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I haven't been following the release too closely but I'm thinking of picking up some trap team items on Black Friday.

Can someone let me know what is needed to unlock everything?

If I understand correctly I need the starter pack then one trap per element. The starter comes with two so what's the cheapest way to get the other 6 that are needed?

I understand trap masters are needed but what how much content do they really unlock? Is it like swappers that give levels/challenges?

There are two level packs out now so are they about as long as ToT and SWI. Wish I could buy them without magic items or new core character.

I read something about action packs coming soon. Is that likely to add more levels? If it's just arenas I can do without. My kids aren't big into the arenas.

So I'm guessing

1 starter kit
6 additional traps
7 additional trap masters (do I really need 1 per element)
2 adventure packs

That's already easily $200. Am I missing anything essential in this or can I cut out some of the trap masters perhaps?

If you want to 100% complete Trap Team, you'll need the following:

One Trap Master from each Element, including the 1 Light and 1 Dark

One Trap from each element (including the Light, Dark, and (one of Kaos' Traps)

All 4 Adventure Packs (including the two currently unrevealed ones).

One Mini Skylander (old ones work, too)

Although, unfortunately, the Light and Dark characters/traps/packs won't be available anytime soon (POSSIBLY in December, but most likely in January), so you'll have to wait on them.

We also have to wait for a magic trap master !

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If you want to 100% complete Trap Team, you'll need the following:

One Trap Master from each Element, including the 1 Light and 1 Dark

One Trap from each element (including the Light, Dark, and (one of Kaos' Traps)

All 4 Adventure Packs (including the two currently unrevealed ones).

One Mini Skylander (old ones work, too)

Although, unfortunately, the Light and Dark characters/traps/packs won't be available anytime soon (POSSIBLY in December, but most likely in January), so you'll have to wait on them.

So no cores huh? Come on Matt, SELL THIS GAME, lmao!

2 action packs (unknown price)
9 traps (light dark and kaos.)
9 trap masters (light and dark)
is what was missing on the list.

The action packs are required as they not only unlock a level but unlock a new skylanders element (light/dark)

So what do the trap masters actually unlock and why one mini? What does that unlock? Not worried about completionist 100% achievements or anythings, just for the kids to enjoy all the actual content.

I'm also on the fence as to just a small area leading to a hat being considered content if that is all the trap masters actually do. Please let me know.

Also is any of this light/dark stuff out now because I haven't seen anything in the stores.

^nothing light or dark is currently out, and won't be this year most likely....

Wait, what are action packs??

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Wait, what are action packs??

Midnight Museum: Blackout + Level + Dark Trap
This isn't confirmed but I think is something like this.

oh okay. thanks.

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2 action packs (unknown price)
9traps (light dark and kaos.)
9 trap masters (light and dark)
is what was missing on the list.

there are 11 traps.

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So what do the trap masters actually unlock and why one mini? What does that unlock? Not worried about completionist 100% achievements or anythings, just for the kids to enjoy all the actual content.

I'm also on the fence as to just a small area leading to a hat being considered content if that is all the trap masters actually do. Please let me know.

Also is any of this light/dark stuff out now because I haven't seen anything in the stores.

Trap Masters also inflict higher damages to trappable villains and can break Traptanium shards (which may contain a Treasure Chest, a Story Scroll or even a Soul Gem, but you can already destroy them with Snap Shot).

Also, not all the areas past the Traptanium Elemental Gates contain only a hat.
And not all of them are small ones.

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So what do the trap masters actually unlock and why one mini? What does that unlock? Not worried about completionist 100% achievements or anythings, just for the kids to enjoy all the actual content.

I'm also on the fence as to just a small area leading to a hat being considered content if that is all the trap masters actually do. Please let me know.

Also is any of this light/dark stuff out now because I haven't seen anything in the stores.

Trap Masters also inflict higher damages to trappable villains and can break Traptanium shards (which may contain a Treasure Chest, a Story Scroll or even a Soul Gem, but you can already destroy them with Snap Shot).

