Klaus

Exclusive to:

Klaus (first phase)
	10000 (normal) 27440 (enraged)
	(normal) 37.5 to player (28.125 ) 75 to mobs ——— (enraged) 102.8 to player (77.1 ) 205.8 to mobs 0.36x (taken)
Attack Period	3 (normal) 2.14 (enraged)
Attack Range	3 (normal) 4.2 (enraged)
Walking Speed	2.75
Sanity Aura	-100/min (enraged) (-50/min ) (-75/min ) (-110/min )
Spawns from
	"klaus"

Klaus (second phase)
	5000 (normal) 13720 (enraged)
	-100/min (normal) (-50/min ) (-75/min ) (-90/min ) (-110/min ) -400/min (enraged) (-200/min ) (-300/min ) (-360/min ) (-440/min )
Drops	×1, ×1, ×1, for (additionally ×2 During Winter's Feast)
Spawns from
	"klaus"

“What on earth is that thing!”

–Wilson

“A lump of coal would be really useful, actually!”

–Willow

“Wolfgang is not naughty! He is MIGHTY!”

–Wolfgang

“I see him when I'm sleeping...”

–Wendy

“THE RED FLESHSACK LACKS OPTICAL SENSORS”

–WX-78

“It employs a powerful olfactory sense to locate prey.”

–Wickerbottom

“Thing's got no eyes, eh?”

–Woodie

“My, what a magnificently horrific creature.”

–Maxwell

“I shall free thy deer this day!”

–Wigfrid

“That meanie imprisoned those deer!”

–Webber

“He doesn't look very jolly.”

–Warly

“Hello!... Friend?”

–Wormwood

“Get out of here ya big creep.”

–Winona

“Are we not brethren?”

–Wortox

“You have presents for me?”

–Wurt

“Woah! Who are you?”

–Walter

“Is it that time of year again already?”

–Wanda

“Its chains came off!”

–Wilson, When Klaus enters his second phase.

“Why couldn't it just stay dead?!”

–Willow, When Klaus enters his second phase.

“Do not hold back! Wolfgang can take you!”

–Wolfgang, When Klaus enters his second phase.

“The beast returns unchained.”

–Wendy, When Klaus enters his second phase.

“IT HAS BEEN UNSHACKLED.”

–WX-78, When Klaus enters his second phase.

“Whatever enchantment restrained it has been undone.”

–Wickerbottom, When Klaus enters his second phase.

“You shoulda stayed down.”

–Woodie, When Klaus enters his second phase.

“Its true power has been unlocked!”

–Maxwell, When Klaus enters his second phase.

“Nöw the true battle begins!”

–Wigfrid, When Klaus enters his second phase.

“Its belly looks hungry!”

–Webber, When Klaus enters his second phase.

“Its shackles fell away!”

–Warly, When Klaus enters his second phase.

“Ahg! Scary belly mouth!”

–Wormwood, When Klaus enters his second phase.

“The mitts are coming off!”

–Winona, When Klaus enters his second phase.

“Shall we dance?”

–Wortox, When Klaus enters his second phase.

“GLOOOORP!! Belly has teeth!”

–Wurt, When Klaus enters his second phase.

“Maybe he'll feel better with that chain gone.”

–Walter, When Klaus enters his second phase.

“That can't be good...”

–Wanda, When Klaus enters his second phase.

Klaus is a Boss Monster exclusive to Don't Starve Together, introduced in A New Reign. He resembles a larger version of Krampus. He spawns after a player puts a Deer Antler in a Loot Stash, which will return Bone Shards due to it being an incorrect key. He spawns with one red and one blue Gem Deer. Killing the deer, or separating them from him by 30 units, will enrage him, give him 64% Damage Reduction, increasing his damage and health by x2.744, and increasing his size. He is also able to spawn 2-6 Krampii during the fight. Using the Telelocator Staff on him is not a viable way of isolating him from his Deer, as he will get enraged when separated from them even if they are still alive.

After killing him, he will be revived, losing the chains around his body, revealing a large mouth on his stomach, and gaining a new long-ranged "chomp" attack.

Once he's killed again, he will drop Charcoal, a Monster Meat, and a Stag Antler, which is the proper key to use on the Loot Stash. Opening the Loot Stash will yield 4 Bundled Supplies. If the Gem Deer are still alive when he's killed, they will turn into normal No-Eyed Deer, dropping their corresponding gems. It's worth noting that during Winter's Feast, Klaus is present year round and no longer provides bundled supplies, instead it will provide 6 gift boxes.

Hunting

Klaus can be kited, a process by which the player attacks, moves away to avoid an attack, then attacks again. It is possible to strike Klaus three times in-between attacks, four if using a Walking Cane. Any error in the player's movement can lead to heavy damage since he strikes twice.

