Ancient Pseudoscience Station

“An ancient and mysterious structure.”

–Wilson

“Oooo! An afterlife intercom.”

–Willow

“Is nasty, creepy altar.”

–Wolfgang

“It is full of the echoes of the dead.”

–Wendy

“ERROR CAUSALITY COMPROMISED”

–WX-78

“A monument to some long dead god.”

–Wickerbottom

“There's axe marks on these altar stones.”

–Woodie

“Where are their gods now?”

–Maxwell

“It reveals an entirely new branch of science!”

–Wagstaff

“These crafts had better be gööd.”

–Wigfrid

“Old and full of mysteries.”

–Webber

“This is giving me major jeepers.”

–Walani

“A structure from antiquity.”

–Warly

“A statue from ye old times.”

–Woodlegs

“WILBA CAN USETH FOR MAGICS”

–Wilba

“Makes more things!”

–Wormwood

“Looks like an ancient knowledge kind of thing.”

–Wheeler

“Some incredible stuff could be assembled here.”

–Winona

“A fun place to do some naughty magic.”

–Wortox

“Look real old.”

–Wurt

“Do you think aliens helped them make it?”

–Walter

An Ancient Pseudoscience Station is a Crafting Structure found only in the Ruins. It gives access to the Ancient Crafting Tab and emits enough light to protect from Charlie when nearby.

When struck with a Hammer, being fully repaired or being destroyed, lightning will strike the player and the station will either drop loot or spawn enemies (see the table below). Upon destruction it also drops 2 Thulecite, 1 Nightmare Fuel with a 50% chance, 1 Frazzled Wires with a 50% chance and 1 Rocks with a 50% chance.

A fully repaired Ancient Pseudoscience Station will be completely destroyed after 10 hits from a Hammer, causing 11 lightning strikes and drops. Thulecite can be used to repair a damaged station, with one Thulecite / six Thulecite Fragments repairing 1.5 Hammer swings worth of damage. Broken stations can be found naturally in the Ruins with only 1 hit left, and players can repair them of 9 hits (6 Thulecite) to obtain a fully repaired Station. The last stage of repair causes a lightning strike.

When slightly damaged, broken Ancient Pseudoscience Stations have half the available recipes (7 instead of 14), but will still emit light.

Don't Starve TogetherEdit

In Don't Starve Together, killing the Ancient Fuelweaver will cause all the Broken and Repaired Ancient Pseudoscience Stations to respawn.

Crafting Recipes Edit

A Broken Ancient Pseudoscience Station offers 7 Ancient Crafting recipes (half that of a fully repaired station):

Thulecite

Thulecite Wall

Thulecite Medallion

Magiluminescence

Construction Amulet

Star Caller's Staff

Deconstruction Staff

A fully repaired Ancient Pseudoscience Station offers 14 Ancient Crafting recipes (including the 7 listed above):

The Lazy Forager

The Lazy Explorer

Pick/Axe

Thulecite Crown

Thulecite Club

Thulecite Suit

Houndius Shootius

Item Drops Edit

Possible result after a hammer strike:

Chance (Each)	Result
0.056%
0.11%
0.56%
1.1%	, (+25 ), (-10 )
11.2%	, ×4, ×2-4, ×5, ×2, ×2
12.3%

Tips Edit

• Lightning Rods placed nearby will divert any lightning strikes.
• It is possible to keep destroying/repairing a station for the purpose of farming items, but enemies have a much higher chance to spawn than any of the loot.
• A naturally occurring fully operational Ancient Pseudoscience Station will typically have more Ancient Clockwork enemies guarding it, along with two Nightmare Lights beside it.

GalleryEdit

Wilson examining a fully repaired Ancient Pseudoscience Station in the Sacred Biome.

A broken Ancient Pseudoscience Station summoning lightning after being hit with a hammer.

Mayhem ensues after an Ancient Pseudoscience Station is hammered down.