Also, not all the areas past the Traptanium Elemental Gates contain only a hat.
And not all of them are small ones.

Thanks for this information. I'm just trying to figure out if what is contained beyond the elemental gates is worth an extra $119 (cost of 7 additional trap masters). Any general outline on what is behind the elemental gates would be helpful. Are there soul gems behind them or what else above and beyond hats are these 7 extra trap masters letting me get at?

I'd rather save the $119 but don't want the kids to be too disappointed by missing out on anything too big. That $119 could buy the 2 adventure and 2 action packs instead which I suspect is a better investment as far as content goes.

It's getting harder every year to justify the cost for these things.

Canadian prices

Starter pack: $85 ($45 on Black Friday)
Trap masters X7: $119 ($77 on black friday except there's not even one of each element at target where the sale is yet)
Adventure/action packs (assuming all are 30): $120 ($25 for the first two adventure packs on Black Friday)
Minimum traps (6 more plus Kaos): $42 if bought in two 3 packs ($17) plus one kaos trap ($8). (No Black Friday sales here yet).

I'm assuming a light trap and dark trap comes with the action packs (I think I read that somewhere). That's $366 just to access all the content not including the many additional figures. Even if I'm patient for sales they are few and far between in Canada and it seems like the cost of entry gets higher every year.

Also I dislike what the trap masters appear to bring to the table. At least the swappers had a bunch of swap challenges that they provided access to. This trap team elemental gating just feels like lazy design.

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So what do the trap masters actually unlock and why one mini? What does that unlock? Not worried about completionist 100% achievements or anythings, just for the kids to enjoy all the actual content.

I'm also on the fence as to just a small area leading to a hat being considered content if that is all the trap masters actually do. Please let me know.

Also is any of this light/dark stuff out now because I haven't seen anything in the stores.

Trap Masters also inflict higher damages to trappable villains and can break Traptanium shards (which may contain a Treasure Chest, a Story Scroll or even a Soul Gem, but you can already destroy them with Snap Shot).

Also, not all the areas past the Traptanium Elemental Gates contain only a hat.
And not all of them are small ones.

Thanks for this information. I'm just trying to figure out if what is contained beyond the elemental gates is worth an extra $119 (cost of 7 additional trap masters). Any general outline on what is behind the elemental gates would be helpful. Are there soul gems behind them or what else above and beyond hats are these 7 extra trap masters letting me get at?

I'd rather save the $119 but don't want the kids to be too disappointed by missing out on anything too big. That $119 could buy the 2 adventure and 2 action packs instead which I suspect is a better investment as far as content goes.

It's getting harder every year to justify the cost for these things.

Canadian prices

Starter pack: $85 ($45 on Black Friday)
Trap masters X7: $119 ($77 on black friday except there's not even one of each element at target where the sale is yet)
Adventure/action packs (assuming all are 30): $120 ($25 for the first two adventure packs on Black Friday)
Minimum traps (6 more plus Kaos): $42 if bought in two 3 packs ($17) plus one kaos trap ($8). (No Black Friday sales here yet).

I'm assuming a light trap and dark trap comes with the action packs (I think I read that somewhere). That's $366 just to access all the content not including the many additional figures. Even if I'm patient for sales they are few and far between in Canada and it seems like the cost of entry gets higher every year.

Also I dislike what the trap masters appear to bring to the table. At least the swappers had a bunch of swap challenges that they provided access to. This trap team elemental gating just feels like lazy design.

No problem!

The Traptanium Elemental Gates only idea is indeed a bad move, most likely pushed by Activision, rather than TfB, as people was complaining about "not having a reason to buy other Trap Masters".

However, there are at least 2 Soul Gems inside Traptanium Gate locked areas:



There may be others, but I don't remember as of now.

Regarding the Trap Masters, some of them are really great characters to play as, like Lob-Star, Krypt King and Gusto, in my opinion.
They shouldn't cost that much, but are definitely good Skylanders.

