WX-78 (Origin)
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About the character
| Full Name | WX-78 |
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| Buildday | November 28 before 1919 |
| Favorite Food | 
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| Curio Cabinet Bio | One might assume WX's callous nature hides a sensitive inner soul. One would assume incorrectly. |
| Motto | "EMPATHY MODULE NOT RESPONDING" |
| Friends and Relatives | Robert Wagstaff (Robot creator, former friend of human form WX-78), Bio Scanalyzer or J1-M1 or Jimmy (friend), Rainometer (brother), Tar Extractor (brother), Ice Box (brother), Willow's Lighter (brother), Electrical Doodad (sister), Lunar Siphonator (sister), Lantern (friend), Alchemy Engine (friend), Thermal Measurer (friend), Ice Flingomatic (friend), Lying Robot (friend), Science Machine (mother). |
Creation
Before becoming a robot, WX-78 was a human. They were once a colleague of Wagstaff. In one of their projects together, WX-78 and Wagstaff tested the possibility of transferring a human mind into a mechanical body. The mechanical body had to imitate certain human qualities such as health, hunger, as well as sanity. After WX-78 moved their mind into the robot body, they apparently forgot their past and were unable to return to their body.
Hitting the Constant
“After the wiring to their long-unused empathy module is repaired, WX-78 finds themselves suddenly reconnecting with memories they’d hoped to keep buried.”
–From the official Youtube description for "Disconnected"
WX-78's backstory was revealed in an animated short titled Disconnected.
An official summary of the short was provided in DST's Compendium:
WX-78 and Robert Wagstaff have begun building a portal to Constant. At this point, work on transferring the mind into a robot's body was suspended. Then, WX-78 began to secretly try to continue their mind transfer experiments. When Wagstaff discovered this, a dispute arose during which Wagstaff burned all of the WX models, as well as a homemade robot built by WX-78. After that, WX-78 escapes into the portal to continue exploring the world without Wagstaff.
Don't Starve Together
During the pig raid on the survivor base (among them are Woodie, Warly, Wigfrid, Wickerbottom, Winona, WX-78, Wendy and Wurt). WX-78 was damaged, so Winona wanted to try and repair them. While repairing, Winona noticed a disconnected empathy module, plugging it in; WX-78 suddenly woke up, and retrieved memories that they were once a human. Because of this, they stirred up even more hatred for Wagstaff. After that, WX-78 destroys the empathy module, wishing to forget about their past.
Trivia
- WX-78 is officially stated to be non-binary[1], and is listed as the robot gender in the game's code. They are the only official character referred to with singular they pronouns. Notably, in DST, Maxwell uses the English gender-neutral title Mx. exclusively in certain interactions with a WX-78 player.
- WX-78 has mechanical parts that are analogous to the parts of human beings, such as their Chemical Engine acting as a stomach, Optical Sensors acting as their eyes, a CPU functioning as their brain, a Smelling Module as a nose, a Masticating Protocol for chewing, and a Processing Unit described as being their head. When they sleep, they activate Sleep Mode.
- WX-78 refers to many of the mechanical Structures and Items with familial terms, suggesting they are related to them or that they mistake them for family.
- The Rainometer,
Tar Extractor, Ice Box, Willow's Lighter, and themself on the Nightmare Throne are brothers, the Electrical Doodad and the Lunar Siphonator are sisters, and the Lantern, Alchemy Engine, Thermal Measurer, Ice Flingomatic, and Lying Robot are friends. - They deny relations to the Sea Lab due to its ability to be in the ocean. They do acknowledge kinship with the Portable Crock Pot and Potatoes.
- They say that the Metal Potato Thing reminds them of their mother. They also identify the Science Machine as their mother.
- The Rainometer,
- WX-78 is described as "hating all living matter". However, they seem to have a soft spot for Bees and Lureplants, stating "A MINDLESS DRONE. I LIKE HIM." and "AWW, IT IS JUST AS EVIL AS I AM.", respectively.
- WX-78 seems to have an affinity for the Moon, describing it as "INORGANIC AND GOOD". They are very excited when they repair the Moon Stone ("MOONBASE. AAAAA. MOONBASE!"). While examining the Lunar Essence Extractor they say "THAT MOON POWER SHOULD BE MINE".
- Their least favorite foods seem to be Eggs ("I HATE YOU, EGG") and Sweet Potatoes ("GROSS").
- When examining a Camp Fire or Fire Pit, WX-78 says that it reminds them of something. It is currently unknown what this "something" is.
- The animated short Disconnected shows a memory of Robert Wagstaff burning what can be assumed to be their old scientific work, so it's possible that's what the quote is referring to.
- In the animated short Next of Kin, a drawing of a robot similar to WX-78 can be seen pinned on a board made by Winona that connects various people, places and events to Charlie's disappearance.
- In the compendium entry for Disconnected, it is stated that WX-78 is a collaborative experiment by themself and Robert Wagstaff. This is referenced in their quotes.
- When Wagstaff examines WX-78 on the Nightmare Throne he seems to recognize them. ("Is that...? But it couldn't be!")
- WX-78's examination quotes for the Grainy Transmission ("YOU"), Wagstaff's tools ("WHY WOULD I HELP HIM"), and the Lunar Siphonator ("DON'T TRUST HIM, SISTER. DON'T EVER TRUST HIM") show that they still recognize Wagstaff, and that they heavily dislike and distrust him.
- Wagstaff's quote for the Floaty Boaty Knight is "Amazing! I ran into many difficulties waterproofing my automaton." This appears to be a reference to WX-78's weakness to water.
- Both Wagstaff and WX-78 have significantly similar examination quotes for the Pine Cone. (Wagstaff: "My favorite portable Fibonacci sequence." and WX-78: "A PORTABLE FIBONACCI SEQUENCER"), implying Wagstaff mentioned the fact so much that WX-78 picked it up from him.
- WX-78 and Wagstaff are also the only two characters who identify the missing component of the Broken AAC Device, a DR356X001. (Wagstaff: "Ah. It needs a DR356X001." and WX-78: "OF COURSE IT'S BROKEN, IT'S MISSING A DR356X001")
- WX-78's name has a similar naming convention to several other inventions by Wagstaff, namely the PR-76 radio and the ML-77 gramaphone.
- WX-78's "buildday" is listed as November 28 in the Compendium.
- When translated to text, the binary in their Compendium entry says 'too late too late too late'.
| Characters | |
| Don't Starve |           |
| Reign of Giants |   |
| Shipwrecked |     |
| Hamlet |    |
| Don't Starve Together |       |
| Removed |  |
| Unimplemented |         |
| Other |        Minor Characters |
- ↑ Joe W on the forums: "To some players, WX represents not fitting in and not conforming with what other people might expect of them. Not just players that don't conform to traditional gender or social expectations but also players on the spectrum and even some people who said that they feel like they "don't fit in." Regardless of the exact reason, they all appreciated a character that they felt in some way, even if just a little bit, represented an aspect of themselves. So that's who WX-78 is, the WX that we try to preserve and just some of the reasons people can be protective of that aspect of the character." Posted on February 2, 2022.