Complete Trapping Guide (Builds, Strategies, Talents & more)

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Trapping is an exciting new skill acquired from World 3 in Idleon, but gaining critters is extremely slow unless you know what you’re doing.

Trapping is one of the most involved skills in Idleon, as you need different setups for placing traps and collecting them, if you wish to get the most gains out of each trap.

As with any other skill, there are countless ways to boost your critter count and trapping efficiency, so let’s get right into the thick of it, starting with the basics.

Containment of the Zrgyios (Trapping)

World 6 Update

World 6 added 2 new traps to craft, including the shiny blue Containment of the Zrgyios trap seen above, which requires you to reach a whopping 120 trapping levels to use.

Thankfully it won’t be an important addition to your arsenal, as a Royal Trap (level requirement 48) will already let you place the maximum of 8 traps.

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How Trapping actually works

Trapping is a very complicated skill, but there are tons of aspects of the game that require critters, so it’s necessary to learn.

In order to unlock trapping, you need to go to the Trappers Folly map left of the World 3 town and start the Lord of The Hunt questline.

After you complete his first quest, you can place traps on the Froge critters, located in Jungle Perimeter, World 1.

When placing traps manually, you can’t place them on top of each other, so keep moving on the platform and click the ‘Place Trap’ button to place your selected trap.

Once you get the Trapper Drone from Construction, the game places the traps automatically and they can even overlap.

In order to get access to different critters, you need to complete more quests from Lord of the Hunt, each quest giving access to a new critter.

Lord of the Hunt NPC

The amount of critters you get per trap depends on the quantity multiplier on the specific trap alongside your Trapping Power, which you get more of from various sources. We will cover all the ways to improve Trapping Efficiency later in the guide.

Trapping also has a minigame button next to the ‘Place Trap’ button, but unlike other skills, your highscore on it will give you various bonuses like trapping gains and XP bonuses.

Pen Pals Trapping Minigame

Agility is the primary stat that boosts Trapping Efficiency, which is why Hunter has been made the primary Trapper class.

Later on in the guide we will explain in depth how snapshotting and placing traps works and how to get more critters or trapping experience depending on your needs.

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All Trapping Critter Locations

Now that you know how trapping works and how to unlock new critters, it’s time to figure out where those critters are hiding.

Just remember that using Natural Traps will give only XP and no critters, so don’t use those until you have unlocked every critter from the quests (except maybe to keep your Maestros trapping higher).

Normal
Critter
Shiny
Critter
LocationUnlocking
Requirements
#1 Critter
Froge
#1 Shiny Critter
Poison Froge
World 1
Jungle Perimeter
Snake Skin (Monster drop)x12
Shrapshell Monster Dropx10
Trap #1x1
#2 Critter
Crabbo
#2 Shiny Critter
Mutant Crabbo
World 2
Salty Shores
#1 Critterx100
#1 Shiny Critterx1
#3 Critter
Scorpie
#3 Shiny Critter
Crescent Scorpie
World 2
The Ring
#2 Critterx250
#2 Shiny Critterx1
#4 Critter
Mousey
#4 Shiny Critter
Nakeo Moleo
World 1
Rats Nest
#3 Critterx500
#3 Shiny Critterx2
#5 Critter
Owlio
#5 Shiny Critter
Minervowl
World 1
Hollowed Trunk
#4 Critterx1K
#4 Shiny Critterx2
#6 Critter
Pingy
#6 Shiny Critter
Eternal Lord
of the
Undying Ember
World 3
The Stache Split
#5 Critterx1.5K
#5 Shiny Critterx3
#7 Critter
Bunny
#7 Shiny Critter
Purbunni
World 3
Thermonuclear Climb
#6 Critterx2.5K
#6 Shiny Critterx4
#8 Critter
Dung Beat
#8 Shiny Critter
Jade Scarab
World 2
Efaunts Tomb
#7 Critterx4K
#7 Shiny Critterx6
#9 Critter
Honker
#9 Shiny Critter
Diamond Duck
World 3
Wam Wonderland
#8 Critterx8K
#8 Shiny Critterx10
#10 Critter
Blobfish
#10 Shiny Critter
Voodofish
World 4
Cocoa Tunnel
#9 Critterx65K
#9 Shiny Critterx1
Tottoise Icon
Tottoise
Tuttle World 6 Shiny Critter
Tuttle
World 6
Bamboo Laboredge
Jade Vendor World 6 NPC
Jade Emporium Shop
(30th purchase)

The only one that might be tough to place traps in before you get the Trapper Drone in World 3 is Dung Beat at Efaunts Tomb. You first have to beat Efaunt, then the map allows you to walk further into the bottom left corner to place your traps for Dung Beat.

