Bottlenose Ballphin

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Bottlenosed Ballphin
Stats
	100
Combat
Damage	10 (7.5 )
Attack Period	6
Movement
Walking Speed	5
Running Speed	8
Traits
Loot	×2, 50%
Spawns from	The Ocean
Code
"ballphin"

“What playful little rubbery blobs.”

–Webber

Bottlenosed Ballphins are mobs found in Don't Starve: Shipwrecked. Ballphin pods (groups of Ballphins) are found in random places on the Ocean. Each pod contains 12 members. Ballphins will spawn 15 to 16 days after a new world creation. If some members of the pods are killed, remaining Ballphins will spawn new members during the Mild Season.

Behavior

Bottlenosed Ballphins travel in packs and generally stay in a single area. However, if a player character ventures near, they will follow them for a relatively short distance, and perform back-flips. Additionally, they will attack any hostile creatures or monsters, such as Stink Rays and Sea Hounds. Therefore, as Webber is considered a Monster, Bottlenosed Ballphins will attack him on sight. If the rest of a ballphin's pod have been killed, the survivor will follow the player to a new area of the ocean and stay there, although relocating it can be a time-consuming process, as it can easily become distracted along the way.

Fighting Strategy

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

Number of Hits

Item
	1	0	0
	1	0	0
	1	0	0
	1 - 1	0 - 0	0 - 0
	1	0	0
	≥1	≥0	≥0
	1 as	0 as	0 as
	1	0	0
	1 - 2	0 - 0	0 - 0
	1	0	0
	2 (1 )	0 (0 )	0 (0 )
	2	0	0
	2	0	0
	2	0	0
	3, 3 or 2	0, 0 or 0	0, 0 or 0
	2	0	0
	2 - 4	0 - 0	0 - 0
	2 - 4 -	0 - 0 -	0 - 0 -
	2	0	0
	2	0	0
	3	0	0
	3 (2 )	0 (0 )	0 (0 )
	3	0	0
	3	0	0
	3	0	0
	3 (1 )	0 (0 )	0 (0 )
	4	0	0
	4	0	0
	4	0	0
	5	0	0
	5	0	0
	6	0	0
	8	0	0
	24	0	0

It takes 2 blasts to freeze a Bottlenose Ballphin with an Ice Staff. It takes 1 Sleep Dart to put Bottlenose Ballphin to sleep.

Tips

• If the player knows the locations of Ballphins and hears an impending Sea Hound attack, it is prudent to sail towards them for protection.
• Abigail can easily kill an entire pack of Ballphins.

Bugs

• It is possible for the Bottlenosed Ballphins to spawn in on land. In this case they won't be able to get to the Ocean, and they will be stuck on land.

Trivia

• The Bottlenosed Ballphin's ability to drop Empty Bottles is a pun on its name.

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