Clockwork Knight/DST

Don't Starve

DST

For the Ruins version, see Damaged Knight.

“Check it out!”

–Wilson

“It's a pony!”

–Willow

“Horsey horse!”

–Wolfgang

“A cold, soulless horse.”

–Wendy

“HORSE AUTOMATON”

–WX-78

“An automatic equine.”

–Wickerbottom

“Never did care for horses.”

–Woodie

“Such quality workmanship!”

–Maxwell

“I taste a battle ön the breeze!”

–Wigfrid

“Wow! That's complicated clockwork.”

–Webber

“A tricky cheval!”

–Warly

“Neigh machine”

–Wormwood

“Incredible! Let me look at those gears!”

–Winona

“A knight in rusted armor!”

–Wortox

“Springy Ironfolk.”

–Wurt

“Just horsing around...”

–Walter

“Clockwork and I usually get along just fine...”

–Wanda

The Clockwork Knight 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 a mob or the player gets close, the Knight will stand up and stare at the creature, and if the creature gets close enough, the Knight will do a war cry and charge at it, using its springy neck to headbutt when it gets close. The Knight will then attempt to kite. If the knight is followed, it will usually try to headbutt once more, then it will do its war cry again. The Knight cannot be stun-locked and does not respawn.

Hunting

Unlike other Chess Pieces, there is nothing spectacular in a Clockwork Knight's abilities and it is overall the easiest one to defeat, the easiest way to kill Knights is by kiting them. When in groups, it is recommended to separate one from the rest of the group, killing it, then separating another. As they usually do their battle cry before attempting to attack again, players may find it effective to attack a Knight while it is doing this, then backing away as soon as it tries to headbutt the player.

Befriending at least 5 Pigs can easily kill all the Knights and other Clockwork Monsters around the Wooden Thing. Alternatively, the attacks of the Clockwork Rook will damage them. With a bit of timing and luck, a Rook can be used to destroy the other Clockwork Monsters. When trying to kill a Knight for its Gears, a death by fire will cause it to drop Ashes.

Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill a Clockwork Knight 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

Trivia

• The Clockwork Knight was introduced in A Little Rain Must Fall update.
• The Clockwork Knight has a random chance to do a battle cry before attacking.

Gallery

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  Head-on view of a Clockwork Knight.
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  Back view of a Clockwork Knight.
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  A Clockwork Knight resting.
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  Willow is surrounded by eight Clockwork Knights in Adventure Mode.
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  A Knight charging before attacking.
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  A dead Knight.
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  A frozen Knight.
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  Four Knights protecting the Wooden Thing in an old version of the game.
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  Clockwork Knight as seen in the poster for A Little Rain Must Fall update.
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  A Clockwork Knight as seen in a drawing from Art Stream # 33.
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  Older versions of Broken Clockworks.
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  Clockwork knigh concept art
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  Clockwork knigh concept art
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  Clockwork knigh 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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