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Quote: Drek95

Trap Masters also inflict higher damages to trappable villains and can break Traptanium shards (which may contain a Treasure Chest, a Story Scroll or even a Soul Gem, but you can already destroy them with Snap Shot).

Also, not all the areas past the Traptanium Elemental Gates contain only a hat.
And not all of them are small ones.

Thanks for this information. I'm just trying to figure out if what is contained beyond the elemental gates is worth an extra $119 (cost of 7 additional trap masters). Any general outline on what is behind the elemental gates would be helpful. Are there soul gems behind them or what else above and beyond hats are these 7 extra trap masters letting me get at?

I'd rather save the $119 but don't want the kids to be too disappointed by missing out on anything too big. That $119 could buy the 2 adventure and 2 action packs instead which I suspect is a better investment as far as content goes.

It's getting harder every year to justify the cost for these things.

Canadian prices

Starter pack: $85 ($45 on Black Friday)
Trap masters X7: $119 ($77 on black friday except there's not even one of each element at target where the sale is yet)
Adventure/action packs (assuming all are 30): $120 ($25 for the first two adventure packs on Black Friday)
Minimum traps (6 more plus Kaos): $42 if bought in two 3 packs ($17) plus one kaos trap ($8). (No Black Friday sales here yet).

I'm assuming a light trap and dark trap comes with the action packs (I think I read that somewhere). That's $366 just to access all the content not including the many additional figures. Even if I'm patient for sales they are few and far between in Canada and it seems like the cost of entry gets higher every year.

Also I dislike what the trap masters appear to bring to the table. At least the swappers had a bunch of swap challenges that they provided access to. This trap team elemental gating just feels like lazy design.

No problem!

The Traptanium Elemental Gates only idea is indeed a bad move, most likely pushed by Activision, rather than TfB, as people was complaining about "not having a reason to buy other Trap Masters".

However, there are at least 2 Soul Gems inside Traptanium Gate locked areas:

Reveal Spoiler

one is Blackout's (the Dark Core Skylander) and the other is Spotlight's (the Light one).

There may be others, but I don't remember as of now.

Regarding the Trap Masters, some of them are really great characters to play as, like Lob-Star, Krypt King and Gusto, in my opinion.
They shouldn't cost that much, but are definitely good Skylanders.

I'm also pretty sure that Wallop's soul gem is inside traptanium, but you can use any Trap Master, so that doesn't matter.

Quote: Drek95

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Quote: Drek95

Trap Masters also inflict higher damages to trappable villains and can break Traptanium shards (which may contain a Treasure Chest, a Story Scroll or even a Soul Gem, but you can already destroy them with Snap Shot).

Also, not all the areas past the Traptanium Elemental Gates contain only a hat.
And not all of them are small ones.

Thanks for this information. I'm just trying to figure out if what is contained beyond the elemental gates is worth an extra $119 (cost of 7 additional trap masters). Any general outline on what is behind the elemental gates would be helpful. Are there soul gems behind them or what else above and beyond hats are these 7 extra trap masters letting me get at?

I'd rather save the $119 but don't want the kids to be too disappointed by missing out on anything too big. That $119 could buy the 2 adventure and 2 action packs instead which I suspect is a better investment as far as content goes.

It's getting harder every year to justify the cost for these things.

Canadian prices

Starter pack: $85 ($45 on Black Friday)
Trap masters X7: $119 ($77 on black friday except there's not even one of each element at target where the sale is yet)
Adventure/action packs (assuming all are 30): $120 ($25 for the first two adventure packs on Black Friday)
Minimum traps (6 more plus Kaos): $42 if bought in two 3 packs ($17) plus one kaos trap ($8). (No Black Friday sales here yet).

I'm assuming a light trap and dark trap comes with the action packs (I think I read that somewhere). That's $366 just to access all the content not including the many additional figures. Even if I'm patient for sales they are few and far between in Canada and it seems like the cost of entry gets higher every year.

Also I dislike what the trap masters appear to bring to the table. At least the swappers had a bunch of swap challenges that they provided access to. This trap team elemental gating just feels like lazy design.

