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Ancient Fuelweaver
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“Why'd it have to be so big?”
–Wilson, when examining the Ancient Fuelweaver.
“It's just bones and shadow.”
–Willow, when examining the Ancient Fuelweaver.
“Scary man!”
–Wolfgang, when examining the Ancient Fuelweaver.
“Do you mourn, too?”
–Wendy, when examining the Ancient Fuelweaver.
“I WILL DESTROY YOU”
–WX-78, when examining the Ancient Fuelweaver.
“We could have learned much from each other.”
–Wickerbottom, when examining the Ancient Fuelweaver.
“That fuel stuff's gone to its head.”
–Woodie, when examining the Ancient Fuelweaver.
“The Atrium's power restored his mind.”
–Maxwell, when examining the Ancient Fuelweaver.
“Tis nö mindless beast!”
–Wigfrid, when examining the Ancient Fuelweaver.
“We'll defend ourselves if we have to.”
–Webber, when examining the Ancient Fuelweaver.
“This won't be an easy fight.”
–Warly, when examining the Ancient Fuelweaver.
“Aggh! Big Bone Roarer!”
–Wormwood, when examining the Ancient Fuelweaver.
“You got a bone to pick with me, bub? Ha!”
–Winona, when examining the Ancient Fuelweaver.
“Shall we dance, dearest demon?”
–Wortox, when examining the Ancient Fuelweaver.
“Glurp, i-it real!”
–Wurt, when examining the Ancient Fuelweaver.
“Maybe he knows something about the bug people that lived here!”
–Walter, when examining the Ancient Fuelweaver.
“This was a VERY bad idea.”
–Wanda, when examining the Ancient Fuelweaver.
The Ancient Fuelweaver is a Boss Monster exclusive to Don't Starve Together, introduced in A New Reign.
The Ancient Fuelweaver is spawned by inserting a Shadow Atrium into a fully completed Odd Skeleton in the Atrium near the Ancient Gateway socketed with the Ancient Key. Spawning him will instantly reduce the player's Sanity
by 40. When killed, the boss will drop 8 Fossils, 2-4 Nightmare Fuel, the Shadow Thurible, the Bone Helm, the Bone Armor, and a Rose.
Following his defeat, the Ancient Gateway will start to destabilize, consuming the Ancient Key and killing all nearby Shadow Creatures. After 4 minutes, the ruins regenerate.
The gate will have a recharge time of 20 days before being able to insert another Ancient Key. If the player leaves the fight, then he will decay, leaving behind 8 Fossils, 2-4 Nightmare Fuel, and a Shadow Atrium.
As the Ruins begin to regenerate, a Beckoning Hand, visually identical to a Shadow Hand, will appear in the Atrium arena until the regeneration is complete. Giving 5 Dreadstone to this hand will begin the Shadow Rift in the Caves.
Behavior
After spawning, the Ancient Fuelweaver will immediately start chasing and attacking the player. He confines any player that are too far away from him in a bone cage[Need Clarification]. In second phase, he will spawn multiple Woven Shadows that he will try to eat to regain health, and six Unseen Hands that give him a shield.
If a player telepoofs out of the Atrium's arena or gets killed, the Ancient Fuelweaver will pull the Ancient Key out of the Ancient Gateway and disassemble into the normal skeleton drops, while saying "Please".
The Ancient Fuelweaver has two phases:
Phase 1 (Health 16000-10000)
The Ancient Fuelweaver will use a melee attack on nearby player whilst periodically snaring targets similar to the Caves Reanimated Skeleton and spawning Fossil Spikes to attack enemies.
Phase 2 (Health 10000-0)
The Ancient Fuelweaver keeps its melee and snare attacks from Phase 1 and the following skills:
Dozens of Woven Shadows will be spawned from the Ancient Floor, each with only 1
. Woven Shadows will crawl to the Ancient Fuelweaver and each will heal him for 400 health when eaten. Woven Shadows are immune to Fire and are also immune to being Frozen. Woven Shadows can be destroyed quickly by things like Winona's Catapults, Abigail, the Weather Pain, the Bramble Husk's AoE damage, the Brightshade Staff, and more.
