Marotter

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“You should see the otter guy.”

–Wilson

“You rotten little bandit!”

–Willow

“Is kind of cute except for love of stealing.”

–Wolfgang

“Is it true they hold paws while sleeping at sea to not get separated?”

–Wendy

“PILFERING FLESHSACK”

–WX-78

“This beast possess traits of an otter, fish and petty criminal.”

–Wickerbottom

“Stay back, greedy rascal.”

–Woodie

“Keep a distance, you crooked creature!”

–Maxwell

“A crafty pillager. I cannöt help but respect it.”

–Wigfrid

“Hey don't touch our stuff!”

–Webber

“Its meat must be both fishy and gamey.”

–Warly

“Hi, Stealy Friend”

–Wormwood

“Nasty lil hoarder ain't it?”

–Winona

“Furry fish-tailed freeloader!”

–Wortox

“Fishrat!”

–Wurt

“Whatch out, Woby. I think it wants our stuff.”

–Walter

“It's obviously up to no good.”

–Wanda

Marotters are amphibious Mobs exclusive to Don't Starve Together. The marauding otters will spawn from Marotter Dens in groups of 2 and will wander around them in a radius of 7.5 tiles. Like other diurnal critters, Marotters will leave their dens in the morning and return during night, while sleeping in all day during Winter.

After spotting something they want to steal within a 5 tile radius of themselves, they will navigate to that item (maintaining chase and attacking a player or mob to make them drop the item if necessary), take it, and then retreat back to their den. This will add said item to the den's inventory. Marotters have herd instinct and thus will aggro onto anything that attacks another Marotter nearby.

Marotters will gladly smack open chests and fridges in order to knock an item out, proceeding to eat the item if it is meat or classified as "Horrible", and typically stealing it if it is not. Marotters will steal anything that is considered edible to any mob, following the Food Type system, meaning they will steal things like Rocks and Grass or Twigs too.

Searching the Marotter Dens while Marotters are out will not aggro them, but searching the dens during night or Winter will make Marotters come out and attack. Rowing the Marotter Den away will also trigger Marotters to attack the player.

When a Marotter is killed, the Marotter Den will respawn a new one in the first night after a period of 6 days.

