Cage Trap
| Cage Trap | |
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| Class | Fishing and Trapping |
| Weight | 5 |
| Trap Strength | 20 |
| Catches |
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| Metal Value | 10 |
| Crafting Skill | Trapping: 3 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.TrapCage
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The Cage Trap is a wire cage for catching small animals alive. It takes Rabbits, Squirrels and Raccoons, and it is the most reliable of the small game traps.
It suits a trapper with some experience. The build needs Trapping level 3, so it comes after the first wooden traps. Its strength is a better catch rate than the wooden traps. Its cost is weight, since a cage this heavy is slow to carry out to a trap line.
The trap is made from Wire with a pair of pliers. It also turns up rarely in garages, closets, attics and living rooms. The Fishing Guide is the best occupation for fishing and trapping. It starts with the most Fishing skill. For Trapping, the Park Ranger starts strongest.
Using
The trap is placed on the ground, baited and left alone. Animals come to it at night, roughly from early evening until just before dawn. A trap set before dusk has the whole night to work.
Rabbits, Squirrels and Raccoons all give it the same good chance of a catch. That makes it a strong choice for any wooded edge or field.
Making it uses the Make Cage Trap recipe. It takes five Wire and a pair of pliers, which are kept. The builder needs Trapping level 3, and the recipe must be learned first. Magazine: Wildlife Preserve teaches it, and the Park Ranger occupation and the Hunter trait start with it known.
The Box Trap and Crate Trap are weaker and catch these animals less often. The Snare Trap is weaker still. The Cage Trap needs metal rather than wood, so Wire is the item to collect for it.
Trapping
The animals the Cage Trap can take, with the base chance before bait and skill, the hours they are about and what the catch becomes.
| Animal | Chance | Hours | Catch | Image | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rabbit | 40% | 19:00 to 5:00 | Dead Rabbit | 
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/additem Base.DeadRabbit
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| Squirrel | 40% | 19:00 to 5:00 | Dead Squirrel | 
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/additem Base.DeadSquirrel
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| Raccoon | 40% | 19:00 to 5:00 | Dead Rabbit |
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/additem Base.DeadRabbit
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How to Craft Cage Trap
Each recipe that makes the Cage Trap is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Make Cage Trap
The Make Cage Trap recipe makes the Cage Trap. It needs Trapping level 3. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wire | 
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5x | No | /additem Base.Wire
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| Pliers | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Pliers
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Locations
The trap is a rare find in loot. Garage storage is the likeliest place, and even there it shows up less than one time in fifty. Closets, attics, halls and living rooms hold one only now and then. Storage units turn one up very rarely. Making it from Wire is far more reliable than searching for one.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Garage storage | Other | 1.8% |
| Closet | Other | 0.9% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 0.4% |
| Attic | Crate | 0.4% |
| Attic | Other | 0.4% |
| Closet | Locker | 0.4% |
| Hall | Other | 0.4% |
| Living room | Locker | 0.4% |
| Living room | Other | 0.4% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Storage unit | Other | 0.1% |
Notes
- Animals visit at night, so a trap set in the evening has the best odds.
- The pliers used to build it are kept.
- It catches all three animals more often than the wooden traps.
- Melting a spare trap gives some scrap metal.
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