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Setting up your traps

Setting your traps down can be very annoying at first, as you need to manually go to a location and place the traps down on every character. However once you progress a little bit in construction, you can build the Trapper Drone, which allows you to place and collect any traps on any character without having to go to the critters location.

Trapper Drone Building in Construction

Once you level up the drone even more, it will give you additional critters and trapping XP and all the quantities will scale depending on your highest Eagle Eye talent level on any of your Hunters.

The important thing to remember is that setting traps is snapshotted, which means that whoever you place traps with, only his setup and stats count for the trap.

This means no matter who you collect the traps with later, they resulting XP and critter amount will stay the same until you delete and reset the traps.

The only thing that matters when collecting traps, is you Shiny Critter chance.

This is a great feature, because you only need to make a trapping setup with one character and place the traps with them, instead of doing it separately for all characters.

Manage Traps with Trapper Drone

This also means that if you want to boost your trapping levels fast, place Nature Traps with your Maestro that has all XP bonuses maxed out.

If you want more critters instead of XP, place the traps for all characters with your Hunter/Beast Master, with all the critter boosting talents maxed out.

Maestro should always be the exception though, as he needs to have the highest Trapping level, so he should always have all traps as Nature Traps to keep his XP gain higher than others.

A very common setup is to use your Maestro to place 1 Nature Trap with your highest rarity critter (Blobfish gives the most XP) for each character.

Then fill the rest of the traps with any critters you need, using your Hunter/Beast Master.

Optimal Trapping Setup for XP and Critters

This way all your characters will gain a steady supply of XP from the Nature Trap that has snapshotted Maestros XP boosts, and big critter gains from the other traps that have snapshotted the Beast Masters talents.

The next section will cover all the ways that you can increase your trapping XP and boost your critter gains even further.

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Boosting your Trap gains and Critters

As mentioned above, the most important part is having either high trapping efficiency from trapping power or high skill XP when placing traps. Collecting traps only needs shiny critter chance.

Let’s first start off with the best cards to use for setting traps, meaning more critters and skill XP.

CardEffect
Crabbo Critter Card
Crabbo
1 Star:
+10% Trapping Efficiency
5 Stars:
+30% Trapping Efficiency
Scorpie Critter Card
Scorpie
1 Star:
+10% Trapping EXP
5 Stars:
+30% Trapping EXP
Dung Beat Critter Card
Dung
Beat
1 Star:
+14% Trapping Efficiency
5 Stars:
+42% Trapping Efficiency
Honker Critter Card
Honker
1 Star:
+16% Trapping EXP
5 Stars:
+48% Trapping EXP
Skill Efficiency Passive Card
Crystal
Capybara
1 Star:
+6% Skill Eff. (Passive)
5 Stars:
+18% Skill Eff. (Passive)
CardEffect
Chaotic Efaunt Card
Chaotic
Efaunt
1 Star:
+7.5% Skill EXP
5 Stars:
+22.5% Skill EXP
Skill Efficiency Boost Card
Chaotic
Troll
1 Star:
+20% Skill Efficiency
5 Stars:
+60% Skill Efficiency
Cheese Nub Card
Cheese
Nub
1 Star:
+10% Skill EXP (Passive)
5 Stars:
+30% Skill EXP (Passive)
All Skill EXP Card
Spring
Splendor
1 Star:
+4% Skill EXP (Passive)
5 Stars:
+12% Skill EXP (Passive)

Crystal Capybara is a crystal mob that spawns from World 5 mobs, same as Crystal Carrot spawns from World 1 mobs for example. It’s a fantastic card, as it’s the only one card that provides passive Skill Efficiency.

