Carcass/DST

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Carcasses are the dead bodies of creatures. Besides the Koalefant Carcass, all of them appear after killing a certain mob under certain conditions. They can be burned to avoid their respective spawn.

Dead Creatures

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“I call fowl.”

–Wilson

“Shall I do the honors?”

–Willow

“Wolfgang little bit sad.”

–Wolfgang

“There can be a fate worse than death.”

–Wendy

“HA”

–WX-78

“If only this were the end for the little bird.”

–Wickerbottom

“I still don't trust it.”

–Woodie

“Yuck.”

–Maxwell

“A bad ömen.”

–Wigfrid

“Poke it!”

–Webber

“It is about to turn.”

–Warly

“Tweeter dead”

–Wormwood

“It ain't the end.”

–Winona

“It's dead but not done.”

–Wortox

“Dead bird. Glurgh.”

–Wurt

“Stay away from it, Woby!”

–Walter

“I know what comes next.”

–Wanda

“That's what I call a firebird.”

–Wilson

“Burn, birdie, burn.”

–Willow

“It is better for birdie.”

–Wolfgang

“Now it is truly free.”

–Wendy

“CARBON TO STINKING CARBON”

–WX-78

“This is, in fact, saving it.”

–Wickerbottom

“Finally.”

–Woodie

“Good riddance.”

–Maxwell

“It shall nöt rise fröm these ashes.”

–Wigfrid

“We love that smell!”

–Webber

“Mmm, that smell!”

–Warly

“Bye, tweeter”

–Wormwood

“That'll do the trick.”

–Winona

“Cremation to curb mutation!”

–Wortox

“Florp! Burn bird!”

–Wurt

“Smells kinda yummy.”

–Walter

“This should put an end to it.”

–Wanda

“It's becoming a new species!”

–Wilson

“Do I even have to say it?”

–Willow

“Oh, no.”

–Wolfgang

“Poor bird.”

–Wendy

“UPDATE IN PROGRESS”

–WX-78

“The little bird is on a different path now... terrible one.”

–Wickerbottom

“This is the worst.”

–Woodie

“Absolutely grotesque.”

–Maxwell

“Unnatural metamörphösis!”

–Wigfrid

“What's happening to it?”

–Webber

“The meat is turning!”

–Warly

“Tweeter back...”

–Wormwood

“Great. We missed our chance.”

–Winona

“It's changing and deranging.”

–Wortox

“Dead bird waking up! Florp!”

–Wurt

“Yes! I knew it!”

–Walter

“I hate this part.”

–Wanda

When a mob was killed, the Dead Creatures body has a 50% chance to stay remains; if certain conditions were followed: was killed on a specific land like Lunar Island or occupied Lunar Rift turf, or in a specific event like Moonstorm, Lunar Hail, or Enlightenment Full Moon. After a couple of seconds, it will start shaking and burst out into their mutated form.

When Crystal-Crested Buzzards are nearby (indicate by their shadows), the corpses of the mob will stay until it got bitten and mutated by the birds and are guaranteed.

Hounds killed by a Possessed Varg's frostbreath will guaranteed drop Dead Hounds, and soon mutate into Horror Hounds.

Wurt with Lunar Mutated Merm skill can feed loyal Merm or Merm Guard a Moon Shard/Infused Moon Shard to convert them into their mutated form. With the Terra Mutation skill, Wurt can cast spell using the Brilliant Mudslinger to do the same.

Lunar Mutation

This content is available only after activating the Lunar Rift

“Day 56 - Lunar Mutations Study

It seems as though these strange entities that emerged from the rifts are in search of living hosts... or perhaps once living.”

–Grainy Transmission

Mutation List

Carcasses

Creature	Dead Variant	Mutated Variant	Was caused by
Hound Varglet	Dead Hound	Horror Hound	None
Pengull	Dead Pengull	Horror Hound	None
Merm	Dead Merm	Mutated Merm	None
Loyal Merm Guard	Dead Loyal Merm Guard	Mutated Merm Guard	None
Crow Lunar Hail	Dead Crow	Moonblind Crow	Bright-Beaked Bird
Redbird Lunar Hail	Dead Redbird
Snowbird Lunar Hail	Dead Snowbird
Canary Lunar Hail	Dead Canary
Puffin Lunar Hail	Dead Puffin
Buzzard	Dead Buzzard	None	Crystal-Crested Buzzard
Spider	Dead Spider	Shattered Spider	None
Spider Warrior	Dead Spider Warrior
Spider Warrior	Dead Cave Spider
Spitter	Dead Spitter
Dangling Depth Dweller	Dead Dangling Depth Dweller
Nurse Spider	Dead Nurse Spider
Sea Strider	Dead Sea Strider
Spider Queen	Dead Spider Queen	Shattered Spider Hole	None

Shadow Ressurection

This content is available only after activating the Shadow Rift
If a Beefalo was attached to a Beffalo Gloom Bell, when it dies, the player can use the Bell (at a cost) to revive the Beefalo's corpse. If the player breaks the bind when the Beefalo is dead, the corpse will disappear and will not leave any Meat or Beefalo Wool. If the binded Beefalo dies while the Bell is on cooldown, its corpse disappears immediately.

Boss Carcasses

This content is available only after activating the Lunar Rift
When a Lunar Rift is active in the world, killing Deerclops, Bearger or Varg will leave their respective Boss Carcass on the ground. After some time, an Incursive Gestalt will appear and float to the Carcass. Afterwards, it enters the Carcass and reanimates the fallen Mob. The Deerclops, Bearger and Varg Carcasses will turn into Crystal Deerclops, Armored Bearger and, Possessed Varg, respectively.

Koalefant Carcass

Tracking a Suspicious Dirt Pile with a Hound's Tooth on it will eventually lead to a Koalefant Carcass surrounded by a Varg and some Hounds which will progressively eat from the Carcass. The Carcass will disappear once the Varg and Hounds have been defeated or after the Varg bites its bones once it's done eating.

The Koalefant Carcass will have 2 Meat and 1 Koalefant Trunk dropped around it. The Varg and its Hounds will not eat them as long as the Carcass still has meat on it.

The Koalefant Carcass has four stages as it is being eaten: it is fully intact in the first stage; in its second and third stage, its top half will disappear, revealing the Koalefant's spine and ribcage, and in the fourth stage all meat will be gone from it, leaving only some bones behind.

Tips

• Be quick about Hound Carcasses, as setting on fire while its emerging animation is already playing will still spawn a Horror Hound after attempting to burn it.
• To avoid any corpses get mutated, the player can burn the corpses using a Torch, Lighter or Fire Staff.

Trivia

• The Hound Carcass was added in Return of Them.
• The Koalefant and Boss Carcasses were added in From Beyond.

Gallery

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  Possessed Varg effect Test animation from Rhymes with Play

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