Bernie

Exclusive to:

Bernie (inactive)
Renewable?	Yes
Resources
Spawns
	"bernie_inactive"

“It's all scorched.”

–Wilson, Examining Inactive Bernie

“My childhood buddy - Bernie!”

–Willow, Examining Inactive Bernie

“Is so cuddly!”

–Wolfgang, Examining Inactive Bernie

“He's had a rough life.”

–Wendy, Examining Inactive Bernie

“IT'S SO CUDDLY!”

–WX-78, Examining Inactive Bernie

“It's a teddy bear.”

–Wickerbottom, Examining Inactive Bernie

“Cute, isn't it 'Luce?”

–Woodie, Examining Inactive Bernie

“It makes me a little nostalgic.”

–Maxwell, Examining Inactive Bernie

“It's a stuffed bear.”

–Wigfrid, Examining Inactive Bernie

“A teddy bear.”

–Webber, Examining Inactive Bernie

“I've been told his name is "Bernie".”

–Warly, Examining Inactive Bernie

“Hello, Squishy Friend!”

–Wormwood, Examining Inactive Bernie

“This little guy's been well loved.”

–Winona, Examining Inactive Bernie

“Good sir, are you aware you've no soul?”

–Wortox, Examining Inactive Bernie

“No playing anymore?”

–Wurt, Examining Inactive Bernie

“He burnt himself out.”

–Walter, Examining Inactive Bernie

“It looks well-loved.”

–Wanda, Examining Inactive Bernie

“That teddy bear is moving around. Interesting.”

–Wilson, Examining Active Bernie

“Help me, Bernie!”

–Willow, Examining Active Bernie

“Is so brave!”

–Wolfgang, Examining Active Bernie

“He dances to forget the pain.”

–Wendy, Examining Active Bernie

“HANG IN THERE, BEAR!”

–WX-78, Examining Active Bernie

“That teddy bear seems to be animated somehow.”

–Wickerbottom, Examining Active Bernie

“I guess I should be used to weird stuff by now.”

–Woodie, Examining Active Bernie

“Just what am I looking at here?”

–Maxwell, Examining Active Bernie

“What a brave beast!”

–Wigfrid, Examining Active Bernie

“That teddy bear is moving!”

–Webber, Examining Active Bernie

“What a silly fellow.”

–Warly, Examining Active Bernie

“Yay! Squishy Friend can play!”

–Wormwood, Examining Active Bernie

“Good sir, are you aware you've no soul?”

–Wortox, Examining Active Bernie

“Wanna play with it!”

–Wurt, Examining Active Bernie

“Woah! Is your bear haunted? Cursed?”

–Walter, Examining Active Bernie

“How incredible that this isn't even the strangest thing I've seen.”

–Wanda, Examining Active Bernie

“Remind me not to get on Willow's bad side.”

–Wilson, Examining BERNIE!

“GET'EM BERNIE!!!”

–Willow, Examining BERNIE!

“Oh no! Wolfgang has shrunken!”

–Wolfgang, Examining BERNIE!

“Wow... What a big stuffy.”

–Wendy, Examining BERNIE!

“IT FIGHTS FOR MY MINION, AND THEREFORE FOR ME”

–WX-78, Examining BERNIE!

“As whimsical as it is befuddling.”

–Wickerbottom, Examining BERNIE!

“Hm. Yep. Just another day.”

–Woodie, Examining BERNIE!

“How truly unnerving.”

–Maxwell, Examining BERNIE!

“The beast hath been inbued with a fighting spirit!”

–Wigfrid, Examining BERNIE!

“It's creepy and cute at the same time!!”

–Webber, Examining BERNIE!

“Tres géant!”

–Warly, Examining BERNIE!

“Big Squishy Friend!”

–Wormwood, Examining BERNIE!

“That girl knows how to put on a show.”

–Winona, Examining BERNIE!

“It's grown to new heights to win all our fights!”

–Wortox, Examining BERNIE!

“Fun toy, flurp!”

–Wurt, Examining BERNIE!

“If you play with fire, you're gonna get Bernie'd. Heh...”

–Walter, Examining BERNIE!

“I could've sworn you were smaller...”

–Wanda, Examining BERNIE!

