“A powerful friend when Willow's mind approaches insanity.”
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Bernie is an item 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 2 tiles will become BERNIE!. BERNIE! has 2,000 Health and deals 50 damage per hit. BERNIE! can taunt non-boss enemies within 4 tiles to draw aggro, and is capable of damaging Shadow Creatures. Shadow Creatures killed by BERNIE! will only drop one Nightmare Fuel each and will not restore Willow's sanity. 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. Bernie is also deactivated when there are no longer any insane players within 7.5 tiles.
If there is already a BERNIE! active for each Willow, remaining Bernies within 4 tiles, when left on the ground, will become active but will not grow in size. This smaller form can walk around and also taunt Shadow Creatures within 4 tiles, but it cannot attack. This Bernie has 1,000 Health. When Bernie and BERNIE's health drops to 0%, it will stop moving and lie on the ground as a dead Bernie. The player can use Sewing Kit or Trusty Tape restore it to 100% durability.
On Lunar Island, Sanity is replaced by Enlightenment, so Bernie will not become active or turn into BERNIE!. If it was active before entering the Lunar Island, it will immediately deactivate.
–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 Forgeevent, 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.
Woven - Elegant Ashley Willow will be so happy to see Ashley again! See ingame
Woven - Elegant Sparky This fiery little pup just melts Willow's heart.
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".[1]
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.[2][3] 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].
Assets
Bernie All Sides.png
All Sides
Inactive
Dead
BERNIE
BERNIE Lunar
BERNIE Shadow
Inactive
Dead
All Sides
SPARKY All Sides
SPARKY Lunar All Sides
SPARKY Shadow All Sides
Gallery
Bernie's icon when "inactive".
Bernie's icon when "dead".
Promotional image of Bernie fighting a Crawling Horror.
Bernie as seen in a drawing from Rhymes with Play #220.
Bernie as seen in a drawing from Art Stream # 43.
Bernie as seen in a drawing from Art Stream # 67.
Concept art of gadgets for Winona's 2019 rework including an unused concept of a Bernie upgrade from Rhymes with Play #128.
Concept art for Bernie from Rhymes with Play #236.
Concept art for Bernie from Rhymes with Play #236.
Concept art for Bernie from Rhymes with Play #236.
Concept art for Bernie from Rhymes with Play #236.
Bernie confused at Willow dressed as a bear from Rhymes with Play #276.
Lunar and Shadow Bernie Concept Art from Scrappy Scavengers Annonce Rhymes with Play.
Lunar and Shadow Bernie Concept Art from Scrappy Scavengers Annonce Rhymes with Play.
Bernie fending off a Terrorbeak in From the Ashes.
Bernie and Willow with the orphanage matrons in From the Ashes.
Captive Bernie in the hands of the short matron in From the Ashes.
Bernie and Willow at the end of From the Ashes.
Bernie in Terraria
Bernie's Button in Terraria
Old BERNIE! model that was replaced in Skill Spotlight: Wigfrid and Willow update.
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