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Varg/DST
< Varg
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“You might be something to reckon with, big dog.”
“You're a big mean jerk!”
“Big puppy!”
“A true bastion of evil.”
“IT LIVES TO EAT LARGE THINGS”
“Domesticating this Canis will be an entertaining challenge.”
“That thing could pull a sled by its lonesome.”
“The alpha!”
“Be that yöu, Fenrir?”
“I don't think that puppy is very happy.”
“Leader of the pack.”
“Big Bad Woofer”
“Quite the set of chompers on that one.”
“I'll not be a feast for that beast!”
“What big teeth he have!”
–Wurt
“Are they a friend of yours, Woby?”
“I guess I was bound to run into you sooner or later.”
The Varg, also known as the Warg, is an aggressive Mob. When tracking Suspicious Dirt Piles, there is a chance for a Varg to be found instead of a Koalefant or a Ewecus. This chance starts at 2.5% on Day one, and gradually increases to 16.5% chance on Day 100. When killed, the Varg drops around 4-6 Monster Meat and 1-3 Hound's Tooth.
The Varg takes 3 hits with the Ice Staff to be frozen, and 1 Sleep Dart to be put to sleep.
If a Lunar Rift exists in the world and is large enough to spawn Incursive Gestalts one will spawn shortly after a Varg's death and possess its corpse, mutating it into a Possessed Varg. This also releases any Hounds it has summoned.
Attack Pattern
The Varg will howl, calling forth two Hounds to the battle. Vargs are able to summon both normal and special Hounds, which is decided at random and uses the same chances as periodic Hound attacks. Blue Hounds can appear in Winter and Spring while Red Hounds can appear in Summer and Autumn. A single Varg can summon up to five hounds and will not summon any more until they are killed, no matter how far apart the Hounds are from their Varg.
A Varg's Hounds are bound to it, and will immediately aggro on whatever the Varg itself was targeting when it summoned them. Summoned Hounds will also return to their Varg if they lose interest in their current target. If engaged for long enough, the Varg will howl again to summon more Hounds.
At close range it attacks by biting, with a two-hit delay. It moves slowly, but attacks quickly and has a large range for its jaws.
Usage
The Varg can effectively be used as a way to spawn Hounds if there are no nearby Hound Mounds (or all the Hound Mounds in the current world are destroyed).
One way to do this is by leading the Varg into a pen with a large gap in the side. The player should run into the pen and put the Varg to sleep once it follows inside. The player must then exit the pen and close the gap. The Varg will still summon Hounds if the player wanders too close, but it will not attack any of the walls that confine it.
Fighting Strategy
Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill a Varg 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.
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 | 9 |
 | 9 |
 ( ) | 13 (Old) 19 (Middle age) 23 (Young) 67 (Out of fuel) |
 ( ) | 16 (12  ) |
 ( ) | 17 (14  ) |
 | 27 (24  ) |
 | 27 |
 | 18 |
 | 20 (12 ) |
 | 34 - 180 (29 - 117 ) |
  | 27 |
 ( ) | 27 - 133 |
 | 28 |
  | 30 |
 Note | 31 (21 ) |
  | 31 |
 ()Note | 31 |
 | 31 - 61 |
 () | 27 (23 ) |
 () | 23 |
      | 36 |
 | 36 (Melee on land) 24 (Melee on ocean) 22 (spell) |
 () | 36 (Direct hit) 53 (AoE) |
 | 36 |
 | 42 (25 ) |
 () | 43 (25 ) |
  | 43 |
   ( ) | 22 (When thrown) |
 | 45 |
| 53 |
 () | 53 |
 () | 27 (When thrown) |
    | 67 |
 () | 34 (When thrown) |
 () | 71 (Direct hit) 106 (AoE) |
  () | 106 |
  () | 53 (When thrown) |
It takes 3 blasts with an Ice Staff to freeze Varg, and 1 Sleep Dart to put it to sleep.
Tips
- A Varg has a limit of 6-8 Hound followers, after which it will stop summoning them. If any of its spawn dies, or moves too far away from the Varg [Verification Needed], it will attempt to summon more.
- Sleeping Vargs may be woken up by the barking of any nearby Hounds. They may also awaken if the player stands too close to them for too long, similar to Beefalo in heat.
- The Varg will always howl to summon Hounds when it can do so. It is even able to do so for a brief moment after it has died after its death animation.
- Vargs can potentially be very dangerous and are usually a threat to even the most well-armed of players. Besides their ability to be a hound farm, Vargs have little usefulness as their drops are easily obtainable by other means. As such, it is recommended to simply stay away from them, as they drop minimal loot and are extremely dangerous.
Trivia
- The Warg is a wolf-like creature from Norse mythology. The term was used to refer to Fenrir and his offspring.
- J. R. R. Tolkien popularized Wargs in his fantasy novels set in Middle Earth, like The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. They are also popular in Dungeons & Dragons, where they are known as "Worgs" or "Dire Wolves".
- If a Varg is spawned in the Caves or Ruins, it will summon Depths Worms instead of Hounds.
- Out of all the creatures that drop Monster Meat, a Varg can drop the second highest number, with a maximum of six, beaten only by the Pugalisk, which can drop up to 16.
- Vargs were added to Don't Starve Together before the rest of the Reign of Giants DLC in the Stuck in the Middle with Ewe update.
- Vargs were featured during the Year of the Varg event for Don't Starve Together in early 2018.
Gallery
A Varg howling to summon Hounds.
A Varg attacking Wolfgang.
A Varg put to sleep.
A frozen Varg.
A recently killed Varg.
A trapped Varg.
Wilson being chased by two Vargs.
A Varg as it appears in the Reign of Giants trailer.
A Varg as seen in a drawing from Art Stream # 21.
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