BERNIE!
	2000
	50 (37.5 )
Attack Period	2
Attack Range	3
Walking Speed	4.5
Running Speed	11
Special Ability	Taunts and attacks Mobs.
Drops
Spawns from
	"bernie_big"

Bernie (active)
	1000
Walking Speed	1
Special Ability	Distracts Shadow Creatures.
Drops
Spawns from
	"bernie_active"

Bernie (dead)
Renewable?	Yes
Resources
	Can't be spawned

Bernie (item)
"A familiar face in this mad world."
	×2 ×2 ×2 ( only)
Filters
Tier	Always available
	60 Insulation
	+2.00/min
	15 days
	Repaired By Sewing
	Does not stack items
Dropped by
	"bernie_inactive"

“A powerful friend when Willow's mind approaches insanity.”

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Bernie is an item/mob in Don't Starve Together, which can only be crafted by Willow. Bernie can be equipped to the hand slot to exclusively provide Willow 60 freezing insulation and 2 Sanity per minute. While equipped, Bernie will last 15 days.

When Willow is below 15% sanity, a Bernie within 8m will become BERNIE!, BERNIE! has 2,000 Health and deals 50 damage per hit. BERNIE! can taunt non-boss enemies within 16m to draw aggro, and is capable of damaging Shadow Creatures. Shadow Creatures killed by BERNIE! will only drop one Nightmare Fuel each. Only one BERNIE! will become active for each insane Willow player. BERNIE! cannot be placed in the player's inventory. If Willow is above 15% sanity, and BERNIE! is not attacked for 16 seconds or BERNIE! does not attack for 16 seconds, BERNIE! will revert to Bernie.

If there is already a BERNIE! accounted for each Willow, remaining Bernies within 16m will become active but not grow in size. This smaller form can walk around and taunt Shadow Creatures within 16m, causing shadow creatures to target Bernie. This Bernie has 1,000 Health. When Bernie's health drops to 0%, he will stop attracting Shadow Creatures. His appearance and icon change to reflect that he is "dead", and examining him will provide a different quote. BERNIE! will also become this form when he loses all Health. Using a Sewing Kit on Bernie will restore him to 100% durability. Bernie is also deactivated when there are no longer any insane players within 30m.

If Bernie is left dead on the ground for a total of 3 days, he will disintegrate, dropping Beard Hair, Beefalo Wool, and Silk. Picking him up does not reset the decay.

“It finally fell apart.”

–Wilson, Examining Dead Bernie

“I need to fix Bernie up.”

–Willow, Examining Dead Bernie

“Is so broken.”

–Wolfgang, Examining Dead Bernie

“He has passed.”

–Wendy, Examining Dead Bernie

“HE HAS PASSED”

–WX-78, Examining Dead Bernie

“That bear is in need of repair.”

–Wickerbottom, Examining Dead Bernie

“Poor lil' guy.”

–Woodie, Examining Dead Bernie

“It's seen better days.”

–Maxwell, Examining Dead Bernie

“It has göne to Valhalla.”

–Wigfrid, Examining Dead Bernie

“It's all busted up.”

–Webber, Examining Dead Bernie

“Poor little fellow.”

–Warly, Examining Dead Bernie

“What happened?”

–Wormwood, Examining Dead Bernie

“He's a bit of a fixer-upper.”

–Winona, Examining Dead Bernie

“He seemed a fine chap.”

–Wortox, Examining Dead Bernie

“Aww...”

–Wurt, Examining Dead Bernie

“I-I'm sure we can fix him.”

–Walter, Examining Dead Bernie

“This can't be the end. We'll fix this!”

–Wanda, Examining Dead Bernie

Since the Lunar Island turns Sanity into Enlightenment, Bernie will not become active or turn into BERNIE!. If he was active before entering the Lunar Island, he will immediately deactivate.

The Forge

“He might make a good distraction for us.”

–Wilson, in their unimplemented quote for Bernie in The Forge.

“You're always there for me, Bernie.”

–Willow, in their unimplemented quote for Bernie in The Forge.

“Nice little creepy bear.”

–Wolfgang, in their unimplemented quote for Bernie in The Forge.

“How do you do, Bernie?”

–Wendy, in their unimplemented quote for Bernie in The Forge.

“I WILL USE THIS BEAR TO SHIELD ME”

–WX-78, in their unimplemented quote for Bernie in The Forge.

