Antlion

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Antlion
	6000
	-40/min when fighting
	50, 75, 100 to player 100, 150, 200 to mobs
Attack Period	4
Attack Range	15
Walking Speed	Does not walk
Drops	x6-8, x4, x2-4, , (, ), for . (Traded for and ). for and (Traded for ). for , and (Traded for )
	"antlion"

“It wants something from me.”

–Wilson

“What do you want?!”

–Willow

“Scary monster is friend?”

–Wolfgang

“Do you know any riddles?”

–Wendy

“IT'S BIG FOR AN ORGANIC”

–WX-78

“Ah. You must be behind all the seismic activity.”

–Wickerbottom

“They grow'em big out here, eh?”

–Woodie

“Have you no pride?”

–Maxwell

“Tis the mighty liön!”

–Wigfrid

“You're fuzzy. We like that.”

–Webber

“I think it's friendly.”

–Warly

“Hello!”

–Wormwood

“How's the weather up there?”

–Winona

“You need only tell me what you desire.”

–Wortox

“What you want?”

–Wurt

“Hi!”

–Walter

“Oh botheration, I hope I remembered to bring a gift.”

–Wanda

The Antlion is a Mob exclusive to Don't Starve Together, introduced in A New Reign. It appears in the Desert biome during Summer Season. The players can either appease or kill it, otherwise, it creates sinkholes on the surface and causes cave-ins when a player goes inside the caves. The Antlion can be given a Thermal Stone at stage 1 to freeze her and start combat, or one at stages 4 or 5 to set her on fire and start combat. (If you want to use a hot thermal stone, you need to heat it by Antlion as it will loose heat instantly away from fire in summer, making this impractical)

Behavior

Antlion first spawns in Summer when there is no rain and the ground is dry. 33 minutes and 36 seconds (roughly four days) after it spawns it will disturb the players unless tribute is paid to delay it. When the attack is complete, Antlion's disturbance timer will be set to 80% of the previous calm duration.

If it rains while the Antlion is Alive, it will despawn, respawning later with a reset timer at 33 minutes 36 seconds when the rain stops.

Tribute

Players can contribute the following items to delay the Antlion's disturbance:

Days	Items
1/3
2/3
1
2
3
4

For example, if one gives the Antlion an Egg, it would delay its attacks for 160 seconds, or 1/3 day. Giving the Antlion 10 rocks will delay the disturbance timer by 3.3 days. One should keep in mind that its disturbance timer cannot exceed 6 days, so players may need to contribute a hefty amount of items to it at least twice throughout Summer in order to never be attacked, if players are going the appeasement route.

When the Antlion is given a trinket or an egg it will give a Desert Stone. If it is specifically given a Beach Toy it will give a blueprint for The Lazy Deserter as well as the Turf-Raiser Helm but no Desert Stone. If it receives a Red Crown, it will give blueprints for Brick Flooring, Gold Flooring and Humble Lamb Idol.

Summer Disturbances

When the timer is up, there will be 3 warnings to let the players know that Sinkholes or Cave-ins will start to spawn soon. Up to 2 players can be targeted by the Antlion in a single attack with between 2-5 sinkholes if on the surface or 6-10 boulders if in the Caves spawning around each of them.

Sinkholes

Sinkhole
	"antlion_sinkhole"

For Sinkholes leading to the Caves world, see Sinkhole.

“The ground is destabilizing!”

–Wilson, when announcing a sinkhole.

“The ground's cracking!”

–Willow, when announcing a sinkhole.

“Ground is crumble beneath might of Wolfgang!”

–Wolfgang, when announcing a sinkhole.

“The ground crumbles beneath me.”

–Wendy, when announcing a sinkhole.

“STRUCTUAL INTEGRITY COMPROMISED”

–WX-78, when announcing a sinkhole.

“The ground will soon give way.”

–Wickerbottom, when announcing a sinkhole.

“Pothole incoming.”

–Woodie, when announcing a sinkhole.

“My world is crumbling!”

–Maxwell, when announcing a sinkhole.

“The earth rebels against us!”

–Wigfrid, when announcing a sinkhole.

“The ground's giving way!”

–Webber, when announcing a sinkhole.

“Was that my stomach rumbling?”

–Warly, when announcing a sinkhole.

“Sinking!”

–Wormwood, when announcing a sinkhole.

“Earthquake! I think?”

–Winona, when announcing a sinkhole.

“Tremors and trembles!”

–Wortox, when announcing a sinkhole.

“Why ground shaking?!”

–Wurt, when announcing a sinkhole.

“Hang on, I'm sure my handbook says what to do in an earthquake!”

–Walter, when announcing a sinkhole.

“What is that horrible rumble?”

–Wanda, when announcing a sinkhole.

Sinkholes are craters that are created by the Antlion during summer when displeased. When they are created, they damage players and destroy Structures where they form. Once formed, new structures cannot be built on them and they'll slow down all players walking on them. Sinkholes cannot be removed by the player and will only begin to self-repair after 21-22 days since they were formed, taking 9-11 more days to fully repair. Players can prevent them from appearing by contributing items to the Antlion (listed below).

Characters also say different quotes depending on how long before the sinkholes happen.

Cave-ins

Cave-ins, similar to Sinkholes, happen in the Caves when the Antlion is displeased. Big boulders will drop on locations close to the players inside caves, damaging them if hit, destroying any Structures nearby and potentially blocking the way. Like Sinkholes, they can be prevented if the players occasionally give items to the Antlion. The boulders that drop on Cave-ins can be carried, much like Suspicious Marble, and can even be brought outside the caves. They can also be mined for rocks using a Pickaxe.

