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"A rook? Or is it a castle?"

- Wendy The Clockwork Rook is the third monster in the Chess Monster collection. Like the Clockwork Knight and Bishop, the Rook is a mechanical creature generally found around Maxwell's parts of the world (Chess terrain and the Wooden Thing). The Clockwork Rook is the combination of a rhino and a rook chess piece.

Behavior
The Rook will raise its front leg and slam on the ground several times before charging at and ramming the player. It will also destroy anything that stands in between it and the player, including other clockwork pieces. This is useful, as Clockwork Rooks will often kill other chess pieces in a couple of hits. Their attacks can be used to destroy structures as well, similar to Deerclops and Krampus. When the Rook hits a Tree, Boulder or Beehive, for example, it will quickly demolish it and leave the resources behind. This can be useful for helping to get Marble from Marble Trees without a Pickaxe.

It is advisable to kill all Damaged Rooks in the vicinity of an Ancient Pseudoscience Station. The rooks can destroy even a perfect-condition Station in a single charge, resulting in the loss of a very rare resource. This will also summon the lightning strikes from the Station's destruction.

Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill Clockwork Rooks when playing with characters with a default damage modifier. The Weather Pain is not included due to the random nature of its projectile.

Trivia

 * The Clockwork Rook was implemented in the "Hungry For Your Hunger" update.
 * The mob's design draws inspiration from the castle (or rook) in chess, which also can only charge ahead in straight lines.
 * The Clockwork Rook was originally called Clockwork Castle.
 * The Clockwork Rook looks very similar to the Ancient Guardian, even possessing identical feet, possibly implying that it was made to imitate the guardian.
 * It is best to have a rook destroy all nearby monsters and marble trees before killing it.