No problem!

The Traptanium Elemental Gates only idea is indeed a bad move, most likely pushed by Activision, rather than TfB, as people was complaining about "not having a reason to buy other Trap Masters".

However, there are at least 2 Soul Gems inside Traptanium Gate locked areas:

Reveal Spoiler

one is Blackout's (the Dark Core Skylander) and the other is Spotlight's (the Light one).

There may be others, but I don't remember as of now.

Regarding the Trap Masters, some of them are really great characters to play as, like Lob-Star, Krypt King and Gusto, in my opinion.
They shouldn't cost that much, but are definitely good Skylanders.

Thanks for the replies. Any idea what element Trap Masters I need to unlock those 2 Soul gems mentioned. Maybe I will start by picking up a couple Trap Masters while they are on sale this friday and it would be nice to get the ones to open these soul gems up.

Do the Skylanders that need these soul gems come in the action packs that are coming out later or are they a totally separate purchase on top of that?

Sorry for all the questions.

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Thanks for this information. I'm just trying to figure out if what is contained beyond the elemental gates is worth an extra $119 (cost of 7 additional trap masters). Any general outline on what is behind the elemental gates would be helpful. Are there soul gems behind them or what else above and beyond hats are these 7 extra trap masters letting me get at?

I'd rather save the $119 but don't want the kids to be too disappointed by missing out on anything too big. That $119 could buy the 2 adventure and 2 action packs instead which I suspect is a better investment as far as content goes.

It's getting harder every year to justify the cost for these things.

Canadian prices

Starter pack: $85 ($45 on Black Friday)
Trap masters X7: $119 ($77 on black friday except there's not even one of each element at target where the sale is yet)
Adventure/action packs (assuming all are 30): $120 ($25 for the first two adventure packs on Black Friday)
Minimum traps (6 more plus Kaos): $42 if bought in two 3 packs ($17) plus one kaos trap ($8). (No Black Friday sales here yet).

I'm assuming a light trap and dark trap comes with the action packs (I think I read that somewhere). That's $366 just to access all the content not including the many additional figures. Even if I'm patient for sales they are few and far between in Canada and it seems like the cost of entry gets higher every year.

Also I dislike what the trap masters appear to bring to the table. At least the swappers had a bunch of swap challenges that they provided access to. This trap team elemental gating just feels like lazy design.

No problem!

The Traptanium Elemental Gates only idea is indeed a bad move, most likely pushed by Activision, rather than TfB, as people was complaining about "not having a reason to buy other Trap Masters".

However, there are at least 2 Soul Gems inside Traptanium Gate locked areas:

Reveal Spoiler

one is Blackout's (the Dark Core Skylander) and the other is Spotlight's (the Light one).

There may be others, but I don't remember as of now.

Regarding the Trap Masters, some of them are really great characters to play as, like Lob-Star, Krypt King and Gusto, in my opinion.
They shouldn't cost that much, but are definitely good Skylanders.

Thanks for the replies. Any idea what element Trap Masters I need to unlock those 2 Soul gems mentioned. Maybe I will start by picking up a couple Trap Masters while they are on sale this friday and it would be nice to get the ones to open these soul gems up.

Do the Skylanders that need these soul gems come in the action packs that are coming out later or are they a totally separate purchase on top of that?

Sorry for all the questions.

No problem, really, but...

We currently don't know if the two Trap Masters needed to open those Gates (the Mystery Element ones), and the two Cores to whom those Soul Gems belong (again the Mystery Element ones) will come in the Action Packs, or if they will be available in singles.

We do know that one Core is also coming with a Triple Pack.

We speculate they will come inside the Packs, so that we'll be able to immediately access the Mystery Elemental Traptanium Gates, but we still don't know for sure.

However, I will write the two Elements and their characters in a spoiler below, since they are supposed to be secret. If you want to read it, just tap the "show spoiler" button:



Hope I have answered all your questions, if you have more, feel free to ask!