Chester/DST

Don't Starve

DST

“Otto von Chesterfield, Esq.”

–Wilson

“He's so fuzzy!”

–Willow

“Strange box with legs.”

–Wolfgang

“A fuzzy ball of emptiness.”

–Wendy

“THIS EXTERNAL STORAGE UNIT APPEARS TO BE SENTIENT”

–WX-78

“A motile storage chest.”

–Wickerbottom

“He's doing his best!”

–Woodie

“Annoying little monster. Has his uses, though.”

–Maxwell

“Dön't wörry, I wön't eat him.”

–Wigfrid

“Haha. You make all our stuff slobbery.”

–Webber

“You look cute and inedible.”

–Warly

“Carries stuff. Thank you!”

–Wormwood

“Who's the cutest lil toolbox?”

–Winona

“Greetings! Sorry, I can't pet you.”

–Wortox

“You weird and fuzzy, but me like you.”

–Wurt

“Who's a good little monster? You are!”

–Walter

“Yes, yes, you're very cute. Just be careful with my things please.”

–Wanda

“Things can be stored in Chester much like a treasure chest.”

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Chester (short for Otto von Chesterfield, Esquire) is a unique passive mob that acts as a mobile Chest. By clicking on Chester, the player can store up to nine stacks of items inside him.

Chester will first spawn after the Eye Bone is placed in the player's inventory. He will then follow the Eye Bone from that point on. As long as the Eye Bone is in the player's possession, Chester will follow the player. If the Eye Bone is dropped on the ground or stored somewhere (even inside Chester himself), he will stop following the player and remain with the Eye Bone.

Chester regenerates Health at a rate of 22.5 HP every 3 seconds. When killed, he drops all of the items stored inside, and the Eye Bone will close its eye. If he dies while burning, any flammable items that he was carrying will be set on fire and burnt to Ashes. Chester will respawn in one game day, wherever the Eye Bone happens to be.

As long as Webber is the one carrying the Eye Bone, spiders will not attack Chester. This does not apply to the Spider Queen, or the spiders spawned by her.

If the player carrying the Eye Bone logs out or goes into Caves, the Eye Bone will drop from their inventory. In the Caves, Hutch can be found as a replacement for Chester.

Shadow Chester

Chester can transform under the magic of a Full Moon when filled with specific magic items in his 9 inventory slots. Filling all of Chester's inventory slots with at least one unit of Nightmare Fuel will create Shadow Chester. Shadow Chester gains 3 more inventory slots, bringing his total inventory space to 12, and causes food inside him to spoil 50% faster, the same rate as if it were left on the ground.

The items in Shadow Chester link to the Shadow Dimension, meaning that items placed inside Shadow Chester can also be accessed via the Magician's Chest or the Magician's Top Hat and vice versa. This means that Shadow Chester can no longer hold certain items (including the Eye Bone). If Shadow Chester dies, he does not drop the contents of the Shadow Dimension, leaving them accessible from the Magician's Chest, the Magician's Top Hat, and a future Shadow Chester. This also means that, in absence of Maxwell's items, Shadow Chester's death renders his contents inaccessible until Chester respawns and is transformed into Shadow Chester again.

Snow Chester

Filling Chester instead with one Blue Gem at each slot will turn him into Snow Chester at Full Moon. Snow Chester's ability causes food to last twice as long inside him, effectively turning Chester into a fuzzy and portable Ice Box. If Chester dies, he loses his transformation and returns as normal.

Ice Chester will prevent Ice from melting and cool Thermal Stones at the same speed as an Ice Box. Spiders befriended by Webber will not attack Chester.

Tips

• Eye Bone's location usually is close to the spawn and next to a road.
• Since Chester regenerates health at a fast rate, he can be a useful tool in restoring the player's health. If Chester is attacked with the Bat Bat, the player will regain health from the hit with no risk of being attacked but any followers will attack Chester. Chester's regeneration can be used to lure aggressive mobs like Spiders away from the player.
• It may be a good idea to keep the Eye Bone in a Backpack so that when armor is equipped, Chester will remain near the Backpack while enemies are dealt with. However, it may backfire if Chester dies in the combat he followed the player into.
• Chester can only transform into Shadow Chester or Snow Chester if the required materials to do so are placed inside the normal version of Chester. In other words, it is impossible for Shadow Chester to transform into Snow Chester (and vice versa).
• The Eye Bone can be dropped on the ground when not using Chester.
• If Chester is removed via Console commands, he will not respawn. He can be spawned again with console commands, but will not follow the Eye Bone; this can be fixed by placing the Eye Bone inside Chester and taking it back out.
• Because of how the hunger mechanics work for captured critters (such as Moleworms, Rabbits, or Bees in the player's inventory) it is possible to place them inside Snow Chester in order to halve the depletion rate of their hunger meter. This means a Rabbit will starve after 4 days instead of 2 inside Snow Chester.

