Suspicious Dirt Pile/DST

Don't Starve

DST

Suspicious Dirt Pile
	Investigate.
Spawns
Perk	Leads to certain mobs.
	"dirtpile" "animal_track"

“It's a pile of dirt... or IS it?”

–Wilson, when examining a Suspicious Dirt Pile.

“Who just leaves dirt lying around in the forest?”

–Willow, when examining a Suspicious Dirt Pile.

“Dirty dirt.”

–Wolfgang, when examining a Suspicious Dirt Pile.

“Oh look. More dirt.”

–Wendy, when examining a Suspicious Dirt Pile.

“UNKNOWN PILE FORMAT”

–WX-78, when examining a Suspicious Dirt Pile.

“Unhygienic!”

–Wickerbottom, when examining a Suspicious Dirt Pile.

“Hey! A clue!”

–Woodie, when examining a Suspicious Dirt Pile.

“That looks out-of-place.”

–Maxwell, when examining a Suspicious Dirt Pile.

“I speculate that dirt pile is newly formed.”

–Wagstaff, when examining a Suspicious Dirt Pile.

“A small hill öf earth.”

–Wigfrid, when examining a Suspicious Dirt Pile.

“A pile of dirt. I bet it's hiding something.”

–Webber, when examining a Suspicious Dirt Pile.

“Well, would you look at that. A pile of dirt.”

–Walani, when examining a Suspicious Dirt Pile.

“It's making a bit of a mess, isn't it?”

–Warly, when examining a Suspicious Dirt Pile.

“Thet be lookin like a pile o' treasures.”

–Woodlegs, when examining a Suspicious Dirt Pile.

“'TIS DIRT”

–Wilba, when examining a Suspicious Dirt Pile.

“What's hiding?”

–Wormwood, when examining a Suspicious Dirt Pile.

“Dirt piles. Sure sign of something suspicious.”

–Wheeler, when examining a Suspicious Dirt Pile.

“Time to get my hands dirty.”

–Winona, when examining a Suspicious Dirt Pile.

“I could get my claws in there.”

–Wortox, when examining a Suspicious Dirt Pile.

“Somebody in there?”

–Wurt, when examining a Suspicious Dirt Pile.

“Woby, did you dig something up?”

–Walter, when examining a Suspicious Dirt Pile.

“There's something just irresistibly suspicious about it...”

–Wanda, when examining a Suspicious Dirt Pile.

“Tracks left by food. I mean... an animal.”

–Wilson, when examining an Animal Track.

“It leads to my new friend.”

–Willow, when examining an Animal Track.

“Animal went this way.”

–Wolfgang, when examining an Animal Track.

“Signs of the beast.”

–Wendy, when examining an Animal Track.

“LIFEFORM DETECTED”

–WX-78, when examining an Animal Track.

“A sign of animal activity. Leads away.”

–Wickerbottom, when examining an Animal Track.

“A large woodland creature passed this way!”

–Woodie, when examining an Animal Track.

“Some dumb beast passed through here.”

–Maxwell, when examining an Animal Track.

“Fascinating! There must be others.”

–Wagstaff, when examining an Animal Track.

“Öh! I löve a gööd hunt.”

–Wigfrid, when examining an Animal Track.

“Whatever it is, it travels single file.”

–Webber, when examining an Animal Track.

“Friends are near!”

–Walani, when examining an Animal Track.

“These tracks point to fresh game.”

–Warly, when examining an Animal Track.

“Th'beast left a trail leadin'ta its hide.”

–Woodlegs, when examining an Animal Track.

“SWEET PRINTS!”

–Wilba, when examining an Animal Track.

“Mystery prints!”

–Wormwood, when examining an Animal Track.

“Ohh! A mystery!”

–Wheeler, when examining an Animal Track.

“Something tasty passed through here.”

–Winona, when examining an Animal Track.

“Those aren't my hoofprints!”

–Wortox, when examining an Animal Track.

“Tracks!”

–Wurt, when examining an Animal Track.

“Tracks! They go this way!”

–Walter, when examining an Animal Track.

“Something went that way... hopefully something tasty.”

–Wanda, when examining an Animal Track.

Suspicious Dirt Piles are naturally spawning objects. They can be found randomly in the world and will change locations if nearby players are more than 200 units away. Once examined, the Suspicious Dirt Pile will be uncovered by the Character and replaced by an Animal Track pointing towards the next Suspicious Dirt Pile in the hunt, which is spawned 40 units away from the current Suspicious Dirt Pile as soon as it is uncovered. There is a minor difference in the location of the next Suspicious Dirt Pile compared to the direction shown by the Animal Track. Hunts can vary in length, from 6 to 12 Animal Tracks before the creature appears.

During the hunt, the final few Suspicious Dirt Piles may contain a Hound's Tooth, signaling the appearance of either a Ewecus or a Varg with equal chance. The chance for a dangerous hunt ("hunt surprise" in the World Settings) starts at 5% on Day 1 and increases gradually to 33% at Day 100.

Hunt surprise chance

Custom setting	Day 1	Day 100+
Never	0%	0%
Less	1.25%	8.25%
Default	5%	33%
More	10%	66%
Lots	70%	90%

Upon uncovering the final footprint, the character will alert the player that the creature is close. In non-dangerous hunts, if the current season is Winter the creature will always be a Winter Koalefant. If the creature appears in the Oasis Desert during the rain in Spring, it will always be a Volt Goat. Otherwise, the creature will be a regular Koalefant. The spawned creature will remain in the world until it is killed, regardless of the amount of days passed or the current season.

The track will disappear after 37.5 seconds, causing the player to fail the hunt. While it is raining or the ground is wet, the track will disappear after 22.5 seconds instead. After failing a hunt, there is a 5 second delay before a new set of tracks may spawn for the player.

After completing a hunt, there is a 432-720 second cooldown until the next Suspicious Dirt Pile may spawn.

Lunar Rift

This content is available only after activating the Lunar Rift
While the Lunar Rift is active, every hunt will be guaranteed to be a dangerous hunt with a Varg at the end, as to not have to rely purely on luck to have a chance to summon the Possessed Varg. The guaranteed Varg chance will last until a Possessed Varg has been killed.

Year of the Varg

Only during the Event: Year of the Varg
During the Year of the Varg event in Don't Starve Together, if a trail of Suspicious Dirt Piles is investigated while an active Varg Shrine is in the world, it will always lead to the event-exclusive Set Piece consisting of a Clay Varg and twelve Clay Hounds.

Gallery

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  Animal Footprint as seen in the poster for the Progress! update.

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  A drawing of Wilson examining an Animal Footprint from Rhymes With Play #130.