Mosquito/DST

Don't Starve

DST

“Disgusting little bloodsucker.”

–Wilson

“So annoying!”

–Willow

“Reminds me of uncle!”

–Wolfgang

“It thieves others' life to maintain its own.”

–Wendy

“IT ENJOYS DRAINING THE LIFE FROM ORGANICS. DITTO”

–WX-78

“A thirsty female Haemagogus Devorator.”

–Wickerbottom

“That'll take a pint out of me!”

–Woodie

“Bloody bloodsucking bloodsuckers.”

–Maxwell

“Fascinating. Do they carry diseases like the ones I know?”

–Wagstaff

“Ugh! These things are useless!”

–Wigfrid

“Shoo!”

–Webber

“Filthy bloodsucker!”

–Walani

“We disagree on where my blood is best used.”

–Warly

“'Is buzzin' makes me nervous.”

–Woodlegs

“THY NAUGHT FEAST ON WILBA BLOOD!”

–Wilba

“Bzzt”

–Wormwood

“You don't deserve to fly.”

–Wheeler

“Once you've dealt with bedbugs, mosquitoes aren't so bad.”

–Winona

“Please do not bite me.”

–Wortox

“Wouldn't like my blood, florp!”

–Wurt

“Tiny vampires of the insect world.”

–Walter

“It's trying to drain the life right out of me!”

–Wanda

A Mosquito is a hostile Mob that spawns from Ponds, at Dusk and Night, in Marsh Biomes. Mosquitoes are fast-moving and aggressive.

Because they deal a relatively small amount of damage, farming them can be profitable for health from their Mosquito Sacks. They have a small red blood sac which grows with each successful attack. On the fourth successful attack, the Mosquito will explode and cause additional damage to its surroundings.

Mosquitoes will not spawn during Winter, as their Ponds will be frozen throughout the season.

Mosquitoes inside the player's inventory will starve in 2 days unless fed. They can be fed with anything edible to the player, even Mandrakes, Deerclops Eyeballs, Rot, and such.

Mosquitoes can be collected by harvesting Tumbleweeds

Hunting

The most effective way to deal with Mosquitoes is to capture them with a Bug Net. When caught, the Mosquito will turn into an Item in the player's Inventory, which can be Murdered for a 50% chance of getting a Mosquito Sack. Due to their fast flying speed, Mosquitoes are difficult to hit with melee weapons. When hit, the Mosquito will be "stunlocked" and spin around for a moment before recovering. This makes them very easy to kill in a 1v1 fight.

Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill a Mosquito 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
	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	1
()	1 (Old) 2 (Middle age) 2 (Young) 4 (Out of fuel)	1 (Old) 1 (Middle age) 2 (Young) 4 (Out of fuel)	1 (1 ) (Old) 1 (1 ) (Middle age) 1 (1 ) (Young) 3 (2 ) (Out of fuel)	1 (1 ) (Old) 1 (1 ) (Middle age) 1 (1 ) (Young) 3 (2 ) (Out of fuel)
()	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )
()	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 ) (1 (1 ) )	1 (1 ) (1 (1 ) )
	2 (2 )	2 (2 )	2 (1 ) (2 (1 ) )	2 (1 ) (2 (1 ) )	2 (2 )	2 (2 )	2 (1 ) (2 (1 ) )	2 (1 ) (1 (1 ) )	2 (2 )	2 (2 )	1 (1 ) (1 (1 ) )	1 (1 ) (1 (1 ) )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 ) (1 (1 ) )	1 (1 ) (1 (1 ) )
	2	2	2 (2 )	2 (1 )	2	2	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2	2	2 (1 )	1 (1 )	1	1	1 (1 )	1 (1 )
	2	2	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1	1	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1	1	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1	1	1 (1 )	1 (1 )
	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	1 (1 )	2 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )
	3 - 12 (2 - 8 )	2 - 11 (2 - 7 )	2 (2 ) - 10 (7 ) (2 (2 ) - 7 (5 ) )	2 (2 ) - 9 (7 ) (2 (2 ) - 6 (5 ) )	2 - 10 (2 - 7 )	2 - 10 (2 - 7 )	2 (2 ) - 8 (6 ) (2 (1 ) - 6 (5 ) )	2 (1 ) - 8 (5 ) (2 (1 ) - 6 (4 ) )	2 - 9 (2 - 6 )	2 - 8 (2 - 6 )	2 (1 ) - 7 (5 ) (2 (1 ) - 5 (4 ) )	2 (1 ) - 7 (5 ) (2 (1 ) - 5 (4 ) )	2 - 7 (2 - 5 )	2 - 6 (1 - 5 )	1 (1 ) - 5 (4 ) (1 (1 ) - 4 (3 ) )	1 (1 ) - 5 (3 ) (1 (1 ) - 4 (3 ) )
	2	2	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2	2	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	2	1	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1	1	1 (1 )	1 (1 )
()	2 - 8	2 - 7	1 (1 ) - 5 (3 )	1 (1 ) - 5 (3 )
	2
Note	3 (2 )	2 (2 )	3 (2 )	2 (2 )	2 (2 )	2 (1 )	2 (2 )	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1 (1 )
	3	2	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2	2	2 (1 )	1 (1 )	2	2	1 (1 )	1 (1 )	1	1	1 (1 )	1 (1 )
() Note	2	2	2 (1 )	1 (1 )
	3 - 5	2 - 4	2 (1 ) - 3 (2 )	2 (1 ) - 3 (2 )	2 - 4	2 - 3	2 (1 ) - 3 (2 )	1 (1 ) - 2 (2 )	2 - 3	2 - 3	1 (1 ) - 2 (2 )	1 (1 ) - 2 (1 )	1 - 2	1 - 2	1 (1 ) - 2 (1 )	1 (1 ) - 1 (1 )
()	2 (2 )	2 (2 )	2 (1 ) (1 (1 ) )	1 (1 ) (1 (1 ) )
()	2	2	1 (1 )	1 (1 )
	3	3	2 (2 )	2 (1 )	2	2	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2	2	2 (1 )	1 (1 )	1	1	1 (1 )	1 (1 )
	3 (Melee on land) 2 (Melee on ocean) 2 (spell)	3 (Melee on land) 2 (Melee on ocean) 2 (spell)	2 (2 ) (Melee on land) 2 (1 ) (Melee on ocean) 2 (1 ) (spell)	2 (1 ) (Melee on land) 1 (1 ) (Melee on ocean) 1 (1 ) (spell)	2 (Melee on land) 2 (Melee on ocean) 2 (spell)	2 (Melee on land) 2 (Melee on ocean) 1 (spell)	2 (1 ) (Melee on land) 1 (1 ) (Melee on ocean) 1 (1 ) (spell)	2 (1 ) (Melee on land) 1 (1 ) (Melee on ocean) 1 (1 ) (spell)	2 (Melee on land) 2 (Melee on ocean) 1 (spell)	2 (Melee on land) 1 (Melee on ocean) 1 (spell)	2 (1 ) (Melee on land) 1 (1 ) (Melee on ocean) 1 (1 ) (spell)	1 (1 ) (Melee on land) 1 (1 ) (Melee on ocean) 1 (1 ) (spell)	1 (Melee on land) 1 (Melee on ocean) 1 (spell)	1 (Melee on land) 1 (Melee on ocean) 1 (spell)	1 (1 ) (Melee on land) 1 (1 ) (Melee on ocean) 1 (1 ) (spell)	1 (1 ) (Melee on land) 1 (1 ) (Melee on ocean) 1 (1 ) (spell)
()	2 (Direct hit) 3 (AoE)	2 (Direct hit) 3 (AoE)	2 (1 ) (Direct hit) 2 (2 ) (AoE)	2 (1 ) (Direct hit) 2 (1 ) (AoE)
	2
	4 (2 )	3 (2 )	4 (2 )	3 (2 )	3 (2 )	2 (2 )	3 (2 )	2 (2 )	2 (2 )	2 (1 )	2 (2 )	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	1 (1 )	2 (1 )	1 (1 )
()	3 (2 )	2 (2 )	3 (2 )	2 (2 )
	4	3	3 (2 )	2 (2 )	3	2	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2	2	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2	1	1 (1 )	1 (1 )
()	2 (When thrown)	1 (When thrown)	1 (1 ) (When thrown)	1 (1 ) (When thrown)
	4	4	3 (2 )	3 (2 )	3	3	2 (2 )	2 (1 )	3	2	2 (1 )	2 (1 )	2	2	1 (1 )	1 (1 )
()	3	3	2 (2 )	2 (1 )
()	2 (When thrown)	2 (When thrown)	1 (1 ) (When thrown)	1 (1 ) (When thrown)
	5	5	4 (2 )	3 (2 )	4	4	3 (2 )	3 (2 )	3	3	2 (2 )	2 (1 )	2	2	2 (1 )	2 (1 )
()	2 (When thrown)	2 (When thrown)	2 (1 ) (When thrown)	2 (1 ) (When thrown)
()	4 (Direct hit) 6 (AoE)	4 (Direct hit) 5 (AoE)	3 (2 ) (Direct hit) 4 (3 ) (AoE)	3 (2 ) (Direct hit) 4 (2 ) (AoE)
()	6	5	4 (3 )	4 (2 )
()	3 (When thrown)	3 (When thrown)	2 (2 ) (When thrown)	2 (1 ) (When thrown)

It takes 1 blast with an Ice Staff to freeze Mosquito, and 1 Sleep Dart to put it to sleep.

Usage

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Only during the Event: Hallowed Nights

Trivia

• Mosquitoes were added in A Little Rain Must Fall update.
• Mosquitoes originally spawned from the same Ponds as Frogs, but that has been changed so each spawns from separate, different colored Ponds (Mosquito Ponds are darker).
• Before the All's Well That Maxwell update, Mosquitoes did not drop anything.
• Real-life mosquitoes lay their eggs in stagnant water, which explains why Mosquitoes spawn from Ponds in game.

Assets

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  All stages of Mosquito
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  hit
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  fly
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  sleep
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  exploding

Gallery

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  A mosquito spawning pond.
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  A frozen mosquito.
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  Maxwell's Mosquito trap; an unimplemented item.
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  A sleeping Mosquito.
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  A Mosquito with a full sack.
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  Wilson next to a Frog Pond and a Mosquito Pond.
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  Original HD icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.

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