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Tallbird Egg
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“Will it hatch?”
–Wilson, when examining a Tallbird Egg.
“Does it like fire?”
–Willow, when examining a Tallbird Egg.
“There is bird inside.”
–Wolfgang, when examining a Tallbird Egg.
“So full of potential.”
–Wendy, when examining a Tallbird Egg.
“IS IT STILL ALIVE?”
–WX-78, when examining a Tallbird Egg.
“It requires incubation.”
–Wickerbottom, when examining a Tallbird Egg.
“What's in here?”
–Woodie, when examining a Tallbird Egg.
“Tallbirds are territorial because of these things.”
–Maxwell, when examining a Tallbird Egg.
“I would very much like to incubate this.”
–Wagstaff, when examining a Tallbird Egg.
“It will gröw intö a förmidable föe.”
–Wigfrid, when examining a Tallbird Egg.
“Did I hear a meep?”
–Webber, when examining a Tallbird Egg.
“There's a little dude relaxin' inside.”
–Walani, when examining a Tallbird Egg.
“I wonder what its incubation period is?”
–Warly, when examining a Tallbird Egg.
“When will th'cackler be hatchin'.”
–Woodlegs, when examining a Tallbird Egg.
“MOST EGG-CELLENT FANCIES”
–Wilba, when examining a Tallbird Egg.
“Eye Tweeter inside?”
–Wormwood, when examining a Tallbird Egg.
“There's a little flyer inside, just waiting to get out.”
–Wheeler, when examining a Tallbird Egg.
“You wanna be an omelet, don'tcha?”
–Winona, when examining a Tallbird Egg.
“To mortals it's a tasty treat.”
–Wortox, when examining a Tallbird Egg.
“Hear something inside!”
–Wurt, when examining a Tallbird Egg.
“What a huge egg!”
–Walter, when examining a Tallbird Egg.
“A future bird.”
–Wanda, when examining a Tallbird Egg.
A Tallbird Egg is a large blue egg with white speckles. They can be found in Tallbird Nests, guarded by a single Tallbird, and will hatch into a new Tallbird (after a few days), if the mother is killed. Tallbird Eggs can be used as a Food item to restore 3 Health and 25 Hunger. They can also be used as an ingredient in a variety of Crock Pot Dishes, do not spoil and do not stack. A Tallbird Egg can be placed near a heat source, where it will become a Hatching Tallbird Egg and eventually hatch into a Smallbird.
Fried Tallbird Egg
“Delicious and nutritious.”
–Wilson, when examining a Fried Tallbird Egg.
“Fire makes them so much better.”
–Willow, when examining a Fried Tallbird Egg.
“Cooked bird. Good for breakfast!”
–Wolfgang, when examining a Fried Tallbird Egg.
“All that promise, snatched away. Not bad with bacon.”
–Wendy, when examining a Fried Tallbird Egg.
“IT IS NO LONGER ALIVE”
–WX-78, when examining a Fried Tallbird Egg.
“Full of cholesterol.”
–Wickerbottom, when examining a Fried Tallbird Egg.
“It tastes like justice.”
–Woodie, when examining a Fried Tallbird Egg.
“It tastes like broken dreams.”
–Maxwell, when examining a Fried Tallbird Egg.
“Strange. It appears to be unfertilized.”
–Wagstaff, when examining a Fried Tallbird Egg.
“It was yöu ör me, bird.”
–Wigfrid, when examining a Fried Tallbird Egg.
“Smells great!”
–Webber, when examining a Fried Tallbird Egg.
“Now if I could only get giant toast.”
–Walani, when examining a Fried Tallbird Egg.
“Could use sliced fried tomatoes and beans...”
–Warly, when examining a Fried Tallbird Egg.
“Me likes me tallbirdy yolk runny!”
–Woodlegs, when examining a Fried Tallbird Egg.
“FWOOSH'D BIG BIRDY EGG”
–Wilba, when examining a Fried Tallbird Egg.
“For belly”
–Wormwood, when examining a Fried Tallbird Egg.
“Why can't I ever make scrambled eggs?”
–Wheeler, when examining a Fried Tallbird Egg.
“Dinner!”
–Winona, when examining a Fried Tallbird Egg.
“So sorry, Ms. Bird.”
–Wortox, when examining a Fried Tallbird Egg.
“Glurgh...”
–Wurt, when examining a Fried Tallbird Egg.
“That's just how nature goes sometimes.”
–Walter, when examining a Fried Tallbird Egg.
“It tastes like stolen time.”
–Wanda, when examining a Fried Tallbird Egg.
A Fried Tallbird Egg is made by cooking a Tallbird Egg over a Campfire, Fire Pit, or Dwarf Star. It restores 37.5 Hunger when eaten. A Fried Tallbird Egg will spoil after 6 days and stacks to 20.
Hatching Tallbird Egg
“Looks like it's hatching.”
–Wilson, when examining a Hatching Tallbird Egg.
“Arise, my phoenix!”
–Willow, when examining a Hatching Tallbird Egg.
