Rope Swing Trap

Rope Swing Trap
Rope Swing Trap
Description
Also known as	Rope Trap Rock Swing Trap Rock Fall Tree Trap
Added in	v0.28
Building Type	Trap
Upgradable	No
Custom	No
Variations	Deadfall Trap Noose Trap Happy Birthday Trap
Attachments	None
Uses	Killing Cannibals & Mutants Requires 1 Stick to reset
Restrictions	Requires a Tree
Negatives	Can miss Cannibals running through it If Tree is knocked down it destroys it
Other Effects	Kills most enemies in one hit
Stackable	Possibly
Buildable on	Trees only
Durability	Very Strong

The Rope Swing Trap is a tree based advanced trap building which was added in v0.28 update to The Forest.

Gameplay

It is a massive trap that can only be built on a tree. Once triggered, it will release a big "ball" made of rocks and pointy sticks, oscillating during several seconds.

The Rope Swing Trap can be built from the Survival Guide in the advanced traps section. Like any elevated structures, it can only be built on a large tree. If the tree collapses, either chopped down by the player or hit by a mutant, the trap will be destroyed.

Any cannibal hit by the released rock ball will instantly be killed. The trap is mostly ineffective against fast or running enemies as they will always trigger the swing without being touched. However, the swing remain dangerous several seconds after being triggered until the oscillation stops. This means that nearby cannibals can still be killed by the trap within a short period of time after activation.

If the player is hit by the ball, he will be knocked down and will lose a small amount of health, armored or not.

The Rope Swing Trap requires 1 stick to be reloaded.

As of v0.68, resetting traps now requires to hold the “Take” action 3 seconds.

Building

1	=	10	+	1	+	6
Rope Swing Trap		Rock		Rope		Log

Gallery

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  Rope Swing Trap as it appears in the Survival Guide

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  Rope Swing Trap as it appeared in the Survival Guide

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  The Rope Swing Trap.

Update History

Version	Changes
v1.0	(Multiplayer) Fixed buildings placed on tree structures not properly removed if the tree is destroyed
v0.71	Fixed trap icons visible with the ShowHud option off
v0.69	(Audio) Adding a stick to a trap in order to reset it now plays an audio event.
v0.68c	Fixed reset trap filling icon still not showing up sometimes
v0.68b	Fixed reset trap missing filling icon fail safe not working until player gets close to the trigger
v0.68	(Balance) Resetting traps now requires to hold the “Take” action 3 seconds
v0.67	Fixed creepy mutant ragdolls able to trigger traps, causing them to trigger indefinitely Creepy mutants will now stagger backwards when hit by traps Creepy mutants can now damage traps with their attacks
v0.61c	Fixed a host of issues in some MP games that had rope traps built in them, including some item holders not working and trees not being cuttable.
v0.61	Updated structure anchor icon, repair icons and re-arm trap icon to new design
v0.57c	Large traps now all damage creepies
v0.57	Optimized animal and enemy traps to only spawn in nearby caught animals and enemies instead of loading in all of them to improve memory use in large saves
v0.56	It is no longer possible to build structures attached to traps Lowered place distance of the rock swing trap, fixed ghost being away from completed trap position Rock swing trap now properly saves the attached tree ID and also preserves it when rearmed (not retroactive)
v0.55	Traps will now correctly load to the correct state Traps will now restore to correct state after being repaired
v0.37	Audio – Added impact sfx when the rope swing trap hits enemies or player
v0.35	(Multiplayer) Fixed delayed action icon (the white circle filling in black) sometimes staying up when action was first completed by another player (ie: resetting traps) Traps reset trigger now uses a 3D sheen billboard icon instead of the 2D icon
v0.30	Fixed bug where player being hit by swinging rock trap whilst holding log sled could break game
v0.28	Rock Swing Trap added to the game New building: Swinging rock trap