The Spring Splendor card is only obtainable during a Spring Event, so if you missed the event, it will take a long time before you can get that card again. Thankfully it’s not a huge bonus, so you won’t notice it missing

Passive Cards and Rift

Remember that you don’t need to equip passive cards, all your characters will automatically get their bonus, meaning that they’re absolutely amazing to level up.

Also remember that Rift in World 4 can turn all your Trapping Efficiency and Trapping EXP cards into passives so you don’t even need to think about your trapping card setup!

On top of these cards, you can also equip one Card Set Bonus, which improves as you collect more cards from that specific section. We recommend you choose one of the two depending on if you need more critters through efficiency, or more EXP.

Set BonusEffect
Skill Efficiency Cardset
Easy
Resources
1 Star:
+16% Skill Efficiency
5 Stars:
+48% Skill Efficiency
Set BonusEffect
Skill Exp Cardset
Medium
Resources
1 Star:
+10% Skill EXP
5 Stars:
+30% Skill EXP

Once you’ve got your cards in order, it’s time to check out various other boosters that will give you huge boosts in the background.

ItemEffectMain Source
Base Trapping Efficiency Stamp
Hidey Box Stamp
Increases base Trapping Efficiency.
(Both World 3 Chopping sources have a
1 in 94K chance to drop this Stamp.
Found in Steep Sheep Ledge and Waterlogged Entrance)
Tundra Logs (Chopping)Wispy Lumber (Chopping)
World 3
Chopping
Trapping EXP Stamp
Spikemouth Stamp
Increases Trapping Experience.
(Both World 3 Catching sources have a
1 in 56K chance to drop this Stamp.
Found in Mamooooth Mountain and
Overpass of Sound)
Mosquisnow (Catching)Flycicle Catching
World 3
Catching
Trapping Power Statue
Box Statue
Increases Trapping Power.
(Sheepie in World 3, Steep Sheep Ledge,
has a 1 in 5K chance to drop a
Box Statue)
Sheepie Monster Animation
Sheepie
Circle Bronze Trapping ObolCircle Silver Trapping ObolSquare Trapping Obol
Hexagon Trapping ObolSparkle Trapping Obol
Trapping Obols
Gives +1 to +7 Trapping Power respectively.
(Bloque in World 3, Refrigeration Station,
has a 1 in 18K chance to drop a

Bronze Trapping Obol)
Bloque Monster Animation
Bloque
Green Quicc Bubble 2
Archer Or Bust
(Quicc Bubble #2)
Boosts all other small Green Alchemy bubbles.Second AGI Cauldron
Alchemy
Green Quicc Bubble 7
Sanic Tools
(Quicc Bubble #7)
Traps give more Trapping Power.Second AGI Cauldron
Alchemy
Green Quicc Bubble 12
Call Me Ash
(Quicc Bubble #12)
Increases Trapping Efficiency when equipped.
(Gives +1 Trap as a passive to all characters)
Second AGI Cauldron
Alchemy
Green Quicc Bubble 17
Premigreen
(Quicc Bubble #17)
Boosts a few Green Bubbles including:
#1 (more AGI) and
#7 (more Trapping Power)
Second AGI Cauldron
Alchemy
Green Quicc Bubble 22
Slabo Critterbug
(Quicc Bubble #22)
More Trapping Power per 100 items found.
(in The World 5 Slab)
Second AGI Cauldron
Alchemy
#1 Shiny Critter
Poison Frog Vial
Eagle Eye gives more critters.Alchemy Cauldron Animation
Alchemy
#9 Critter
Honker Vial
More Base Critters per trap.Alchemy Cauldron Animation
Alchemy
Trapping Post Office Box
Trapping Lockbox
+% Trapping Efficiency
+% Trapping EXP
+% Critter amount
Post Office Box
Post Office
Arcade Shop Upgrade 15
Arcade Bonus
+% Trapping EXPArcade Shop Icon
Arcade Shop
Hydron Star Sign
Trapezoidburg
+% Critter amount
+% Trapping Efficiency
(Read more from our Constellation guide,
it is #11 in the Hydron constellation)
Telescope Constellation NPC
Star Sign
Skill Efficiency Prayer
Skilled Dimwit
Prayer
+% Skill Efficiency
-% Skill Experience
(Use this when going for more critters,
don’t use this when going for XP with Maestro!)
World 1 Goblin Tower Defense
Goblin Gorefest
Reach Wave 25
Bonus Class and Skill XP Prayer
Unending
Energy Prayer
+% Class & Skill Experience
(Equip this before placing traps,
you can remove it after placing traps)
World 1 Goblin Tower Defense
Goblin Gorefest
Reach Wave 51

