Sinkhole

Don't Starve

DST

“I wonder if I could move that rock.”

–Wilson

“Who plugged that hole?”

–Willow

“Who wants to go in scary cave hole, anyway!”

–Wolfgang

“Someone is trying to keep the underground at bay.”

–Wendy

“DESCENT BLOCKED. HOW TO PROCEED?”

–WX-78

“The placement of that rock looks intentional.”

–Wickerbottom

“It's bunged up.”

–Woodie

“I plugged it a long time ago.”

–Maxwell

“I'm strangely compelled to wait until later.”

–Wagstaff

“What treasures lie beneath?”

–Wigfrid

“It's plugged up.”

–Webber

“How much effort will it take to get down there?”

–Walani

“I wonder what's underneath that?”

–Warly

“I ain't one fer climbin' in holes like a swab.”

–Woodlegs

“YON WAY 'TIS BLOCK'D TO WILBA”

–Wilba

“Closed”

–Wormwood

“I'm going to leave it, for now.”

–Wheeler

“Nah, I don't want blacklung.”

–Winona

“A doorway into the depths below.”

–Wortox

“Something down there.”

–Wurt

“That rock's blocking the entrance!”

–Walter

“I never was good at leaving well enough alone.”

–Wanda

A Sinkhole is the entrance to a Cave and can be found randomly in the world. Each Sinkhole leads to a new Cave or Ruin. The cave-side of a sinkhole is a staircase or cave-exit.

When first discovered, the Sinkhole will be a Plugged Sinkhole and is covered with a jagged rubble mound; Player can usually tell they are close to a Plugged Sinkhole on the surface when they find Rocks lying about in the Biomes for no reason. Mining the Plug reveals the hole with a rope going down into its depths while providing Flint and Rocks on the surface and Thulecite, as well as Thulecite Fragments underground. It takes six hits from a Pickaxe to unplug it. Once unplugged, up to 6 Batilisks will spawn quickly from the Sinkhole at dusk and return underground in the morning. If Batilisks are killed, they will respawn at a rate of 1 per minute until the maximum of 6 has been reached.

There are only three Sinkholes in a surface world and one for each Cave. Plugged and open Sinkholes are marked on a map by a gray mound and a hole with a red arrow pointing downwards, respectively.

On default settings, the three surface Sinkholes are guaranteed to spawn in the following locations:

• A Mosaic biome.
• A Pig Village (generally, this village also has a Pig King).
• The Forest biome found in the center of the world's Marsh.

The number of sinkholes in the world settings can only be "Default" and "None".

Thulecite Sinkholes are usually found on Stalagmite Terrain.

Downloadable Content

In the Hamlet DLC, Sinkhole can be found in Pinacle Biome, which can only be accessible via BFB. Sinkhole in this DLC doesn't lead to a new Cave. Instead, it leads to a cave system similar to the Ancient Pig Ruins and Mant Hill, consisting of a series of connected rooms. In one of the rooms there will be a Stone Plug in the middle of the back wall. Mining this rock will trigger a single Earthquake, which will create a passage out of the caves. This passage will lead to one Cave Cleft on any of the other 4 islands, regardless of whether or not it had been explored.

Tips

• Setting up a base in close proximity to a sinkhole is ill-advised as the player will be constantly attacked by Batilisks at dusk and night.

Trivia

• The sinkholes were plugged up by Maxwell a long time ago, as revealed upon his examination quote.
• Basalt found in previously generated worlds were actually placeholders for Sinkholes and were turned into Sinkholes when the Caves update was released.
• Sinkholes originally had a lighter gray color.

Gallery

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  The original texture of the Plugged Sinkhole.
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  Open Sinkhole in Don't Starve.
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  Batilisks spawning at dusk.
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  The right icon shows a Plugged Sinkhole, and a Cave entrance is on the left.
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  The light that shines on the sinkhole when the player exits the caves.
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  A Ruins Sinkhole in a cave. It is a Plugged Sinkhole retextured so it is made of Thulecite.
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  Wilson looking down a Sinkhole in promotional artwork.
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  A hidden image of Wilson looking down a sinkhole.
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  An unplugged Sinkhole in Don't Starve Together. It has a staircase leading down instead of a rope.
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  A Caves map in Don't Starve Together with all staircases revealed.
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  A pair of nearby staircases in a cave in Don't Starve Together.

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