Powder Monkey

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“Don't you dare monkey around with my boat!”

–Wilson

“Hey! Hands off my stuff!”

–Willow

“Ha! Silly monkey forget leg day.”

–Wolfgang

“What more can be taken from me?”

–Wendy

“YOU ARE ANNOYING, EVEN COMPARED TO OTHER ORGANICS”

–WX-78

“Such deplorable manners! You need a good talking to!”

–Wickerbottom

“I don't think they're here to say a polite "hello".”

–Woodie

“You're not one of mine... where did you come from?!”

–Maxwell

“Raiders! Attaaaaaack!!”

–Wigfrid

“Hey, Ms. Wickerbottom says we shouldn't take things that don't belong to us!”

–Webber

“J'accuse! You are no honest sailor!”

–Warly

“Mean Cheeky!”

–Wormwood

“He looks like he wants to start some trouble.”

–Winona

“Be careful not to take things too far, little thief.”

–Wortox

“HEY!! That stuff MINE!”

–Wurt

“Maybe they're pirates cursed to be monkeys! Or monkeys cursed to be pirates...”

–Walter

“Here to make a nuisance of yourself, are you?”

–Wanda

“Best keep a bribe handy for these freebooters.”

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The Powder Monkey is a Mob exclusive to Don't Starve Together introduced in The Curse of Moon Quay update.

They can be found living on the Moon Quay where they appear during the day and in dusk, spawning from Monkey Huts as well as occasionally appearing from the Unnatural Portal. Powder Monkeys are also encountered as part of Pirate Raids.

Upon spawning, they have a 30% chance of receiving a Pirate's Bandana. Powder Monkeys always appear from Monkey Huts with a Cutless. On death, a new Powder Monkey will reappear from its Hut after three in-game days.

Behavior

Powder Monkeys populate the area around the Queen of Moon Quay and on the Docks. They have an inventory of 20 slots used for items they pick up from the ground. They will knock items out of the players' inventory on sight, similarily to Frogs, but without doing any damage unless a player strikes back, causing other Powder Monkeys in a large radius to join the fight. Powder Monkeys, if not attacked, will not harass players who have the Right of Passage or Wonkey.

All knocked-out items are picked up by the monkeys and moved to their inventory. If the item is a Banana, the Monkeys will take it as a gift to the Queen of Moon Quay. Stolen items can be retrieved by killing the Powder Monkey who stole it or, after it escaped into a Monkey Hut, finding a Pirate Stash.

Monkeys are able to empty Chests, knocking the items on the floor to steal them, similarily to Krampus. Dropped Backpacks and Ice Boxes are not targeted.

Additionally, Powder Monkeys will use any nearby Cannons if it is facing a boat, launching Cannonballs at the player.

Quotes

The following is a list of quotes used by Powder Monkeys:

LAND LUBBER! SCURVY DOG! FEED THE FISH! GET YER FLOGGIN'! TIME UP! PARLAY OVER! YAR! BENT GOLD! VICTORY TASTES SWEET! YO HO! TO ARMS! HANG 'EM FROM THE YARD ARM! AVAST, ME SEA MONKEYS! PIRATES OF MOON QUAY, TO BATTLE! MUTINY! AVAST, BILGE RAT! KEELHAUL YA! HAND IT OVER! GIVE UP THE GOODS! ARRR, THAT LOOT'S MINE! INTO THE BLUE. CURSES!

CANNON BALL! ABANDON SHIP! HAND IT OVER! AVAST YE, LAND LUBBER! SCURVY DOG! AVAST YE! FEED THE FISH! FIRE ON DECK! SCUTTLE YE SELF! TO THE DEPTHS WITH YE! WE GO! MAKE HASTE! ANCHOR AWEIGH! ME BOOTY! ARRR! LOOT!

Any player that isn't Wonkey will not see the regular quotes, instead seeing random strings of "Ooo", "Eee", "Oee", "ki" and "k" with a dot at the end.

