Bat Bat/DST

Don't Starve

DST

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

–Wilson

“That thing's great for batting at enemies.”

–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

“Winged spear!”

–Wigfrid

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

–Webber

“A gruesome implement.”

–Warly

“Flying Claw Whacker”

–Wormwood

“Ha! Clever.”

–Winona

“Extra batty!”

–Wortox

“Whack! Whack!”

–Wurt

“Bat 'er up!”

–Walter

“The bat won't be needing it anymore, I might as well put it to good use.”

–Wanda

“Each attack drains 6.8 Health from living targets.

If the user is not at full health, it also drains 3.4 Sanity.”

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

The Bat Bat 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.

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

Skins

Main article: Belongings

• The Woven - Elegant Bat Scythe skin was introduced during the official Hallowed Nights event in 2018.

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  Woven - Elegant
  Bat Scythe
  Reap some grim bodies with this bat scythe.
  See ingame
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  Woven - Elegant
  Fantasmical Bat
  Alas, we may never know what wondrous creature this wing might have once belonged to.
  See ingame

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 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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