Trappers (Far Harbor)

The Trappers are a hostile faction operating on the Island in 2287.

Background
The trappers came to the Island in search of rare animal skins and pelts. While some still hunt the rare animals, most have left the island or have been driven insane by the fog, as shown by the cannibal trappers in The Arrival who ate the synth trying to find his way to Acadia.

Gameplay attributes
Trappers attack on sight, protecting themselves with trapper armor or coastal armor, supplemented by leather armor and metal armor pieces. For offense they utilize standard raider gear, ranging from pipe guns, combat rifles, lever-action rifles and harpoon guns. They use melee weapons such as meat hooks or pole hooks. 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.

Bases
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 levelled trappers.

Trapper
The weakest of their members, basic trappers still should not be underestimated. They may be less resilient than their stronger comrades, but they often compensate their relative fragility with surprisingly powerful weapons like lever-action rifles and harpoon guns. If that is the case, they should be targeted first since they are the easiest to kill but can inflict great amounts of damage when left alone for too long.

Scrounging trapper
A slightly tougher trapper variant.

Stalking trapper
An even stronger trapper variant.

Grim trapper
A significantly more powerful trapper variant.

Relentless trapper
The second strongest trapper variant.

Ruthless trapper
The most experienced and, as the title suggests, most 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 which they use to deadly effect. Unless there are equally heavily armed but less resilient enemies around, dispatching them quickly before they can bring their superior equipment to bear should be everyone's first priority. 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.

Appearances
Trappers appear only in the Fallout 4 add-on Far Harbor.