Salt Lick/DST

Don't Starve

DST

“How many licks does it take to get to the center?”

–Wilson

“It's a big block of slobbery salt.”

–Willow

“Heh heh. Hair cow has funny tongue!”

–Wolfgang

“The beasts crave it...”

–Wendy

“FLESHLINGS RUB THEIR FILTHY TONGUE-STUMPS ON IT”

–WX-78

“A cube of sodium chloride to lure wild beasts.”

–Wickerbottom

“My mouth's dry just looking at it.”

–Woodie

“So salty.”

–Maxwell

“Minerals, nöt meat.”

–Wigfrid

“We really regret licking it. Blech.”

–Webber

“Too salty.”

–Warly

“Lick rock. For Shaggy Buddy”

–Wormwood

“Keeps livestock nice and docile.”

–Winona

“I've been told I don't make a lick of sense.”

–Wortox

“What you mean, "only for beefalo"?”

–Wurt

“Don't eat that Woby, it's for the beefalo!”

–Walter

“Imagine getting so distracted by a chunk of salt.”

–Wanda

“A constructed Saltlick will attract nearby Beefalo and other herd like animals.

They will lick the saltlick, eventually depleting it.

Beefalo who use the saltlick will pause their domestication decay.”

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The Salt Lick is a craftable Structure found in the Structures and Beefalo Riding Filters. It requires 2 Boards and 4 Nitre to craft and an Alchemy Engine to prototype.

When certain animals are within 4 tiles of Salt Lick, these animals will each lick every 60 second until it is depleted. Each Beefalo consumes 2 uses per lick and their domestication level loss is paused. Each Koalefant and Grass Gator consumes 4 uses per lick. Each Volt Goat and No-Eyed Deer consumes 1 use per lick.

Salt Lick attracts the above animals within 20 tiles. This can be used to bait the above animals when making a pen.

Gourmet Salt Lick

Exclusive to:

“Just looking at it makes me thirsty.”

–Wilson

“I'm so glad I'm not a beefalo.”

–Willow

“Wolfgang is on low sodium diet.”

–Wolfgang

“Salty like tears.”

–Wendy

“FLESHLINGS NEED SALT TO REMAIN OPERATIONAL. WEAK”

–WX-78

“The beefalo lick salt to acquire essential nutrients.”

–Wickerbottom

“I gave it a lick or two. It was okay.”

–Woodie

“Blech, it's covered in beefalo spit.”

–Maxwell

“Sö the meat can seasön itself.”

–Wigfrid

“We know it's gross but we want to lick it anyway.”

–Webber

“This is more than a dash.”

–Warly

“Licking Rock!”

–Wormwood

“Do you sea salt?”

–Winona

“I sea salt!”

–Wortox

“Mmm, salty!”

–Wurt

“You're not a beefalo, Woby.”

–Walter

“Whatever keeps the beefalo busy.”

–Wanda

The Gourmet Salt Lick works similarly to the Salt Lick, but has twice the durability and can be repaired by Salt Crystals. It requires 2 Boards and 6 Salt Crystals to craft.

Tips

• Volt Goats, No-Eyed Deer, Koalefants, and Grass Gator cannot be domesticated nor will they gain domestication. Keeping them around a Salt Lick would only waste the uses of this structure with no benefits.
• The Beefalo can be "parked" close to a Salt Lick as they will stay in close proximity to it.

Trivia

• The Salt Lick was first introduced to Don't Starve Together. It was later added to Don't Starve in the Quality of Life update.
• Salt Licks are considered to be part of A New Reign, even though they were introduced before the official start of the beta branch.
• Salt licks are real-life tools used particularly in zoos to give the ungulates all the minerals they normally obtain from mineral swamps.
• Wilson's quote is a reference to the classic Tootsie Pop slogan, "How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?"
• Contrary to its name, the Salt Lick is made with Nitre, not Salt Crystals. This is likely a result of Salt Crystals being added to the game in 2019 during Return of Them, while the Salt Lick was added to the game several years prior in 2015.

Gallery

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  The stages of a Salt Lick.
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  A burnt Salt Lick.
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  Maxwell next to a destroyed Salt Lick.

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