Guides/Hound Wave Survival Guide

I don't have alot of experience with creating pages or the mid to late game but I wanted to get this guide going with  basic information that will hopefully help new players. My hope is that more experienced players will jump in to clean up and  add more helpful information.

Early Attack Tips
Hounds can attack as early as day 6 and can easily kill an unprepared player. Thankfully there are several warnings that the hounds are coming.


 * You will begin to hear barking and growling that becomes louder and louder as they get closer


 * Your character will say things like "Did you hear that?" to alert you

The first attack will usually consist of only 2 hounds and you will have a couple minutes to prepare but later attacks will have more hounds and shorter warnings. A table of spawning times, numbers, and chances of Red or Blue Hounds spawning can be found here.

Once you hear the warnings you should begin to prepare: Now that you are prepared to face them, it is important that you know what to do. If you survived congratulations. Hopefully you managed to obtain some Hound's Teeth. Those will help you in the future via Blow Darts and especially the Tooth Traps that can be used to help in future Hound attacks.
 * Equip or make a Spear . It takes 5 hits to kill them with a spear so tools won't kill them fast enough.
 * Make a Log Suit. Normal Hounds deal 20 damage so armor is recommended. If you don't have the materials for a Log Suit, a Grass Suit will be sufficient.
 * If it is nearing night you should make a fire in advance. Nothings worse than forgetting about the Grue.
 * You can also run to a Pig Village or a Beefalo herd and get help. Note that Pigs go into their houses at dusk and Beefalo will be hostile to you during mating season so take these into consideration.
 * Once they appear they will immediately charge you.
 * They cannot be outrun without help from a Trail or Road  but they can be distracted by other mobs if enough distance was made. This can be used to take on one or two at a time.
 * After they bite they pause. This pause can be exploited to get in a few hits before moving out of range again. This method becomes increasingly difficult when fighting more than one at a time.
 * After attacking they will sometimes bark again. If it is night they can go to sleep. You can either use this to get in a few cheap shots or prepare some more before morning.