Steel Traps
Steel Traps is a European Market hunting upgrade for Europeans and Federal Americans. It raises Villager gathering from hunted animals by 20%, continuing the source-specific bonus begun by Hunting Dogs.
Research profile
- Age
- Commerce Age
- Civilization
- Europeans; Federal Americans
- Research location
- Market
- Prerequisite
- Hunting Dogs
- Research time
- 30 seconds
- Wood cost
- 125
- Coin cost
- 125
- Effect
- Villager gather work rate for hunted animals +20%
Research effect
Research it in the Commerce Age at a Market after Hunting Dogs. The listed cost is 125 Wood and 125 Coin and research takes 30 seconds. Discounts may apply through Comanche Trade Language or Cherokee Basket Weaving. The bonus is for Villagers gathering from animal carcasses, not from Mills, Farms or livestock.
Research condition
Europeans and Federal Americans · Commerce Age · Market · requires Hunting Dogs · 125 Wood · 125 Coin · 30 seconds · +20% Villager hunting gather rate.
Cost and prerequisites
Invest when safe Hunts remain and workers will keep gathering from them after the 30-second research. Check how much carcass Food is left and whether the hunting line can be defended; the return shrinks when the workers switch to other Food sources. Include Hunting Dogs and Steel Traps as a sequence when planning the economy, rather than treating the latter as an independent upgrade.