darkSpyro

The LI-Update thread is a bit confusing now so i think it is worth to start a new one for this topic where we can collect information about those new stuff.

I will sum up:

- Traptanium are blue crystals that will appear like totems and chompys AND they disappear after a few minutes.
- The new Trap Team Skylander can harvest traptanium for 250 energy, which will give you a trap in his/her element
- the traps can be used to catch villains, which will improve for something for while
- you need a trap from the specific element to catch a villain that matches that element
- villains will enter your LI not too often but you will be notified by a splash screen. Then you have to look for them. They have a bubble with an exclamation mark above their head. But hurry up. If you miss them they will disappear

(i used ABennets list here as well)


And here are some information about the costs:

arkhamhorrorfan
Blue Sparx
Gems: 724
#36 Posted: 12:23:34 16/10/2014
Quote: Trixy
Love the new update! One of the villans turned up but I didn't have a trap but if you want them they
Let you use gems instead. Turned out a good move as it was 125 gems but got me the one that reduced spin cost by 50% so got to spin for the new ones half gold price. Awesome update and well worth the wait


Cool! What do the villains look like? Do they just wander the island and you have to recognize them as one of the villains? Or do they stay stationary with an action bubble over them?
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Trixy
Red Sparx
Gems: 24

#37 Posted: 12:33:31 16/10/2014
They look like they do in the vault (well their shadow anyway) very noticeable as they have a big red exclamationmark over them. I've had 2 show up today :-)
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The above was posted in another thread. I've been plajying most of the day and haven't seen any villains. Maybe tomorrow

I caught Wolfgang this morning. Only needed 4 more guys, so I spun for em. Neat little bonus there, but now he's done so I wont be trapping him anymore. Use your traps wisely!

I have yet to see traptanium bu I have seen several villains that could be caught if I had the traps.

To trap the villains, you need to have a trap made for their element. Then, you just tap on them, it will pop up their description and you can trap them if you want to (can use gems if you don't have a trap). Be selective, though, because they are only active for a limited time and then they escape. Their description shows their active time.

I haven't seen any traptanium. I did get a pop-up that a villain was on the islands. I tried looking around, but didn't see anything. My son, however, said he saw Chill Bill. I looked to where he was pointing and he had apparently disappeared on me. I wasn't sure if you needed Trap Masters to get traptanium to appear or not. I have way more than enough gold to spin for all the Skylanders, but I've been thinking about using the spins as rewards for my son. Since I may have to go through all the cores before getting a Trap Master, it may take a while. Of course, I could just buy one with gems. If I were to do that, though, I'd rather get one that I know I would get later. I'm not sure if we'll get the regular or the dark starter, though, so buying Snap Shot isn't a clear choice, as they may add the dark versions before we get the game (which will probably be, at least, Christmas).

There weren't that many cores to "spin" through before you start getting trap masters.

Quote: Kalamath

I caught Wolfgang this morning. Only needed 4 more guys, so I spun for em. Neat little bonus there, but now he's done so I wont be trapping him anymore. Use your traps wisely!

I second "using your traps wisely" in that you may not want to trap a villain right there at that time i.e. there's no reason to trap Wolfgang if you're not interested in spinning for skylanders and no reason to trap Grimmace if you've just cleared all your islands

But, I think that as they roll out new skylanders (they took months to roll out the full Swap Force lineup) Wolfgang may come in handy later on. But what a treat for new players that look at all 150 or so skylanders and are very daunted at the prospect of "never" getting anything good.

I agree that it was a very nice update and a great intro to the new system

Traptanium seems to come up a lot more than Villains do, so I don't think running out of traps will be an issue. I know I've got quite a good stockpile already (annoying that I can't get a magic trap yet though!).

I'll probably only trap Wolfgang once to get him "unlocked" though. At least until I'm swimming in traps. Presumably they'll be adding more villains in the future which may be of more value to me than some of the current batch.

Finding a villain would be a start! I've piled up a few traps but not yet had a chance to use one. I'm still pretty new to the game so just about every one has some use to me. I love the update. Definitely adds something interesting.

Anyone use the Life or Earth villian? I'm curious what the special rewards from the "big sheep" or chest would be.

Not lucky enough to have one of them wander through my kingdom yet.

I can confirm that when clearing Traptanium you can get silver and gold chests as well as a gem from the clearance. No idea if Cape Girl is required to get the clearance gem though.

I got a clearance gem without cape girl

anyone notice these strange ufos their islands?

Yes, I saw those many times, but no idea what they are!

Quote: Unhappy Gamer

anyone notice these strange ufos their islands?

Hi everyone !
Sry for being stupid but is there a Way to see which traps i already have? And how manY of them?
Many thanks in advance!