In his second phase, Klaus gains a lunge attack. However, his attacks remain mostly predictable. He usually attacks with a lunge and a subsequent regular attack. Players can still strike three times without getting hit, but only after his two attacks. His lunge attack can be avoided by staying in close quarters as he's about to attack.

If Klaus uses his Gem Deer, players in the area must immediately flee. Leaving oneself exposed to Gem Deer's attacks will leave heavy damage to the player or be exposed to freezing or burning.

In the rare event that one of his Gem Deer accidentally dies and Klaus turns enraged, fighting him becomes significantly harder. In almost every situation, the player should flee entirely and restart the fight.

Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill a Klaus when playing with characters with a default damage modifier. The Weather Pain is not included due to the random nature of its projectile.

Number of Hits

Item
	10	5	0
	30	15	0
	40	20	0
	50 - 66	25 - 33	0 - 0
	50	25	0
	≥63	≥32	≥0
	63 as	32 as	0 as
	99	50	0
	99 - 197	50 - 99	0 - 0
	100	50	0
	112 (67 )	56 (34 )	0 (0 )
	148	74	0
	148	74	0
	167	84	0
	295, 223 or 167	148, 112 or 84	0, 0 or 0
	169	85	0
	169 - 337	85 - 169	0 - 0
	184 - 368 -	92 - 184 -	0 - 0 -
	197	99	0
	200	100	0
	227	114	0
	231 (139 )	116 (70 )	0 (0 )
	236	118	0
	250	125	0
	295	148	0
	295 (99 )	148 (50 )	0 (0 )
	327	164	0
	335	168	0
	368	184	0
	491	246	0
	500	250	0
	589	295	0
	736	368	0
	2353	1177	0

Assumptions

• Given the red design of Klaus, it appears to have an identical curse to Wortox. Wortox inherited the curse and it only manifested itself after he went against his nature. It is possible that previously klaus was a Deerclops, since it has the same round fluffy body, a head with strongly expressed cheekbones, identical ears and horns located slightly higher, a place where there was previously one eye, legs that are identical in shape to those of Deerclops, claws on hands, a little hair on the lower part of the head that looks like a small beard.
  • Wortox's quote on Klaus may support the fact that Klaus has a similar curse.

Trivia

• Klaus was introduced in the Winter's Feast update, alongside the eponymous event.
• During the Winter's Feast event, Klaus has a slightly different appearance. His horns turn white with red stripes, and his chains are golden.
• The name Klaus is a short form of Nikolaus, referring to Saint Nicholas, the historical origin of Santa Claus. It is also a likely pun on “claws” as evidenced by Klaus’ main attack.
• Even though he is blind due to his eyes sewn together into a single large "X" shape, it's possible that Klaus has a keen sense of smell to track down the player. This is supported by Klaus occasionally attempting to sniff out a player.
  • This is also confirmed by Wickerbottom's examination quote.
• Other than his eyes, Klaus's mouth seems to have been sewn together as well.
  • This means that he lacks both sight and taste; although this might not be true, as Klaus owns a pair of jaws on his abdomen.
• Klaus is the first boss to have two different boss battle themes; the second being the Ancient Fuelweaver, whose second theme plays when Woven Shadows are being summoned.
• When put to sleep, Klaus covers his eyes for some reason.
• Klaus seems to be wearing the old version of the Life Giving Amulet, as evidenced by its octagonal shape.
• Klaus texture files contain unused hand textures.

Gallery

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  Klaus Sprites

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  Klaus Sprites

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  Klaus in his "idle" state.

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  Klaus in his normal "Attack" state, showing the first swing.

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  Klaus in his normal "Attack" state, showing the second swing.

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  Klaus in his "command" state, which he uses to cast spells from his Red or Blue No-Eyed Deer.

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  Klaus in his "laugh" state.

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  Klaus in his "transform" state, which happens when both of his No-Eyed Deer are killed, making him enraged and have triple the amount of health.

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  Klaus in his "resurrection" state, which happens after the player kill him for the first time, he will revive and has to be killed again.

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  Klaus in his "Chomp Attack" state's preparation part, this attack is a long-ranged jump attack.

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  Klaus in his "Chomp Attack" state's bite part, this attack is a long-ranged jump attack.

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  Klaus in his "death" state, he will finally drop loot which allows the player to open the Loot Stash.

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  Klaus frozen by an ice staff.

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  Klaus turning into his second form.

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  Klaus as seen in the A New Reign trailer.

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  Klaus's stomach mouth as seen in the A New Reign trailer.

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  A drawing of two No-Eyed Deer with Klaus behind them from an episode of Rhymes with Play.

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  Klaus as seen in a drawing from Art Stream # 17.

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  Klaus unused hand textures

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  Klaus portrait from official Klei Discord server

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  Klaus emoji in the official Klei Discord server.

Sounds

Klaus's battle theme during the first stage of the fight.
Klaus's battle theme during the second stage of the fight.