Bearger

Don't Starve

DST

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Bearger
	3000
	100 to players (75 ) 200 to mobs
Attack Period	3
Attack Range	5
Walking Speed	3 (casual) 6 (aggressive)
Running Speed	10
	Meat Veggie Generic
	-400/min (in combat) (-200/min ) (-300/min ) (-360/min ) (-440/min ) -100/min (otherwise) (-50/min ) (-75/min ) (-90/min ) (-110/min )
Drops	x8, for
Special Ability	AoE attacks. Eats food from containers and on the ground.
	"bearger"

“What a bear of a badger.”

–Wilson

“Whoa! Niiiice bear...”

–Willow

“Wolfgang not want to fight big bear.”

–Wolfgang

“It could crush me in one blow. I wish it would.”

–Wendy

“HIBERNATION IMMINENT”

–WX-78

“It's the Caniformia suborder... Beyond that, I cannot say.”

–Wickerbottom

“That's a big bear!”

–Woodie

“Take anything you want.”

–Maxwell

“Fascinating! What do you suppose it's so angry about?”

–Wagstaff

“Beast ör bear-serker?”

–Wigfrid

“Run for the hills!”

–Webber

“Things don't have to get hairy, dude.”

–Walani

“Oh, I don't like you one bit!”

–Warly

“Back ye badgerin' devil!”

–Woodlegs

“EXIT WILBA, PURSUED BY BEARGER”

–Wilba

“Mad Molter”

–Wormwood

“If I was looking for trouble, I just found it.”

–Wheeler

“Bring it on, ya big lug!”

–Winona

“Do not eat me, oh please, oh please!”

–Wortox

“Run away!!”

–Wurt

“Look at those razor sharp claws! I need to get a closer view!”

–Walter

“All the worst parts of a bear and a badger rolled into one.”

–Wanda

Bearger is one of the Giants introduced in the Reign of Giants DLC, representing the season of Autumn. If the player starts in Autumn, Bearger will not spawn in the first season and will instead appear in the following year.

When killed, Bearger will drop 8 Meat and 1 Thick Fur, which can be used to craft the Hibearnation Vest and the Insulated Pack.

Behavior

General

Bearger appears after 1/4 of Autumn's days have passed, which, with default settings, is 5 days, so day 76 during the second year with default settings, while looking for Food to eat. Bearger is particularly attracted to Bee Boxes and will be satiated by eating 10 Honey, after which it will fall asleep. However, it will prioritize fighting the player over eating Honey when provoked.

Bearger will eat any Food left on the ground, including Mushrooms and Berries from their plants, and destroy Trees in its path as it moves about. If it happens upon a Chest (including Chester), it will rummage inside, tossing Items to the ground while eating any Food it finds. When there is no Food in the area, Bearger will passively follow the player. Food stats affect Bearger the same way it would the player, meaning that healing Food will heal it for the same amount of Health while damaging Foods such as Monster Meat will also lower its Health.

While Bearger's range of aggression is small, approaching it directly will cause it to increase its movement speed and attack the player. Additionally, it will be upset and issue a warning growl if the player picks up Food that it had intended to eat. The second time Food is taken, it will issue another warning growl. Stealing its Food a third time will incite Bearger to attack.

Attacks

Attack	Description
Attack animation Attack range	Bearger will use a swipe attack at close range, dealing damage and knocking the weapon out of the player's hand. It will use this attack up to three consecutive times before using its slam attack.
Attack animation Attack range	Once Bearger has used 3 swipes, it will slam the ground with its front paws, creating a shockwave that will demolish Structures, fell Trees, and uproot Plants in a large area as well as knock the player's weapon from their hand. This attack only does damage within Bearger's melee range, despite damaging objects at a larger distance.
	If the player runs away from Bearger when it is about to do its slam attack, it will charge after the player, destroying objects in its path. When it either catches up to the player or has been running for long enough, it will use its slam attack.

Strategy

General Melee

• The player can attack Bearger 3-4 times before having to dodge, except after it slams the ground, as a swipe attack follows immediately after. Using Roads or other means of speed increase for kiting may allow for a third hit if timed correctly.
• Equipping at least a Log Suit or Football Helmet is recommended
• Weapons may be knocked into the water when fighting Bearger near an ocean.
• Fighting Bearger in melee range could drain a player's sanity in a few minutes. This creates an additional hazard, especially when fighting after dusk, as Shadow Creatures may also attack.

Burst Damage

One of the fastest ways to deal with any boss in Don't Starve is a combination of immobilization and either the Old Bell or 14 Gunpowder. First, the player must immobilize Bearger by either freezing it with an Ice Staff or sedating it with Sleep Darts or a Pan Flute. A stack of 10 Honey may also be used to sedate Bearger, however it may need to be immobilized more than once, depending on how quickly the following tactics are used:

1. While frozen or asleep, a stack of 14 Gunpowder can be placed and lit directly beside Bearger. The 14 Gunpowder will bring Bearger down to 200 Health. The player can then finish the fight with 2 Blow Darts or 5-7 strikes with a Spear. Using more Gunpowder will kill Bearger while it is on fire and potentially burn any dropped loot.
2. The Old Bell can defeat Bearger in three uses. Once immobilized, the player should ring the bell while standing directly beside Bearger, then run away. The stomping noises made by Bigfoot as it approaches will wake Bearger, requiring it to be sedated again if Honey, Sleep Darts, or a Pan Flute were used. The stomping will not unfreeze Bearger, however it may need to be re-frozen before Bigfoot's attack.