Once you’ve got all the stamps, bubbles and prayers leveled up high, you will be getting insane critter gains from every trap.

After that, you should make sure you have the proper talents equipped, depending on if you need higher XP or more critters. Let’s start off with the more common build, being the Hunter / Beast Master build to get as many critters as possible.

Archer Class Big Image
Hunter Class Big Image
Beast Master Class Big Image

Hunter & Beast Master Talents for more Critters

TalentDescriptionEffect Scaling
Elusive Efficiency Archer Talent
Elusive Efficiency
(Tab 1)
Increases all Skills Efficiency.Level 100:
+201% Efficiency
Level 200:
+402% Efficiency
Focused Soul Archer Talent
Focused Soul
(Tab 2)
Increases all Skills EXP gain.Level 100:
+100% Skill EXP
Level 200:
+200% Skill EXP
Eagle Eye Hunter Talent
Eagle Eye
(Tab 3)
Collect all critters, but gain slightly less critters and XP. Max this out first as Trapper Drone uses this talent to calculate its gains!Level 100:
Get 75% Critters and 60% Trapping XP
Level 200:
Get 100% Critters and 80% Trapping XP
Invasive Species Hunter Talent
Invasive Species
(Tab 3)
More Trapping Efficiency per power of 10 Frogs in your Storage Chest.Level 100:
+16.7% Trapping Efficiency per tier
Level 200:
+21.4% Trapping Efficiency per tier
Shroom Bait Hunter Talent
Shroom Bait
(Tab 3)
Increases Trapping EXP gains.Level 100:
+100% Trapping EXP Gains
Level 200:
+200% Trapping EXP Gains
Skill Ambidexterity Beast Master Talent
Skill Ambidexterity
(Tab 4)
AGI has higher impact on skilling efficiency.Level 100:
+33.3% higher impact
Level 200:
+42.9% higher impact

Now you will get copious amounts of critters, but you also need some levels, which are very slow to get without any XP optimizations. This is why you should place at least one Nature trap for each character with a Maestro that has the following talents.

Journeyman Class Big Image
Maestro Class Big Image
Voidwalker Class

Maestro & Voidwalker Talents for more Experience

TalentDescriptionEffect Scaling
Happy Dude Talent (Beginner)
Happy Dude
(Tab 1)
Increases all Skills EXP gain.
(Use Bliss N Chips talent to boost this even over +400%)
Level 100:
+100% Skill EXP
Level 200:
+200% Skill EXP

Skilliest
Statue

(Tab 3)
Higher bonus from EhExPee statue.
(Skill XP statue)
Level 100:
+66.7% higher bonus
Level 200:
+80% higher bonus

Bliss N
Chips

(Tab 3)
Higher max level to Happy Dude talent.Level 100:
+200 Max Level
Level 200:
+400 Max Level
Skill XP Talent
Left Hand
of Learning

(Tab 3)
Increases all Skills EXP gain for other characters.
(This becomes useful when you get the Enhancement Eclipse talent shown below.)
Level 100:
+100% Skill EXP
Level 200:
+133% Skill EXP
Skill Efficiency Talent
Right Hand
of Action

(Tab 3)
Increases all Skills Efficiency for other characters.
(This becomes useful when you get the Enhancement Eclipse talent shown below.)
Level 100:
+75% Skill Efficiency
Level 200:
+100% Skill Efficiency

Enhancement
Eclipse
(Tab 4)
Explained below this table!***Need to invest at least 175 points

Species
Epoch

(Tab 4)
More critters per combined Trapping and Worship level above 100.
(This is huge bonus!)
Level 100:
+3.33% per level
Level 200:
+5% per level

*** Enhancement Eclipse is an important Voidwalker talent, which gives you a new bonus for every 25 points you invest in it. The first bonus after 25 points makes Left Hand of Learning affect you as well (Voidwalker) instead of just other characters and it also doubles its bonus for your Vman, turning +133% to +266% Skill EXP! Once you have invested a total of 175 points to this talent, you also get the same boost for Right Hand of Action, boosting your Voidwalkers skill efficiency from +100% to +200% which is massive.

