Bear Trap [To be reworked]

Tired of trapping bears in pits?

Simple, add Bear traps to the game. To craft them, obtain two bear trap jaws by smithing, then craft the trap using nails and strips to join them together. Be careful about handling the open trap when not sneaking!

This mod adds a seeking food behaviour to bears, so placing appropriate bait in the traps (Protein or Fruit) will attract them. Other animals will also be attracted to proper bait, just like with a basket trap, but bear in mind that it will easily kill smaller animals.

To use a bear trap, first place it down. Then, you can open it by sneaking. Bait can be placed by sneaking or sitting, trying to interact with the trap while standing will trap your hand!

Traps have durability which scales with the material. Whenever a player or a trapped beast gets damaged by the trap, it will emit a metallic sound and lose 1 durability. Once that is exhausted, they will break and free the trapped animal. Be careful of trapping bears in low-tier traps for long as they might break them and escape.

Breaking a broken trap will drop nuggets of that metal equivalent to roughly half the metal used for the trap. Similarly, traps can be recycled by smashing them with a hammer.

Extra info

This mod was tested for bugs, but it has just been released, so use it at your own risk. It should not cause any problems to your worlds, but I offer no guarantee. Please report any bugs you find.

Balancing suggestions are welcome. So far, the trap has to be manually opened so that one can't just spam place them under bears chasing them.

If anyone can help with animating the model, please contact me as I couldn't manage to use the VS model creator on mac.

Credits

The model for the bear trap was designed by OriginlessGamer (Socials: YouTube, Discord, Patreon) in this video:

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