A Shadow Shield will be spawned by 6 Unseen Hands in a circle around the Ancient Gateway to protect the Ancient Fuelweaver, which blocks 100% of incoming damage. The Shadow Shield will be broken when all Unseen Hands are destroyed. The Unseen Hands have 1 health and can only be attacked by Insane players.
The Ancient Fuelweaver can Mind Control insane players for 3.5 seconds. This can be avoided by restoring Sanity quickly once the Shadow Creatures appear.[Verification Needed]
Fighting Strategy
Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill a Ancient Fuelweaver when playing with characters with a default damage modifier. The Weather Pain, Brightshade Staff, and Bee Mine are not included due to their random natures. This table does not take into account the damage bonus gained from characters with a lunar or shadow affinity. It also does not take into account the 40% damage bonus Wendy gets from attacking the same mob as Abigail, Wanda's damage bonus with Shadow weapons (except for the Alarming Clock, which does accurately reflect that bonus), or Wolfgang's damage multiplier when he isn't mighty.
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| Weapon | 
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 | 80 |
 ( ) | 113 (Old) 164 (Middle age) 197 (Young) 589 (Out of fuel) |
 ( ) | 142 (101  ) |
 ( ) | 150 (120  ) |
 | 214 (190  ) |
 | 214 |
 | 160 |
 | 178 (107 ) |
 | 295 - 1600 (258 - 1033 ) |
  | 236 |
 ( ) | 236 - 1177 |
 | 247 |
  | 267 |
 Note | 269 (180 ) |
  | 269 |
 ()Note | 269 |
 | 269 - 538 |
 () | 236 (201 ) |
 () | 201 |
      | 314 |
 | 314 (Melee on land) 210 (Melee on ocean) 189 (spell) |
 () | 314 (Direct hit) 471 (AoE) |
 | 370 (222 ) |
 () | 377 (216 ) |
  | 377 |
   ( ) | 189 (When thrown) |
 | 400 |
| 471 |
 () | 471 |
 () | 236 (When thrown) |
    | 589 |
 () | 295 (When thrown) |
 () | 628 (Direct hit) 942 (AoE) |
  () | 942 |
  () | 471 (When thrown) |
Quotes
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Battlecry
Player Battlecry
Summoning Woven Shadows
Summoning Unseen Hands
Turning off the Ancient Gateway
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Decaycry (from leaving the battle or spawning the skeleton via console)
Deathcry
Battlecry (If Ancient Gateway Fixed)
Player Battlecry (If Ancient Gateway Fixed)
Turning off the Ancient Gateway (If Ancient Gateway Fixed)
Deathcry (If Ancient Gateway Fixed)
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Tips
The difficulty of the Ancient Fuelweaver fight, as with most bosses, exponentially lowers with player count, and typically 4-5+ players will make the fight substantially easier. The tips below assume a player count of 1-3 players of around average skill, and as a result some suggested preparations may be overkill with more players or depending on individual player skill.
- The bone cage attack is arguably the most powerful attack in Ancient Fuelweaver's arsenal, as it denies ensnared players from dealing with other important factors in the fight. As such, making preparations to counter it can mean the difference between winning and losing the fight.
- The Lazy Explorer, Wanda's Backstep Watch, andWortox's Soul Hop can free the player from the cage. This can be crucial in preventing the player from taking too much damage from Fuelweaver while trapped and lets them more easily kill Woven Shadows before they are consumed.
- If the player is using Lazy Explorers, they should decide on whether it is better to use it or to wait until the bone cage expires. Using it every single time they become trapped will quickly exhaust it all of its charges. The sanity drain from using it should also be put into consideration.
- It is possible to dodge the bone cage attack by standing just inside the range where the Fuelweaver can begin the cast animation, then quickly stepping out of the ensnare range before it completes. This can be made much easier with speed boosts.
- The Lazy Explorer, Wanda's Backstep Watch, andWortox's Soul Hop can free the player from the cage. This can be crucial in preventing the player from taking too much damage from Fuelweaver while trapped and lets them more easily kill Woven Shadows before they are consumed.
- If allowed to reach Ancient Fuelweaver, Woven Shadows can completely reset any progress the players have made in mere seconds due to the extreme amount of HP they can provide the Fuelweaver.
- As they only have 1 HP, they can be easily killed with a Walking Cane/The Lazy Explorer, saving the durability of other weapons.
