Spike trap

Deadfall trap

A suspended spiked weight held up by a delicate trigger. When the victim disturbs the trigger, the weight is released and falls on his head or torso.

Base Stats

Type

Security

Beauty

-4

HP

40

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Flammability

%

Building

Size

1

Placeable

Y

A deadfall trap has an 80% chance to trigger when a pawn walks over it. It is less likely to be triggered by small animals. A deadfall trap has a base damage of 30 when made of steel. Damage is dealt as sharp melee, which may strike any body part, and usually causes bleeding. The actual damage inflicted varies, up to its max damage, and is rarely enough to cause a fatality to humans or large animals. Colonists and friendlies are aware of placed traps and will walk around them, but only if another short route is available. Pawns will not be able to avoid traps placed in a long continuous line, or in chokepoints like a narrow hallway. Traps placed in a checkerboard pattern are easily navigated by colonists and friendlies by pathing diagonally. A trap is less likely to be triggered by a colonist or friendly. If a colonist or prisoner triggers a trap, a yellow envelope alert appears to notify the player. An armed deadfall trap slows down any pawn walking over it, but once tripped it has a zero path cost and friendlies won't bother avoiding it.

Rearming

Once tripped, a deadfall trap can be rearmed only by a colonist with the hauling job type.

Manual rearming
Tripped deadfall traps can be rearmed as follows:

• Select a colonist with the hauling job type and right-clicking on the trap.
• Select the trap.
• Click Rearm trap, or press the hotkey (default M). (A trap set to rearm is indicated with a small red V.)
• Select a colonist with the hauling job type.
• Right-click the trap and select 'Prioritize rearming trap'.

Automatic rearming
Deadfall traps can be set to auto-rearm, which automatically designates the trap to rearm each time it is tripped. Setting a trap to auto-rearm should be done while it is still armed. If a trap is already tripped, turning on the auto-rearm has no immediate effect. The trap must be manually rearmed first.

A deadfall trap can be made from any material:

Material	Cost	Damage	HP
Steel	50	50	40
Plasteel	50	60	112
Wood	50	15	20
Uranium	1000	55	100
Silver	1000	25	28
Gold	1000	9	24
Granite	50	33	68
Limestone	50	18	62
Marble	50	18	48
Sandstone	50	15	56
Slate	50	30	52

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Architect

Security

Barricade • Sandbags • Spike trap

(research)

Autocannon turret • Foam turret • Mini-turret • Rocketswarm launcher • Uranium slug turret • Mortar

IEDs

IED trap • IED incendiary trap • IED EMP trap • IED firefoam trap • IED smoke trap • IED antigrain warhead trap • IED tox trap • IED deadlife trap

Related

Antigrain warhead • EMP shell • Firefoam shell • High-explosive shell • Incendiary shell • Smoke shell • Tox shell • Deadlife shell