Remember that you can boost the One Step Ahead talent from Tab 3 to get more points for Voidwalkers talents, if you are struggling with getting more points from the Speedruns.

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Collecting the traps

Collecting traps is thankfully super easy in comparison to the setup process.

This is due to the fact that the traps returns are calculated during the setup, so it doesn’t matter what character you collect traps with, as the gains will be the same.

The only thing that makes a difference when collecting traps, is Shiny Critter chance.

Important Shiny Note!

The only way to get more than one Shiny Critter from 1 trap, is by having the Shiny Snitch Prayer equipped! Otherwise, even if you have 100% Shiny drop chance, you can only get 1 per trap.

Check the tables below on more info!

Due to the fact that Hunters have a talent that boosts Shiny Critter chance, you should always collect your traps with that character, with the talent leveled up.

TalentDescriptionEffect Scaling
Reflective Eyesight Hunter Talent
Reflective
Eyesight
Higher Shiny Critter chance.
Calculates multiplier per every 10 trapping levels on your Hunter.

So if your talent gives a 2x multiplier and your Trapping level is 30, it will multiply:
(Shiny Chance*2*2*2)
Level 100:
2x Multiplier

Level 200:
2.33x Multiplier

There are also 4 different cards you can equip that will boost your Shiny Critter Chance:

CardEffect
Critter Shiny Chance Card
Froge
1 Star:
+6% Shiny Critter Chance
5 Stars:
+18% Shiny Critter Chance
Critter Shiny Chance Card
Mousey
1 Star:
+10% Shiny Critter Chance
5 Stars:
+30% Shiny Critter Chance
CardEffect
Critter Shiny Chance Card
Pingy
1 Star:
+12% Shiny Critter Chance
5 Stars:
+36% Shiny Critter Chance
Critter Shiny Chance Card
Blobfish
1 Star:
+16% Shiny Critter Chance
5 Stars:
+48% Shiny Critter Chance

Once you cop these cards, there are still a few important boosters to acquire before you’re ready for the ultimate critter gatherer build.

ItemEffectMain Source
Shiny Critter Chance Stamp
Hidey Box Stamp
+% Shiny Critter catch rate multiplier.
(You get the Stamp from the second quest from
Snouts at World 3, The Stache Split)
World 3 Snouts NPC
Snouts
Green Quicc Bubble 13
Cuz I Catch Em All
(Quicc Bubble #13)
Higher chance to catch shiny critters.Second AGI Cauldron
Alchemy
Floof Ploof (Monster drop)
Fur Refresher Vial
+% Shiny Critter catch rate multiplier.
(You get this material from Sheepies
at World 3, Steep Sheep Ledge)
Alchemy Cauldron Animation
Alchemy
Explosive Salts
Orange Malt Vial
+% Shiny Critter catch rate multiplier.
(You get this material from
Refinery in World 3)
Alchemy Cauldron Animation
Alchemy
Arcade Shop Upgrade 14
Arcade Bonus
+% Shiny Critter ChanceArcade Shop Icon
Arcade Shop
More Shiny Critters Prayer
Shiny Snitch Prayer
Shiny critters drop in bigger bundles,
but shiny chance is lower.
World 1 Goblin Tower Defense
Goblin Gorefest
Reach Wave 81
Shiny Critter Food
Critter Numnums
Increases Shiny Critter odds by 25%.
1 consumed per trap, so not really worth it!
Recipe Unlocked
From Tasks Tab 3

It is good to note that without the Shiny Snitch Prayer, if you manage to get a Shiny Critter, you will only get 1 from 1 trap (even if your Shiny chance is over 100%). Using this prayer is the only way to get a lot of shinies, so it is definitely always recommended to use the prayer once you unlock it.

