Tallbird

Tallbirds are tall, two-legged black Birds/Monsters that live near their Tallbird Nest. They lay a pale speckled blue or green Tallbird Egg in a Tallbird Nest that the player can collect and either eat (cook or use in the Crock Pot) or hatch it into a Smallbird by placing it near a campfire. Smallbirds will grow into Smallish Tallbirds, which will in turn grow into Tallbirds. They take three blasts from the Ice Staff to be frozen.

Tallbirds deal a fair amount of damage for each hit they do. If the player steals an egg, the parent will chase the player around regardless of distance until they die or manage to outrun it. Tallbirds take 1 day to respawn.

Tallbirds will automatically attack the player or other mobs if they come too close to the nest. They may also attack if they're nearby the bird itself. If however an egg is stolen the Tallbird will only chase the player to the edge of the area of its nest.

Night
At night the Tallbird will go over and curl up into its nest. Sometimes they will also do this during the day. The player can push them off the nest and steal the egg. However, they do wake up and give chase.

Fighting Strategy
The easiest way to kill a Tallbird is to stun-lock it. The player should wait until it pecks at him and then begin repeatedly attacking them with the mouse or space bar. They will be unable to attack if done correctly and will be very easy to kill.

Tallbirds can be set alight using Fire Darts, causing it to run around. This can kill the tallbird in one shot, however generally the fire will go out before doing enough damage. Fire darts are generally safe to employ as tallbirds spawn in rocky areas devoid of trees.

The Tallbird can be put to sleep by Sleep Darts after multiple hits, by use of the Pan Flute or by eating a Mandrake, however as they have a high health this is generally a waste of resources when they can be killed easily using other methods.

If a Tallbird is giving chase to the player, befriended pigs will attack and try to kill it. The egg is left unharmed, but no meat or rewards will be left over after the Tallbird has been killed.

Trivia

 * Tallbirds run faster than the player. In previous versions, unless killed or gotten stuck they would continue chasing the player forever, because their chase timer used to reset every time they attempted to attack.


 * During Alpha testing, they were easy to run away from, but as of Beta update, their running-speed has been increased.