Grass Gator

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Wilson Portrait.png
I don't think he likes me very much.

Wilson

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It needs a haircut.

Willow

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If he not bother Wolfgang, Wolfgang not bother him.

Wolfgang

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It fears what it does not know.

Wendy

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IT IS STUPID AND EASILY STARTLED. THIS AMUSES ME

WX-78

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It appears docile enough.

Wickerbottom

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

Woodie

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Quite a skittish creature.

Maxwell

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What fine flaxen hair.

Wigfrid

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

Webber

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He seems to be a gentle soul.

Warly

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Friend?

Wormwood

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How can he see anything like that?

Winona

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See you later, gator.

Wortox

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Hee-hee! Scaredy gator!

Wurt

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He seems pretty shy.

Walter

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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.

Brain.png 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.

Spear.png Fighting Strategy

Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill a Grass Gator when playing with characters with a default damage modifier. The Weather Pain, Brightshade Staff, and Bee Mine are not included due to their random natures. This table does not take into account the damage bonus gained from characters with a lunar or shadow affinity. It also does not take into account the 40% damage bonus Wendy gets from attacking the same mob as Abigail, Wanda's damage bonus with Shadow weapons (except for the Alarming Clock, which does accurately reflect that bonus), or Wolfgang's damage multiplier when he isn't mighty.

Number of hits

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Weapon Grass Gator.png Grass Gator.png Grass Gator.png
Brightshade Bomb.png5
Gunpowder.png5
Alarming Clock.png (Wanda Portrait.png)8 (Old)
11 (Middle age)
13 (Young)
37 (Out of fuel)
Charged Elding Spear.png (Wigfrid Portrait.png)9 (7 Wettargetdamage.png)
Pure Horror Rounds.png (Walter Portrait.png)10 (8 Void Cowl.png)
Brightshade Sword.png15 (14 Brightshade Helm.png)
Howlitzer.png15
Blow Dart.png10
Electric Dart.png12 (7 Wettargetdamage.png)
Gloomerang.png19 - 100
(17 - 65 Void Cowl.png)
Dark Sword.png Glass Cutter.png15
Knabsack.png (Wortox Portrait.png)15 - 74
Houndius Shootius.png16
Tooth Trap.png Anenemy.png17
Elding Spear.png
Note
17 (12 Wettargetdamage.png)
Thulecite Club.png Seedshell.png17
Kablooies.png (Walter Portrait.png)
Note
17
Ham Bat.png17 - 34
Dread Pebbles.png (Walter Portrait.png)15 (13 Void Cowl.png)
Battle Rönd.png (Wigfrid Portrait.png)13
Tentacle Spike.png Shield of Terror.png Battle Paddle.png Cursed Rounds.png Marbles.png Rabbit King Cudgel.png20
Strident Trident.png20 (Melee on land)
14 (Melee on ocean)
12 (spell)
Moonshots.png (Walter Portrait.png)20 (Direct hit)
30 (AoE)
Slurtle Slime.png20
Morning Star.png24 (14 Wettargetdamage.png)
Shockscrap Shots.png (Walter Portrait.png)24 (14 Wettargetdamage.png)
Bat Bat.png Battle Spear.png24
Gembell.png Firebell.png Icebell.png (Wolfgang Portrait.png)12 (When thrown)
Bramble Trap.png25
Spear.png30
Gold Rounds.png (Walter Portrait.png)30
Marbell.png (Wolfgang Portrait.png)15 (When thrown)
Boomerang.png Tail o' Three Cats.png Bull Kelp Stalk.png Cutless.png37
Golden Dumbbell.png (Wolfgang Portrait.png)19 (When thrown)
Stinger Zingers.png (Walter Portrait.png)40 (Direct hit)
59 (AoE)
Slow-Down Rounds.png Pebbles.png (Walter Portrait.png)59
Dumbbell.png Thermbell.png (Wolfgang Portrait.png)30 (When thrown)

It takes 3 blasts with an Ice Staff to freeze Grass Gator, and 3 Sleep Darts to put it to sleep.

Placeholder.png 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.

Mosquito.png 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.

Research Notes.png Assets

Blueprint.pngGallery

Ageless Watch.pngHistory

  • 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.

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