Question about Traps

[Tacitus]

I've noticed that the small animal traps only seem to work once, and only with carrots. Has anyone had any success catching an animal with the trap, harvesting it, and using other foods as bait (e.g. blueberries, broccoli) to catch more animals?

[antho xxx]

yes me with blue Berry and yes the trap functioned once his beast on the other hand

[Marx1]

I have gotten the trap to work with berries and potatoes but after one or two uses traps have yet to work again.

[Tacitus]

Potatoes work in the traps as well? That's good to know, as it will give me some use for the bushels of spuds that the infected seem to drop...

The problem with constructing new traps after they become useless is that duct tape is surprisingly rare! You'd think that this staple of survivalism and DIY, that wondrous adhesive that holds the very universe together would be a bit more common. By Day 67, I had only found a grand total of four duct tape rolls. By contrast, I have 4 SWAT helmets, 3 ballistic vests, 3 pairs of boots (all self-found, not crafted), 4 pistols, 6 shotguns, and 5 M4 carbines. Nearly all of the guns were found simply by scavenging and exploration, rather than by killing bandits (who sometimes drop their weapons upon death).

If anything, duct tape should be treated as a multi-use item, with durability like any other tool. That might help balance out its rarity a bit.

[Darth ツ]

My traps worked for a long time, I've used anything from chocolate bars, to veggies, to raw meat. Sometime after day 90 though they all seemed to have stopped working.

[Tacitus]

^Interesting; I might try starting a new game and seeing if the traps work as being reusable. It might just be that I am unlucky and the one trap I've placed isn't catching anything.

[RAAAAK RAAAAAK]

I also can add basically anything to the trap and at little less than a day later the trap catch something. The dev stated that it's a bug only those that played since a long time have, you will have to restart a game.

[Tacitus]

^Thanks, I will definitely need to try that when I get the chance :) .

[Tintagel]

I've tested this a lot and it seems that if you keep the trap baited (that is, re-bait it immediately) then it keeps working. The moment that I leave it unbaited for a time, or pick it up and re-set it down, it stops working. I trashed 5 traps so far because of this, then my last one has been working now for 5+ catches. Just gotta keep it baited.