“Not so mighty now!”
–Wolfgang, when examining a Hatching Tallbird Egg.
“It never even got to see the world.”
–Wendy, when examining a Hatching Tallbird Egg.
“CRACK DETECTED”
–WX-78, when examining a Hatching Tallbird Egg.
“Al dente.”
–Wickerbottom, when examining a Hatching Tallbird Egg.
“Lil ripe. Or not ripe enough?”
–Woodie, when examining a Hatching Tallbird Egg.
“That was unwise.”
–Maxwell, when examining a Hatching Tallbird Egg.
“Has a rather short incubation time.”
–Wagstaff, when examining a Hatching Tallbird Egg.
“The freshest öf meats!”
–Wigfrid, when examining a Hatching Tallbird Egg.
“What if it hatches in our belly?”
–Webber, when examining a Hatching Tallbird Egg.
“Sorry, lil guy.”
–Walani, when examining a Hatching Tallbird Egg.
“Fresh! Err... perhaps too fresh.”
–Warly, when examining a Hatching Tallbird Egg.
“Inta' ma belly wit ya!”
–Woodlegs, when examining a Hatching Tallbird Egg.
“'TIS CRACK'DED”
–Wilba, when examining a Hatching Tallbird Egg.
“Tweet! tweet!”
–Wormwood, when examining a Hatching Tallbird Egg.
“There's a little flyer inside, just waiting to get out.”
–Wheeler, when examining a Hatching Tallbird Egg.
“This one just might hatch.”
–Winona, when examining a Hatching Tallbird Egg.
“They grow up so fast, or so I hear.”
–Wortox, when examining a Hatching Tallbird Egg.
“It hatching!”
–Wurt, when examining a Hatching Tallbird Egg.
“It's hatching! It's really hatching!”
–Walter, when examining a Hatching Tallbird Egg.
“Did that crack come from the outside or the inside?”
–Wanda, when examining a Hatching Tallbird Egg.
A Hatching Tallbird Egg is a Tallbird Egg that has started to hatch after being placed within 1 tile of a heat source such as a Campfire or Fire Pit for at least 10 seconds. Hatching takes 600 seconds before it will become a Smallbird. A Hatching Tallbird Egg can be eaten to restore 3 Health and 25 Hunger. It can also be cooked over a fire, resulting in a Fried Tallbird Egg.
The Hatching Tallbird Egg will lose color and visibly shiver if it is too cold, which will usually happen at night. When it is too cold it must be placed within 1 tile of a heat source or it will freeze after 60 seconds and turn into Wet Goop. If the egg is too hot, it will turn red and visibly sweat. This is likely to happen if it is daytime and the egg is within 1 tile of a heat source. Neglecting the egg while it is sweating for 60 seconds will cause it to turn into a Cooked Morsel. A Hatching Tallbird Egg can be picked up and moved without resetting the hatching process, but it will not continue hatching until it is placed on the ground again. Tallbird Eggs are neither cold nor hot when near a heat source at Dusk.
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Tips
- Pigs, Hounds, Spiders and other carnivores, will eat Tallbird Eggs left on the ground.
- Pengulls that pass over a Tallbird Egg will pick it up and the Tallbird Egg will be lost.
- In the Reign of Giants DLC, Buzzards will eat Tallbird Eggs left on the ground.
- Tallbird Eggs can be stored in a chest in case of emergency food shortage, as they never spoil if not cooked.
- Tallbird Eggs make an excellent food source to keep near a Touch Stone or Meat Effigy.
- Combining one Tallbird Egg with a Twig and two Monster Meats in a Crock Pot will safely produce Bacon and Eggs.
Trivia
- When a Hatching Tallbird Egg is picked up, examining it will give the standard quotation based on the last state it was in when on the ground. For example, picking up a Tallbird Egg when day comes after it was near a fire will result in its examination indicating it is too hot.
- An unimplemented quote for Pigs is the comment "Mmm. Beaky" after eating a Hatching Tallbird Egg.
- The ability to eat a hatching Tallbird Egg might be in reference to the dish Balut, which is fertilized and somewhat-developed eggs cooked in the shell.
Bugs
- Although Endothermic Fires and Fire Pits are meant to cool their surroundings, they still overheat Hatching Tallbird Eggs during the day and warm them at night.
Gallery
A Hatching Tallbird Egg too close to fire during day.
A Hatching Tallbird Egg next to fire during night.
A Hatching Tallbird Egg too far from fire during night.
A Tallbird Egg in a base camp.
A Tallbird laying its egg.
A Tallbird Egg dying from being cold before turning into Wet Goop.
A Tallbird Egg dying from being hot before turning into a Cooked Morsel.
A Hatching Tallbird Egg that is too hot.
A Hatching Tallbird Egg that is too cold.
Tallbird Egg as seen in the poster for the Naughty and Nice update.
Original HD Tallbird Egg icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.
Original HD Cooked Tallbird Egg icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.
Original HD Cracked Tallbird Egg icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.
On Concept Art from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.
On Concept Art from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.
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