The X noticed you and ran away! (Island Sanctuary)

[Vahlnir]

I'm going with the idea that even if they're not necessarily required (they do help with being able to keep your supplies up), this sort of thing doesn't seem to go along with the "laid-back and relaxed" idea that Island Sanctuary is supposed to espouse.

Yeah, some of its design is definitely backwards in that regard.

[Antonio_Xul]

After failing to capture Goobbue & Twinklefleece for the past couple of days, I tried something different to see if it would work. I went in as Ninja and tried Hide to stay invincible to capture them and it worked! It could be coincidence, but I got both of them back to back this way after only a few throws. I’m not level 10 yet, so I couldn’t go for Paissa yet, but once I do, I’m going to try again and see if it works again. He’s my last one.

[Vahlnir]

After failing to capture Goobbue & Twinklefleece for the past couple of days, I tried something different to see if it would work. I went in as Ninja and tried Hide to stay invincible to capture them and it worked! It could be coincidence, but I got both of them back to back this way after only a few throws. I’m not level 10 yet, so I couldn’t go for Paissa yet, but once I do, I’m going to try again and see if it works again. He’s my last one.

You definitely got lucky. I managed to catch Twinklefleece on my first swing a few days ago. After fumbling the timers multiple times with my goobbue, I got that one today after I want to say 4-5 swings. That Grand Buffalo continues to elude me though, and I haven't even seen the gator yet myself. But I'll get them. It's all mostly RNG. Just gotta stay behind them.

[Ravor]

They should make a master trapper with 100% guaranteed capture rate, they could make it be bought with island currency or crafting or something

[Deveryn]

They should make a master trapper with 100% guaranteed capture rate, they could make it be bought with island currency or crafting or something

That seems excessive for a cosmetic piece.

[Duskane]

just rng
ive caught 2 gators
used 45 nets on beachcomb to catch it on 4 the next attempt
caught paissa first attempt
justbtwinklefleece still missing

[Midareyukki]

It's just RNG at play unfortunately. RNG stacked atop additional RNG.

Somehow an alligator evaded my capture attempt four times in a row and then on the fifth I caught him.

....so... Like a pokéball...

[Kiba_Whitewolf]

Over 120 attempts on Paissa, Gator, and Twinkle with nothing to show for it. This waste of resources and time is beyond frustrating at this point.

[Jojoya]

Over 120 attempts on Paissa, Gator, and Twinkle with nothing to show for it. This waste of resources and time is beyond frustrating at this point.

That does seem like really bad RNG.

What are you doing when you try to catch them? I've been switching to walk, going behind them so I'm just barely outside of their hitbox (if I'm in it, they almost always sense my presence and despawn), waiting 8-10 seconds then throwing the restraint. It's not always successful first attempt but I've hadn't had more than 20 attempts on any single creature (still missing Twinklefleece, Gold Back and the alligator).

[Kiba_Whitewolf]

I'm not doing any of the superstitious nonsense that people seem to think being behind has any impact. I just throw until they run inevitably run away. The very first time I saw the gator I used over 20 balls before it ran away.