# So... Spike Pits

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-spike-pits/7465>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [September 27, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-spike-pits/7465 "2014-09-27T00:54:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Shockus\_Brutus\_of\_De](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Shockus\_Brutus\_of\_De](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Shockus_Brutus_of_De)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-spike-pits/7465/1 "2014-09-27T00:54:45Z")

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Hi… Anyways.

I’ve been watching some LP’s and trying to play along, and in one of these LP’s, one by Aavak, I got the strategy of circling my Evac Shelter with Spiked Pits, so that I don’t have to go hunting all the time and using up ammo that I can’t get back because I don’t have my Marksmanship high enough and there aren’t any zombies to “Blam! (You miss.)” the hell out of.

I noticed a few animals that went over those spiked pits and took no damage. Is that a bug in the experimental I’m playing in (experimental f0fb8a7)?

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**Author:** ![Shockus\_Brutus\_of\_De](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Shockus\_Brutus\_of\_De](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Shockus_Brutus_of_De)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-spike-pits/7465/2 "2014-09-27T01:15:07Z")

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… Or maybe, squirrels are just too small to take damage in spiked pits… I guess? I tried it on a mi-go in a test map and he took damage, but rats or squirrels apparently don’t take any damage from spiked pits, nor do bobcats or bears.

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**Author:** ![Barhandar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ebca7d/32.png) [@Barhandar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Barhandar)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-spike-pits/7465/3 "2014-09-27T01:16:31Z")

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Small animals ignoring traps has some support from code, but bears? Not so much.

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**Author:** ![Shockus\_Brutus\_of\_De](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Shockus\_Brutus\_of\_De](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Shockus_Brutus_of_De)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-spike-pits/7465/4 "2014-09-27T02:08:35Z")

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How will I get easy food\*\*\* now?!

I’m DOOMED!

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**Author:** ![Arek\_PL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@Arek\_PL](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Arek_PL)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 8:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-spike-pits/7465/5 "2014-09-28T08:11:57Z")

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well sometimes monsters ignore traps just like players but having more than 1 tile wide wall of spiked pits will decrease chance of not triggering trap at all