Naturally spawning world objects view
Plants	Berry Bush • Carrot • Cave Banana Tree • Cave Lichen • Evergreen • Flower (Evil Flower • Fern) • Grass • Light Flower • Lureplant • Mandrake • Mushrooms • Mushtree • Plant • Reeds • Sapling • Spiky Bush • Totally Normal Tree (Birchnut Tree • Cactus • Tumbleweed ) (Ash Tree • Bamboo Patch • Coffee Plant • Elephant Cactus • Jungle Tree • Mangrove Tree • Palm Tree • Regular Jungle Tree • Seaweed Plant • Sweet Potato • Viney Bush ) (Aloe • Asparagus • Bramble • Bramble Bloom • Claw Palm Tree • Cocooned Tree • Exotic Flower • Hedge • Intricate Topiary • Lawn Decoration • Lotus Plant • Nettle Vine • Rainforest Tree • Tall Grass • Tea Tree • Tuber Tree ) (Bull Kelp • Juicy Berry Bush • Lune Tree • Sporecap • Stone Fruit Bush • Succulent • Twiggy Tree )
Mobs and Mob Housing	Beehive • Hound Mound • Mermhouse • Pond • Pig House • Pig King • Pig Torch • Rabbit Hole • Rabbit Hutch • Slurtle Mound • Spider Den • Spilagmite • Splumonkey Pod • Tallbird Nest • Walrus Camp • Worm Hole (Burrow • Hollow Stump ) (Ballphin Palace • Crabbit Den • Dragoon Den • Dragoon Egg • Fishermerm's Hut • Merm Hut • Prime Ape Hut • Sharkitten Den • Shoal • Tidal Pool • Wildbore House • Wobster Den • Yaarctopus ) (Dung Pile • Gnat Mound • Lily Pad • Mandrake Hill • Mant Hill • Ominous Carving • Thundernest • Town House • Watch Tower ) (Antlion • Bat Cave • Gigantic Beehive • Magma • Shattered Spider Hole )
Resources	Ancient Statue • Bones • Boulder • Flotsam • Grave • Harp Statue • Marble Pillar • Marble Tree • Maxwell Statue • Merm Head • Pig Head • Relic • Sinkhole • Skeleton • Stalagmite (Mini Glacier ) (Brainy Sprout • Charcoal Boulder • Coral Reef • Crate • Debris • Lava Pool • Limpet Rock • Magma Pile • Mussel Bed • Obsidian Boulder • Poisonous Hole • Sandy Pile • Tar Slick • Watery Grave • Wildbore Head • Wreck ) (Artichoke Boulder • A Smashing Pot • Basalt Eruption • Crashed Balloon • Hot Air Balloon • Ruined Sculptures • Stalacmite Throne • Stone Slab • Weathered Objects • Wicker Basket ) (Cave Hole • Driftwood • Lake • Marble Sculptures • Meteor Boulder • Moon Glass • Petrified Tree • Sea Bones )
Inanimate	Ancient Pseudoscience Station • Basalt • Compromising Statue • Gramaphone • Headstone • Marble Pillar • Maxwell's Door • Maxwell's Light • Nightmare Light • Nightmare Lock • Nightmare Throne • Obelisk • Ornate Chest • Pillars • Sunken Boat • Suspicious Dirt Pile • Touch Stone • Thulecite Wall (Glommer's Statue ) (Electric Isosceles • Gunpowder Barrel • Krissure • Limestone Wall • Obsidian Workbench • Steamer Trunk • Seaworthy • Slot Machine • Suspicious Bubbles • Volcano • Volcano Altar of Snackrifice • Woodlegs' Cage • X Marks the Spot ) (Ancient Wall • Cave Cleft • Crumbling Brazier • Fountain of Youth • Royal Gallery Exhibit • Ruinous Entrance • Secret Bandit Camp • Spooky Hole • Striking Carving • Striking Statue • Suspicious Crack • Unimportant Pillar • Wall Brazier • Wishing Well ) (Ancient Chest • Ancient Gateway • Ancient Mural • Ancient Obelisk • Anenemy • Celestial Fissure • Florid Postern • Hot Spring • Inviting Formation • Loot Stash • Moon Stone • Rock Den • Salt Formation • Sea Stack • Stagehand • Suspicious Marble • Suspicious Moonrock )
Items	Box Thing • Crank Thing • Eye Bone • Metal Potato Thing • Ring Thing • Wooden Thing (Fishbone • Grassy Thing • Rawling • Ring Thing • Screw Thing • Wooden Platform Thing • Wooden Potato Thing ) (Iron Thing • Lever Thing • Regal Scepter • Relic Thing • Rock Thing • Stone Egg • Stone Thing ) (Celestial Altar Pieces • Star-Sky )
The Gorge	Mealing Stone • Salt Pond • Spotty Shrub • Sugarwood Tree • The Altar of Gnaw