You don’t really need that many shiny critters though, but it definitely helps when trying to collect Shiny Blobfishes (Voodofish) for the highest rated trap.

To find out what else you can use each critter for, read the next section.

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What each Critter is needed for

Some critters are more important than others, but every critter has its own use, even if just to unlock the next critter to trap.

Below we listed every single critter and what you can use them for.

If no amount is listed next to an item like alchemy bubbles, stamps, and refinery salts, that just means you technically need unlimited critters as they don’t have a level cap.

Getting new critters

You will also need a few of each critter and their shiny versions to unlock the next critter. You will need to turn them in at the Trapper in Trappers Folly in World 3. We didn’t add those to the table below, as you can see them in the quest requirements when you get the next quest.
For Vial requirements, check our Vial Guide, as they’re the same for every Vial.

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Critter
Possible uses & Amount needed
#1 Critter
Froge
Smithing: Small Critter Pouch (200)
Smithing: Dementia Helmet (5K)
Alchemy Bubble: Brittley Spears (+% Total Damage)
Construction: Fireball Lobber Tower (15M)
Construction: Talent Book Library (670M)
Salt Lick: More obol storage slots (20K)
#2 Critter
Crabbo
Smithing: Critter Numnums (100)
Smithing: Sizeable Critter Pouch (1K)
Stamp: Hidey Box Stamp (+Base Trapping Efficiency)
Alchemy Bubble: Call Me Pope (+Worship Charge Rate)
Alchemy Vial: More starting points in Tower Defense
Construction: Salt Lick (5K)
#3 Critter
Scorpie
Stamp: Purp Froge Stamp (+% Shiny Critter rate)
Alchemy Bubble: Big Game Hunter (Increase Giant Mob chance)
Refinery: Dioxide Synthesis (Green Salt)
Construction: Stormcaller Tower (11M)
#4 Critter
Mousey
Smithing: Big Critter Pouch (10K)
Stamp: Spikemouth Stamp (+% Trapping EXP)
Alchemy Bubble: Buff Boi (Talent points for Warriors)
Alchemy Vial: More cog Inventory spaces
Refinery: Purple Salt
Salt Lick: +% Alchemy liquid rates & capacity (82M)
#5 Critter
Owlio
Stamp: Shiny Crab Stamp (+% Shiny Critter rate)
Alchemy Bubble: Green Bargain (Green bubbles cost less)
Quest: Happy Tree Friend (1.5k)
(at Trappers Folly in W3, quest unlocks next critter)
#6 Critter
Pingy
Smithing: Large Critter Pouch (30K)
Alchemy Bubble: Yellow Bargain (Yellow bubbles cost less)
Salt Lick: +% Total Damage (113M)
#7 Critter
Bunny
Smithing: Skullslip Hallow (50K) (Green Mage weapon)
Stamp: Avast Yar Stamp (+Base Damage)
Alchemy Vial: More Tab 3 Talent Points
#8 Critter
Dung
Beat
Alchemy Bubble: Premigreen
(Some Green Bubbles give higher bonuses)
#9 Critter
Honker
Smithing: Honker Hat (1M)
Smithing: Massive Critter Pouch (100K)
Alchemy Vial: More critters per trap
Quest: A Honker Took mah Baby!
(From Blobbo at Cocoa Tunnel in World 4, needs 10K Honkers)
#10 Critter
Blobfish
Smithing: Volumetric Critta Pouch (300K)
Smithing: Colossal Critta Pouch (900K)
Smithing: Royal Traps (100K)
Smithing: Diabolical Headcase (600K)
Alchemy Bubble: Petting The Right
(+New Pet Chance per cleared Rift)
Alchemy Vial: Higher Lab EXP gains
Tottoise Icon
Tottoise
Alchemy Vial:
+% Artifact Find Chance in Sailing
+% Sigil Charge Speed
+% Cooking Speed
+% Construction Build Rate
(all multiplicative making this of the best vials)
Shiny
Critter
Possible uses & Amount needed
#1 Shiny Critter
Poison
Froge
Smithing: Silkskin Traps (1)
Smithing: Dementia Boots (3)
Alchemy Vial: More critters from Eagle Eye talent
#2 Shiny Critter
Mutant
Crabbo
Smithing: Wooden Traps (2)
#3 Shiny Critter
Crescent
Scorpie
Smithing: Big Fish Pouch (4)
Construction: Trapper Drone (2.45K)
Quest: Glitter Critter
(From Blobbo at Cocoa Tunnel in World 4, needs 200)
Quest: To Trap or not to Trap (500)
(Last quest at Trappers Folley, gives Critter Baron Trophy)
#4 Shiny Critter
Nakeo
Moleo
Smithing: Natural Traps (5)
#5 Shiny Critter
Minervowl
Smithing: Eclectic Ordeal (50)
Smithing: Void Imperium Rod (3)
#6 Shiny Critter
Eternal
Lord
of the
Undying
Ember
Smithing: Deuscythe (15)
Quest: Glitter Critter
(From Blobbo at Cocoa Tunnel in World 4, needs 60)
Quest: To Trap or not to Trap (250)
(Last quest at Trappers Folley, gives Critter Baron Trophy)
#7 Shiny Critter
Purbunni
Only used for the quest to get the next critter, needs 6.
#8 Shiny Critter
Jade
Scarab
Smithing: Meaty Traps (10)
Smithing: Tundra Skills Completion Token (4)
Quest: Glitter Critter
(From Blobbo at Cocoa Tunnel in World 4, needs 30)
#9 Shiny Critter
Diamond
Duck
Smithing: Honker Hat (1)
Quest: To Trap or not to Trap (100)
(Last quest at Trappers Folley, gives Critter Baron Trophy)
#10 Shiny Critter
Voodofish
Smithing: Diabolical Continuit (10)
Smithing: Egalitarian Royal Traps (100)
Lab Jewel: Black Diamond Ulthurite (10K)
(Need to wait until it arrives in the Jewel crafting rotation)
Tuttle World 6 Shiny Critter
Tuttle
No uses yet. If something comes up, let us know!