Poisoning

Unlike other bosses, Bearger will eat any Food it sees and is affected by poisonous Foods (such as Red Mushrooms or Monster Meat). The player can lead Bearger to poisonous Foods or drop poisonous Foods on the ground and allow Bearger to damage itself without the player needing to attack.

One such method involves leading the Bearger into a Marsh biome. Any Tentacles nearby will attack Bearger and be quickly defeated by Bearger's high damage, dropping a considerable amount of Monster Meat for Bearger to consume. Each piece of Monster Meat will deal 20 damage. Due to Bearger's high Health, relying on Monster Meat alone is not a very efficient method, and combination of different poisonous Foods and/or damage from hostile Mobs will be quicker.

Other

• Another way to kill Bearger is to lure it into a forest and have it destroy trees, until one or more Treeguards spawn. Since Treeguards move slowly, the player may need to lead Bearger into a position where the Treeguards can attack.
• When lit on fire using a Fire Staff or a Fire Dart, Bearger will panic and not attack the player. Lighting it several times can be a good way to deal large amounts of damage from a distance, though surrounding Items or Structures may also be ignited in the process.
• Spiders are not automatically hostile to Bearger, nor is Bearger automatically hostile to Spiders or Spider Dens. The player must manually incite either party in order to start a fight between them. This means that if the Bearger is killed near a Spider Den, there may still be Spiders around after the battle. If the player wants any meat dropped by a Bearger, they should retrieve the Bearger's loot before a Spider can reach it.

Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill a Bearger when playing with characters with a default damage modifier. The Weather Pain is not included due to the random nature of its projectile.

Number of Hits

Item
	3	0	0
	9	0	0
	12	0	0
	15 - 20	0 - 0	0 - 0
	15	0	0
	≥19	≥0	≥0
	19 as	0 as	0 as
	30	0	0
	30 - 59	0 - 0	0 - 0
	30	0	0
	34 (20 )	0 (0 )	0 (0 )
	45	0	0
	45	0	0
	50	0	0
	89, 67 or 50	0, 0 or 0	0, 0 or 0
	51	0	0
	51 - 101	0 - 0	0 - 0
	56 - 111 -	0 - 0 -	0 - 0 -
	59	0	0
	60	0	0
	68	0	0
	70 (42 )	0 (0 )	0 (0 )
	71	0	0
	75	0	0
	89	0	0
	89 (30 )	0 (0 )	0 (0 )
	99	0	0
	101	0	0
	111	0	0
	148	0	0
	150	0	0
	177	0	0
	221	0	0
	706	0	0

Tips

• Bearger can follow players through wormholes, nullifying the ability to retreat as Bearger will be able to strike the player before they manage to get up.
• Bearger will periodically teleport near the player if it has not fallen asleep.
• When enraged, Bearger is able to take down nearby trees. The player can use this to their advantage by leading Bearger through trees and collecting the dropped Logs afterwards, though the player must have enough speed boost to avoid being hit.
• If the player chooses to farm Logs safely while keeping Bearger alive, one must lead it to Birchnut Trees instead of Evergreen Trees, as it will defeat Poison Birchnut Trees much easier than it would Treeguards. This method will also provide a steady source of Living Logs, Twigs, and Birchnuts.

Trivia

• Bearger and Moose/Goose share the position of mob with the highest amount of Health points in Reign of Giants.
• Bearger's Winter's Feast appearance in Don't Starve Together resembles the Yeti (also known as the Abominable Snowman), a mythical ape-like creature rumored to inhabit regions in the Himalayas.
• The name Bearger is a portmanteau of the words "Bear" and "Badger", as highlighted by Wilson's quote.
• Bearger's obsession with Food and its appearance in Autumn are both reflective of real life bears, who consume large amounts of food in the fall before hibernating in the winter.
  • Badgers, while they do not technically hibernate, also stock up on food in the fall and enter a state of torpor where they will sleep for around 29 hours to slow their metabolism and conserve energy.
  • Bearger's habit of rummaging through chests is also reflective of bears' tendency to break into trash cans and cars, among other things, in order to find food.
• Before the Host of Horrors update, Bearger's damage in DST was 200, not 175. Also, his attack range was 6, not 5. He also did not have an animation for taking damage. His hand attack also dealt damage in a radius around the boss.

Gallery

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  Bearger Sprites

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  Bearger Sprites

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  Bearger in the first teaser trailer.

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  Bearger frozen.

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  Bearger's size compared to Wilson.

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  A Bearger wandering around.

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  Bearger on all fours, side view.

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  Bearger eating meat off the ground.

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  A recently killed Bearger.

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  Bearger sleeping.

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  Bearger's ground-pound attack.

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  Bearger Tree farming.

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  Bearger in the Don't Starve Together loading screen.

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  Bearger among the trees in the Autumn poster.

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  Bearger's appearance in the Winter's Feast event.

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  The Bearger as seen in a drawing from Art Stream # 24.

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  The Bearger as seen in a drawing from Art Stream # 60.

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  Bearger as seen in a poster announcing the release of Reign of Giants on the PS4.

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  Bearger as seen in a poster announcing the release of Don't Starve: Giant Edition on the Xbox One.

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  Bearger as seen in a poster announcing the arrival of Reign of Giants content in Don't Starve Together.

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  In "BEARserker!" achivment

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  In DST Loading Screen

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  In DST Loading Screen

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  On Steam Community Center Background