Traps

Traps are reported as the environmental weapon class: devices that hurt or hold threats without you standing in the cold to do it. In a game where exposure is the real enemy, a trap is efficiency.

They turn a dangerous area into a farm you can check from a warm room — exactly the kind of leverage a survival sandbox rewards.

What Traps are for

• Defensive and offensive without personal exposure risk.
• Force multiplier for base protection and hunting lanes.
• The smart player’s weapon: let the world do the work.

The resource angle

• Cost is materials, not ammunition — sustainable if you scavenge.
• Placement matters more than the trap itself.