Trappers (Far Harbor)

For other usages of the term, see Trappers.

Far Harbor faction
Trappers
Society
Members	Bilge Douglas Malcolm
Locations
Locations	See Bases
Organizations
Related	Raiders
Credits
Voice actors	Chris Andrew Ciulla
Appearances	Far Harbor
Dialogue	DLC03DialogueGenericTrappers.txt DLC03AcadiaM01.txt (The Arrival)

“Do you hear it? Does it speak to you!?”

Trappers are insane cannibals that plague Mount Desert Island in 2287 in the Fallout 4 add-on Far Harbor.

Background

Once (relatively) normal denizens of the island, these people have gone insane from isolation, starvation, and long term exposure to the Fog. The trappers come from all walks of life: ordinary settler families, hunters and fishers, scavengers, and even bandits; while this varies, many of them were already quite unfriendly to outsiders even before they were driven insane, at least according to Old Longfellow.

Regardless of their origin, Fog-induced insanity has made the trappers invariably dangerous to everyone else on the island, and they now lay traps for people rather than wildlife. Having lost their minds, the trappers do not have any coherent hierarchy or organization, although some still stick together in small bands. Some also continue to guard territory they believe is theirs, or which actually was once. While mad, they are often still mentally capable to some extent, but they are highly possessive of their territory and have no qualms about victimizing or cannibalizing other residents of the island. They will, however, at least temporarily spare those willing to aid them.

While the trappers may have once been acquaintances or even relatives to the harbormen, their insanity has severed any ties between the groups. Though some harbormen still hold compassion towards the trappers as victims of the island, they largely believe the trappers are better off dead for everyone else's benefit. Far Harbor residents warn against even making eye contact with them.

Gameplay attributes

Although the reason for their insanity may differ, trappers are for all intents and purposes the island's equivalent of raiders and behave virtually the same once combat is initiated. Just like the Commonwealth's highwaymen, trappers will attack on sight.

What sets these two enemy groups apart to some extent is the trappers' lack of drug-addled taunting, something Commonwealth raiders are very fond of doing even when faced with impossible odds. Trappers also do not seem to care much about each other, given that they express no emotion whatsoever when they witness members of their group being killed.

Another distinguishing feature is the trappers' apparently complete lack of female members. While the ranks of Commonwealth raiders are made up of men and women in equal measure, the trapper population on the island is entirely male, making them a tougher fight for a male Sole Survivor with Lady Killer than a female one with Black Widow.

In order to have a chance at surviving the island's hostile environment, trappers protect themselves with trapper armor or coastal armor, supplemented by an abundance of leather armor and metal armor pieces. For offense, they utilize standard raider gear, ranging from pipe guns over hunting rifles and combat rifles to exclusive Far Harbor equipment like lever-action rifles and harpoon guns. The occasional melee weapon may also be employed, often taking the form of meat hooks or, more rarely, pole hooks. Trappers make no use of energy weapons or irradiated gear, so having good ballistic damage resistance is enough to mitigate most of their threat potential.

Bases

• Brooke's Head Lighthouse
• Echo Lake Lumber (formerly, driven out by feral ghouls)
• Haddock Cove (formerly, wiped out by mirelurks)
• MS Azalea
• Northwood Ridge Quarry
• Oceanarium
• Old pond house
• Pine Crest Cavern
• Rayburn Point
• Rock Point camp
• Southwest Harbor
• Zephyr Ridge camp

Aside from the named locations mentioned above, numerous unmarked trapper camps are scattered all over the Island. They are usually occupied by two or three leveled trappers.

Variants

Trapper

The weakest of their members of the trappers. They may be less resilient than their stronger comrades, but they often compensate their relative fragility with powerful weapons like lever-action rifles and harpoon guns.

Name (Form ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Trapper xx002DB7	8 4 120 5 5 ? ? ?	Very aggressive Brave Helps allies

Scrounging trapper

A slightly tougher trapper variant.

Name (Form ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Scrounging trapper xx002DB9	14 4 150 5 5 ? ? ?	Very aggressive Brave Helps allies

Stalking trapper

An even stronger trapper variant.

Name (Form ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Stalking trapper xx002DBA	22 4 240 0 0 ? ? ?	Very aggressive Brave Helps allies

Grim trapper

A significantly more powerful trapper variant.

Name (Form ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Grim trapper xx002DBB	30 5 400 0 0 ? ? ?	Very aggressive Brave Helps allies

Relentless trapper

The second strongest trapper variant.

Name (Form ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Relentless trapper xx002DBC	38 5 540 0 0 ? ? ?	Very aggressive Brave Helps allies

Ruthless trapper

The most experienced and ruthless of their ilk, ruthless trappers tend to be the primary threat in any given encounter with trappers. They usually wear the heaviest armor and carry extensively modified weaponry. While ruthless trappers typically serve as group leaders once they begin to appear, with increasing player level they gradually replace the other variants until trapper strongholds are populated almost entirely with ruthless trappers.

Name (Form ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Ruthless trapper xx002DBD	46 5 660 0 0 ? ? ?	Very aggressive Brave Helps allies

Notable members

• Bilge
• Braun Husky
• Bray Husky
• Douglas
• Luke Husky
• Malcolm
• Rowan Husky
• Ware (formerly)

Notes

The three non-hostile trappers who are part of the quest The Arrival can be killed with impunity. When they respawn after a couple of in-game days, they retain their neutral behavior and will only attack in self-defense.

Notable quotes

• "Ugh! Are you real? Is this the Fog?"
• "The Fog will get you! The Fog gets EVERYONE!"
• "You see the Fog? It has you!"
• "It's the Fog... Always playing tricks..."

• "...been out in the Fog too long... I'm seeing things... or am I?"
• "... this is mine... no one's taking it from me... mine..."
• "... the Fog... the deep vapor... so sweet... so deadly..."
• "...need to hunt soon... Radstag... or an Angler..."
• "...they think I'm soft... can't handle myself... I'll take down a Crawler... that'll show 'em..."
• "...hmm... Too quiet..."
• "What was that!? No... no it's nothing..."
• "...Silence... Never a good sign..."
• "...hand is itching... longs for the kill..."
• "... better stay out... that outsider comes back... (angry grunt)"
• "Ugh! That's the spirit!"
• "Agh! I can smell it. The blood..."
• "Ugh! I see... I see it!"
• "Yes! Fight for it!"
• "You're dead already!"
• "Bleed! Coat the ground in red!"
• "Yes! Let the blood flow!"
• "Run! Run while you can!"
• "Afraid? That's how it starts!"
• "I see what you are! I see it!"
• "Your heart beating, outsider? How much can it take?"
• "Do you hear it? Does it speak to you!?"

Appearances

These trappers appear only in the Fallout 4 add-on Far Harbor.

Gallery

A trapper feeding fish at the old pond house

References

Factions in Fallout 4 Major factions Brotherhood of Steel · Commonwealth Minutemen · The Railroad · The Institute Secondary factions Atom Cats · Cabot family · Church of the Children of Atom · Covenant · Diamond City security · Enclave · Enclave remnants · Forged · Gunners · L&L Gang · Neighborhood Watch · Pillars of the Community · Publick Occurrences · Raiders · Recon Squad Gladius · Triggermen · Salem Volunteer Militia · Synth Retention Bureau · Alien (Fallout 4) Add-on factions Automatron Rust Devils Far Harbor Harbormen · Trappers · Children of Atom · Acadia Nuka-World Hubologists · Nuka-World raiders (The Pack · Disciples · Operators)