White Whale

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For the blue variant, see Blue Whale.

White Whale
	800
	75 (56.25 )
Attack Period	3
Walking Speed	2.5
Running Speed	5
Drops
	"whale_white"

“Looks like a fighter.”

–Wilson

“I see fire in its eyes!”

–Willow

“Great white! Fight Wolfgang!”

–Wolfgang

“There is the hate of life burning in its eyes!”

–Wendy

“MYTHIC LEVELS OF HATRED DETECTED”

–WX-78

“A white whale! If only there were a book about such a thing!”

–Wickerbottom

“It's strong, and very free.”

–Woodie

“We meet again.”

–Maxwell

“How rare! I must hunt it!”

–Wagstaff

“It wöuld be an hönör tö kill yöu.”

–Wigfrid

“His eyes burn with hatred!”

–Webber

“Do ye spout black blood and roll fin out?”

–Walani

“I have seen the devil!”

–Warly

“Now ye arr a devil fit ta claim ol'Woodlegs!”

–Woodlegs

“WILBA AM CONSUMED WITH REVENGE!”

–Wilba

“Pale Barrooooo”

–Wormwood

“I've heard tell of this elusive creature.”

–Wheeler

A White Whale is a hostile Animal that has a chance to spawn after the player has tracked it down by examining Suspicious Bubbles, during Hurricane Season or Dry Season. This chance starts at 5% on day 1 and increases as days go by to a maximum of 33% on day 100. In Mild Season and Monsoon Season, the White Whale will not be encountered regardless of the day counter. They are considered innocent creatures despite being hostile, and killing one adds 6 points to the player's naughtiness level.

When killed, White Whale Carcass is dropped, which will take 3–5 days to fully bloat (only if it has been loaded once during that play session). When bloated, it can be popped with a Machete and will explode, dropping 4 Raw Fish, 4 Blubber, 1 Harpoon, 1 Bone Shards and 9 other random items.

Behavior

The White Whale will attack the player if the player gets too close. Each attack is performed as melee, spawning two Big Waves. A player can safely kite one with an attack pattern of 3-4 swings, depending on movement speed. If more than one White Whale are close together they will attack each other.

Hunting

By investigating some Suspicious Bubbles, the player can find a White Whale. These can be found randomly in the deep ocean biome and will change locations if ignored for a period of time. Once investigating Suspicious Bubbles three will pop in the same direction, if followed it will lead to another Suspicious Bubbles or the White Whale approximately two screens away. Upon uncovering the final bubble (there can be between 6 and 12 per hunt), the character will alert the player that the creature is close and a White whale will be spawned rather than another bubble. Note there is a 2/3 chance that a Blue Whale will spawn instead. 

Once killed, the White Whale will drop a White Whale Carcass. The behavior of a White Whale Carcass is similar as a Blue Whale's, see Blue Whale for more advice on how to harvest the loots.

Possible Random Items

High quality items (low drop chance, rolls 2 items):

Medium quality items (medium drop chance, rolls 3 items):

Low quality items (high drop chance, rolls 4 items):

Tips

• The White Whale cannot be set on fire.

Trivia

• The White Whale is a direct reference to Moby-Dick, an 1851 novel about a hostile albino sperm whale. This is further supported by the Harpoon embedded in the whale's head.
  • Although Moby Dick is a sperm whale, the White Whale appears to be a rorqual.
  • The Harpoon in the whale's head may have been shot in there by Maxwell, as indicated by his quote "We meet again". This may also be another reference to Moby-Dick, with Maxwell's animosity towards the whale paralleling that of Ahab.
  • Upon examination, Wickerbottom states "A white whale! If only there were a book about such a thing!", which is a probable reference to the existing book Moby Dick.
    • Nonetheless, this might not be accurate, since the events of Don't Starve have started in around 1906, and the book already exists by that date.
• The White Whale is the Shipwrecked equivalent of the Varg from Reign of Giants.

Gallery

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  White Whale.

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  White Whale frozen.

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  White Whale Carcass.

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  White Whale Carcass bloated stage 1.

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  White Whale Carcass bloated stage 2.

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  White Whale Carcass about to explode.

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  A White Whale as it appears in the Shipwrecked trailer.

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  A White Whale, as seen in the early access trailer for Shipwrecked.

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  White Whale on the official Shipwrecked promo art.