Grass Gator

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“I don't think he likes me very much.”

–Wilson

“It needs a haircut.”

–Willow

“If he not bother Wolfgang, Wolfgang not bother him.”

–Wolfgang

“It fears what it does not know.”

–Wendy

“IT IS STUPID AND EASILY STARTLED. THIS AMUSES ME”

–WX-78

“It appears docile enough.”

–Wickerbottom

“Can't tell if it's an animal or a real lively shrub.”

–Woodie

“Quite a skittish creature.”

–Maxwell

“What fine flaxen hair.”

–Wigfrid

“We don't think it wants to be friends with us.”

–Webber

“He seems to be a gentle soul.”

–Warly

“Friend?”

–Wormwood

“How can he see anything like that?”

–Winona

“See you later, gator.”

–Wortox

“Hee-hee! Scaredy gator!”

–Wurt

“He seems pretty shy.”

–Walter

“It seems to want nothing to do with us, which is fine by me.”

–Wanda

The Grass Gator is a mob exclusive to Don't Starve Together and introduced in the Waterlogged beta. They function similarly to the Beefalo, but spawn from Great Tree Trunks. When killed, Gators drop 2 Cut Grass, 2 Twigs and 7 Leafy Meat. The Great Tree Trunk will respawn a new Grass Gator in about 2 minutes.

Behavior

Grass Gators do not live in herds, however nearby Grass Gators will also attack if one of them is harmed. They are unable to be befriended and run away from the player, similar to a Koalefant. If they enter any water deeper than shallow, they will dive under the water and emerge back in the Waterlogged biome, producing waves.

Grass Gators will drop one Twig every half a day, making them an automatic source of twigs if they are telelocated to a pen for easier gathering, similar to a Grass Gekko farm.

Trivia

• The old, unused version of the Grass Gator was first found in the Don't Starve: Newhome beta files.
• According to Rhymes With Play #282, the Grass Gator is related to the Grass Gekko.
  • According to the same RWP, Grass Gators live in the Great Tree's canopy but, due to their natural clumsiness, they tend to fall from it.

Bugs

• Grass Gator do not sleep at night when located 40 unit near its Great Tree Trunk.
  • All mobs with nests are programmed to choose to return to the nest at bedtime instead of sleeping in place when near the nest (like Spider or Pigman), while the Grass Gator has Great Tree Trunk as its nest, it cannot enter this nest, so it can neither return to the nest nor sleep when near the Great Tree Trunk.
• Due to a logical error in line 129 of Grassator.lua (Compare two strings), the Grass Gator will judge the Middle and deep seas as shallow when diving, and will therefore move in an almost random direction.

Assets

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  alert
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  attack
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  bellow
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  dead
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  leave
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  appear
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  idle in water
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  run
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  shake
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  jump
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  walk

Gallery

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  Grass Gator animation concept from Rhymes With Play #282.
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  Grass Gator animation concept from Rhymes With Play #282.
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  Grass Gator concept art from Rhymes With Play #282.
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  Grass Gator concept art from Rhymes With Play #282.
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  Grass Gator concept art from Rhymes With Play #282.
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  Grass Gator concept art of new version from Rhymes With Play #282.
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  Grass Gator in Waterlogged concept art from Rhymes With Play #282.
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  Original Grass Gator design.
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  Original Grass Gator design.
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  Original Grass Gator design.
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  Original Grass Gator design.

History

• 590113：Fixed Grass Gator’s shallow water finding logic.
  • Unstated change: The distance the Grass Gator first moves has been reduced from 25-30 to 15-20 units.

References

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