Fountain of Knowledge

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“If only there was a way to get it working again...”

–Wilson, examining an inactive Fountain of Knowledge.

“Looks like it's busted.”

–Willow, examining an inactive Fountain of Knowledge.

“Silly machine does nothing.”

–Wolfgang, examining an inactive Fountain of Knowledge.

“Devoid of life. Like everything in this place.”

–Wendy, examining an inactive Fountain of Knowledge.

“POWER SOURCE REQUIRED”

–WX-78, examining an inactive Fountain of Knowledge.

“It appears to lack an energy source.”

–Wickerbottom, examining an inactive Fountain of Knowledge.

“Now that's a funny looking gadget. Too bad it doesn't work.”

–Woodie, examining an inactive Fountain of Knowledge.

“I always wondered where those parts came from.”

–Maxwell, examining an inactive Fountain of Knowledge.

“This place has been löng förgötten.”

–Wigfrid, examining an inactive Fountain of Knowledge.

“We think it's broken.”

–Webber, examining an inactive Fountain of Knowledge.

“This looks like it hasn't been used in a long time.”

–Warly, examining an inactive Fountain of Knowledge.

“Sleeping”

–Wormwood, examining an inactive Fountain of Knowledge.

“Looks like it needs some power to get it going.”

–Winona, examining an inactive Fountain of Knowledge.

“What a shame, these machines have no souls to claim.”

–Wortox, examining an inactive Fountain of Knowledge.

“Weird statue.”

–Wurt, examining an inactive Fountain of Knowledge.

“I wonder what they used it for.”

–Walter, examining an inactive Fountain of Knowledge.

“It looks like it needs a good winding.”

–Wanda, examining an inactive Fountain of Knowledge.

“I have the strongest urge to stand around it and talk about nothing in particular.”

–Wilson, examining an active Fountain of Knowledge.

“Ugh, I feel a puzzle coming on...”

–Willow, examining an active Fountain of Knowledge.

“Buttons for Wolfgang to mash mightily!”

–Wolfgang, examining an active Fountain of Knowledge.

“All the knowledge in the world won't bring Abigail back.”

–Wendy, examining an active Fountain of Knowledge.

“THEY PUT... DATA... IN THE WATER... HOW DARE THEY”

–WX-78, examining an active Fountain of Knowledge.

“Somehow, the ancients devised a way to store knowledge in liquid form.”

–Wickerbottom, examining an active Fountain of Knowledge.

“Well whattaya know! It just needed a little juice.”

–Woodie, examining an active Fountain of Knowledge.

“Ah. I suppose I misinterpreted the original design.”

–Maxwell, examining an active Fountain of Knowledge.

“Reveal thine secrets tö me, Ö strange machine!”

–Wigfrid, examining an active Fountain of Knowledge.

“Can we press all the buttons?”

–Webber, examining an active Fountain of Knowledge.

“I wonder what this machine will cook up for us.”

–Warly, examining an active Fountain of Knowledge.

“Not for watering?”

–Wormwood, examining an active Fountain of Knowledge.

“Now that's one fine piece of engineering!”

–Winona, examining an active Fountain of Knowledge.

“Do you have any secrets for me?”

–Wortox, examining an active Fountain of Knowledge.

“Funny-hair man say it full of "gnaw-ledge".”

–Wurt, examining an active Fountain of Knowledge.

“That glass part looks kind of familiar.”

–Walter, examining an active Fountain of Knowledge.

“How delightfully odd!”

–Wanda, examining an active Fountain of Knowledge.

The Fountain of Knowledge is a naturally spawning object exclusive to Don't Starve Together, introduced in Return of Them. It is commonly found in the Ancient Archive biome. It is initially inactive until powered by the Archive Switch. Once activated, it can be interacted with to obtain a Distilled Knowledge.

The three types of Fountain of Knowledge can be spawned via Console with the following commands:

Terra Firma Tamper:

c_spawn("archive_lockbox_dispencer").AnimState:AddOverrideBuild("archive_knowledge_dispensary_a")

Astral Detector:

c_spawn("archive_lockbox_dispencer").AnimState:AddOverrideBuild("archive_knowledge_dispensary_b")

Collected Dust:

c_spawn("archive_lockbox_dispencer").AnimState:AddOverrideBuild("archive_knowledge_dispensary_c")

Distilled Knowledge

“Now how do I get the knowledge out?”

–Wilson

“Great. We turned on the mysterious thing and got another mysterious thing.”

–Willow

“Strange box puzzles Wolfgang...”

–Wolfgang

“How am I to get it open? Perhaps the key is nearby.”

–Wendy

“ENCRYPTED DATA”

–WX-78

“It seems to require an outside power source to activate.”

–Wickerbottom

“Huh. There's something sloshing around in there.”

–Woodie

“Impossible... I thought I was privy to all of Their secrets.”

–Maxwell

“Will yöu whisper truths tö me, as Mímir did tö Ödin?”

–Wigfrid

“How will we get it open?”

–Webber

“Perhaps it contains an ancient recipe of some kind.”

–Warly

“Plant this in funny floor”

–Wormwood

“I'm thinkin' this might be a cog for a larger machine.”

–Winona

“Oh ho! A puzzling piece indeed!”

–Wortox

“Grrr, how get it open?!”

–Wurt

“I wish it came with instructions...”

–Walter

“It's quite a puzzling piece, isn't it?”

–Wanda

Distilled Knowledge is an item obtained from the Fountain of Knowledge. Players can place it on top of Archive Orchestrina to solve the puzzle. After completion, it grants all nearby players one Blueprint per item. Players who have already unlocked the item will not receive new Blueprints.

The Blueprint's type depends on the color of the Fountain of Knowledge it came from.

Color	Blueprint
Yellow	Terra Firma Tamper Ancient Stonework
Blue	Astral Detector
Red	Collected Dust

Trivia

• The Fountain of Knowledge was introduced in the Forgotten Knowledge update.
• Judging by the appearance of the yellow Fountain and Maxwell's quote, spare parts of Fountains were incorporated into Maxwell's Clockworks. This is most clearly seen in the Clockwork Bishop, which has a headpiece resembling the top half of the yellow Fountain's bulb. This doesn't make sense as clockworks weren't made by Maxwell, they were created by the Ancients.
• As seen in its examination quote, Wormwood is the only character that knows what to do to open Distilled Knowledge when first encountering it.

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