Crow

Don't Starve

DST

Crow
	25
	1
	Seeds Meat (Only on Cage)
	Can be Trapped (Only Bird Trap)
	: 2 days
Drops	50%, 50%
Special Ability	Drops and eats
	Does not stack
	"crow"

“Creepy!”

–Wilson

“I think it's waiting for me to die.”

–Willow

“I do not like birds.”

–Wolfgang

“Take thy beak from out my heart!”

–Wendy

“IT IS SMARTER THAN MOST HUMANS”

–WX-78

“Corvus brachyrhynchos.”

–Wickerbottom

“He's planning something. I can tell.”

–Woodie

“I don't know how they got here.”

–Maxwell

“A feathered creature that looks remarkably like a crow.”

–Wagstaff

“Raven friend!”

–Wigfrid

“Oh, you look like you're having a grand time, flying about.”

–Webber

“Akaw!”

–Walani

“Raven stew perhaps?”

–Warly

“Thet is one oily parrot!”

–Woodlegs

“'TIS A LITTLE BLACK BIRDY”

–Wilba

“Caw Tweeter!”

–Wormwood

“You think you could fly me out of here?”

–Wheeler

“Looks a bit flighty. Ha!”

–Winona

“Clever trickster.”

–Wortox

“It a black bird.”

–Wurt

“Finally, something I recognize from my bird guide!”

–Walter

“As long as you don't come with any bad omens, we'll get along fine.”

–Wanda

“He's not very happy in there.”

–Wilson, when held.

“Not so smart now, are you?”

–Willow, when held.

“He is squawky.”

–Wolfgang, when held.

“He is mine.”

–Wendy, when held.

“NOT SO SMART NOW, ARE YOU?”

–WX-78, when held.

“A perfectly handsome specimen.”

–Wickerbottom, when held.

“You'll pay for your crimes, crow!”

–Woodie, when held.

“Shhhh... My pretty.”

–Maxwell, when held.

“I could study it better in some kind of cage.”

–Wagstaff, when held.

“Tögether again.”

–Wigfrid, when held.

“We all want a bit of freedom.”

–Webber, when held.

“Are we best friends now?”

–Walani, when held.

“Hush, my pet.”

–Warly, when held.

“Ye prove hard ta clean, parrot.”

–Woodlegs, when held.

“WILBA HATH BIRDY FRIEND”

–Wilba, when held.

“Needs a home”

–Wormwood, when held.

“If I hold onto him tight, maybe I'll make liftoff.”

–Wheeler, when held.

“Hauling you around is murder on the feet! Ha!”

–Winona, when held.

“Careful, don't touch my hands.”

–Wortox, when held.

“Will find good new home for you, florp.”

–Wurt, when held.

“A pocket isn't really the best place for a bird.”

–Walter, when held.

“Don't you dare peck at my pocket watches while you're in there!”

–Wanda, when held.

Crows are birds that appear in any season and are common in most Biomes. They fly down from off-screen and peck the ground for a few moments, then fly away. When they take flight, there is a chance that Seeds are left behind, unless it's Winter. Crows will also be attracted to Seeds left on the ground. If the player or most other mobs get too close, birds will be frightened away. Birds won't land on Sticky Webbing and will swiftly fly away if they already lands.

When killed, crows drop a Morsel or a Jet Feather, and all other birds nearby will fly away. They are considered innocent creatures and killing them directly adds points to the player's naughtiness level, which causes Krampus to appear. Killing a Crow adds 1 point to the player's naughtiness level.

Usage

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Hunting

Crows can be caught using a Bird Trap. Placing the trap on the ground will eventually catch a bird even without bait. Adding bait such as Seeds or Berries will greatly decrease the time it takes to catch one. They can be Murdered by right-clicking them in inventory to produce a Jet Feather or Morsel, or be cooked on a fire for a Cooked Morsel. Birds in the player's inventory can be dropped on the ground and will flop on the ground belly-up for a short while before flying off. They can also be imprisoned in Bird Cages.

