Hoppers - i can't catch the little buggers!!

[doctoxic]

Hi all

Loving the game so far but am stumped on how to catch hoppers.

ANy tips greatly appreciated - they don't seem to ever get stuck in the holes as the wiki says and they don't stay in one place long enough to net or box them

cheers all

[Greep]

Hey, you need to press enter to manually enter combat, then throw the net from a utility slot

Additionally, if you have no throwing skill but do have crossbows skill, you might want to tranquilize them first, they have pretty insane evasion if you have 0 throwing.

[doctoxic]

thanks guys, it didn't occur to me manually start combat - will give it a go

cheers

[montarakid]

That's it.  Stand there until a hopper comes up next to you.  Hit <enter> before he moves away. Even with my zero throwing skill I dropped a net on it and then used a box to capture him. Got 4-in-a-row that way and mission accomplished.  Easy when you know how.
LOL

[TΛPETRVE]

Entering turn-based mode is generally a rather powerful exploit in this game. It can also be used to run past roaming enemies in stealth mode more easily, because you won't risk bumping into them, and you can cover more ground before they detect you.