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{{Block
|Name=Reed basket trap
|Image=File:baskettrap-reed.png
|Stackable=64
|Material=Wood
|Drops=Itself
|FloatRight=yes
|NoBreak=yes
}}

'''Reed basket traps''' can be used in the Stone Age to get small animals for food or husbandry purposes.

== Creation ==

Basket traps are created with a {{ll|Reed chest|reed chest}} and a {{ll|Stick|stick}} in the crafting grid.

{{Crafting
|Ingredients= 1x {{ll|Reed chest|Reed chest}}<br>1x {{ll|Stick|Stick}}
|Grid/CraftingCode={{Grid/Crafting
|A1=Reed chest|A1-link=Special:MyLanguage/Reed chest|A1_name=Reed chest
|B1=Stick|B1-link=Special:MyLanguage/Stick|B1_name=Stick
|C1=
|A2=|B2=|C2=
|A3=|B3=|C3=
|Output=Baskettrap-reed|Output_name=Reed basket trap
}}}}

== Usage ==

* Place a basket trap on the ground and use {{RMB}} with a food item to bait the trap.
* Leave the area to avoid alarming creatures that approach.
* Check the trap at least daily.
* A triggered trap is no longer propped up with a stick.
* Use {{RMB}} with a vacant ''backpack slot'' to pick up the triggered trap.  
* Select the backpack slot containing the trap with {{Keypress|Ctrl}} + rolling of {{MMB}}, and use {{RMB}} on the ground to release the captive creature.
* The trap has become a simple reed chest again which you can place in a regular inventory slot.

<gallery widths=200px heights=200px mode="packed">
File:Trap-success-1.png|A trap baited with flax grain.
File:Trap-success-2.png|The rooster was successfully trapped.
</gallery>

===Can trap===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Creatures that can be trapped in a reed basket trap
|-
! Name !! Food types for bait !! Chance of success !!  Chance of<br>trap destruction
|-
| Chick || Grain and fruit mash || style="text-align:center;" | 80% || style="text-align:center;" | 0%
|-
| Hen || Grain and fruit mash || style="text-align:center;" | 50% || style="text-align:center;" | 0%
|-
| Rooster || Grain and fruit mash || style="text-align:center;" | 50% || style="text-align:center;" | 1%
|-
| Hare (baby) || Vegetable || style="text-align:center;" | 80% || style="text-align:center;" | 0%
|-
| Hare (female) || Vegetable || style="text-align:center;" | 50% || style="text-align:center;" | 0%
|-
| Hare (male) || Vegetable || style="text-align:center;" | 50% || style="text-align:center;" | 0%
|-
| Piglet || Grain (except rice), Fruit* (and fruit mash), Vegetable (except parsnip), Protein || style="text-align:center;" | 50% || style="text-align:center;" | 5%
|-
| Raccoon (pup) || Fruit* || style="text-align:center;" | 50% || style="text-align:center;" | 5%
|-
| Bighorn lamb || Grass, Grain (except rice), Fruit mash, Vegetable (except parsnip) || style="text-align:center;" | 50% || style="text-align:center;" | 5%
|-
| Wolf (pup) || Meat || style="text-align:center;" | 40% || style="text-align:center;" | 5%
|}
''*Honeycombs can be used as bait for fruit-loving creatures.''

A reed basket trap can hold only one type of bait. Once a bait has been placed, the only way to remove it is by breaking the trap with {{LMB}} (no tool needed), dropping a reed basket trap and the food item on the ground.

===Cannot trap===

The following creatures, although they could fit inside the reed basket trap, cannot be trapped:
* Gazelle (calf)
* Deer (fawn) and moose (calf)
* Goat (kid)
* Hyena (pup)
* Fox (pup)
* Termite

===Trap failure===

Triggering a reed basket trap requires several conditions:
* the trap must be "ready" (baited)
* the bait must be a food type matching the animal's diet
* the animal must be "basketCatchable" with a value greater than 0 (small ''and'' coded for capture)
* the animal must consume the bait
Even so, the trap might fail to catch the animal. You will have to pick up the empty reed basket trap with {{RMB}} and use it again with a new bait.

<gallery widths=200px heights=200px mode="packed">
File:Trap-fail-1.png|A trap baited with some flax grain.
File:Trap-fail-2.png|The rooster triggered the trap but did not get trapped.
</gallery>

===Trap destruction===

Many creatures have the possibility of destroying a reed basket trap. The chance for small animals such as a rooster is lower (1%) than for stronger animals such as a piglet (5%).

===Trap success===

Triggering the trap causes a soft ''snick'' sound.  A triggered trap looks like an upside-down reed chest, slightly askew. Because an occupied trap cannot go ''inside'' a handbasket, backpack, etc. ensure that you have a vacant backpack slot before approaching a triggered trap.  

The {{BlockInfo}} doesn't hint at what (if anything) is inside. If a live creature is inside, the basket might wiggle occasionally and cause a rustling sound. Use {{RMB}} to pick up the full trap into a vacant backpack slot. 
Mousing over the basket trap in the player inventory will display what creature is inside, and how many hours remain (<24 hours) until it dies. The time continues to count down, but the change is only apparent if the player moves the mouse off the trap icon and back on. The trap icon in the player inventory might wiggle occasionally.

To release the captive creature, use {{RMB}} on the ground while the basket slot of the player inventory is selected. To move from the hotbar slots to the backpack slots, hold {{Keypress|Ctrl}} while rolling {{MMB}}.  

The trap is now a normal reed chest again, and can become a basket trap by re-combining with a stick.

===Creature dying inside the basket===

*A trapped creature has only '''24 hours''' to live inside a reed basket trap, starting from the moment the trap was activated. Check the trap regularly to avoid letting a trapped creature die before you can relocate it.
*If the creature inside the trap died, select the trap in your backpack slot with {{Keypress|Ctrl}}+rolling of {{MMB}} and use {{RMB}} on the ground with the the trap.
*The body of the creature will appear on the ground and you will have an empty reed chest.
*You can use a {{ll|knife|knife}} to loot the body.

===Selling===

{{ll|Trading#Agriculture|Agriculture traders}} and {{ll|Trading#Treasure_Hunter|treasure hunter traders}} sometimes want to purchase wolf pups. But wolf pups captured in a reed basket trap cannot be released into the player's inventory, only onto the ground. So these traders can only purchase wolf pups that the player purchased from a {{ll|Trading#Survival_Goods|survival goods trader}}.

== History ==

== Notes ==

* Although the developers stated that "Some heavy creatures (e.g. boar) can destroy basket traps."<ref>[https://www.vintagestory.at/blog.html/news/v1190-dejank-redux-stable-r374  Version 1.19.0 stable blog]</ref>, big creatures like bears seem to ignore the trap even if a piglet is trapped inside and creatures trapped inside the basket do not seem to be able to break it to escape.

* Small domesticated animals can be picked up with a {{ll|Reed_chest|reed chest}} if they are at least generation 5. Small wild animals and small domesticated animals under generation 5 can be picked up with a reed basket trap. These are two different processes.

== Gallery ==

== See also ==

* {{ll|Animal husbandry|Animal Husbandry}}

== References ==
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