Hunting Birds requires a ranged weapon such as a Boomerang. Birds will not land within melee range (even if bait is placed on the ground) and will fly away when the player approaches. However, if they are put to sleep when using characters with a normal damage modifier, they can be killed in 1 hit with a sufficient melee weapon.

If a bird is in flight while in range of a sleeping item's effect, it will plummet to the ground and can be picked up as an item.

Wearing a Feather Hat will increase the number of Birds spawning as well as decreasing the time between spawns. Using Birds of the World (while playing as Wickerbottom) will also cause a large number of them to land.

One can send a Smallbird to attack a Bird. This can be done without the bird getting frightened and without raising naughtiness.

They take one blast from the Ice Staff to be frozen and one Sleep Dart to be put to sleep.

Tips

• When bait-trapping Birds for their Feathers, players should make sure to do so on Turf in which specific Birds will spawn, so that they get specific Feathers. Redbirds and Snowbirds spawn most commonly on Grass Turf, while Crows spawn on Rocky Turf and all player-made turfs.
• If one can manage to bring a Damaged Bishop from the Ruins, their ranged blasts are an effective tool to hunt birds without expending resources on Bird Traps or Boomerangs.
• If the player doesn't want any Feathers from the Birds, cooking them alive provides a guaranteed Cooked Morsel. Note that this means sacrificing the option of turning the Bird into Small Jerky, since cooked meat cannot be hung on a Drying Rack.
• If the player character has a damage modifier < 1, Boomerangs will not kill birds with one hit, allowing them to flee. Alternatively, the player can use an Ice Staff to freeze the bird then use melee to kill them.

Trivia

• Meat such as Morsels previously attracted Crows. However, Morsels can no longer be used as a bait in traps and will not attract Crows to their location.
• Woodie strongly dislikes birds. He says they are evil and should be punished.
• Maxwell mentions that he doesn't know how the Crows got to the island and does not recognize the Snowbird. He says that the Redbird comes from "the fire lands", possibly meaning that there are other worlds in the Constant.
  • It is revealed in the animated short C’est La Vie that crows were unintentionally brought into the Constant along with Wes.
• Wickerbottom refers to several of the birds by their scientific names. Crow: Corvus brachyrhynchos, the American Crow. If all the crows in the Constant are descended from the ones brought along with Wes, and the animated short C’est La Vie takes place in France, then the crows would most likely actually be Corvus corone, or Carrion Crows, which are native to western Europe. However, it is possible that Wickerbottom simply mistook them, as the most distinguishable difference between these two species is their call.
• Crows have a lower Naughtiness level than the other birds. This might be due to the common belief of Crows representing bad omens.
• When stunned, Birds can be stolen by Prime Apes and stored in their inventories.
• In DST, birds no longer drop Adverts as of the March 2022 QoL update.

Bugs

• If SW is installed, on a RoG world, Redbirds may spawn during Winter. Birds may also drop Seeds during Winter.
• Birds can sometimes "land on" objects and mobs that are otherwise obstacles, such as Campfires, the Pig King or the Lake.

Gallery

• Crow gif.gif

  Idle animation of Crows.

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  Crow pecking the ground.

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  Crow in flight.

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  A Crow falling out of the sky.

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  A stunned Crow.

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  A frozen Crow.

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  A Crow sleeping.

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  A Crow trapped in a Bird Trap.

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  A caged Crow.

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  A dead Crow.

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  A bugged Crow on a Lake.

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  A Crow that landed on the Pig King.

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  Crows as seen in a promotional image of Don't Starve.

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  Crows as seen in another promotional image.

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  Crows as seen in a poster announcing the release of Don't Starve: Giant Edition on the Xbox One.

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  Crow as seen in a stream smash #009

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  In DST Loading Screen

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  Snowbird in Historically Accurate Don't Starve Themed Card "Afraid" by Klei Developers

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  Original HD crow icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.