Tooth Trap/DST

Don't Starve

DST

“This is a nasty surprise.”

–Wilson

“It would be better with fire.”

–Willow

“It bites bottoms from below!”

–Wolfgang

“A devious surprise from underground.”

–Wendy

“THIS WILL PUNCTURE THE ENEMIES' FEET”

–WX-78

“It's covered with a thin film of canine digestive fluid.”

–Wickerbottom

“This seems a bit rough.”

–Woodie

“This one packs a wallop.”

–Maxwell

“A treacheröus trap.”

–Wigfrid

“This will hurt our enemies.”

–Webber

“This is not a cruelty-free trap.”

–Warly

“Hurty Spikes”

–Wormwood

“Gnarly gnashers.”

–Winona

“I hope this isn't too cruel.”

–Wortox

“Look scary, florp.”

–Wurt

“We didn't make traps like these in the Pinetree Pioneers...”

–Walter

“That would be a painful misstep to make.”

–Wanda

“After being planted on the ground, it will trigger when a creature walks near.

It needs to be reset after triggering. It can be picked up and moved.”

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A Tooth Trap is a craftable Weapon that can be placed on the ground and deals 60 damage to any Mob that steps on it. It has 10 uses and must be reset after each use. Tooth Traps are found in the Fight Tab, require a Log, a Rope and a Hound's Tooth to craft, and an Alchemy Engine to prototype.

Tooth Trap damage will not aggro nearby mobs, nor will it increase a player's Naughtiness. Tooth Traps are also fireproof in all versions of the game. A Tooth Trap can be picked up and placed elsewhere at any time, regardless of having been triggered or not.

Mobs

The following Mobs cannot activate Tooth and Bramble Traps:

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  Abigail
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  Bee
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  Killer Bee
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  Grumble Bee
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  Bee Queen
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  Butterfly
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  Batilisk
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  Fruit Fly
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  Lord of the Fruit Flies
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  Friendly Fruit Fly
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  Mosquito
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  Birds
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  Chester
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  Lureplant
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  Dragonfly
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  Glommer
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  Beefalo with Saddle
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  Shadow Creature
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  Shadow Pieces

Skins

Main article: Belongings

• The Loyal Rose Thorn Trap skin was awarded for watching 3 hours of Don't Starve Together on Twitch from Jan 23, 2025 to Feb 20, 2025.

Woven - Elegant

Year of the Pig King Collection

Tiger Fang Trap

No tigers were harmed in the making of this trap. But some humans were.

See ingame

Woven - Elegant

Rose Collection

Rose Thorn Trap

Trap any enemies who stop to smell the roses.

Tips

• Tooth Traps are ineffective against Lureplants and their Eyeplants; Eyeplants will eat Tooth Traps.
  • Placing man-made Turf will prevent Eyeplants from spawning.
• A useful way to kill Pigs, or other mobs, without increasing Naughtiness, is to place food near the Tooth Traps (ideally so the trap will kill the victim before it reaches the food).
• Surrounding small groups of about 4 Berry Bushes with Walls and Tooth Traps allow farming Gobblers, which also protects unharvested Berries from them. When the Gobbler tries to exit, one of the Tooth Traps will kill it instantly.
  • Alternatively, 1 Tooth Trap can be placed in front of a Berry Bush, instantly killing a Gobbler that spawns from the bush.
• Tooth Traps can be an effective way to kill Boss Monsters, or other tough enemies, if they are densely packed into one area.
• A "panic room" can be made with as little as 10 Tooth Traps. It should be made of Stone Walls, with as few entrances as possible; more Tooth Traps should be placed near the entrance, as opposed to evenly spread throughout the room. A panic room can be effective against Hound attacks.
• In Don't Starve Together, players' Ghosts can reset Tooth Traps.

Trivia

• The Tooth Trap used to cost 100 points under the old Research Points system.
• Tooth Traps were first added in the Long Live The Queen! update.

Assets

Tooth TrapTiger Fang TrapRose Thorn Trap

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  Inactive
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  Active
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  Dropped

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  Inactive
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  Active
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  Dropped

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  Inactive
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  Active
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  Dropped

Gallery

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  A "planted" Tooth Trap.
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  A triggered Tooth Trap.
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  Either a triggered Tooth Trap on its last use or a Tooth Trap that has been dropped, but not planted.
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  Wilson standing next to a Tooth Trap
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  Tooth Traps set up to hunt Gobblers.
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  A "panic room" corridor, lined with Tooth Traps.
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  An area dense with Tooth Traps to repel Hounds.
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  Tooth Trap as seen in the poster for the Long Live the Queen! update.
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  Original HD icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.

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