Man trap - Revision history

Henness: Moved examine text into the item box, added Description and Creation sections, cleaned up Usage and Notes, and improved formatting.

2026-05-10T21:54:20Z

Moved examine text into the item box, added Description and Creation sections, cleaned up Usage and Notes, and improved formatting.

2023-02-28T21:36:39Z

Expanded PvP/PvE effect info

2023-02-23T22:31:43Z

Explain PVE use - Refine wording

2023-02-23T22:26:25Z

Explain PVE use - Refine wording

2023-02-23T21:13:21Z

Explain PVE use

2018-01-22T20:08:00Z

weight of item incorrect, fixed

2016-10-14T15:25:16Z

Notes: pvp only

2015-03-07T16:10:15Z

Updating item box format

2014-03-14T23:34:34Z

Updated the creation menu tree.

2013-11-29T10:31:11Z

Grammar

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 {{ItemBox
 |image=Man trap.png
 |active=[[dredge scraping lip]]
 |passive=[[dredge scraping lip]]
 |group=Traps
 |materials=* 2x [[dredge scraping lip]]s
-* 1 x [[spring]]
+* 1x [[spring]]
-|result=* '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (10.0 kg)
+|result=* '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (10.00 kg)
-|skill=Blacksmithing
+|skill=blacksmithing
 }}
 == Description ==
-The '''man trap''' is a [[trap]] used to damage the feet.
+A '''man trap''' is a [[trap]] used to damage feet.
 * Creation success is influenced by the active [[dredge scraping lip]].
-* Failure in creating will only damage the inactive dredge scraping lip; failure in continuing will damage the [[spring]].
+* Failure when creating will damage the inactive [[dredge scraping lip]].
-* These are difficult to make and continue, around 45 [[blacksmithing]] is recommended.
+* Failure when continuing will damage the [[spring]].
-* The success rate is highly dependent on the [[quality]] of the material.
+* These are difficult to make and continue; around 45 [[blacksmithing]] is recommended.
 == Improving ==
 * The man trap can only be improved with [[steel|steel lumps]].
 * Improvement uses the [[blacksmithing]] skill and items: [[lump]], [[hammer]], [[water]], [[pelt]], and [[whetstone]].
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 == Usage ==
-Man traps are placed on [[grass]] and [[dirt]] tiles, the [[traps]] skill affects the placement chance.
 == Notes ==
 [[Category:Traps]]
 [[Category:Babel/M]]

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 * Improving '''man traps''' takes a large amount of steel, so it is not advisable for skill gain alone.
 * With a high blacksmithing skill, these traps are the easiest and most efficient trap to create, requiring only 3 kg of steel to complete.
-* PvE: Traps affect enemy kingdoms / villages on [[PvP]] only. They do not harm players or mobs on [[PvE]]. All other trap mechanics operate normally on [[PvE]].
+* Traps affect hostile mobs, enemy kingdom/village players and any animals or mobs of enemy kingdoms on [[PvP]]. Traps on [[PvE]] will harm hostile creatures but do not harm players or branded animals/mobs.
 [[Category:Traps]]
 [[Category:Babel/M]]

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 * Improving '''man traps''' takes a large amount of steel, so it is not advisable for skill gain alone.
 * With a high blacksmithing skill, these traps are the easiest and most efficient trap to create, requiring only 3 kg of steel to complete.
-* PvE: Traps affect enemy kingdoms / villages on PvP only. They do not harm players or mobs on PvE. All other trap mechanics operate normally on PvE.
+* PvE: Traps affect enemy kingdoms / villages on [[PvP]] only. They do not harm players or mobs on [[PvE]]. All other trap mechanics operate normally on [[PvE]].
 [[Category:Traps]]
 [[Category:Babel/M]]

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 * Improving '''man traps''' takes a large amount of steel, so it is not advisable for skill gain alone.
 * With a high blacksmithing skill, these traps are the easiest and most efficient trap to create, requiring only 3 kg of steel to complete.
-* PVE: Traps affect enemy kingdoms / villages only. PVE servers have none so traps do not harm players in PVE. All other trap mechanics operate normally in PVE.
+* PvE: Traps affect enemy kingdoms / villages on PvP only. They do not harm players or mobs on PvE. All other trap mechanics operate normally on PvE.
 [[Category:Traps]]
 [[Category:Babel/M]]

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 * Improving '''man traps''' takes a large amount of steel, so it is not advisable for skill gain alone.
 * With a high blacksmithing skill, these traps are the easiest and most efficient trap to create, requiring only 3 kg of steel to complete.
-* Only works on servers with [[PvP]] enabled.
+* PVE: Traps affect enemy kingdoms / villages only. PVE servers have none so traps do not harm players in PVE. All other trap mechanics operate normally in PVE.
 [[Category:Traps]]
 [[Category:Babel/M]]