Wurt

Wurt is a Character exclusive to Don't Starve Together, who was released on October 24, 2019. Like Wortox and Wormwood, she needs to be unlocked, either by purchasing the Wurt Chest, Wurt Deluxe Chest, or Starter Pack addon to the Megapack Bundle or by weaving her with 2700 Spools. She is a young, curious Merm Guard.

Origin
"The cold wind howls. Trees stand tall and bare, their skeletal branches silhouetted against a broken moon. Gather close children, for these are the Hallowed Nights when ghouls and monsters come out to play… and something has started watching our Survivors from the fog."

- Official description for The Monster Marsh



On a Hallowed Nights night, Wickerbottom reads a scary story to Webber and Wendy as they sit around a Fire Pit in the swamp. They are attacked by a mob of Merms, who trample through their camp as they take chase. Wurt follows them until she steps on Wickerbottom's book. She takes immediate interest in the story and takes a seat at the base of a Spiky Tree as the survivors and Merms battle. After taking out the Merms and Spiders, a Tentacle takes them all out and one of their Candy Bags lands near Wurt. She helps herself to a piece of candy and continues to enjoy the book.

Special Power
Wurt is able to craft the Royal Tapestry, facilitating the creation of the King of the Merms whose existence buffs the stats of all Merms, Loyal Merm Guards, and Wurt herself. Merms and Wurt players can tell the King is active by a change in physical appearance. By trading the King Fish, the player can receive Kelp Fronds, Seeds, specific crop Seeds, Rot, Tentacle Spots, and certain Trinkets. She can also craft Craftsmerm Houses, which house Merms, and Merm Flort-ifications, which house Loyal Merm Guards. She can befriend Merms by feeding them, and they can help her fight, chop trees, and mine boulders. So as to not leave out any other players who are not Merms, she can craft a Clever Disguise for them to wear.

Wurt can craft Marsh Turf, which increases her movement speed when walked upon. She can see where Tentacles are hiding. She won't drop tools when she has high Wetness.

Durians give her buffed benefits when eaten raw or cooked. Raw, cooked or dried Kelp Fronds also have an improved effect. Keeping a Fish in her inventory gives her Sanity. Reading Birds of the World, On Tentacles, and Sleepytime Stories will give her Sanity as well. When she reads Applied Horticulture or The End is Nigh!, she will lose Sanity.

Disadvantage
Because she hates Pigs and they hate her, they will attack her on sight. She also cannot trade with the Pig King.

Wurt can't eat any meat products or eggs. This includes fish, but not butterfly wings.

Tips

 * In order to use the DIY buildable the player has to wait for a Merm to take the position as the king then feed them.

Trivia

 * Wurt was accidentally leaked on October 12, 2019 when her Essential Wurt skin item was found in a Klei developer's Steam inventory.