If you look to the left of your Inventory Island (up and to the left of your central island) you'll see a small island - this is your Villain Vault. Tap on it to see your trap quantities, villains you can/have trapped and what bonuses those villains can get you.

I've been playing almost all day long for two days now, and have yet to see a villain. I have two of each traptanium and 3 of a couple (0 magic of course). Is it like was said a guy with a red exclamation point above them.? Do they stand still, or are they roaming around? How long are they on screen for once you see one?

Wow! Pretty much right after I posted above these two invaded my kingdom.

I was so blind... Thank you very much! Really did not recognize this vault.. Thx

I finally found my first traptanium, last night. I decided to spin to see if I could get a trap master. I ended up getting Chopper, then spun again and got Krypt King. So I now have an undead trap. I guess if I capture Wolfgang, I might have to reconsider holding off on spinning for all the Skylanders. That's if I can find him. I've yet to see any villains, even though I've gotten alerts that a villain has invaded my islands. I have lots of space from rearranging my islands after the sanctums cleared some up, but I have a lot of sheep/trolls, so I wonder if I should clear them out.

I saw Chomp chest and Wolfgang trespassing on my island . I spun for a trapmaster and got Blades instead .

that's why I just bought 2 TMs with gems, I didn't want to have to spin gold and NOT get them

gem refund after Christmas will have to be okay for us

No rush i will wait for a discount .

This is how I was notified.



The Villains are marked with red exclamation marks.

Its very hard to concentrate with your 27 000 gems distracting me .

Hi all.
Can we add the COST of each to karo122's Villain list (Thanks!) to help?
I added jmarquis info (Thanks!)



I'm concerned about what the Undead Villian's cost may be.......
Thanks!

This is the fourth day and no traptanium to be found.
I bought all the trap masters. Checking relatively often.
This is a bit annoying.

How often does it appear? Send a screen shot please.

I think Sheep Creep was 40 gems because I didn't have a trap with that element.

If anyone was still wondering what the green ufo thing was, It's funny bone's bone frisbee. It follows way behind him. Guess they had to keep it with him so he could have the animation when he's entered into the game.

Grinnade 2000 Energy
Chill Billl 5000 Energy

Quote: GrandCannon

Hi all.
Can we add the COST of each to karo122's Villain list (Thanks!) to help?
I added jmarquis info (Thanks!)


I'm concerned about what the Undead Villian's cost may be.......
Thanks!

75 gems with no trap...and 25,000 potions WITH a trap

Ok, thanks everyone. So Trap=energy; No Trap=gems.

BUGMom05, what level are you? I'm at 45, saw Wolfie today, I have that trap and he was 15,000 energy? Wonder if that makes a difference....... I also saw Chomp, Chill, Beak and Pain today, so added what their gem costs were


Grinnade - Fire
w/Trap = 2,000 Energy; w/oTrap = 35 Gems

Chill Bill - Water
w/Trap = 5,000 Energy; w/oTrap = 75 Gems

Chomp Chest - Earth
w/Trap = 2,000 Energy; w/oTrap = 35 Gems

Sheep Creep - Life
w/Trap = 2,500 Energy; w/oTrap = 40 Gems

Buzzer Beak - Air
w/Trap = 200 Energy; w/oTrap = 12 Gems

Dr Krankcase - Tech
w/Trap = 10,000 Energy; w/oTrap = 125 Gems

Pain Yatta - Magic
w/Trap = ???? Energy; w/oTrap = 100 Gems

Wolfgang - Undead
w/Trap = 15,000 Energy; w/oTrap = 75 Gems

I found the UFO too. What are they?

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These notifications come in handy!

I've only seen 4 traptaniums and no villains since the first day (when I had no traptanium). I feel like this is because I have a quest to clear traptanium and maybe the same quest to capture villains. Which means they will never spawn. I also have a quest to clear trolls and since I've cleared the first few troll camps, I haven't seen a single new troll camp spawn in 3-4 days. Gotta love this game!

My Skylanders can barely move with all the Traptanium I've been getting - I've cleared 61 of the things.

Sadly it also seems to be blocking villains from entering my kingdom, have only had 4 turn up ready for capture.

Has anyone had the notification pop up while they were playing? I've only ever had villains appear when I first load into the game, never had the popup while it was loaded. Wondering if having the game loaded all the time keeps the villains away.

