Hound Mound

"I wouldn't want to pick a bone with the owner."

- Wilson

Hound Mounds are naturally spawning objects formed in both Sandbox and Adventure Mode, though it's more likely to be found in the latter. It is a spawning place of Hounds. It's usually found in either a Rockyland or Forest. In Reign of Giants, hound mounds can be found commonly in the Desert biome.

As stated by Maxwell, the mound itself acts as an entrance to a tunnel leading to the subterranean hound nest. Conceivably, destroying this entrance blocks the tunnel, and traps the hounds underground.

Usually a Hound Mound is surrounded by lots of Bones and other mounds, this makes the place dangerous as players may be killed easily by numerous Hounds in a short time.

Hound Mounds are destructible. With 300 health, they drop 3 Hound's Teeth and have a 1% of chance of dropping either a Blue or Red Gem.

Tips

 * Hounds spawned from Hound Mound will not continue to chase you if they are far away from the mound. Instead, they will bark at you and then return to the nest.
 * Think twice if you try to lure a Deerclops or a Spider Queen to a Hound Mound, as you will likely be killed by Hounds before your tactics work.
 * But if you are well armored like Wigfrid you may have a better chance.
 * Planting a spider nest directly next to a hound mound will trigger the spiders to attack whenever the hounds leave their mound. Taking advantage of the fighting between the two species will generally allow you safe passage through the area. More than one spider nest may be required, and should be added at the player's discretion.