if I was too far. After 2 or 3 hoppers I saw they all ran from me in 1 direction, near the westernmost hole in the wall, and then stopped right beside it.

I guess it is supposed to be a bug, and instead they should go through that hole, but they don't, and I used them to make a lot of money with the respawning cages and their loot when killed.

[Expert]

You can use net for catching and holding a hopper in one place. If you catch a hopper with a net - he can't move for some turns, and it's very simple to catch a hopper with a cage.
Also you can use a net for holding rats.

[§þyđà ÐæĦōŋĩƈ]

Thank you!! .. Yanno its odd, I tried right clicking the boxes last night and it wouldnt have any of it ... I tried it today and it worked ... without the nets .. so thanks all!!

[flamedance58]

All I did was stand near a hole, wait for one to pop out and pressed Enter to get into Combat Mode and then just used the cage on it and tada! But as the OP has figured this out congrats!

[§þyđà ÐæĦōŋĩƈ]

Ayes, maybe it was a bug, I tried again with a different character and it wouldnt let me use the crates on that one either ... Dunno ... Problem I'm having now is being instantly killed the second i walk onto a new map section .. before I can initiate combat I'm shot at, bitten, clubbed and killed .. getting irritating

[flamedance58]

Originally posted by §þyđà ÐæĦōŋĩƈ:

Ayes, maybe it was a bug, I tried again with a different character and it wouldnt let me use the crates on that one either ... Dunno ... Problem I'm having now is being instantly killed the second i walk onto a new map section .. before I can initiate combat I'm shot at, bitten, clubbed and killed .. getting irritating

Being killed by something or nothing? Do you mean to say that you'll move into another area and then randomly being killed by nothingness? or that you just aren't healing up?

[§þyđà ÐæĦōŋĩƈ]

Originally posted by flamedance58:

Originally posted by §þyđà ÐæĦōŋĩƈ:

Being killed by something or nothing? Do you mean to say that you'll move into another area and then randomly being killed by nothingness? or that you just aren't healing up?

Lol, No-no sorry ... Ok, So for example I entered an area, where some bandits wanted a package, I said no combat started ... I shot a few times, got down to about 10% health ran off the map .. back to the doctor healed up .... Went back to the map section where the bandits are ... The instant i appear on that section, I've got two bandits shooting at me, and one pounding on me with a sledgehammer, I either die before i get my first turn, Or im so low on health i have to run off the map again (Then repeat above), I've died about 8 times in a row like this, and cant afford health boosters

[Troll]

Originally posted by §þyđà ÐæĦōŋĩƈ:

Originally posted by flamedance58:

Lol, No-no sorry ... Ok, So for example I entered an area, where some bandits wanted a package, I said no combat started ... I shot a few times, got down to about 10% health ran off the map .. back to the doctor healed up .... Went back to the map section where the bandits are ... The instant i appear on that section, I've got two bandits shooting at me, and one pounding on me with a sledgehammer, I either die before i get my first turn, Or im so low on health i have to run off the map again (Then repeat above), I've died about 8 times in a row like this, and cant afford health boosters

The same happened to me when I started. I ended up restarting the game and not taking Jack's quest for a while.

[SilentScav]

What I like to do is stand by the lake shrooms in stealth, wait for one of them to approach, go into combat (enter key), the use the net, then the dog carrier.

[Nuee]

If you stand by a cave where they run out... stealth or not you can quickly hit return to go into combtat mode when they are next/near to you and have about a 40% shot of capturing them with a cage.

[Altos]

Originally posted by Nuee:

If you stand by a cave where they run out... stealth or not you can quickly hit return to go into combtat mode when they are next/near to you and have about a 40% shot of capturing them with a cage.

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[VelxraTV]

2021, it's still valid tactic =p