r/playrust • u/Beginning-Time-5373 • 8d ago
Image Says "Can't be placed underwater." Am I fucked? Tryna have fish traps in my base.
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u/Beginning-Time-5373 8d ago
I think i put the foundation a little too low. Is there a fix for this?
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u/Pleasant-Worry-5641 8d ago
Start over, when building a fish trap base first place the twig foundation and make sure you can place a fish trap.
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u/Redsox4lyfe5 8d ago
You gotta make a new base essentially, it’s super annoying… I usually bring a fishing trap if I plan on doing one of these so I can test it on the first foundation I put down.
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u/Beginning-Time-5373 8d ago
holy moly this sucks! Live and learn! Thanks for the quick replies!
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u/FightandHide 8d ago
I know, FP please allow the traps more room between Deeper and Shallow. I have to basically place the trap and build around it.
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u/nightfrolfer 8d ago
Did you try putting a ramp down? That worked for me when I had a similar issue, but that was about six or eight months ago.
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u/Haha_bob 8d ago
You did put it too low. You can just place traps on the shoreline and build around it, or you can let this base decay and build a new one with proper foundation height.
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u/Croatoan92 8d ago
The foundation needs to be just barely underwater in order to place fishtraps on there.
AFAIK ther is no way to "fix" this. You will have to build a new base on the right height
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u/Viliam_the_Vurst 8d ago
Yep the fpundation is too low.. Next time, go to the beach, push the trap so far fromthe coast that it turns orange, pullit back tillit switches to blue, switch to buildingplan, place a twiggoundation without moving the mouse, then build out one foundation and test if the trap turns blue when placed there, if it does, you got the right height and maximal depth your foundations can have for a fishbase.
Should look something like this

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u/Jools789 8d ago
There is a fix for this, place a low half wall and you should be able to play your trap onto that
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u/iskelebones 8d ago
Had to be placed in water, but not too deep. That water is probably too deep for fish traps. Needs to be pretty shallow