Mandrake

A Mandrake is a rare Vegetable and is also a Mob with many unique properties.

Behaviour as a Mob
Mandrakes are very rare and can be picked up like flowers. If picked at daytime they will die immediately and can then be stored in the inventory. Also, they will no longer be "plantable" nor reviveable.

When picked at night, the mandrake comes to life and follows the player around making occasional sounds. Picking a mandrake at sunset has the same result. When morning comes the mandrake will plant himself where he is, thus repeating the cycle of picking and planting.

Ghosts appear to  have a fascination with mandrakes and will often float above the mandrake, whether it is animated or planted. This could be due to the supernatural presence of the mandrake, and how it is an animated plant.

Similiarly to the Smallbirds, Mandrakes will fight along by the players side, but die easily since they are a fairly weak mob that will follow the player. It is best for the player to avoid confrontation with hostile mobs if a Mandrake is following, as they will need protection but will attempt to attack the mobs.

Mandrakes, like carrots and other harvested crops, are not able to be planted in the farms.

Interestingly, Mandrakes will not respawn in the particular world, this makes them a rare and unusual mob to come across. Roughly 3-4 Mandrakes will spawn within a game, and can often be found near Prairie Biomes. Mandrakes also tend to be found on patches of Grassland around a path through a Forest Biome.

Gobblers have a fondness for eating Mandrakes and will destroy all that they find.

Mandrakes as an Item
Mandrakes are one of the best Foods in the game, healing 100 Health and 100 Hunger. Cooking Mandrake on fire yields Cooked Mandrake. Either cooked Mandrake or eating it will knock out the character until the next part of the day (from dusk till night, from night until daytime, or from daytime until dusk). This trick can be used to skip the night without a Straw Roll.

They are worth 100 Research Points.

Mandrake can also be cooked in the Crock Pot, which results in Mandrake Soup.

Eating a Mandrake will make all Pigs or Monsters following the character go to sleep.

Mandrakes cannot be given to Pigs to produce Manure as with other Vegetables. However, Pigs will eat Cooked Mandrakes left on the ground, triggering the knock-out effect until the start of the next day (no matter what time it is) and putting everyone nearby to sleep, as well as leaving a pile of Manure.

Trivia

 * If a Mandrake is eaten while a chest is open the player will not sleep, however they will still receive the hunger and health benefits (it is unknown if this occurs when other interfaces are open such as the Crock Pots), however caution is advised as it is likely.