Items spawned by Antlion

Sand Castles and Sand spikes

Sand Spike
	25-100
	25/65/100/250
	"sandspike"

Sand Castle
	25-100
	25/65/100/250
	"sandblock"

The Sand Spikes and Sand Castle, in increasing sizes, has 25, 65, 100, 250 HP. They last for 6-7, 7-8, 8-10, 15-16 seconds. Any structures placed/built that are hit by Sand Castles or Sand Spikes will be destroyed. Sand Castles are a way of trapping you, and the Sand Spikes are a way of damaging you, dealing either 50, 75, or 100 damage on hit, increasing with the size of the Sand Spike. Mobs take double damage. The Sand Castles and Sand Spikes can be turned into decorative Glass Castles and Glass Spikes when set on fire.

Combat

The Antlion can be given a stage 1, 4 or 5 Thermal Stone to start combat. The Antlion will either freeze or smolder, and then attack the nearest player within 15 metres. The Antlion will then attempt to trap the player within Sand Castles (not to be confused with Sand Castles featured in the Shipwrecked DLC), and then repeatedly slam into the ground, causing Sand Spikes to jut out of the ground. The Antlion can heal 200 each time it eats rocks. The healing can be interrupted by attacking the Antlion.

If killed, the Antlion drops 4 Meat, 6–8 Desert Stones, Blueprints for the Lazy Deserter and Turf-Raiser Helm, 2–4 Rocks and varying amounts of Trinkets. The desert stone that is dropped may be insufficient until the following summer, and hence players may want to obtain a good amount of Desert Stones before killing the Antlion. Killing Antlion will ensure the summer will no longer have any disturbance from Antlion.

There are multiple strategies for killing Antlion. Any of them are best with 2 thermal stones (one for Antlion and one for you) and appropriate goggles (for vision and movement). Build a fridge or endothermic fire several tiles away to cool the stones before combat (too close and antlion will destroy them). Start with full health and sanity. Restorative food such as Surf 'n' Turf or Pierogi and any necessary light should complete your preparations.

Tanking

A single player should be able to tank Antlion with approximately 1.5 Marble Suits and 0.5 Thulecite Clubs by holding down attack and only occasionally maneuvering closer when pushed out of melee range by the sand spikes. Keep the attack as continuous as practical so that Antlion cannot heal (the club's tentacles help with this).

Alternatively, a player could light 29 gunpowders while Antlion is frozen to drop its health down below 200, drastically shortening the time it takes to kill it while still giving its loot.

Kiting

Players are likely to need Desert Goggles or Astroggles, paired with unrestrictive body armor such as a Log Suit or Thulecite Suit. Players can dodge the upcoming Sand Spike, using the sand circle as indicators for their locations. Players also can move preemptively since antlion would always target at least 1 attacker with sand spike. Players should move around to attack antlion from all angles to avoid a dense packing of spikes that will trap the players.

Trivia

• The Antlion was introduced in the Against the Grain update as a trader, while the ability to fight it was added in the Heart of the Ruins update.
• The Antlion's name is a pun on its appearance (Ant + Lion) and the fly-like insect, the Antlion.
• Wickerbottom and Maxwell's quote for the Desert Stone suggests that the Antlion might have come into contact with gems before, since its bezoars are impure Orange Gems.
• Maxwell's quote for the Antlion is a pun on the word pride, referencing the fact that a group of lions is called a pride.
• According to Wickerbottom, its scientific name is "Panthera auropunctata". This alludes to the combination of the scientific names of the two animals that make the Antlion; the genus of the lion "Panthera leo" and the specific epithet of the little fire ant "Wasmannia auropunctata".
• When the Antlion was first released, several characters referred to it as a female. These examination quotes were later changed to a gender-neutral "it".
  • However, Wigfrid, whose quotes for the Antlion were changed to be gender-neutral, refers to the Antlion as "her" when examining the Antlion Figure, which was added long after the quotes were changed.
    • Warly, who was introduced to Don't Starve Together after the quotes were changed, refers to the Antlion as "amie", the French word for a female friend, when paying tribute. However, it appears that Warly uses amie and its masculine counterpart ami interchangeably: Wolfgang and Wormwood are also referred to as amie by him.
• There's a value in the code that shows that the sinkholes could be repairable, but currently do not have any tool assigned to be able to fix them.
• The Antlion and Dragonfly spawn in different desert biomes. Antlion's desert contains the Oasis and limbed cacti, while Dragonfly's desert has spiky trees, hound mounds, and round cacti. Both have flintless boulders, spiky bushes, and buzzards however. Hound mounds CAN spawn in Antlion's desert if a special Set Piece generates.
• If Antlion is spawned using the Console in any Season other than Summer, it will disappear after being spawned.

Animations

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  Attack

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  Appear

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  Sleep

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  Taunt

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  Disappear

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  Death

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  Eating

Gallery

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  Antlion Sprites

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  Antlion Sprites

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  Wes standing next to the Antlion.

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  Several sinkholes caused by the Antlion's rage.

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  A dead Antlion.

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  The Antlion featured in the Against the Grain update poster.

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  The Antlion's teaser silhouette.

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  Wigfrid running from Sand Spikes while fighting the Antlion as seen in the A New Reign trailer.

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  WX-78 running from a Cave-in caused by the Antlion as seen in the A New Reign trailer.

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  An Antlion drawing from Art Stream # 2.

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  All variants of Cave-In Boulders.

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  Don't Starve Newhome Antlion teaser

Sounds

The Antlion's battle theme.