Using Bait

[Doctor3D]

Is there plans to have bait for both Zombies and Animals? I'd love to lure a horde into a certain area and ambush them, or use it to confuse them enough to get out of a tight situation -- or set out some bait for deer when hunting from my hunting hut in the tree.

Recipe for some super Potent Zombie Bait:

Blood Bag
Rotting Flesh
Stick

^ or something... lol

[Spacepiggio]

They already have carcasses left after kils, rotted flesh & gore is coming out in 11, I think the rotted flesh & carcasses already put off smell I think or I may be wrong.

[dominicawb]

It doesnt specifically attract zombies, but corpses add to the "heat map"

I do agree with OP, bait/control options for both zombies and animals need to be a thing.

[Worm]

I wish there was someway to spawn animals so i could add such bait to the game myself. I've already added salt and have already thought about a salt lick to attract deer but can't find any way of spawning them.

[FuzzyAnimator]

I have often wondered if that's what the "rotting flesh" you find sometimes is going to be for eventually.

[AceHangman]

I always thought crafting one of the spare tires you pick up with a gas can and a chunk of rotting flesh should create a zombie attractant. You can place it and it looks like a tire with some gunk on it, equip a torch (or possibly something else with a chance to ignite targets) and strike it when you need it. It could burn for an hour or so and attract zombies that haven't actively spotted you (especially dogs). It burns until its duration expires or possibly after it sets fire to a set number of targets.

As for deer or boar bait. Cornmeal would be pretty good for that. Possibly craft a bucket of water with some corn seeds and then, dispense it in an area to increase the chance of a spawn in that area over the next 1-2 days.

[ihKu47]

Good news everyone! Baits and deterrents are part of the Stretch Goals for the game and, since the devs have reached the money goal they set out for them, they have announced that these things will be added to the game.

[Wizlawz]

don't know the date of this thread so i was wondering the same, but above reply answers that, my question is will it be in next update? {who knows, we shall see, but i hope it is coz playing SP i need a way to "respawn" the animals.. i think...}
IE: i can hear the rabbit, just can't locate it.

[ihKu47]

I don't think they will be in this update, since there has been no word on them. But they are in the plans, so they'll be there eventually.

[LokitheWeaver]

Originally posted by Wizlawz:

don't know the date of this thread so i was wondering the same, but above reply answers that, my question is will it be in next update? {who knows, we shall see, but i hope it is coz playing SP i need a way to "respawn" the animals.. i think...}
IE: i can hear the rabbit, just can't locate it.

"Your rabbit is already dead."

(Cheesy misquote from "the Matrix", but it is late and I could not resist.)

[Wizlawz]

^

ROFL

[Ophite]

I swear ive seen zombies chase deer.

[ihKu47]

Originally posted by Ophite:

I swear ive seen zombies chase deer.

Yes, I have also seen them chase after pigs and punch both pigs and deer to death :) While this may sound like a good way of saving a bolt or two, be warned that the zombies will also keep punching the carcass and it will decay rapidly.

[M.B.M Industries]

Gr8 m8 I wood R8 this ideer about B8 a str8 8/8. :)

[Wizlawz]

you speak of bait for Zeds, i speak of bait for animals

[Doctor3D]

Originally posted by Wizlawz:

you speak of bait for Zeds, i speak of bait for animals

Nah, as I said I want bait for both. I actually want the hunting in this game to be harder - I want it to take skill. Right now, I can outrun a rabbit and hit it with an axe.

I don't want it like that. :D

I'd love to have to worry about our scent, maybe have a wind mechanic, love to have bait - and hunting that rewards some patience. Where you'd have to quietly keep an area clean of zombies with silent weapons like your bow - so that the animals aren't too scared to go in the area.