As you can see, all critters have their uses, so once you finish most of the important uses for one critter, remember to start putting more traps for other critters.

Variety is important so you don’t start falling behind in any bonuses.

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All Trap Boxes Explained

The first Trap can be bought from the World 3 vendor, but it is the weakest possible trap, so you should aim to create better ones as soon as you hit the level requirements.

Every Trap has different possible timers, critter quantities and XP amounts, so you need to outweigh their pros and cons when deciding which trap to place.

Thankfully, if you equip a higher trap with better stats, you can still choose any other lesser trap when placing down traps.

The table below shows all the traps in the game currently and what kind of timers you can choose from.

The multipliers are divided by the timer length, so shorter traps always give better returns, but most people can’t be bothered to collect traps every hour or even less, so it’s better to find an optimal middle ground.

Why shorter traps are always better!

For example in the Cardboard traps, a 20 minute trap gives you 1x the base critter amount from the trap, which is 3x per hour if you collect the trap every 20 minutes.

If you place a 1 hour trap instead, it gives you 2x the base critter amount when you collect the trap, but since you can only collect it once per hour, you will get less critters overall.

So if you know you have time to collect traps multiple times a day, go for shorter traps!

TrapStatsAvailable
Timers
Critter
Multi.
EXP
Multi.
Shiny
Multi.
Trap #1
Cardboard
Traps
Trapping Level Req: 1
Trapping Power: +4
Upgrade Slots: 1
AGI: +2
20 min.
1 hour
8 hours
20 hours
1x
2x
10x
20x
1x
2x
8x
15x
None
Trap #2
Silkskin
Traps
Trapping Level Req: 5
Trapping Power: +8
Upgrade Slots: 1
AGI: +4
20 min.
1 hour
8 hours
20 hours
40 hours
1x
2x
10x
20x
35x
None2x
4x
16x
30x
50x
Trap #3
Wooden
Traps
Trapping Level Req: 15
Trapping Power: +13
Upgrade Slots: 2
AGI: +7
3 hours
60 hours
5 days
5 days
5 days
5x
50x
100x
0x
0x
5x
40x
80x
0x
200x
None
Trap #4
Natural
Traps
Trapping Level Req: 25
Trapping Power: +20
Upgrade Slots: 2
AGI: +10
8 hours
20 hours
44 hours
6 days
0x
0x
0x
0x
40x
75x
120x
350x
None
Trap #5
Steel
Traps
Trapping Level Req: 35
Trapping Power: +26
Upgrade Slots: 3
AGI: +12
3 hours
60 hours
5 days
20 hours
5x
50x
100x
1x
None10x
50x
100x
60x
Trap #6
Meaty
Traps
Trapping Level Req: 40
Trapping Power: +34
Upgrade Slots: 3
AGI: +15
1 hour
10 hours
30 hours
8 days
3x
15x
40x
220x
3x
12x
30x
200x
None
Trap #7
Royal
Traps
Trapping Level Req: 48
Trapping Power: +45
Upgrade Slots: 4
AGI: +20
20 min.
1 hour
10 hours
40 hour
7 days
28 days
2x
4x
21x
70x
250x
550x
None4x
8x
38x
125x
375x
1150x
Egalitarian Traps (Trapping)
Egalitarian
Traps

Trapping Level Req: 60
Trapping Power: +55
Upgrade Slots: 4
AGI: +38
20 min.
1 hour
10 hours
40 hours