Trivia

• Klei's Chester Plush Kickstarter Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd59Rvbqu0A
• Chester was added in the Spoiled Rotten update.
• Chester's name is a pun on him being a mobile chest.
• Chester is one of the few Mobs that cannot be frozen.
• Krampus cannot steal from Chester. However, Chester can be killed, allowing Krampus to steal items that were stored in Chester.
• Chester cannot be healed using healing items.
• If Fireflies are stored inside of Chester, he will sometimes give off a tiny amount of light.^{[Verification Needed]}
• If one were to light an item within Chester's inventory, he will hop around in panic and ignite nearby flammable objects while providing light.
• Shadow Chester was implemented after achieving $25,000 in total pledges during Klei's Chester Plush Kickstarter.
• Snow Chester was implemented after achieving $120,000 in total pledges during Klei's Chester Plush Kickstarter.
• Chester is possibly a reference to the Luggage from the Discworld series, which are suitcase-like creatures similar in appearance.
• According to Wilson, Chester is an Esq., which is short for esquire. In the United Kingdom, esquire was used to denote a member of nobility below the rank of a knight. In more recent times, it's simply used as an honorific. In modern North America, it is commonly used to denote a lawyer. It came from Old French and is literally translated as "shield-bearer".
• Before the All's Well That Maxwell update, it was possible to obtain two Chesters when traveling between levels.
• A three-dimensional Chester can be downloaded and interacted with in Snapchat.
• There is an unused Ballonicorn Chester stored in the game files. This version of Chester was supposed to be exclusive to the unused Pyro character.
• According to Wagstaff, Chester has nine stomachs - the exact number of item slots he has. This might mean that Chester consumes the items the player stores in him and regurgitates them for the player afterwards. This would also mean that Chester grows three extra stomachs when he turns into Shadow Chester.
• In update 1.4.4 for Terraria was added a new rare Deerclops drop, which appears to be an upside down yellow Chester, which can be put on the head and which is called Dizzy's Rare Gecko Chester. It refers to the streamer DizzyDizaster, who streams with one on his head.
• Streamer DizzyDizaster (who often streams with Chester on his head) received a Rare Gecko Chester in 2019, which exists in only 3 copies (1 with DizzyDisaster, 2 at the Klei office)

Skins

Main article: Belongings

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  Narwalrus Chester
  

  Woven - Elegant

  Seaside Collection

  Waddle along with your blubbery little buddy.
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  Woolly Chester
  

  Woven - Elegant

  Cottage Collection

  Everywhere the Survivors trek, this lamb is sure to go.
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  Twisted Chester
  

  Woven - Elegant

  Aventurer's Collection

  Chester will follow you through all of life's twists and turns.

Assets

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  Dead Chester
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  chomp
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  death
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  hit
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  idle loop down
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  idle loop open
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  idle loop side
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  idle loop up
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  lick
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  sleep
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  transition
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  walk down
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  walk side
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  walk up

Gallery

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  Open Chester.
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  Chester facing sideways.
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  Chester asleep.
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  Chester's Eye Bone.
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  A dead Chester.
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  Dead Chester. The Eye Bone is closed.
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  Chester glowing at night because he is holding Fireflies.
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  Chester with a light beneath him, about to transform.
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  Chester transforming.
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  Open Shadow Chester, with extra slots.
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  Open Snow Chester.
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  Snow Chester asleep.
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  Chester's feet glow bright red during the Nightmare Phase of the Nightmare Cycle.
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  Chester open and shut concept art.
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  Chester Kickstarter art.
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  All Chester variations in their update poster.
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  Chester alongside other characters in a promo image for the release of Don't Starve Together on Playstation.
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  Chester as seen in a variant of the 2017 Christmas poster.
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  A drawing of Chester stealing the Reanimated Forest Skeleton's arm bone from Rhymes With Play #130.
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  Chester as seen in a summer-themed drawing from Rhymes with Play #201.
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  A Chester animation made for Valentine's Day featured on Rhymes with Play on 12/02/2015.
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  Chester as seen in a drawing from Art Stream # 45.
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  A Chester figure next to Wilson figure.
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  A Chester figure shown in the Klei store.
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  Blueprints for the Plush Chester during his Kickstarter campaign.
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  A Plush Chester from the Kickstarter website.
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  The Chester plush available on Klei's online store.
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  The tag art on the Chester plush.
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  A Chester plush with a calico pattern.
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  The tag art on the calico Chester plush.
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  A special edition of the Chester plush in "Blue Cotton Candy".
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  A special edition of the Chester plush in "Cotton Candy".
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  Tag art for the Cotton Candy Chester plush.
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  A Chester pin.
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  Chester in Snapchat.
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  Chester in the LittleBIGPlanet 3 Don't Starve costume pack promo.
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  Chester's Valentine Card.
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  A rare Chester emoticon for Steam chat.
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  Chester as seen in the Release Poster for A New Reign.
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  Chester as seen in the poster for the Spoiled Rotten update.
• A Chester-themed Top Hat belonging.

  A Chester-themed Top Hat belonging.
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  Chester's icon as a part of Hot lava customization
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  Chester as an item from Hot lava
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  Art by May Wa Leng, artist and animator klei, published February 27, 2017
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  Chester in post for Rhymes With Play
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  Official chester art by Jeff Agala
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  Chester emoji from official Klei Discord server
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  Shadow chester halloween emoji from official Klei Discord server
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  Chester gif by Kelly
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  Chester Animated Sticker
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  Pixel Chester avatar in steam
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  Chester in Terraria
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  Dizzy's Rare Gecko Chester
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  Dizzy's Rare Gecko Chester message
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  Dizzy's Rare Gecko Chester image
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  DizzyDizaster with Dizzy's Rare Gecko Chester
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  Rare Gecko Chester in Klei Office
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  Dizzy's Rare Gecko Chester from Terraria
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  Ninja and Chester photo by Corey Rollins
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  Chester animation from Rhymes With Play
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  Chester raw animation from Rhymes With Play
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  Chester animation by Alex, one of the Don't starve animators.
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  In DST Loading Screen
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  On Stickers from CD Don't Starve
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  On Don't Starve Digital Art from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve

Sounds

Chester's bouncing sounds.

References

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