Hollow Stump/DST

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“It's a den in a stump.”

–Wilson

“I wouldn't burn it while someone lives there.”

–Willow

“Stump is suspicious.”

–Wolfgang

“I could curl up and die in there.”

–Wendy

“LIFE LOOP ITERATING”

–WX-78

“An excellent hollow for a den.”

–Wickerbottom

“Ugh, how many more lives do you have?”

–Woodie

“Vermin housing.”

–Maxwell

“Fascinating! A stump that regenerates cat-like creatures!”

–Wagstaff

“Cute meat lives there.”

–Wigfrid

“Trunk house.”

–Webber

“Looks like a nice place to crash.”

–Walani

“How many critters can fit in there?”

–Warly

“Whut lives in here. I'm stumped.”

–Woodlegs

“'TIS KITTY WITHIN?”

–Wilba

“Anyone home?”

–Wormwood

“With all that yarn, there must be knitter inside.”

–Wheeler

“We all gotta sleep.”

–Winona

“A home for friends.”

–Wortox

“Something skritching inside.”

–Wurt

“I think something lives in there!”

–Walter

“It looks like something's been living in there for a while.”

–Wanda

The Hollow Stump is a naturally-spawning object from the Reign of Giants DLC, found only in a Deciduous Forest Biome. It is a large stump with a hole, with yarn hanging from its branches and a ball of yarn on the side. It is the home of a Catcoon.

A Hollow Stump initially starts with 9 Catcoon lives. The life counter decreases every time a Catcoon from the stump is killed, and the Hollow Stump regenerates one Catcoon life every 120 seconds. If a Hollow Stump runs out of lives completely, the stump will go into an "empty" state. Despite appearing to be mostly destroyed, a Hollow Stump in this state will drop the same number of items as a functional one.

Spawned Catcoons wander within 7.5 tiles radius of their Hollow Stump.

The Hollow Stump has 20 inventory slots. Catcoons will store any item they pick up from the ground into the stump. Players can search the Hollow Stump to retrieve those items, but doing so will aggro the Catcoon.

The Hollow Stump will only drop 2 Twigs and 2 Log when destroyed.

An empty Hollow Stump will regenerate after 15-20 days, becoming an inhabited Hollow Stump.

Hammered/Burnt Hollow Stump attempt to regrow in 7.5 days in spring, 15 days in autumn. The regrown Hollow Stump requires an empty space with 3/4 tiles, within 5 tiles radius of the destroyed Hollow Stump, at least 5 tiles away from any wall or structure.

Drops

Chance	Item
30%
20%
5%
2%

Trivia

• Catcoons spawning a total of 9 times, as well as the cat having 9 unique "gifts", is a reference to the myth that cats have 9 lives.
• Despite Catcoons being hostile towards Wortox, he still calls it "A home for friends".

Bugs

• Sometimes Catcoons will attempt to enter a hammered Hollow Stump, resulting in them repeatedly hissing indefinitely.

Gallery

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  Hollow Stump icon on a Map.
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  A Hollow Stump as seen in a drawing from Art Stream #19.

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