Bat Bat

Don't Starve

DST

“I bet I could fly if I held two of these.”

–Wilson

“I can hit my enemies with it.”

–Willow

“This club makes me feel funny.”

–Wolfgang

“An enchanted weapon. How exciting!”

–Wendy

“AHHAHA! FREE POWER!”

–WX-78

“Interesting. This weapon appears to be alive.”

–Wickerbottom

“A mouse with wings?”

–Woodie

“Violence has never felt better.”

–Maxwell

“Amazing! It converts psychic energy into kinetic energy.”

–Wagstaff

“Wing spear!”

–Wigfrid

“Flap that bat like you were born to do it.”

–Webber

“Maybe I could bat some bats with this.”

–Walani

“A gruesome implement.”

–Warly

“I'd let this fly at me enemies.”

–Woodlegs

“WILBA CAN'ST SMASHETH WITH IT”

–Wilba

“Flying Claw Whacker”

–Wormwood

“Aw. I was hoping it would let me fly.”

–Wheeler

“Ha! Clever.”

–Winona

“Extra batty!”

–Wortox

“Whack! Whack!”

–Wurt

“Bat 'er up!”

–Walter

“I can take a bit of my enemy's lifespan and add it to my own.”

–Wanda

The Bat Bat is a Magical Melee Weapon in Don't Starve. It deals 42.5 damage per hit and has 75 uses. Each hit leeches 6.8 from non-wall targets, but drains 3.4 from the player if they are not at full health.

The Bat Bat requires a Shadow Manipulator to prototype and 3 Batilisk Wings, 2 Living Logs and 1 Purple Gem to craft.

Bat Bats may also be found in Ornate Chests, which appear in the Ruins.

Tips

• The Bat Bat's leeching ability makes it ideal for fighting dangerous enemies that cannot be easily outrun, like numerous Hounds or giants (especially Dragonfly), while wearing armor; there may be no opportunity to stop and use a healing item, but striking provides the much-needed quick healing.
• The Bat Bat is immensely useful for Wormwood, since it allows him to easily regain the health he cannot receive from healing foods. He is also able to easily obtain the living logs needed.
• Batilisk Wings needed for Bat Bats can be farmed by setting up Rabbit Hutches near an open Sinkhole. The Bunnymen will come out at night and quickly kill any spawning Batilisks. This will also generate Guano and Monster meat as a byproduct.
• A quick way to regain health is to attack Chester, Packim Baggims, Ro Bin, or Hutch with a Bat Bat, since their health regenerates quickly.
• Maxwell's Sanity boost will make up for the Sanity lost from each hit when using this weapon. The health bonus is also welcome, since he has low max health.
• This weapon will heal a total of 510 HP while draining 255 Sanity in its lifetime. This is equal to 17 Honey Poultices, 25.5 Healing salves, or 12.75 Pierogi or Fishsticks. In the absence of Jellybeans, the Bat Bat offers potent healing unaffected by spoilage.
• Because of its low damage output, frail durability and healing utility, it is inadvisable to use this item as any other weapon. Rather, it is better off as a "sidearm" that one can swap to after losing health. Furthermore, it will drain sanity even if the user's health is full.
• Bat Bats spawned in the ruins can provide helpful healing, especially if the player is underprepared or has intentionally come early.
• Despite Wanda's quote for the Bat Bat, fighting with it does not restore Age.

Trivia

• The Bat Bat was introduced in the It's Not a Rock! update.
• The Bat Bat was the second weaponized food item added to game, after the Ham Bat.

Gallery

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  Bat Bat on the ground and wielded by Wilson.
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  Bat bat in Terraria
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  Bat Bat Equipped

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