“Fascinating. It is animated, even here.”

–Wickerbottom, in their unimplemented quote for Bernie in The Forge.

“Hey there little fella.”

–Woodie, in their unimplemented quote for Bernie in The Forge.

“That thing's still shambling about, I see.”

–Maxwell, in their unimplemented quote for Bernie in The Forge.

“The call öf battle has arisen in thee!”

–Wigfrid, in their unimplemented quote for Bernie in The Forge.

“Oh! Willow brought Bernie!”

–Webber, in their unimplemented quote for Bernie in The Forge.

“You here to help, lil fella?”

–Winona, in their unimplemented quote for Bernie in The Forge.

In The Forge event, Bernie plays the same role as he does in the main game, drawing aggro from mobs while not returning fire. When Bernie loses all his health, all monsters will stop attacking and wander to the nearest player. Willow is able to revive Bernie in three seconds for him to start drawing aggro again.

In the second season of The Forge, when Willow wore the Whispering Grand Armor, Bernie would grow larger and get increased speed and hp. His revive time was also reduced.

Skins

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  Woven - Elegant
  Ashley
  Willow will be so happy to see Ashley again!
  See ingame

Trivia

• Bernie first appeared in Willow's Don't Starve character portrait as an unnamed prop. He was officially introduced as an exclusive item for Willow in Don't Starve Together.
  • Developers revealed during the preview stream for A Little Rain Must Fall that Bernie was originally intended to make Willow look "cute and innocent".
• Bernie's name is a pun of the word "burn."
• Bernie's crafting description may be a reference to the song "Mad World" by Tears for Fears, in particular the lyrics "all around me are familiar faces".
• Characters have alternate examination quotes for Bernie in the Forge, but the regular quotes were triggered instead, leaving the Forge quote unimplemented.
• According to developers in Rhymes With Play #228, a scrapped idea for Winona revolved around her providing upgrades to the other survivors. One concept of this idea presented in the stream was a mechanized Bernie with defensive capabilities.
• Bernie was updated alongside Willow on May 7th, 2019 in Willow's character refresh. Before this update, he did not have a BERNIE! form.
• BERNIE!'s voice is that of a person giggling along with the sound of an animal growling.
• If Bernie is dropped in the water, he sinks.
• Bernie has an alternative skin named "Ashley" which is a pun for the word "ashes"
• Willow and Bernie is likely a reference to Annie and Tibbers from League of Legends.
  • Annie and Willow are both associated with fire. Annie is a pyromantic mage and Willow loves fire.
  • Annie and Willow both have stuffed bears that can help in battle.
  • Both will yell "GET 'EM, [name].

Gallery

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  Bernie's icon when "inactive".

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  Bernie's icon when "dead".

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  Promotional image of Bernie fighting a Crawling Horror.

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  Bernie as seen in a drawing from Rhymes with Play #220.

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  Bernie as seen in a drawing from Art Stream # 43.

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  Bernie as seen in a drawing from Art Stream # 67.

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  Concept art of gadgets for Winona's 2019 rework including an unused concept of a Bernie upgrade from Rhymes with Play #128.

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  Concept art for Bernie from Rhymes with Play #236.

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  Concept art for Bernie from Rhymes with Play #236.

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  Concept art for Bernie from Rhymes with Play #236.

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  Concept art for Bernie from Rhymes with Play #236.

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  Bernie confused at Willow dressed as a bear from Rhymes with Play #276.

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  Lunar and Shadow Bernie Concept Art from Scrappy Scavengers Annonce Rhymes with Play.

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  Lunar and Shadow Bernie Concept Art from Scrappy Scavengers Annonce Rhymes with Play.

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  Bernie fending off a Terrorbeak in From the Ashes.

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  Bernie and Willow with the orphanage matrons in From the Ashes.

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  Captive Bernie in the hands of the short matron in From the Ashes.

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  Bernie and Willow at the end of From the Ashes.

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  Bernie in Terraria

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  Bernie's Button in Terraria

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  Old BERNIE! model that was replaced in Skill Spotlight: Wigfrid and Willow update.

Sounds

BERNIE!'s voice.
BERNIE! attacking.
BERNIE! attacking continued.
BERNIE! hurt.
BERNIE! dying.
BERNIE! dying continued.
BERNIE! running.
BERNIE! taunting.