Learn how to build and use explosive wire traps.
Are you tired of hordes of cannibals galloping around your base? Do mutants keep breaking down your walls? Fortunately, you can do something about it. The solution is the explosive wire trap.
This guide will walk you through building and setting up explosive wire traps in The Forest, along with tips and tricks on the best locations to place them.
How to build the explosive wire trap
Before you get started, here is a list of the materials needed to construct an explosive wire trap:
- 1 Stick
- 3 Cloth
- 1 Bomb
You can gather sticks by knocking down small trees, brush, and cannibal effigies/totems placed in camps and on patrol paths. You can source cloth from cannibal villages, suitcases, totems, and caves. Bombs, on the other hand, are more challenging to source.
To make a bomb, open your inventory and combine the following components:
- 1 Circuit Board
- 1 Bottle of Booze
- 1 Wristwatch
- 1 Electrical Tape
- 1 Set of Coins
These required items are discoverable in suitcases, crates, and passenger corpses in caves.
Once you have compiled the required components, it’s time to look for a flat location where you know enemies will walk. Then open up your survival guide to the section titled “Traps and Defenses.” Click on the explosive wire trap, set down the ghost structure, and add the required components.
Best locations for explosive wire trap placement
You need to be careful when choosing a location to set an explosive trap, as the blast is powerful enough to knock down trees, hurt friendly players, and destroy structures. Additionally, you need to choose the location enemies will pass through if you want your trap to be effective.
Pick somewhere away from your base.
It may seem counter-intuitive, but the blast from this trap will knock down your walls and destroy the structures you spent so much time building if you set it too close to home.
Look for cannibal patrols.
Cannibal patrols follow similar routes daily and often mark their trails with totems. Specifically, look for totems made from a boot, which mark stopping points for cannibal patrols.
Look for ambush points
Explosive wire traps aren’t the best defensive structure. However, they are excellent for setting ambushes. Setting up a series of explosive traps and leading enemies through them is a great way to hunt creepies and wipe out swarms of cannibals.
Pros and cons of the explosive wire trap
Cons
- The blast from the explosion can destroy player structures and knock down trees. This makes it a poor choice for base defense.
- It can be difficult to see where you set this trap up, though the bomb attached to it will produce a visible blinking light, unlike the Molotov wire trap.
- Accidentally triggering one of these traps is likely to kill you, and the blast radius is large enough to cause damage to the player if used as a defensive barrier.
- This trap is loud and will attract more enemies when triggered.
- The trap is destroyed on being triggered and must be rebuilt instead of reset.
Pros
- This trap will kill most cannibals with a direct blast.
- The larger blast radius makes this trap effective against groups.
- The high damage value of this trap makes it effective against mutants.
- All of the materials for this trap are portable. This means explosive wire traps can be quickly set up inside caves or used to block entrances in an emergency.
- This trap is remotely triggerable with ranged weapons.
Tips and tricks for using explosive wire traps
Explosive wire traps are deadly on their own, but there are a couple of ways to make them even more effective.
- Setting up several traps next to each other will create a chain reaction and a massive explosion when one is triggered. The combined power of multiple explosive traps can kill a mutant or wipe out an entire cannibal patrol in one blast.
- The noise created by these traps will attract other enemies. Placing one in an area littered with other traps can draw enemies into an ambush.
- These traps can be used to ignite Molotov wire traps, knock over trees, or trigger remotely with a ranged weapon.
Final thoughts on the explosive wire trap
The raw damage potential of an explosive wire trap alone is enough to encourage any survivor to set up a few of these in the tree line. It’s essentially a landmine, so give the cannibals a taste of modern warfare.
For more insights, check out The Forest Traps Guide for an overview of all the available traps in Endnight Game’s The Forest.