Fighting Strategy

Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill a Marotter 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
	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
	2
()	3 (Old) 4 (Middle age) 5 (Young) 13 (Out of fuel)	3 (Old) 3 (Middle age) 4 (Young) 11 (Out of fuel)	2 (1 ) (Old) 3 (2 ) (Middle age) 3 (2 ) (Young) 9 (6 ) (Out of fuel)	2 (1 ) (Old) 2 (2 ) (Middle age) 3 (2 ) (Young) 8 (5 ) (Out of fuel)
()	4 (3 )	3 (2 )	4 (3 )	3 (2 )
()	4 (3 )	4 (3 )	4 (3 ) (3 (3 ) )	3 (3 ) (3 (3 ) )
	6 (6 )	6 (5 )	5 (4 ) (5 (4 ) )	5 (4 ) (4 (3 ) )	6 (5 )	5 (5 )	5 (3 ) (4 (3 ) )	4 (3 ) (4 (3 ) )	5 (5 )	5 (4 )	4 (3 ) (4 (3 ) )	4 (3 ) (3 (2 ) )	4 (3 )	3 (3 )	3 (2 ) (3 (2 ) )	3 (2 ) (2 (2 ) )
	6	6	5 (4 )	5 (4 )	6	5	5 (3 )	4 (3 )	5	5	4 (3 )	4 (3 )	4	4	3 (2 )	3 (2 )
	5	4	4 (2 )	3 (2 )	4	3	3 (2 )	2 (2 )	3	3	2 (2 )	2 (1 )	2	2	2 (1 )	1 (1 )
	6 (4 )	5 (3 )	6 (4 )	5 (3 )	4 (3 )	4 (2 )	4 (3 )	4 (2 )	4 (2 )	3 (2 )	4 (2 )	3 (2 )	2 (2 )	2 (1 )	2 (2 )	2 (1 )
	8 - 40 (7 - 25 )	7 - 37 (6 - 24 )	7 (5 ) - 33 (25 ) (6 (4 ) - 22 (18 ) )	6 (4 ) - 30 (22 ) (5 (4 ) - 21 (16 ) )	7 - 35 (6 - 23 )	6 - 32 (6 - 22 )	6 (4 ) - 28 (20 ) (5 (4 ) - 20 (15 ) )	5 (4 ) - 25 (18 ) (5 (3 ) - 18 (14 ) )	6 - 32 (6 - 21 )	6 - 28 (5 - 20 )	5 (4 ) - 25 (17 ) (4 (3 ) - 18 (13 ) )	4 (3 ) - 22 (15 ) (4 (3 ) - 16 (12 ) )	5 - 24 (4 - 17 )	4 - 21 (4 - 16 )	4 (3 ) - 18 (12 ) (3 (2 ) - 14 (10 ) )	3 (2 ) - 16 (10 ) (3 (2 ) - 12 (9 ) )
	7	6	5 (3 )	4 (3 )	6	5	4 (3 )	3 (2 )	5	4	3 (2 )	3 (2 )	3	3	2 (2 )	2 (1 )
()	6 - 26	5 - 22	4 (3 ) - 18 (11 )	3 (2 ) - 15 (9 )
	6
	6
Note	8 (6 )	7 (5 )	8 (6 )	7 (5 )	6 (4 )	5 (4 )	6 (4 )	5 (4 )	5 (4 )	4 (3 )	5 (4 )	4 (3 )	3 (2 )	3 (2 )	3 (2 )	3 (2 )
	8	7	6 (4 )	5 (3 )	6	5	4 (3 )	4 (2 )	5	4	4 (2 )	3 (2 )	3	3	2 (2 )	2 (1 )
() Note	6	5	4 (3 )	4 (2 )
	8 - 16	7 - 14	6 (4 ) - 11 (7 )	5 (3 ) - 9 (6 )	6 - 12	5 - 10	4 (3 ) - 8 (5 )	4 (2 ) - 7 (4 )	5 - 10	4 - 8	4 (2 ) - 7 (4 )	3 (2 ) - 6 (4 )	3 - 6	3 - 5	2 (2 ) - 4 (3 )	2 (1 ) - 4 (2 )
()	6 (5 )	5 (4 )	4 (3 ) (4 (2 ) )	4 (2 ) (3 (2 ) )
()	5	4	3 (2 )	3 (2 )
	10	8	7 (4 )	6 (4 )	7	6	5 (3 )	4 (3 )	6	5	4 (3 )	4 (2 )	4	3	3 (2 )	2 (2 )
	10 (Melee on land) 7 (Melee on ocean) 6 (spell)	8 (Melee on land) 6 (Melee on ocean) 5 (spell)	7 (4 ) (Melee on land) 5 (3 ) (Melee on ocean) 4 (3 ) (spell)	6 (4 ) (Melee on land) 4 (3 ) (Melee on ocean) 4 (2 ) (spell)	7 (Melee on land) 5 (Melee on ocean) 5 (spell)	6 (Melee on land) 4 (Melee on ocean) 4 (spell)	5 (3 ) (Melee on land) 4 (2 ) (Melee on ocean) 3 (2 ) (spell)	4 (3 ) (Melee on land) 3 (2 ) (Melee on ocean) 3 (2 ) (spell)	6 (Melee on land) 4 (Melee on ocean) 4 (spell)	5 (Melee on land) 4 (Melee on ocean) 3 (spell)	4 (3 ) (Melee on land) 3 (2 ) (Melee on ocean) 3 (2 ) (spell)	4 (2 ) (Melee on land) 3 (2 ) (Melee on ocean) 2 (2 ) (spell)	4 (Melee on land) 3 (Melee on ocean) 3 (spell)	3 (Melee on land) 2 (Melee on ocean) 2 (spell)	3 (2 ) (Melee on land) 2 (1 ) (Melee on ocean) 2 (1 ) (spell)	2 (2 ) (Melee on land) 2 (1 ) (Melee on ocean) 2 (1 ) (spell)
()	7 (Direct hit) 11 (AoE)	6 (Direct hit) 9 (AoE)	5 (3 ) (Direct hit) 7 (5 ) (AoE)	4 (3 ) (Direct hit) 6 (4 ) (AoE)
	7
	11 (7 )	9 (6 )	11 (7 )	9 (6 )	9 (5 )	7 (5 )	9 (5 )	7 (5 )	7 (4 )	6 (4 )	7 (4 )	6 (4 )	5 (3 )	4 (3 )	5 (3 )	4 (3 )
()	9 (5 )	7 (4 )	9 (5 )	7 (4 )
	11	10	8 (5 )	7 (4 )	9	7	6 (4 )	5 (3 )	7	6	5 (3 )	4 (3 )	5	4	3 (2 )	3 (2 )
()	5 (When thrown)	4 (When thrown)	3 (2 ) (When thrown)	3 (2 ) (When thrown)
	9
	14	12	10 (6 )	8 (5 )	11	9	7 (5 )	6 (4 )	9	7	6 (4 )	5 (3 )	6	5	4 (3 )	3 (2 )
()	11	9	7 (5 )	6 (4 )
()	6 (When thrown)	5 (When thrown)	4 (3 ) (When thrown)	3 (2 ) (When thrown)
	18	15	12 (7 )	10 (6 )	13	11	9 (6 )	8 (5 )	11	9	7 (5 )	6 (4 )	7	6	5 (3 )	4 (3 )
()	7 (When thrown)	6 (When thrown)	5 (3 ) (When thrown)	4 (3 ) (When thrown)
()	14 (Direct hit) 21 (AoE)	12 (Direct hit) 18 (AoE)	10 (6 ) (Direct hit) 14 (9 ) (AoE)	8 (5 ) (Direct hit) 12 (7 ) (AoE)
()	21	18	14 (9 )	12 (7 )
()	11 (When thrown)	9 (When thrown)	7 (5 ) (When thrown)	6 (4 ) (When thrown)

It takes 2 blasts with an Ice Staff to freeze Marotter, and 3 Sleep Darts to put it to sleep.

