How to craft and use Animal Traps in Sons of the Forest

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Sons of the Forest is the latest survival horror game that pits you against cannibals on a remote island. You must craft, fight and survive this hellish landscape using various tools in the game. You can also hunt animals by using the Animal Traps. Crafting it will require you to collect a whopping fourteen Sticks.

You can construct Animal Traps from the Traps section of the guidebook. You can access the guidebook by pressing the B button on the keyboard and then holding the X button to get to the Crafting section. Once you have all fourteen sticks, your Animal Trap will be ready.

Sons of the Forest features all the gameplay mechanics involved in a survival game, like crafting weapons, tools, and shelter items. You must leverage all of them to stay alive in this unforgiving world populated by cannibals and aggressive creatures. You can hunt animals proactively or set up Animal Traps to passively accumulate resources.

You can craft Animal Traps using the following steps:

The best part about this crafting system is that you don’t need to possess all fourteen Sticks to initiate the process. You can keep coming to the position where you place the white frame and contribute the remaining at a later time.

Sticks are easy to find in Sons of the Forest. Make sure you chop down small or medium-sized bushes if you wish to farm for them. You can use your Ax to cut them down and collect Sticks and Leaves.

Once you build the Animal Traps, make sure to place them in the vicinity of your base or shelter. This way, you can go back and check on the traps without any hassle of facing enemies. Also, having multiple traps will benefit you in the long run. If possible, build your base or safe area near a spot populated with small animals like