I finally found some villains (of course, I only had one trap at the time). They were Pain Yatta, Chill Bill and Grinnade. I decided to go ahead and spend the gems on Pain Yatta and Chill Bill just for the fun of it (of course we couldn't have a trap for Pain Yatta, anyway). They were a good team as I had lots and lots of sheep and trolls. I ended up with lots and lots of chests which I could instantly open with Chill Bill. I had spun a couple of times to see if I could get any more trap masters (before realizing that I still didn't have the traptanium to get the traps I needed), so I quickly leveled them up by using them to clear the chests. I've since seen a traptanium here rand there, so I'm finally building a collection. I think clearing space from sheep and trolls helped.

it only pops up for me when I load up or into the game after exiting

I'm level 42, but may have misremembered the potion cost.
I thought I remembered that one of them was in the 20k range--i.e. pretty expensive--but may have combined BuzzerBeak's 200 gems with Wolfgang's 15k

I've gotten 20 or so traptaniums...roughly about 2 per session (and someone plays every couple of hours) That might be it, midas--I know you only play 1x a day at best.

Well... This weekend I played 2-3 times/day since I'm interested in these traps and catching the villains. All to no avail...

Quote: millerfly

Anyone use the Life or Earth villian? I'm curious what the special rewards from the "big sheep" or chest would be.

Big sheepie spins in place when you click it, and pops out gold, wish stones or gems, that I've noticed. Three clicks, then it poofs.

The "mimic" chest is similar, you click it a few times before he falls over backwards, dropping stuff in the meantime (almost always gold , and not much of it). NONE of these are worth it for the gem cost based on their returns, and the energy cost is way too high unless you have oodles of it to spare. My son has a lower level kingdom and trapping a villain even with a trap he has would basically put a serious dent in his ability to do anything else that day. Only Wolfgang has potential use, and only a limited number of times.

It's a neat gimmick, but really only worthwhile for those that have reached a point where they have lots of traps and so much energy it has lost value. It's a shame that a mechanic so core to this year's game is limited to only the most high end players in utility.

They need to make the trapping energy cost go WAY down if you have a trap, AND probably cut the gem cost given you will *maybe* be able to get a few gems at most while it is active - say 25 gems at most.

The Chomp Chest gold rewards increase the closer it is to the time running out. For example when I first got it and had 23+ hours left the gold rewards were like 300, 500, 450, etc.

When I was in the last 45 minutes each time I tapped on the Chomp Chest it was giving out 3000 gold and 5000 gold.

Don't know if my game glitched or what, but I've only got two villains (chomp chest and chill bill). Before getting them almost everything I did produced a gold or silver chest about 80% of the time, it was getting annoying. Once I captured my villains I didn't get a single chest for the next 24 hours. Right after time ran out, I started getting chests again.

Has anyone checked yet, if the villains disappear after a while when not clicking and catching them?
Or do they stay until you trap them?


I only had 2 invasions so far.

Villains disappear. Not sure if it's timed or not. I chose not to spend gems and the next time I accessed my island he was simply gone. I suspect similar to Hyde/Maboo.

ABennett - I'd love to know why you are attracting so much Traptanium! I've been checking my island very frequently since the update and I think I might be up to 4.

They surely disappear. I had a few appear on the first day of the update (when I had nothing to trap them with) and I haven't seen a hint of them since.

I have been getting a least 1 villain every morning. 1 day I got none but the next I received 2 villains. They do not last long and then they are gone. I have never got any more during the day. I play all day. My Ipad sits next to me at work plugged in.

So for me it is like the daily log in bonus, I think that triggers it.

The Traptanium has only appeared about 3 times a day for me. I have large free space on 2 islands and some on all others so I can get sheep and trolls. I was also not clearing the brush and waist so I could use Grinnade when he showed up.
This morning Grinnade did and I used him. It turned all the growth to shields so they could be cleared by tapping for the experience. Lasted only 30 minutes.

So some of these villains need the invasions, growth waist, and chests to be of use. So I guess I need to keep my Islands cluttered for the new goals

I am now saving chest for those trappables.

KLM8325, what kingdom level are you? I wonder if players at lower levels are getting more of these than players at higher levels. Otherwise, it's just a case of continued bad luck that I get neither traptanium nor villains.

I'm level 40, and have just cleared my 83rd Traptanium crystal. Now into double figures on all traps (except magic).

Still only 5 villains have made it through though. I'm increasingly convinced my kingdom is surrounded by a wall of traptanium and if I could just zoom out a little further I'd see a ring of villains trapped trying to get to my islands.

Quote: ABennett

I'm level 40, and have just cleared my 83rd Traptanium crystal. Now into double figures on all traps (except magic).

Still only 5 villains have made it through though. I'm increasingly convinced my kingdom is surrounded by a wall of traptanium and if I could just zoom out a little further I'd see a ring of villains trapped trying to get to my islands.

Wow!! My kingdom level is maxed out. I've had 6 Traptanium crystals and 3 villains.