Fighting Strategy

Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill a Powder Monkey 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
()	2 (Old) 3 (Middle age) 3 (Young) 8 (Out of fuel)	2 (Old) 2 (Middle age) 3 (Young) 7 (Out of fuel)	1 (1 ) (Old) 2 (1 ) (Middle age) 2 (1 ) (Young) 5 (3 ) (Out of fuel)	1 (1 ) (Old) 2 (1 ) (Middle age) 2 (1 ) (Young) 5 (3 ) (Out of fuel)
()	2 (2 )	2 (2 )	2 (2 )	2 (2 )
()	2 (2 )	2 (2 )	2 (2 ) (2 (2 ) )	2 (2 ) (2 (2 ) )
	4 (4 )	4 (3 )	3 (2 ) (3 (2 ) )	3 (2 ) (3 (2 ) )	3 (3 )	3 (3 )	3 (2 ) (3 (2 ) )	3 (2 ) (2 (2 ) )	3 (3 )	3 (3 )	2 (2 ) (2 (2 ) )	2 (2 ) (2 (2 ) )	2 (2 )	2 (2 )	2 (1 ) (2 (1 ) )	2 (1 ) (2 (1 ) )
	4	4	3 (3 )	3 (2 )	3	3	3 (2 )	3 (2 )	3	3	3 (2 )	2 (2 )	2	2	2 (1 )	2 (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 (2 )	3 (2 )	3 (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 )
	5 - 23 (4 - 15 )	4 - 22 (4 - 14 )	4 (3 ) - 19 (14 ) (4 (3 ) - 13 (10 ) )	4 (3 ) - 18 (13 ) (3 (3 ) - 12 (9 ) )	4 - 20 (4 - 13 )	4 - 19 (3 - 13 )	3 (3 ) - 16 (12 ) (3 (2 ) - 11 (9 ) )	3 (2 ) - 15 (10 ) (3 (2 ) - 11 (8 ) )	4 - 18 (3 - 12 )	3 - 16 (3 - 11 )	3 (2 ) - 14 (10 ) (3 (2 ) - 10 (8 ) )	3 (2 ) - 13 (9 ) (3 (2 ) - 9 (7 ) )	3 - 14 (3 - 10 )	3 - 12 (2 - 9 )	2 (2 ) - 10 (7 ) (2 (2 ) - 8 (6 ) )	2 (2 ) - 9 (6 ) (2 (1 ) - 7 (5 ) )
	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 - 15	3 - 13	2 (2 ) - 10 (6 )	2 (1 ) - 9 (5 )
	4
	4
Note	5 (3 )	4 (3 )	5 (3 )	4 (3 )	4 (3 )	3 (2 )	4 (3 )	3 (2 )	3 (2 )	3 (2 )	3 (2 )	3 (2 )	2 (2 )	2 (1 )	2 (2 )	2 (1 )
	5	4	3 (2 )	3 (2 )	4	3	3 (2 )	2 (2 )	3	3	2 (2 )	2 (1 )	2	2	2 (1 )	1 (1 )
() Note	4	3	3 (2 )	2 (2 )
	5 - 9	4 - 8	3 (2 ) - 6 (4 )	3 (2 ) - 5 (3 )	4 - 7	3 - 6	3 (2 ) - 5 (3 )	2 (2 ) - 4 (3 )	3 - 6	3 - 5	2 (2 ) - 4 (3 )	2 (1 ) - 3 (2 )	2 - 4	2 - 3	2 (1 ) - 3 (2 )	1 (1 ) - 2 (2 )
()	3 (3 )	3 (3 )	3 (2 ) (2 (2 ) )	2 (2 ) (2 (1 ) )
()	3	3	2 (2 )	2 (1 )
	6	5	4 (3 )	3 (2 )	4	4	3 (2 )	3 (2 )	4	3	3 (2 )	2 (2 )	2	2	2 (1 )	2 (1 )
	6 (Melee on land) 4 (Melee on ocean) 4 (spell)	5 (Melee on land) 3 (Melee on ocean) 3 (spell)	4 (3 ) (Melee on land) 3 (2 ) (Melee on ocean) 3 (2 ) (spell)	3 (2 ) (Melee on land) 2 (2 ) (Melee on ocean) 2 (2 ) (spell)	4 (Melee on land) 3 (Melee on ocean) 3 (spell)	4 (Melee on land) 3 (Melee on ocean) 2 (spell)	3 (2 ) (Melee on land) 2 (2 ) (Melee on ocean) 2 (1 ) (spell)	3 (2 ) (Melee on land) 2 (1 ) (Melee on ocean) 2 (1 ) (spell)	4 (Melee on land) 3 (Melee on ocean) 2 (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)	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)
()	4 (Direct hit) 6 (AoE)	4 (Direct hit) 5 (AoE)	3 (2 ) (Direct hit) 4 (3 ) (AoE)	3 (2 ) (Direct hit) 4 (2 ) (AoE)
	4
	7 (4 )	6 (4 )	7 (4 )	6 (4 )	5 (3 )	4 (3 )	5 (3 )	4 (3 )	4 (3 )	4 (2 )	4 (3 )	4 (2 )	3 (2 )	2 (2 )	3 (2 )	2 (2 )
()	5 (3 )	4 (3 )	5 (3 )	4 (3 )
	7	6	5 (3 )	4 (3 )	5	4	4 (2 )	3 (2 )	4	4	3 (2 )	3 (2 )	3	2	2 (1 )	2 (1 )
()	3 (When thrown)	2 (When thrown)	2 (1 ) (When thrown)	2 (1 ) (When thrown)
	5
	8	7	6 (4 )	5 (3 )	6	5	4 (3 )	4 (2 )	5	4	4 (2 )	3 (2 )	3	3	2 (2 )	2 (1 )
()	6	5	4 (3 )	4 (2 )
()	3 (When thrown)	3 (When thrown)	2 (2 ) (When thrown)	2 (1 ) (When thrown)
	10	9	7 (4 )	6 (4 )	8	7	5 (3 )	5 (3 )	6	5	4 (3 )	4 (2 )	4	4	3 (2 )	3 (2 )
()	4 (When thrown)	4 (When thrown)	3 (2 ) (When thrown)	3 (2 ) (When thrown)
()	8 (Direct hit) 12 (AoE)	7 (Direct hit) 10 (AoE)	6 (4 ) (Direct hit) 8 (5 ) (AoE)	5 (3 ) (Direct hit) 7 (4 ) (AoE)
()	12	10	8 (5 )	7 (4 )
()	6 (When thrown)	5 (When thrown)	4 (3 ) (When thrown)	4 (2 ) (When thrown)

