The Ball and Cup has a 4.17% chance of being found when digging up a grave. A Cup-and-ball refers to a traditional children's toy where the player tried to catch the ball, which has a small cup, or hole, via the toy's handle. It can be traded to the Pig King for 4 Gold Nuggets.
The Ball and Cup can be spawned into the game with the code "trinket_7".
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Dessicated Tentacle
Exclusive to:
“I'm not sure what I should do with a dessicated tentacle.”
The Desiccated Tentacle has a 4.17% chance of being found when digging up a grave. It can be traded to the Pig King for 8 Gold Nuggets. Only the Hardened Rubber Bung can equal the amount of Nuggets given by the Pig King.
The Dessicated Tentacle can be spawned into the game with the code "trinket_12".
The Fake Kazoo has a 4.17% chance of being found when digging up a grave. Unlike the Pan Flute, the Fake Kazoo cannot be played. It can be traded to the Pig King for 6 Gold Nuggets.
The Frazzled Wire have a 4.17% chance of being found when digging up a grave. The Frazzled Wires cannot conduct Lightning, or connect to the Lightning Rod. They can also result from hammering Broken Clockworks. They can be traded to the Pig King for 5 Gold Nuggets.
The Frazzled Wire can be spawned into the game with the code "trinket_6".
The Gnome has a 4.17% chance of being found when digging up a grave. It can be found outside of Graves in the Box Thing set piece. It has a 1% chance to drop from Splumonkey Pods or Prime Ape Huts in the Shipwrecked DLC.
It can be traded to the Pig King for 5 Gold Nuggets.
The Gnome can be spawned into the game with the code "trinket_4".
The Gord's Knot has a 4.17% chance of being found when digging up a grave. Gord's Knot is a reference to the story in which Alexander the Great was told that whoever could complete the impossible challenge of disentangling Gordian's Knot and release the tethered cart would rule all of Asia. He released the cart by cutting the Knot with a knife, and went on to conquer much of Asia Minor, before his army rebelled. It has since become a metaphor for solving a complex problem with a simple solution, by thinking outside of the box.
It can be traded to the Pig King for 4 Gold Nuggets.
The Lying Robot has a 4.17% chance of being found when digging up a grave. The "Lying" part of its name may refer to the short story "Liar!" by Isaac Asimov.
It can be traded to the Pig King for 5 Gold Nuggets.
The Lying Robot can be spawned into the game with the code "trinket_11".
The Melty Marbles have a 4.17% chance of being found when digging up a grave. It can also be obtained by hammering Broken Clockworks. It can be traded to the Pig King for 4 Gold Nuggets.
The Sextant can be spawned into the game with the code "sunken_boat_trinket_1".
In the Shipwrecked DLC, there is a separate, but identical version of this trinket, with the code "trinket_20" in game files. This version does not stack with the base game version.
The Soaked Candle can be snagged from Flotsam by using a Fishing Rod. It can be given to the Pig King for seven Gold Nuggets. When given a Soaked Candle, Wolly will drop seven Gold Nuggets and a Crimson Feather, tell a part of Wolly's Riddle, then fly away.
The Soaked Candle can be spawned into the game with the code "sunken_boat_trinket_3".
The Shipwrecked DLC adds the Wine Bottle Candle trinket (see below), that looks completely identical to the Soaked Candle.
The Tiny Rocketship has a 4.17% chance of being found when digging up a grave. It appears to be a reference to the comic book Destination Moon, as it looks exactly like the rocket in the comic, only smaller. It can be traded to the Pig King for 4 Gold Nuggets.
The Tiny Rocketship can be spawned into the game with the code "trinket_5".
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Toy Boat
Exclusive to:
“I ought to measure it to make sure it's to scale.”
The Toy Boat can be snagged from Flotsam by using a Fishing Rod. It can be given to the Pig King for two Gold Nuggets. When given a Toy Boat, Wolly will drop two Blue Gems and a Crimson Feather, tell a part of Wolly's Riddle, then fly away. The Toy Boat can be spawned into the game with the code "sunken_boat_trinket_2".
