Clockwork Bishop/DST

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DST

For the Ruins version, see Damaged Bishop.

“Back off, preacherman!”

–Wilson

“It's a bishop!”

–Willow

“Padre!”

–Wolfgang

“What does he pray for?”

–Wendy

“REVEREND AUTOMATON”

–WX-78

“A clockwork clergyman.”

–Wickerbottom

“It's been a while since my last confession.”

–Woodie

“I'm especially proud of that piece.”

–Maxwell

“This öne needs a göod smack.”

–Wigfrid

“You don't play by the chess rules grandpa taught me.”

–Webber

“You don't strike me as particularly spiritual.”

–Warly

“A Pointy Hat Machine Man!”

–Wormwood

“How industrial.”

–Winona

“You sure look mean, you nasty fiend!”

–Wortox

“Zappy Ironfolk!!”

–Wurt

“It's a Martian!”

–Walter

“What an irresponsible use of clockwork!”

–Wanda

The Clockwork Bishop is an aggressive Mob usually found in a Chess Set Piece. It can also be summoned by mining Marble Sculpture at full moon.

Behavior

When any creature gets near its sight range, the Bishop will suddenly wake up and stare at them as a warning. Getting closer will make the Bishop attack by firing lightning bolts from its head. The Bishop will chase its enemy a short distance from its spawn area before returning and going back to sleep.

Hunting

The Bishop is overall the most difficult of the Chess Pieces, it is a strong ranged mob, and very accurate, making it almost impossible to kite effectively so it is recommended to be armored. Another way to kill a Bishop would be to aggravate a nearby Clockwork Rook without waking the Bishop and get the Rook to ram the Bishop (This strategy also works with Clockwork Knights and other mobs).

It is possible to dodge the Bishop's lighting bolts if the player is quick enough. Suddenly running to one side just as the Bishop is about to attack will usually leave the player unharmed by the lighting bolt, although the bolt does have a small area effect.

Another tactic to kill the Bishop is to lead all other mobs away, then use a Log Suit and Spear and hold down the attack button until it is dead, although this will cost the player a good amount of health, so it is only recommended to use this method when there is a decent amount of healing items in the player's immediate possession.

When a Bishop is located near a Spider Den, it is advised to lead some Spiders close enough to the Bishop without aggrevating it, as Bishops attack all monsters except other chess pieces when coming too close. Bishops also naturally attack Pigs, Bunnymen, Chester and similiar.

Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill a Clockwork Bishop when playing with characters with a default damage modifier. The Weather Pain, Brightshade Staff, and Bee Mine are not included due to their random natures. This table does not take into account the damage bonus gained from characters with a lunar or shadow affinity.

Number of hits

Weapon
	5
	5
()	7 (Old) 10 (Middle age) 12 (Young) 34 (Out of fuel)
()	10 (7 )
()	9 (7 )
	14 (12 )
	14
	9
	10 (6 )
	17 - 90 (15 - 59 )
	14
	14
	15
	16 (11 ) (13 (9 ) )
Note	16
	16 - 31
()	14 (12 )
()	15
	18
	18 (Melee on land) 12 (Melee on ocean) 11 (spell)
()	18 (Direct hit) 27 (AoE)
	18
	21 (13 )
()	22 (13 )
	22
	23
	27
	34
()	36 (Direct hit) 53 (AoE)
()	53

Tips

• Clockwork Bishops (as well as knights and rooks) can be lit on fire with a Torch. If on fire, bishops and knights jump around until the flame extinguishes without attacking. While you will take fire damage from being close to them, you may take less damage than you would from tanking the bishop. Wormwood may be the worst at this strategy since he catches on fire easier and takes more damage from fire. Willow takes no damage from fire.

Trivia

• The Clockwork Bishop was originally added in the Doorway to Adventure update.
• According to quotes, the bishop is Maxwell's favorite clockwork.

Gallery

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  Clockwork Bishops appearing after a Maxwell Statue was mined.
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  Frozen Clockwork Bishop.
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  Bishop sleeping while no mobs are nearby.
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  The Bishop's electric projectile.
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  A dead Bishop.
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  A Clockwork Bishop as seen in a drawing from Art Stream # 33.
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  Clockwork Bishop as seen in the poster for the Doorway to Adventure update.
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  Older versions of Broken Clockworks.
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  Death animation of Clockwork Bishop
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  Clockwork bishop concept art
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  Clockwork Bishop concept art
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  Clockwork Bishop concept art
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  On Concept Art from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.
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  On Concept Art from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.

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