Sea Strider

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“Why in the name of science do they get to float?”

–Wilson

“Get outta the water so I can burn you!”

–Willow

“Scary water spider!”

–Wolfgang

“Its legs look so thin and delicate, like they could snap at the slightest kick...”

–Wendy

“THE HORRORS OF THE OCEAN NEVER CEASE”

–WX-78

“It's incredible that they can create enough surface tension to stay above water at that size.”

–Wickerbottom

“I respect its affinity for giant trees.”

–Woodie

“Well aren't you a delight!”

–Maxwell

“Have at thee, water walkers!”

–Wigfrid

“Maybe they can teach us how to swim.”

–Webber

“Mon dieu, these spiders have gotten their sea legs!”

–Warly

“Tall Leggy Bug”

–Wormwood

“You and your creepy long legs better stay far away from me!”

–Winona

“They're just getting their feet wet.”

–Wortox

“Spiderfolk run on water?? No fair!!”

–Wurt

“Woah, look how fast they are on the water, Woby!”

–Walter

“Shoo! Why can't you just stay in your tree?”

–Wanda

The Sea Strider is a mob exclusive to Don't Starve Together and introduced in the Waterlogged beta.

Sea Striders are capable of moving on the surface of the Ocean, and can jump to and from Boats or dry land.

At Dusk Sea Striders will emerge from their Sea Strider Nests by descending from the canopy above. Sea Striders will also emerge to investigate when a nearby Mossy Vine is picked or the Great Tree Trunk the nest is connected to is rammed by a boat. They will climb back to their nest during daytime if they are not in fight or investigation.

Like every other variety of Spider Sea Striders will seek out and consume any type of Meat left on the ground, including any Ocean Fish in the water. They will come out from their nest to eat fish that are swimming too close to the nest.

Webber can use any Meats to befriend with Sea Strider, and use Strider Switcherdoodle to turn other type of spiders into Sea Striders. Webber also can pick up spider to inventory.

Fighting Strategy

Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill a Sea Strider 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 Sea Strider, and 2 Sleep Darts to put it to sleep.

Usage & Farming

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Shadow Rift Content

This content is available only after activating the Shadow Rift
If a Sea Strider is caught in Acid Rain it will gain 50% increased damage, 15% increased movement speed and 25% damage resistance, making it significantly more dangerous. These changes are indicated by the Strider emitting a breath effect.

Gallery

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  Sea Strider concept art from Rhymes With Play #282.
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  Sea Strider concept art from Rhymes With Play #282.
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  Sea Strider concept art from Rhymes With Play #282.
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  Sea Strider concept art from Rhymes With Play #282.
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  Sea Strider concept art from Rhymes With Play #282.

References

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