7 days
28 days
2x
4x
21x
70x
250x
550x
None4x
8x
38x
125x
375x
1150x
Forbidden Traps (Trapping)
Forbidden
Traps
Trapping Level Req: 90
Trapping Power: +67
Upgrade Slots: 5
AGI: +56
20 min.
1 hour
10 hours
40 hours
7 days
28 days
2x
4x
21x
70x
250x
550x
None4x
8x
38x
125x
375x
1150x
Containment of the Zrgyios (Trapping)
Containment
of the
Zrgyios
Trapping Level Req: 120
Trapping Power: +80
Upgrade Slots: 6
AGI: +80
+4% All AFK Gains
+10% Drop Chance
20 min.
1 hour
10 hours
40 hours
7 days
28 days
2x
4x
21x
70x
250x
550x
None4x
8x
38x
125x
375x
1150x

The later traps are very expensive to craft, but you should aim to craft at least one of them for your best trapper.

Getting to at least a Royal Trap will make the biggest difference so you can place the maximum amount of traps.

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Leveling up Trapping easily

The fastest and easiest way to level up trapping is to simply use the Nature Trap and place it down with your Maestro for all characters on the highest critter you have unlocked (blobfish gives most XP). This was explained in-depth above in the trap-setting section.

However, there are other options that help out especially early on when you are still starting out with Trapping.

What most people don’t realize is that while you can’t use Time Candy for trapping, you can use XP Balloons and Skill XP Pearls (Black Pearl and Divinity Pearl).

Trapping Easy Skill XP

XP Balloons are the easiest to obtain as you can get them from the Alchemy Shop, but the abovementioned pearls grant much faster gains. You can get Black Pearls from Killroy and Divinity Pearls from weekly Gem Shop bundles and a few World 5 quests (from Slargon in Naut Sake Perimeter and Poigu in Lampar Lake).

Other than the above XP boosters, remember that you can also utilize your Maestros Right Hand of Action talent which boosts all skilling XP gains of your characters that have lower trapping level than Maestro.

Finally, a massive boost can be gained from the Rift Skill Mastery bonus in World 4, which is explained below.

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Rift Skill Mastery Bonuses

As mentioned above, the Rift in World 4 opens up a massive boost with its mastery system, as it makes all trapping related cards into passives, so you don’t need to swap them around when setting or collecting traps.

However, it also gives more bonuses depending on all your characters combined trapping level, which you can see from the table below:

Total Trapping
Level
Bonus
150+25% Trapping EXP
200+10% Trapping Efficiency
300All Trapping Cards become Passive
400+10% All Skill EXP
500+5% All Skill Efficiency
750+1% All Printer Sample Sizes
1,000+25% All Skill EXP

As you can see, the passive cards is definitely the most important bonus to unlock and thankfully it’s available early on.

Other skills will give similar All Skill EXP and Efficiency which will in turn also improve trapping gains.