Catcoon

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“A playful little thing.”

–Wilson

“Here, kitty!”

–Willow

“Wolfgang does not trust it.”

–Wolfgang

“I wonder if it had a twin, too.”

–Wendy

“CLAWS OUT”

–WX-78

“A sort of a wildcat. Handsome fellow.”

–Wickerbottom

“Pests.”

–Woodie

“Catty vermin.”

–Maxwell

“A curious chimera of curious creatures.”

–Wagstaff

“Öh! Cute meat with fur.”

–Wigfrid

“A bit more feral than grandpa's cat.”

–Webber

“It's very independent and loves garbage. Me too!”

–Walani

“What perky little ears.”

–Warly

“Ye look like ye got a taste fer garbage.”

–Woodlegs

“'TIS THRICE BRIND'ED CAT”

–Wilba

“Hello Kitty”

–Wormwood

“Cats make better pets than dogs. It's a fact.”

–Wheeler

“She'll keep the rats outta the factory.”

–Winona

“I prefer playing with smarter mortals.”

–Wortox

“You funny, florp!”

–Wurt

“You're a weird looking raccoon.”

–Walter

“I don't have time to play with you.”

–Wanda

The Catcoon is a neutral Mob in the Reign of Giants DLC, spawning from a Hollow Stump. It will wander around, pouncing at small creatures and playing with various objects, sometimes destroying them. When killed, a Catcoon will drop Meat and has a 33% chance of dropping a Cat Tail. It will also give the player 5 points of Naughtiness, which may result in spawning Krampus.

When it sees a small Bird, Rabbit, Moleworm, Butterfly, or Bee within 12 Tiles, it will pounce on it and kill it. In addition to Monsters, Catcoons are aggressive towards Pengulls and Grass Gekkos and will attack them if they get close enough. This generally leads to the Catcoon being killed in retaliation. They will also attack other Catcoons, often committing an act of cannibalism when done. Catcoons will also attack a Glommer, even if players have befriended both, so caution should be taken. Catcoons are hostile to Webber and Wortox since they are considered as Monsters.

Catcoons will attempt to pick up "toys" within a 25 metre radius.

Whenever it starts Raining, any Catcoons that are outside will try to go back to their Hollow Stump.

Catcoons can be befriended by giving them "toys" or food, and they will give "gifts" to the player by coughing up items, such as Rot and Cut Grass, as if it is a hairball. Each item given to the Catcoon will add a tenth of a day (48 sec) to the time they spend following the player (up to a maximum of 1 day ) and force the next hairball to be sooner. The item that they give depends on the number of times they hack before coughing it up. Currently, there are two lists for neutral and friendly Catcoons.

Things a Catcoon will attack or eat:

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  Bee
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  Butterfly
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  Fireflies
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  Flower
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  Moleworm
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  Rabbit
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  Crow
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  Redbird
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  Snowbird
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  Pengull
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  Glommer
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  Hound
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  Red Hound
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  Blue Hound
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  Smallbird
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  Catcoon

Gifts for a Catcoon

Cat Toys

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Cat Food

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Gifts from a Catcoon

Neutral

There are 9 tiers of neutral items, but because most items occur within several tiers, it's more useful to show the probability of each item:

Item	Probability	Tiers
	84%	1-2
	6.55%	2-4
	2.86%	3-5
	2.04%	9
	2.04%	9
	0.55%	5-6
	0.61%	6-8
	0.38%	5
	0.35%	7-8
	0.26%	6
	0.20%	7
	0.15%	8

Friendly

Strangely, items at the highest tier are actually much more probable than the several tiers below them.

Tier	Probability (Individual)	Items
1	80% (40%)
2	8% (1%)
3	3.2% (0.8%)
4	1.76% (0.29%)
5	1.13% (0.11%)
6	0.79% (0.1%)
7	5.13% (0.86%)

Fighting

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

Weapon
No. of hits for	36	12	9	6	5	4	3-6	3 or 4	3	2	1

Tips

• Catcoons will steal any Trinkets and Wanda's Pocket Watches left on the ground among other things, therefore it's advisable to keep them in Chests if any Catcoons live nearby.
• Many Catcoon gifts are also Catcoon toys. Players should make sure to pick up any wanted gifts as soon as they are coughed up to prevent Catcoon from getting it back.
• If Wes uses Pile o' Balloons to befriend a Catcoon, the Catcoon will drop it on death.
• Catcoons will sometimes leave drops from the creatures they have killed. This is especially common in Worlds with Catcoons set to 'more' or 'lots' in World Customization and can be used to the Player's advantage.

Bugs

• Feather Pencil and Dark Tatters cannot be given Catcoon despite being its toys.
• In Hamlet, despite being irreplaceable items, the Catcoon will not drop The Blue Sow and The Jeweled Truffle on death.

Trivia

• The name "Catcoon" is a portmanteau of the words "Cat" and "Raccoon".
• Hollow stumps become deserted after spawning 9 Catcoons. This is a reference to the belief that cats have 9 lives. In DST an empty Hollow Stump will regenerate after 15-20 days, becoming an inhabited Hollow Stump.
• Catcoons may be a reference to a real-life cat breed known as the "Maine Coon", which were rumored to be a mix of cat and raccoon.
• Catcoons will occasionally attempt to climb trees, but they never succeed.
• The Catcoons' voice work was done by Kelly Graham.
• Catcoons will occasionally be seen searching through Chester, Flowers, Rabbit Holes, Etc. Since Items in Chester will not go missing, this is simply a cosmetic effect.

Gallery

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  A Catcoon flicking its tail.
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  A Catcoon taking some Cut Reeds.
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  A Catcoon vomiting Cut Reeds.
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  A Catcoon hissing in anger.
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  A Catcoon taking a nap.
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  A frozen Catcoon.
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  A dead Catcoon.
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  A Catcoon "playing" with a Butterfly.
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  A Catcoon mid-pounce.
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  A Catcoon pouncing on a bird.
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  A Catcoon after killing another Catcoon
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  A Hollow Stump, where Catcoons spawn.
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  A Hollow Stump is depicted as a Catcoon on a Map.
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  A Catcoon in the Reign of Giants release trailer.
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  A Catcoon as seen in a drawing from Art Stream # 19.
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  Concept sketches of the Catcoon.
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  Catcoon emoji in the official Klei Discord server.

References

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