It takes 2 blasts with an Ice Staff to freeze Powder Monkey, and 1 Sleep Dart to put it to sleep.

Tips

• The player should keep stacks of common items like Cut Grass or Twigs in their leftmost inventory slots to prevent valuable items from getting stolen.

Trivia

• "Powder monkey" was a term used historically for sea men (often children) that would transport gunpowder for the ship's cannons.
• At the start of The Curse of Moon Quay's Rhymes With Play stream, artist and animator May Wa jumped out from behind a poster to parody a Powder Monkey. He held a banana and a plunger in his hand, and a small piece of paper was pasted over one eye instead of a pirate eyepatch.

Gallery

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  Powder Monkey in Main Menu Concept Art shown in Rhymes With Play stream.
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  Concept art of Powder Monkey shown in Rhymes With Play stream.
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  Concept art of Powder Monkey shown in Rhymes With Play stream.
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  Concept art of Powder Monkey shown in Rhymes With Play stream.
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  Concept art of Powder Monkey shown in Rhymes With Play stream.
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  Concept art of Powder Monkey shown in Rhymes With Play stream.
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  Concept art of Powder Monkey shown in Rhymes With Play stream.
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  Concept art of Powder Monkey shown in Rhymes With Play stream.
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  Concept art of Powder Monkey shown in Rhymes With Play stream.
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  Concept art of Powder Monkey shown in Rhymes With Play stream.
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  Concept art of Powder Monkey shown in Rhymes With Play stream.
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  Concept art of Powder Monkey shown in Rhymes With Play stream.
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  Concept art of Powder Monkey shown in Rhymes With Play stream.
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  Concept art of Powder Monkey shown in Rhymes With Play stream.

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