- Using a Weather Pain on Fuelweaver does not do much damage to him by itself, but will easily shred through any nearby Woven Shadows. This can save an otherwise dire situation where the number of woven shadows has become hard to control or players are trapped in bone cages.
- Fuelweaver can still be targeted by the Weather Pain when protected by his Unseen Hands.
- Due to its very limited amount of charges, bringing more than one Weather Pain (2-4) is suggested, as well as reserving them for aforementioned dire situations.
- Abigail is incredibly efficient at dealing with Woven Shadows.
- As Unseen Hands can only be attacked when sufficiently insane, this can be problematic when combined with the usual Shadow Creature attacks and the Fuelweaver's Mind Control ability when at low sanity.
- A Nightmare Amulet or two is recommended for this reason. Players still need to be mindful of taking it off before any undesired effects take place as well as to conserve durability, as it may be easy to forget to do so in the midst of the fight.
- Fuelweaver's -400 per min insanity aura only takes effect when a player stands very close to him, though it's still possible to hit him from a slightly further distance. This distance incurs a much lower sanity penalty (about -60 per min), making it much easier to fight him without as many sanity items.
- Conversely, when wearing a Bee Queen Crown, the player has to stand very close to the Fuelweaver to gain full sanity benefit.
- As always, mountains of sanity and healing items is recommended. Examples include Pierogis, Healing Salves, Bee Queen Crowns, Green/Blue Caps (both raw and cooked), Banana Shakes, and more.
- Bundling Wrap can be used to stockpile perishables and other items in bulk for the fight without needing to worry as much about spoilage or inventory space.
After defeating the Fuelweaver, the player gets access to a few new abilities:
- The Bone Helm can be used to farm Shadow Creatures as well as stay insane for prolonged periods of time without fear of attack.
- The forest Reanimated Skeleton can be used to quickly destroy and farm Trees and Marble Trees by luring it through forests with the Shadow Thurible.
- The Shadow Thurible can also be used in future Fuelweaver fights to prevent him from using the bone cage attack at all, by dropping it on the floor and keeping it fueled with Nightmare Fuel, making the fight considerably easier.
Trivia
- The quote 'Metheus' is used to find the Metheus Puzzles.
- The Ancient Fuelweaver has two boss themes, the original and one when Woven Shadows are being summoned.
- The Ancient Fuelweaver is confirmed to be male, both from a Rhymes With Play livestream and the description for A New Reign.[1]
- The Ancient Fuelweaver's quotes imply that he was a being from the Ancient Civilization.
Gallery
Reanimated Skeleton as seen in Stream Smash #017
Willow with the Forest Skeleton.
Ancient Fuelweaver.
Mind Control.
A Caves, Forest, and Ancient Fuelweaver Skeleton.
An Ancient Fuelweaver as it appears in the A New Reign trailer.
A hidden image of the Ancient Fuelweaver alongside the Ancient Gateway in the A New Reign trailer.
Concept art of the Reanimated Skeleton.
Concept art of the Reanimated Skeleton.
Concept art of the Reanimated Skeleton.
Concept art of the Forest Skeleton shown in Rhymes With Play #128.
Concept art of the Cave Skeleton shown in Rhymes With Play #128.
Concept art of the Ancient Fuelweaver skill.
Concept art of the Ancient Fuelweaver skill.
Concept art of the Ancient Fuelweaver skill.
A drawing of the Forest Skeleton's arm being stolen by Chester from Rhymes With Play #130.
An image posted by the developers of Wes and a Reanimated Skeleton.
A Reanimated Skeleton of the Caves variant as seen in a drawing from Art Stream # 12.
Unused early version of medium Reanimated skeleton spikes
Unused early version of short Reanimated skeleton spikes
Unused early version of tall Reanimated skeleton spikes
Chat icon for NPC
Ancient Fuelweaver, as seen in a drawing from Weekly Art Stream # 120.
Sounds
| The voice of a Reanimated Skeleton. | |
| The Ancient Fuelweaver's battle theme. | |
| The Ancient Fuelweaver's battle theme when the Woven Shadows appear. |
References
- ↑ A New Reign update on the forums: "New Ruins Content: Who is the Ancient Fuelweaver, and what does Charlie have in store for him?"
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