pitfall traps

[Michael Morrissey]

pitfall traps for larger animals 

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2 hours ago, Michael Morrissey said:

pitfall traps for larger animals 

If you're up for modding, this is one of the things provided by the Primitive Survival mod.

[Echo Weaver]

The traps in Primitive Survival are incredibly well-done. Highly recommended. I've been using them a lot.

[Professor Dragon]

On 10/18/2025 at 11:27 AM, Michael Morrissey said:

pitfall traps for larger animals 

I believe that you can make these with the metal spikes recovered from Locust Nests in the base game.

And pitfall traps are also vanilla, being just big holes in the ground.

But yeah, what those other two said

[Echo Weaver]

Right. Without Primitive Survival, I still make pit traps. The ones in Primitive Survival can be hidden by covering with dirt and lined with spikes or whatnot. Covering pit traps with dirt makes vanilla animals and some modded animals mildly attracted to them and more likely to fall in. Not all modded animals though.

I didn't know about the Locust Nest spikes mentioned by @Professor Dragon, but it's quite logical in retrospect. I'll try this when I go back to my Vanilla+ game.

[Bumber]

The spikes aren't good at hurting stuff, last I checked. You're better off with fall damage or pit kilns. (Those damage loot, of course.)

Edited October 24, 2025 by Bumber