Snare Trap
The Snare Trap is a craftable hunting trap in DayZ made from 1 Short Stick and Metal Wire. It takes 4 inventory slots, weighs 400 g, holds one bait item, and can catch hares, foxes, or chickens. A pristine trap can be used about 20 times.
Quick item summary
Quick answer
The Snare Trap is a passive hunting tool used to generate small-animal catches while the survivor waits at a distance. It can work without bait, but seeds, meat, fruit, vegetables, mushrooms, and Earthworms can improve the chance of success and influence the animal caught. Each attempt damages the trap, even when no animal is caught.
In-game description
“A simple trap to capture small animals. A loop tied to a stick. Not the brightest of designs, but it works. Hopefully.”
Main Uses
- Passively catch hares
- Passively catch foxes
- Passively catch chickens
- Use seeds as bait
- Use meat as bait
- Use fruit, vegetables, mushrooms, or Earthworms as bait
- Generate meat, bones, and pelts after skinning the catch
- Reset the trap after an unsuccessful attempt
How to use this item
Craft a Snare Trap
Combine a Short Stick with Metal Wire to craft a Snare Trap.
- Find or craft a Short Stick.
- Find Metal Wire.
- Combine the Short Stick with the Metal Wire.
- Craft the Snare Trap.
- Move it to an open hunting location.
Set and bait a Snare Trap
Deploy the trap in an open location and optionally add one supported bait item.
- Hold the Snare Trap in your hands.
- Deploy it in a suitable open area.
- Add seeds, meat, fruit, vegetables, mushrooms, or an Earthworm as bait.
- Move away from the trap and wait.
- Return later to check the result.
Collect and process a catch
A successful Snare Trap generates a hare, fox, or chicken corpse that can be skinned for useful resources.
- Check whether the trap caught an animal.
- Remove the generated animal corpse.
- Use a compatible cutting tool to skin and quarter it.
- Collect meat, bones, and the pelt when available.
- Reset the trap if it still has enough condition.
How to get Snare Trap
- Craft it from 1 Short Stick and 1 Metal Wire.
- Loot carried or deployed Snare Traps from other survivors when safe.
Spawn info
- • The Snare Trap must be crafted.
- • It uses a Short Stick and Metal Wire.
- • It can catch hares, foxes, and chickens.
- • It can work without bait, but success is unlikely.
- • The bait used affects the chance of success and the type of animal caught.
- • The trap loses condition after every attempt.
- • A pristine Snare Trap can be used about 20 times.
Important notes
- The Snare Trap is crafted from a Short Stick and Metal Wire.
- It can catch hares, foxes, and chickens.
- Valid bait includes seeds, meat, fruit, vegetables, mushrooms, and Earthworms.
- It is possible to catch an animal without bait, but the chance is low.
- The bait affects both success chance and the type of animal generated.
- The trap creates an animal corpse rather than catching a living roaming animal.
- A catch can be skinned for meat, bones, and a pelt.
- The trap loses condition after every attempt, even when it catches nothing.
- A pristine Snare Trap can be used about 20 times.
- It cannot be repaired.