Deconstruction Staff

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Deconstruction Staff
"Clean and efficient destruction."
	×4 ×2 ×2
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	-20 per use
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Perk	Perfectly deconstruct nearly any craftable. Breaks gems.
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“This will come in handy.”

–Wilson

“It won't start a fire but I guess it's still useful.”

–Willow

“This stick has a green gem on it.”

–Wolfgang

“I can see the power sparkling deep within.”

–Wendy

“HAHAHA! SUCH A POWERFUL TOOL.”

–WX-78

“It appears to rewind time on an object.”

–Wickerbottom

“This'll help me dismantle stuff!”

–Woodie

“I must rely on focusing tools in this form.”

–Maxwell

“The stone must act as a conduit for the dark energy.”

–Wagstaff

“Twirly green pöwer.”

–Wigfrid

“Magic taker-apart-er.”

–Webber

“This staff only destroys.”

–Walani

“I probably shouldn't stir soup with this.”

–Warly

“I's ain't against some helpful magic.”

–Woodlegs

“'TIS KA-BLOOEY SCEPTER”

–Wilba

“A Take Apart Stick”

–Wormwood

“A stick with a stone in it. Oh, and it has magic powers.”

–Wheeler

“It's a hard work destroyer.”

–Winona

“Do not treat it like a toy. Its purpose is to destroy.”

–Wortox

“Has pretty green rock on it.”

–Wurt

“I wish I had this when I had to break camp in the Pinetree Pioneers...”

–Walter

“It's cruder than my pocket watch, but it follows the same basic principles.”

–Wanda

The Deconstruction Staff is a craftable Item found in the Ancient Tab. It requires at least a Broken Pseudoscience Station to craft, and costs 4 Nightmare Fuel, 2 Living Logs, and 2 Green Gems to craft. It also can randomly drop from an Ancient Pseudoscience Station when the latter is damaged with a Hammer, Gunpowder etc. Like all items from the Ancient Tab, Deconstruction Staves cannot be prototyped and can only be crafted within range of an Ancient Pseudoscience Station.

When used on a craftable Structure, the Deconstruction Staff returns 100% of the ingredients needed to craft it. However, when used on an Item, the Staff will return a percentage of the materials equal to the remaining durability, rounded up. If Gems were used in the crafting process, they will not be returned and will always "shatter" instead. With each use of the Staff, Characters will lose 20 and the Staff will lose 20% of its Durability.

Using it on a Pig House, Rabbit Hutch, Bird Cage, or Bird Trap will get rid of any inhabitants still inside it. When used on a Meat Effigy, it will not restore the 30 (40 in Don't Starve Together) until the user dies or saves and quits.

Since Green Gems are not renewable in the base game, only a limited number of Deconstruction Staffs can be crafted. In Don't Starve Together, Green Gems are renewable through various means, making the Deconstruction Staff a renewable item.

Downloadable Content

In the Reign of Giants DLC, players have a small (0.02%) chance of finding Green Gems inside Tumbleweeds, thus making Deconstruction Staves renewable.

In the Hamlet DLC, the Deconstruction Staff is one of the two items that can permanently destroy Town Houses, Pig Shops, Watch Towers, Lawn Decorations, Intricate Topiaries and Hedges that cannot be destroyed with a Hammer. The other is the Executive Hammer.

Deconstructing Craftables

Craftables Created with a Construction Amulet

Any craftable object can be deconstructed, but most are not worth the cost (thulecite is rare, green gems are rarer). The following table lists some commonly deconstructed items. It assumes the item was crafted with a Construction Amulet and shows net cost of the construction and deconstruction and net gain. Items produced without a construction amulet are covered in separate tables below.

Item	Construction Cost using	Deconstruction Yield	Net Cost	Net Gain
Thulecite Suit	×0.2 ×3.4 ×2.6	×6 ×4	×0.44 ×0.2	×2.52 ×0.88
Thulecite Club	×0.2 ×2.4 ×2 ×2.6	×4 ×3 ×4	×0.44	×1.52 ×0.8 ×0.88
Glossamer Saddle	×0.2 ×0.4 ×1 ×0.6 ×2 ×34	×2 ×4 ×68	×0.44 ×0.48 ×1.12	×0.8 ×2 + ×34
War Saddle	×2 ×0.2 ×0.4 ×2 ×0.6 ×5	×4 ×4 ×10	×0.44 ×0.48 ×0.2 ×1.12	×2 ×2 ×5
Telelocator Focus	×0.2 ×0.4 ×2.2 ×2.6 ×4	×4 ×4 ×8	×0.44 ×0.48	×1.6 ×0.88 ×4

Explanation

Assuming the construction amulet was used to craft the staff, the effective cost of the staff is ×1.2 ×0.4 ×1 ×2.6. The staff can be used 5 times, so dividing the cost by 5 yields the cost per use: ×0.24 ×0.08 ×0.2 ×0.52

The best candidates for construction/deconstruction are items that use (even) multiples of a rare ingredient and no gems (except the Iridescent Gem - all other gems are destroyed during deconstruction).

Items Made From Living Mobs

When deconstructing items produced with living mobs, you may wish to be prepared to catch those animals again once they are freed. This is particularly problematic with mobs like multiple bees or rabbits that require tools and hunting/trapping to catch.

Craftables Created without a Construction Amulet

Hammering Thulecite Walls is the best way to convert Thulecite to fragments. Thulecite Wall deconstruction is a waste compared with deconstructing Thulecite Suits.

Scaled Flooring is worth deconstructing even when produced without the construction amulet (scales are probably rarer than green gems).

Item	Construction Cost	Deconstruction Yield	Net Cost	Net Gain
Scaled Flooring	×0.25 ×0.25	×1 ×1	×0.24 ×0.08 ×0.2 ×0.52	×0.75 ×0.75
Thulecite Wall	×0.167	×1	×0.24 ×0.2 ×0.52	×0.753

Other Turfs (whether crafted or dug up) might be deconstructed to yield interesting ingredients.

Deconstruction to renew durability

When using deconstruction to renew durability, the profit is the extended use of the item and/or components, not (only) a resource that can be used to create other items. A player could deconstruct a heavily used Pick/Axe, to yield a brand new Opulent Pickaxe, Luxury Axe, and 1 thulecite, which can then be used down to 3% durability before constructing a new Pick/Axe with them.

Similarly, if you're going to want more Scalemail, deconstructing it directly is more efficient than the 0.75 scales created when deconstructing Scaled Floring, but deconstructing flooring produces multiplies scales that can then be used for any purpose.

Tips

• Since Green Gems are so rare, the best use for Deconstruction Staffs is on Items or Structures that require very rare or non-renewable materials (e.g. items from the Ancient or Magic Tab).
• Some items that are created using a single non-renewable ingredient (e.g. Pan Flute) can be deconstructed and crafted again to extend their usage, since the Staff will always return at least one of the non-gem materials used.
• The Deconstruction Staff cannot be used on Walls or a Houndius Shootius that have been placed.
• In the Reign of Giants DLC, using the Deconstruction Staff on burnt Structures will still return 100% of their materials.
• Using the Deconstruction Staff on a single item from a recipe that gives multiple copies of said item (e.g. Turfs or Walls) will return the main item + part of the recipe. For example, deconstructing 1 Scaled Flooring will return 1 Scales and 1 Cut Stone.

Gallery

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  Wolfgang holding the Deconstruction Staff.

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  Wolfgang using the Deconstruction Staff on a Meat Effigy.