Toadstool

The Toadstool is an aggressive Boss Mob in Don't Starve Together, introduced in the A New Reign DLC. It is only found in the Caves. Upon death, it drops 1 Frog Legs, 1 Mushroom Cap of each type with a 33% chance to get a second cap and another 33% chance to get a third cap, three Meat with a 50% chance to get a fourth piece and another 25% chance to get a fifth piece, one Shroom Skin, and up to 2 Rare Blueprints. It will additionally drop a Shroom Skin every time a third of its health is taken.

It takes 4 blasts from the Ice Staff to freeze it and 5 Sleep Darts to put it to sleep.

The Toadstool has the ability to attach a Spore Bomb to any player within melee range, providing a bit of light until it explodes into a Spore Cloud, which lingers for a few moments and damages players as long as they are in it. The Spore Cloud will also rapidly spoil any perishable item within it's area, making a fight with a Ham Bat inefficient.

It also will sometimes hop on ground, causing a Slam attack similar to the one done by Bearger.

It can also cause four Boomshrooms to sprout around itself, which will explode after a few seconds.

Sporecaps
During the fight, the Toadstool will stop in place and start spawning Sporecaps. These, while also providing light, will also charge up the Toadstool. If enough are present, the damage given by the Toadstool will raise up to 2.5x the base damage. The Toadstool will also be able to sprout more Boomshrooms depending how many Sporecaps are present. Players can easily notice the charge level by checking the mushroom caps on the Sporecaps or on Toadstool's back. The more puffed they are, stronger the Toadstool will be.

To reduce Toadstool's damage back to 100, players must rapidly chop down all the Sporecaps it spawned. If it leaves or dies, all spawned Sporecaps will retreat into the ground.

Trivia

 * The Toadstool was first teased months prior to it's official announcement in a Rhymes with Play developer stream.
 * The Toadstool is a tongue-in-cheek portmanteau of the words "Toad" and "Toadstool", a common term to describe Mushrooms.

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