Hound Mound/DST

Don't Starve

DST

“I've got no bones to pick with the owner. Really.”

–Wilson

“Uh oh, I don't like the look of that.”

–Willow

“Is house of bones.”

–Wolfgang

“Home to the foulest creatures.”

–Wendy

“SOMETHING DANGEROUS RESIDES HERE”

–WX-78

“Those bones are foreboding.”

–Wickerbottom

“I know better than to mess with that.”

–Woodie

“It's a tunnel down to the hounds' nest.”

–Maxwell

“These höunds are true warriörs.”

–Wigfrid

“This place scares us.”

–Webber

“It smells wet.”

–Warly

“Woofers around?”

–Wormwood

“So that's where they're comin' from.”

–Winona

“It's the dog house!”

–Wortox

“Found doggy nest, florp.”

–Wurt

“I bet there's something interesting hiding in there!”

–Walter

“Ugh, a dwelling made of old bones!”

–Wanda

Hound Mounds are naturally spawning objects that can commonly be found in the Desert Biome, often in a cluster. They house 2 to 3 Hounds, which spawn in 30 second intervals until the mound is empty. Hounds that are killed will gradually regenerate at a rate of 1 every 3 minutes.

They have 300 Health and drop 3 Hound's Teeth and 2 Bone Shards with a 1% chance each of dropping a Blue Gem or Red Gem when destroyed.

During Summer, a regularly spawned Hound has a 20% chance to be a Red Hound. During Winter, a regularly spawned Hound has a 20% chance to be a Blue Hound.

When hit, all hounds that are housed in the mound, but have not yet spawned, will spawn and attack the player. These hounds are considered "guard hounds" and have a chance to be a Red Hound during Autumn and Summer or a Blue Hound during Winter or Spring. The chance for each guard hound to be a special hound grows larger as the days pass and caps out at 50% on day 75. The chance for each day is listed in the table below.

Day	Special Hound Spawn Chance
1-14	0%
15-29	10%
30-49	20%
50-74	33%
75+	50%

Hounds spawned from Hound Mounds will not continue to chase players if they are far away from the mound. Instead, they will bark for a moment and then return to the nest.

Tips

• Players should be careful when trying to lure a Deerclops or a Spider Queen to a Hound Mound, as the Hounds may kill the player before attacking the giants.
• Players can use Hound Mounds to farm Red Gems during Summer or Blue Gems during Winter.

Trivia

• Hound Mounds were added in A Little Rain Must Fall update.
• Hound Mounds will continue to spawn Hounds even if the player is playing on a world with Hounds set to the 'none' amount, as that only controls Hound waves. To avoid encountering Hounds from mounds, the mounds themselves have to be set to 'none'.
• As stated by Maxwell, the mound itself acts as an entrance to a tunnel leading to the subterranean Hound nest. Conceivably, destroying this entrance blocks the tunnel and traps the Hounds underground.

Gallery

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  Hound Mound Destroyed
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  Hound Mounds in a Desert Biome.
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  A Set Piece with Boulders surrounded by Hound Mounds.
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  Hound Mounds on a Map in Reign of Giants.
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  Hound Mound as seen in the poster for A Little Rain Must Fall update.

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