In the Shipwrecked DLC, it is also called "trinket_21" in game files.
In Shipwrecked compatible worlds, the Broken AAC Device has a rare chance of being found when digging up a grave. AAC stands for "Augmentative and Alternative Communication".
The Broken AAC Device can be spawned into the game with the code "trinket_23".
The Queen Malfalfa Trinket can be found in the Souvenir Shop glass display cases in the Palace. Despite acquisition of this item is written as "steal", it does not increase Naughtiness.
It can be spawned into the game with the code "trinket_giftshop_1".
The Post Card of the Royal Palace can be acquired in the Souvenir Shop shelves in the Palace. Despite acquisition of this item is written as "steal", it does not increase Naughtiness.
It can be spawned into the game with the code "trinket_giftshop_3".
The Can of Silly String can be acquired by using a Royal Gallery Key on its display case in the Royal Gallery Exhibit in the Palace or by hammering a Wicker Basket in a Hamlet-compatible world.
The Can of Silly String can be spawned into the game with the code "trinket_giftshop_4".
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Only available in the world linked with a Hamlet world.
Trivia
Under the old research method, Trinkets were one of the best ways of gaining research points (80 points).
The reason these items are known as "trinkets" is due to their spawn code names ("trinket_1", trinket_2 etc.).
One True Earring, based on the name and offering the highest appeasement to the Volcano Altar of Snackrifice, may be a reference to The Lord of the Rings, where the evil could only be vanquished by casting the One Ring into Mount Doom.
Appeasing the Volcano with the Orange Soda may be a reference to the movie Joe Versus the Volcano, where the natives of a tropical island drink large amounts of orange soda while asking Tom Hanks' character to voluntarily jump into an active volcano.
The Brain Cloud Pill is also most likely a reference to the film, as Tom Hanks' character is claimed to have a fictitious terminal illness called a brain cloud by a corrupt doctor.
Only Wilson, Wendy, WX-78, Webber, and potentially Willow or Wagstaff seem to know what a license plate is.
In Klei's official Discord server, their bot, named Kleibot, is represented by an avatar featuring the Lying Robot. On halloween, his avatar changed.
Lying Robot has its own emoji and Halloween emoji on Klei's official Discord
The Potato Cup is a reference to a story from an ex-developer named Seth. During a Rhymes With Play stream, Seth told the story of how he carved out a potato to drink water from while he was at an overnight camp as a child. Since telling the story, the Potato Cup grew into an inside joke among players and eventually was implemented a trinket.[1][2][3]
The Potato Cup shows up as a reaction emoji on the Klei forums.[4]
The Potato Cup was added as an exclusive item in the Steam inventory of the Klei developer Nome. No other player is able to acquire the Potato Cup item.[5]
The Potato Cup found in Nome's inventory.
Gallery
The Lying Robot avatar used by the Klei Discord's bot.
The Lying Robot Halloween avatar used by the Klei Discord's bot.
The Pixel Lying Robot avatar used by the Klei Discord's bot.
The Year of The Rabbit Robot avatar used by the Klei Discord's bot.
Kleibot emoji from official Klei Discord server.
Kleibot Halloween emoji from official Klei Discord server.
Klei Discord Kleibot Pixel emoji from official Klei Discord server
Klei Discord Kleibot New Year emoji from official Klei Discord server
Klei Discord Kleibot Year of the Tiger emoji from official Klei Discord server
Klei Discord Kleibot Year of the rabbit emoji from official Klei Discord server
Klei Discord Kleibot Year of the rabbit emoji from official Klei Discord server
Original HD Melty Marbles icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.
Original HD Fake Kazoo icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.
Original HD Gord's Knot icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.
Original HD Gnome icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.
Original HD Tiny Rocketship icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.
Original HD Frazzled Wires icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.
Original HD Ball and Cup icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.
Original HD Hardened Rubber Bung icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.
Original HD Mismatched Buttons icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.
Original HD Second-hand Dentures icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.
Original HD Lying Robot icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.
Original HD Dessicated Tentacle icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.
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