Snare

This article is about the spell. For the Hunter item, see bird snare.

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Snare
Release								29 March 2004 (Update)
Members								Yes
Spellbook								Standard
Daemonheim								Yes
Type								Combat
Level								50
Experience								60
Runes								2
Element								Air
Hex								Yes
Base damage								None
Cooldown								3 ticks (1.8s)
Description
Prevents creatures from moving for 18 seconds, or players for 9 seconds.
Animation
Sound effect
Advanced data
Struct ID								14766
Sort								310
Links								Struct14766

Snare is a combat spell which prevents the target from moving. It currently lasts for 9 seconds against players and 18 seconds against monsters.

It is possible to cast Snare on a target that is already affected. However, this will not refresh the effect and does not grant experience, resulting in a total waste of runes.

This spell is currently for members only, while free-to-play players can still use Bind.

A magic weapon is not required to cast this spell.

Cost

Input	Cost
2	762
Staves
1.8	685.8

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Update history

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• update 2 March 2026 (Update):
  • Cooldown was changed from 4 ticks to 3 ticks.

• patch 24 July 2017 (Update):
  • Players now receive a message for successfully binding an opponent.

• patch 16 January 2017 (Update):
  • The combat targeting circle no longer appears when casting Bind, Snare or Entangle on implings.

• patch 11 January 2016 (Update):
  • NPCs affected by snare, bind or entangle will now have the correct boosted damage modifier applied when using abilities that rely on stuns.

• patch 5 October 2015 (Update):
  • The spell descriptions of the durations of Bind, Snare and Entangle have been updated to match the ability.

• patch 20 April 2015 (Update):
  • Binding a target in PvP will now correctly bind them at their current location, instead of on arrival at their last chosen destination.

• patch 16 March 2015 (Update):
  • Entangle spells will no longer ignore stun immunity.

• patch 28 November 2012 (Update):
  • Player are now able to now cast Bind, Snare and Entangle on Implings in Puro Puro by first targeting them.

• update 20 November 2012 (Update):
  • Rune cost changed from 4 water runes, 4 earth runes, and 3 nature rune to 2 nature rune.

• patch 14 December 2010 (Update):
  • The Bind, Snare and Entangle spells will once again work on implings.

• patch 8 February 2010 (Update):
  • The Snare and Entangle spells will correctly tell you that they're members-only.

• update 29 March 2004 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• The animation of Snare is almost identical to that of Bind other than that the latter's "vine" has a greyer colour.
• Prior to the Evolution of Combat, Snare was able to deal damage, and required not only nature runes but also water and earth runes.