--- title: "Trapper (Gauls)" description: "Gaul building that captures attacking troops" url: https://support.kingdoms.com/en/articles/92-trapper-gauls collection: "Military" updated: 2026-11-09 language: en alternates: [fr, de, tr, ru] --- # Trapper (Gauls) Gaul building that captures attacking troops

Tribe-specific: Gauls only.

The Trapper protects your village with well-hidden traps. Unwary enemies can be captured in this way and will not be able to harm your village any more.

The Trapper can only be built in Gaul villages and is not limited to the capital. Once a Trapper reaches level 20, additional Trappers can be built in the same village.

Requirements: Rally Point Level 1

> **Info:** For detailed costs, bonuses, and requirements of all buildings and resource fields, you can use this [Building upgrade calculator](https://support.kingdoms.com/articles/59). ## How traps work When enemy troops arrive at a village with available traps, some of them can be captured before the remaining troops fight. For example, if 100 troops arrive on a Raid and 40 are captured, the remaining 60 troops continue with the Raid and fight normally. Captured troops remain imprisoned and continue to consume crop from their home village. ## Freeing trapped troops The defender can release trapped troops voluntarily. In this case, the traps are automatically repaired at no resource cost and with half the usual building time. The attacker or a member of their Kingdom can also free the trapped troops, but this requires a successful Attack. A Raid cannot free trapped troops. When trapped troops are freed by an Attack, 25% of the prisoners die. ## Trap states

State	What it means
Free	The trap is intact and immediately ready to capture a troop.
Used	The trap currently holds a trapped troop.
Buildable	The trap must be rebuilt, which costs resources and takes time.
Auto-repair	The trap is repaired automatically at no resource cost and with half the usual building time.

## What happens to traps?

Action	What happens to the traps
Defender releases the trapped troops	Traps enter Auto-repair.
Trapper is demolished or downgraded	Free and Buildable traps disappear. Trapped troops remain imprisoned.
Village is conquered by a Gaul	Traps become Free.
Attacker disbands the trapped troops	Traps become Free.
Attacker frees the trapped troops	Traps become Buildable.
Trapped troops starve	Traps become Buildable.
Attacker's avatar is deleted	Traps become Free.
Trapped troops are deleted as a punishment	Traps become Free.

If a Gaul village with a Trapper is conquered by another Gaul, the Trapper remains and the traps become Free. If it is conquered by a non-Gaul, the Trapper and all traps are removed. ## Trapped troops and vacation mode Trapped troops are not released when the defender enters vacation mode. While the defender is in vacation mode, the troops also cannot be freed by attacking the village. ## Number of traps Each Trapper level increases the number of traps you can build. The game world speed directly multiplies the number of available traps.

	1x speed	3x speed	5x speed
Level 1	10	30	50
Level 2	22	66	110
Level 3	35	105	175
Level 4	49	147	245
Level 5	64	192	320
Level 6	80	240	400
Level 7	97	291	485
Level 8	115	345	575
Level 9	134	402	670
Level 10	154	462	770
Level 11	175	525	875
Level 12	196	588	980
Level 13	218	654	1090
Level 14	241	723	1205
Level 15	265	795	1325
Level 16	290	870	1450
Level 17	316	948	1580
Level 18	343	1029	1715
Level 19	371	1113	1855
Level 20	400	1200	2000