Tips

• The attack a Marotter does in order to knock an item out of a players inventory is fast enough for it to be extremely difficult to avoid even if you are walking away from them. However, if the player is anticipating this attack, they can cancel their stealing attack by simply hitting them before the animation has a chance to complete. This will, of course, aggro the target and the surrounding Marotters, so one must be prepared for a fight.

Trivia

• The assets for Marotters were first seen within the files of the Don't Starve: Newhome Beta.
  • The Marotters sounds were also found in the Don't Starve Together Hook, Line, & Inker update sounds file.
• In update 620060, Marotter's animations on surface were accidentally removed. Because of this, all Marotters in the game became invisible. This was quickly fixed in update 620148

Gallery

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  Marotters within Water.
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  water idle sidedown
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  water idle side
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  water idle upside
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  water attack sidedown
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  water attack side
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  water attack upside
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  water bite sidedown
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  water bite side
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  water bite upside
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  water death
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  water eat
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  water hit
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  water start jump sidedown
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  water start jump side
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  water start jump upside
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  water finishes jump sidedown
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  water finishes jump side
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  water finishes jump upside
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  water run sidedown
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  water run side
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  water run upside
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  water sleep
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  water wakes up
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  water falls asleep
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  water taunt
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  water idle sidedown
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  water idle sidedown 2
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  water idle side
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  water idle upside
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  water attack sidedown
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  water attack side
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  water attack upside
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  water bite sidedown
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  water bite side
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  water bite upside
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  water death
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  water eat
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  water hit
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  water start jump sidedown
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  water start jump side
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  water start jump upside
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  water finishes jump sidedown
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  water finishes jump side
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  water finishes jump upside
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  water run sidedown
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  water run side
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  water run upside
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  water sleep
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  water wakes up
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  water falls asleep
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  water taunt

Otter sounds
Otter taunt 1
Otter taunt 2
Otter taunt 3
Otter sleep loop out 1
Otter sleep loop out 2
Otter sleep loop out 3
Otter sleep loop out 4
Otter sleep loop out 5
Otter sleep loop out 6
Otter sleep loop out 7
Otter sleep loop out 8
Otter sleep loop out 9
Otter sleep loop out 10
Otter sleep loop in 1
Otter sleep loop in 2
Otter sleep loop in 3
Otter sleep loop in 4
Otter sleep loop in 5
Otter sleep loop in 6
Otter hit 1
Otter hit 2
Otter hit 3
Otter hit 4
Otter hit 5
Otter hit 6
Otter hit 7
Otter hit 8
Otter hit 9
Otter hit 10
Otter hit 11
Otter hit 12
Otter hit 13
Otter death 1
Otter death 2
Otter death 3
Otter death 4
Otter death 5
Otter attack 1
Otter attack 2
Otter attack 3
Otter attack 4
Otter attack 5
Otter attack 6
Otter attack 7
Otter attack 8

Background Otter sounds
Otter taunt 1
Otter taunt 2
Otter taunt 3
Otter taunt 4
Otter taunt 5
Otter taunt 6
Otter sleep pre 1
Otter sleep pre 2
Otter sleep pre 3
Otter sleep pre 4
Otter sleep pre 5
Otter footstep 1
Otter footstep 2
Otter footstep 3
Otter footstep 4
Otter footstep 5
Otter footstep 6
Otter footstep 7
Otter footstep 8
Otter footstep 9
Otter footstep 10
Otter eat pst 1
Otter eat pst 2
Otter eat pst 3
Otter eat pst 4
Otter eat pst 5
Otter eat pst 6
Otter eat pre 1
Otter eat pre 2
Otter eat pre 3
Otter eat pre 4
Otter eat pre 5
Otter death woosh 1
Otter death woosh 2
Otter death woosh 3
Otter death woosh 4
Otter death woosh 5
Otter death impact 1
Otter death impact 2
Otter death impact 3
Otter death impact 4
Otter death impact 5
Otter bite 1
Otter bite 2
Otter bite 3
Otter bite 4
Otter bite 5
Otter bite 6	File:Otter bite6.wav
Otter bite 7	File:Otter bite7.wav
Otter attack 1
Otter attack 2
Otter attack 3
Otter attack 4
Otter attack 5
Otter attack 6
Otter attack 7
Otter attack 8
Otter attack 9
Otter attack 10
Otter attack 11
Otter attack 12