Each stage in Craftlings features a unique challenge, and these challenges continue to get more difficult, especially in the frost biome. The Trapped stage features a drill. The Craftlings have to deliver certain resources to this drill to repair it fully. However, you’ll have to start without any resources at all. For more information on the game, check out its official Steam page here.
More than resource management, the Trapped stage tests your creativity and problem-solving skills. However, once you’re able to get a decent start, the rest of the stage is much easier than what you’ve faced in the previous stages.
Placing The Town Hall
As the stage begins, your Craftlings will drop on a platform in midair. You’ll have to manually stop them from falling from each side, especially if they’re carrying a resource.
Place a Town Hall right here. Use the axes in your inventory to upgrade it to Level 2. Now, you need gold. You can click on the barrels in the sea to get at least 6 gold coins.

Once you’ve got enough, you can create a ladder to send all your Craftlings down. Use that remaining gold coin to purchase a stopper and place it before the skeleton to the left.
You can set up the remaining buildings, including a Mining Shed and a Market. Sell wood and stone to start producing gold at the Market.

Expanding Your Base
The drill requires wine, hammers, and iron ore to be repaired. You’ll have to upgrade your Town Hall to Level 5 to unlock the Tavern to produce wine.
Start by setting a Lumber Mill and a Sapling Farm. You can also build a Training Spot to produce pitchforks. Once you’ve got the pitchforks, you’ll be able to fight against the nearby skeletons.

You can carry their bones to the market and sell them to become financially stable in the area. You can then focus on crafting planks and then switch your focus to iron production.

Producing Iron And Wine
You’ll have to defeat the nearby skeletons to increase the available space. Once you’ve expanded, you can place a Wheat Farm on the other end.
Make sure the rest of the relevant buildings, such as the Chicken Coop and the Iron Mine itself, are closer to the drill on the right.

After you’re successfully producing iron, upgrade your base to unlock the Tavern. Place the Tavern and a few vegetable beds.
You’ll need to deliver a total of 10 batches of these items to complete the repair process of the drill station.

Repairing The Drill
You still have to produce hammers. You can build a Kitchen and a Worker’s Outpost to periodically produce hammers.
Once you’re producing the wine, iron, and hammers, all you have to do is sit back and wait. Once the repair process reaches 100%, the stage will be completed.

This concludes our walkthrough for the Trapped stage in Craftligns. For more walkthroughs, please visit the game’s hub here.
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