# Set up trap?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/set-up-trap/1095>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [May 3, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/set-up-trap/1095 "2013-05-03T05:13:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 15\
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**Author:** ![pingpong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@pingpong](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pingpong)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/set-up-trap/1095/1 "2013-05-03T05:13:18Z")

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Thought I saw setting up a crossbow trap somehow, wiki and search gives me nothing.

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**Author:** ![AerialK7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@AerialK7](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/AerialK7)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 5:27am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/set-up-trap/1095/2 "2013-05-03T05:27:00Z")

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mechanics level 3 and I think level 1 traps

1x crossbow  
1x steel crossbow bolt OR 4x wood crossbow bolt  
1x string - 3 ft OR 2x string - 6 in

(thats what i found on the wiki)

EDIT:

 ![](http://i1348.photobucket.com/albums/p739/SomethingJapanese/cbow_zpseed5546d.png)

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**Author:** ![Iosyn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/iosyn/32/35_2.png) [@Iosyn](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Iosyn)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/set-up-trap/1095/3 "2013-05-03T05:45:49Z")

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Easiest way to set up traps is to find a trap cache. They are pretty common, mostly 8-9 beartraps, 4-5 crossbow traps and about the same number of shotgun traps.  
They usually have a few goodies at the heart of them too.

By the way, I wouldn’t even try disarming beartraps without a traps skill of 1. Crossbow traps are a tad harder.  
Thankfully these two traps don’t do that much damage-- i.e, if you mess up the first time you’ll still have all your limbs attached.  
Easiest traps to make by hand are beartraps, you need a wrench then go explore some craters or dissasemble things like lawnmowers and such for springs. 3 scrap metal later and voila, you’ve got something that can stop a hulk dead. You’ll need more than one, though.

[spoiler=Protip]Don’t mess with shotgun traps or landmines.  
Ever.

And wear a goddamn helmet.[/spoiler]

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**Author:** ![pingpong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@pingpong](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pingpong)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/set-up-trap/1095/4 "2013-05-03T23:43:40Z")

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ty, didn’t even occur to me to have a level in traps before trying to make them

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**Author:** ![Ziga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ziga](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ziga)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 4:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/set-up-trap/1095/5 "2013-05-04T04:52:34Z")

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[quote=“Iosyn, post:3, topic:1095”]Don’t mess with shotgun traps or landmines.  
Ever.[/quote]

really? I’ve disarmed a shotgun trap with zero skill, (with how I know of how zombie spawning works I should have used it less) how lucky was I? (this was back in the early days but that might not matter much)

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**Author:** ![drake1storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@drake1storm](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/drake1storm)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 10:29am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/set-up-trap/1095/6 "2013-05-04T10:29:03Z")

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[quote=“Ziga, post:5, topic:1095”][quote=“Iosyn, post:3, topic:1095”]Don’t mess with shotgun traps or landmines.  
Ever.[/quote]

really? I’ve disarmed a shotgun trap with zero skill, (with how I know of how zombie spawning works I should have used it less) how lucky was I? (this was back in the early days but that might not matter much)[/quote]

More often than not that shotgun will simply 1 shot you.

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**Author:** ![Iosyn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/iosyn/32/35_2.png) [@Iosyn](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Iosyn)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 11:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/set-up-trap/1095/7 "2013-05-04T11:42:11Z")

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That’s snake-eyes luck, Ziga.  
Of course, you can disarm them no matter your skill level, it’s just… unlikely.

First one I tried to disarm (with about traps 5) managed to hit me in the face. Down to one light red \*, even while wearing a helmet. Amazing I survived at all.  
Note, I’m pretty sure it hit me in the mouth so the helmet wouldn’t have helped in any case. I can just see the guy standing over it, breathing down at it.  
(herr… Disarm trap! )

We should really get a fatman suit available in bunkers and outposts to deal with disarming landmines.

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**Author:** ![AerialK7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@AerialK7](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/AerialK7)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 11:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/set-up-trap/1095/8 "2013-05-04T11:49:43Z")

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WHY would you put your head infront of a shotgun?! Its like “Alright, lets look down the barrel to see what im doing _pulls the trigger_”

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**Author:** ![Austupaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Austupaio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Austupaio)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 12:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/set-up-trap/1095/9 "2013-05-04T12:19:37Z")

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An EOD suit would actually be a great addition.

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**Author:** ![Iosyn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/iosyn/32/35_2.png) [@Iosyn](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Iosyn)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/set-up-trap/1095/10 "2013-05-04T13:49:38Z")

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Yeah. Very warm, very encumbering, but great protection.

Also I’d say they should be quite rare… EOD techs aren’t exactly as common as your standard GI Joe.

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**Author:** ![Austupaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Austupaio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Austupaio)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 6:26am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/set-up-trap/1095/11 "2013-05-05T06:26:17Z")

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Military Bases and Police Stations ought to have one most of the time.

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**Author:** ![AerialK7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@AerialK7](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/AerialK7)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 8:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/set-up-trap/1095/12 "2013-05-05T08:19:37Z")

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> [@Austupaio](#):
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> Military Bases and Police Stations ought to have one most of the time.

Probably away in the ‘vault’ or whatever, im not sure. I dont think theyd keep them out though.

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**Author:** ![Austupaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Austupaio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Austupaio)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 9:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/set-up-trap/1095/13 "2013-05-05T09:34:05Z")

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It should be in the armory. I’ve never looted either one admittedly, they have an armory, right?

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**Author:** ![pingpong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@pingpong](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pingpong)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/set-up-trap/1095/14 "2013-05-05T15:41:54Z")

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I cracked open a crate and it had at least two mininukes and a bunch of other deadly, deadly things. Maybe we could find them there, for a reasonable outside place.

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**Author:** ![Iosyn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/iosyn/32/35_2.png) [@Iosyn](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Iosyn)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/set-up-trap/1095/15 "2013-05-05T16:19:06Z")

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Yeah, all police stations in cata have an armory. It’s never that well stocked though.  
Hell, even finding a riot helmet would be lucky.