Small Fish Trap
The Small Fish Trap is a craftable fishing trap in DayZ made from a Plastic Bottle and a Knife. It takes 2 inventory slots, weighs 60 g, can catch sardines in salt water or bitterlings in fresh water, and works much better when baited with an Earthworm.
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The Small Fish Trap is a fishing equipment item in DayZ used to catch small fish and aquatic food such as sardines, bitterlings, and shrimp. It can be crafted from a Plastic Bottle with a Knife, then placed in water and checked later. Baiting it with an Earthworm greatly improves the chance of catching something.
In-game description
“The neck has been cut off and placed, inverted, back in the bottle. This funnel traps any fish who dare to venture in to find food.”
Main Uses
- Catch small fish passively
- Catch sardines in salt water
- Catch bitterlings in fresh water
- Catch shrimp
- Use Earthworms as bait for a much better catch chance
- Create a low-cost emergency food source from a Plastic Bottle
- Use as an early survival fishing option before getting a rod
How to use this item
Craft a Small Fish Trap
Use a Knife on a Plastic Bottle to craft a Small Fish Trap.
- Find a Plastic Bottle.
- Find a Knife or another supported cutting tool.
- Combine the Knife with the Plastic Bottle.
- Craft the Small Fish Trap.
- Place it in water when you are ready to start trapping fish.
Use the Small Fish Trap
Place the trap in water, move away from it, and check it after enough time has passed.
- Place the Small Fish Trap into a body of water while holding it in your hands.
- Add an Earthworm if you want a much higher catch chance.
- Move at least 25 meters away from the trap.
- Wait around 15 to 25 minutes.
- Return and check the trap for fish.
Improve catch chance with bait
An Earthworm greatly improves the Small Fish Trap's chance to catch fish.
- Dig up or find an Earthworm.
- Place the Earthworm into the Small Fish Trap.
- Set the baited trap in water.
- Wait for the trap to trigger.
- Check it before the caught fish despawns.
How to get Small Fish Trap
- Craft it from a Plastic Bottle with a Knife.
- Search dead fisherman zombies along the coast.
- Loot players carrying fishing supplies.
Spawn info
- • The Small Fish Trap can be crafted from a Plastic Bottle.
- • It can also be found on dead fisherman zombies along the coast.
- • It catches sardines in salt water.
- • It catches bitterlings in fresh water.
- • Without bait, it has a low chance to catch fish.
- • With an Earthworm, it has a much higher chance to catch fish.
- • It takes about 15 to 25 minutes to trigger.
- • The player needs to be at least 25 meters away from the trap.
- • The trap loses one condition step each time it is checked.
- • A pristine trap can provide up to 4 fish before becoming ruined.
- • The trap despawns after 8 hours if not picked up.
- • Caught fish despawn after 4 hours.
Crafting and item conversions
How to craft Small Fish Trap
Small Fish Trap
Result: Small Fish Trap
Craft Small Fish Trap using Plastic Bottle and Knife.
View crafting guideImportant notes
- The Small Fish Trap is crafted from a Plastic Bottle and a Knife.
- It can catch sardines in salt water.
- It can catch bitterlings in fresh water.
- It can also catch shrimp.
- Using no bait gives a low catch chance.
- Using an Earthworm gives a much higher catch chance.
- The trap takes around 15 to 25 minutes to trigger.
- You need to be at least 25 meters away from the trap.
- Each time you check the trap, its condition drops by one step.
- A pristine trap can catch up to 4 fish before becoming ruined.
- The trap despawns after 8 hours if not picked up.
- Caught fish despawn after 4 hours.
- It takes 2 inventory slots.
- It weighs 60 g.
- It cannot be repaired.