Mr. Skits(Mrスキット)は小さな蛇のような怪物です。遠くからこちらを監視します。近づくと逃げます。彼らは無害です。彼らを攻撃することはできません。Mrスキットは点滅することがありますが、そのあとすぐ消えます。彼はプレイヤーの正気度が82.5%を下回ったときのみ出現します。彼の目的はあなたを怖がらせることだけです。
Shadow Creatures are the only mobs able to freely travel through walls and the barrier that separates land from ocean. They can only do this while not aggressive. When Sanity drops below 15%, they will manifest into a physical form, unable to perform such feats.
Attacking a Crawling Horror or Terrorbeak will cause other Shadow Creatures of those types to become "real", regardless of Sanity.
A group of Mr. Skitts will briefly appear when Maxwell summons a puppet using his Codex Umbra.
Mr. Skitts was shown as the "author" of the Lost Fragment mod.
It is possible for a lightning strike to extinguish the Night Hand just as it spawns.
In Don't Starve: Reign of Giants, if one follows a Shadow Watcher's body away from a fire while wearing Moggles on a full moon, it's possible to see it despawn abruptly.
Ghost Characters in Don't Starve Together can assist living players at night because they can still chase away Night Hands.
Although Shadow Creatures cannot be examined, there are unused examination quotes for Swimming Horrors and Mr. Skittish in the game files.
The smoke emitted by the Shadow Thurible and Tragic torch skin in DST sometimes takes the shape of a crawling horror, a terrorbeak, or a shadow hand.
Wavey Jones and Terrorclaw were introduced in the Troubled Waters update.
There is a Shadow Watcher in the source code of the fourth and the sixth puzzles. This is the only time a Shadow Watcher is pictured with an end to its body, which resembles that of a Ghost.
The fifth puzzle includes what appears to be a journal page documenting an encounter with a Terrorbeak, presumably by Maxwell conducting rituals with the Codex Umbra.
A Terrorbeak, a Crawling Horror, and a Night Hand appear in the source code of the eighth puzzle.
Mr. Skitts and a Terrorbeak appear briefly in an intermission animation in the eighth puzzle.
In the animation found in the eighth puzzle, The Amazing Maxwell - The Final Act, a Shadow Watcher appears on screen just before Maxwell and Charlie are grabbed by the Codex Umbra.
A Shadow Watcher also appears in one of the final images of the eighth puzzle where it can be seen in the ruined apartment that belonged to Maxwell.
Several Shadow Creatures appear in the Cyclum Puzzles comic.
An image of a Terrorbeak eating a small figure can be spotted on a news article in the animated short Next of Kin. The headline reads "Do Evil Shadow Monster Lurk Among Us?"
A Terrorbeak torments young Willow in From the Ashes. It is shown to be repelled by Bernie.
Cultural References
Shadow Creatures are similar to the monsters in Lovecraftian literature; otherworldly beings that are able to move through dimensions and cause humans to go insane. Their names are also allusions to Lovecraftian stories such as The Lurking Fear and The Crawling Chaos.
Sleep paralysis victims often report seeing deformed shadowy creatures creeping around the room. Sleep paralysis is also commonly associated with lucid dreaming. The description for the Dark Sword is "lucid dreaming damage."
The Swimming Horror's appearance closely resembles the general appearance for the Loch Ness Monster, a Scottish cryptid.
Wavey Jones' name is a reference to the phrase Davy Jones' Locker, which is a common metaphor for drowning among sailors.
Bugs
A Shadow Watcher will disappear a few seconds after day breaks.
The music associated with a Night Hand will continue to play indefinitely. This can be resolved by save/quitting, then reloading the game.
A Night Hand will still extinguish a fire even after the player has triggered its retreating animation by stepping on it.
A Terrorbeak's body can disappear, with only the beak and legs visible.
All the Eyes that appear in the dark may only have one eye.
Eyes may appear in a lit area.
When a Shadow Watcher appears on snow or a light background, it may be seen as just an outline.
A Night Hand may appear even when Sanity is more than half full.
A Night Hand may appear in the Ocean.
In the Shipwrecked DLC, Crawling Horrors and Terrorbeaks can teleport to Ocean when hit, causing them to get stuck on the shore line, unable to get back to land.
In Don't Starve Together, if a player walks away and comes back to their camp while a night hand is reaching for it, sometimes it will stay in place until it is either chased by the player or it is destroyed by a light source.
Gallery
Mr. Skitts flying into an Obelisk right before it changes.
Official artwork of a Crawling Horror and Terrorbeak attacking Wilson.
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A Crawling Horror, standing up tall and showing its teeth after being aggroed by the player.
Two Night Hands approaching a Fire Pit.
Shadow Watcher watching the player.
A Night Hand can be on water, making it difficult for people who have a Campfire or Fire Pit on a coast.
Eyes may appear in a lit area.
A glitched Terrorbeak.
A Shadow Watcher while the player has high sanity.
A Shadow Watcher seen while the player is wearing the Moggles.