Krampus

Krampus is a mob added in the Don't Starve December 11th "Naughty and Nice" update. He appears at the end of the teaser video.

Krampus will spawn if the player kills too many "Innocent" animals, exceeding a certain naughtiness rating. This includes killing Pigs, Birds, and Rabbits. The player will hear a unique piercing noise upon Krampus' spawn, no matter where he is. If spawned a second time, two Krampus will appear. It is not known if this number continues to increase. Not being "naughty" for a while decreases the naughtiness rating.

Krampus will run to chests and break them, and he will proceed to steal everything he can before running away. In order to get your items back you must kill him, then pick the items up. This can be incredibly problematic with 2 or more present, as they can run in different directions, forcing you to waste time and resources in order to hunt them down. However, Krampus will pick up available items lying on the ground prior to destroying chests.



He moves fairly fast, and deals 50 points of damage while not wearing the Logsuit and 10 when wearing it. He takes 10 hits from a tool to kill and 4-5 with a spear. He drops Monster Meat, Morsels and 2 Charcoal. Krampus has a small chance (10%) of dropping His Item Sack, which can be equipped like a Backpack and yields 10 inventory slots rather than the backpack's 8. He also behaves similarly to a Gobbler when being pursued. He can and will disappear in to his own sack if you don't catch up to him in time, taking your stuff with him.At night, he will fall asleep allowing a free hit on him; however, if hit, he will wake.

Killing Strategies

 * If you keep track of your "naughtiness" you can set a trap for him. Place a chest with a few dummy items between where you will do the final act and your other chests. Surround it with bee mines. Krampus should go to the chest, trigger the mines, and die.
 * Another way to farm him is to kill bunnies with traps (~22 are needed to spawn him) and when the loudest hissing sound is played, get a bunny, go away from your camp, place a random item on the ground, kill the bunny. As Krampus spawns run away from the item so it gets in his line of sight, if you move perpendicularly to the item, it will be easier to notice when he's going for the item, you can then manage to catch up to him as he starts grabbing it, thus ensuring a guaranteed kill, avoiding items to get thrown away over the shore. If he manages to run away from you, drop another one, but take note that he might dissappear after he grabs some items and return at a later time.