Disease

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This feature has been removed from the game. The information presented here is for reference only.

Grass Tuft
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Tool Required
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Renewable?	No
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“It looks pretty sick.”

–Wilson, when examining a Diseased Berry Bush.

“Burn the sick!”

–Willow, when examining a Diseased Berry Bush.

“Is weak. Sickly!”

–Wolfgang, when examining a Diseased Berry Bush.

“It's not long for this world...”

–Wendy, when examining a Diseased Berry Bush.

“HA. DISEASE. A BIOLOGICAL LAPSE IN JUDGMENT”

–WX-78, when examining a Diseased Berry Bush.

“It's afflicted with an agrarian disease beyond my curing.”

–Wickerbottom, when examining a Diseased Berry Bush.

“It's caught a bit of a bug.”

–Woodie, when examining a Diseased Berry Bush.

“What has brought this blight upon my world?”

–Maxwell, when examining a Diseased Berry Bush.

“The disease festers within its söul.”

–Wigfrid, when examining a Diseased Berry Bush.

“Maybe it needs some chicken soup?”

–Webber, when examining a Diseased Berry Bush.

“It's got food poisoning.”

–Warly, when examining a Diseased Berry Bush.

“Sick! Very, very sick!”

–Wormwood, when examining a Diseased Berry Bush.

“Maybe you oughta take a sick day...”

–Winona, when examining a Diseased Berry Bush.

“Now it stinks really good!”

–Wortox, when examining a Diseased Berry Bush.

“Won't make snacks if sick, florp.”

–Wurt, when examining a Diseased Berry Bush.

“Uh, something's definitely wrong with it.”

–Walter, when examining a Diseased Berry Bush.

More Quotes
Plants	Quotes
	“It looks pretty sick.” –Wilson, when examining a Diseased Grass Tuft. “Sick! Sick friend!” –Wormwood, when examining a Diseased Grass Tuft. “You should see a doctor.” –Winona, when examining a Diseased Grass Tuft. “Looking bit green around the gills, florp.” –Wurt, when examining a Diseased Grass Tuft. “Err, something's not right.” –Wilson, when examining a Diseasing Grass Tuft. “Get better soon” –Wormwood, when examining a Diseasing Grass Tuft. “Not lookin' too lush.” –Winona, when examining a Diseasing Grass Tuft. “Something wrong with it.” –Wurt, when examining a Diseasing Grass Tuft.
	“It looks pretty sick.” –Wilson, when examining a Diseased Sapling. “Sick. Very, very sick” –Wormwood, when examining a Diseased Sapling. “That thing does not look good.” –Winona, when examining a Diseased Sapling. “Hmm... look bad.” –Wurt, when examining a Diseased Sapling. “Err, something's not right.” –Wilson, when examining a Diseasing Sapling. “Looks sick. Poor little guy” –Wormwood, when examining a Diseasing Sapling. “You're smelling a little funky.” –Winona, when examining a Diseasing Sapling. “Something wrong with it, florp.” –Wurt, when examining a Diseasing Sapling.
	“It looks pretty sick.” –Wilson, when examining a Diseased Berry Bush. “Sick! Very, very sick” –Wormwood, when examining a Diseased Berry Bush. “Maybe you oughta take a sick day...” –Winona, when examining a Diseased Berry Bush. “Won't make snacks if sick, florp.” –Wurt, when examining a Diseased Berry Bush. “Err, something's not right.” –Wilson, when examining a Diseasing Berry Bush. “You sick, friend?” –Wormwood, when examining a Diseasing Berry Bush. “Yeuch! Is it supposed to smell like that?” –Winona, when examining a Diseasing Berry Bush. “Don't look right.” –Wurt, when examining a Diseasing Berry Bush.
	“It looks pretty sick.” –Wilson, when examining a Diseased Juicy Berry Bush. “Oh! Friend got sick!” –Wormwood, when examining a Diseased Juicy Berry Bush. “Maybe you oughta take a sick day...” –Winona, when examining a Diseased Juicy Berry Bush. “Look bad, florp” –Wurt, when examining a Diseased Juicy Berry Bush. “Err, something's not right.” –Wilson, when examining a Diseasing Juicy Berry Bush. “Get well soon” –Wormwood, when examining a Diseasing Juicy Berry Bush. “Yeuch! Is it supposed to smell like that?” –Winona, when examining a Diseasing Juicy Berry Bush. “Don't look right.” –Wurt, when examining a Diseasing Juicy Berry Bush.
Twiggy tree	“It looks sick. More so than usual.” –Wilson, when examining a Diseased Twiggy tree. “Sick?” –Wormwood, when examining a Diseased Twiggy tree. “Doesn't look great.” –Winona, when examining a Diseased Twiggy tree. “Think it's sick...” –Wurt, when examining a Diseased Twiggy tree.
	“It looks really sick.” –Wilson, when examining a Diseased Grass Gekko. “Sick?” –Wormwood, when examining a Diseased Grass Gekko. “I didn't know lizards could wilt.” –Winona, when examining a Diseased Grass Gekko. “Something wrong with grass lizard.” –Wurt, when examining a Diseased Grass Gekko.
or Barrent Bush	“It looks pretty sick.” –Wilson, when examining a Diseased Barrent Bush. “Oh no! Friend is sick!” –Wormwood, when examining a Diseased Barrent Bush. “It's definitely diseased.” –Winona, when examining a Diseased Barrent Bush. “It look sick, flurt.” –Wurt, when examining a Diseased Barrent Bush. “Err, something's not right.” –Wilson, when examining a Diseasing Barrent Bush or Stone Fruit Bush “Feeling okay, friend?” –Wormwood, when examining a Diseasing Barrent Bush or Stone Fruit Bush “I think it's coming down with something.” –Winona, when examining a Diseasing Barrent Bush or Stone Fruit Bush “Something wrong with it...” –Wurt, when examining a Diseasing Barrent Bush or Stone Fruit Bush

Disease was a feature that affected replanted Plants in Don't Starve Together, introduced in A New Reign and removed in Reap What You Sow. Diseased plants had the appearance of being surrounded by flies and became darker in color before dying and disappearing. They did not drop their specific resources, but instead yielded Rot if picked or dug up by the player with a Shovel.

Mechanics

After a plant had been replanted by the player, it had a timer set to 50 days. Once that timer was up, it had a 10% chance to become diseased. If the chance failed, the timer was reset to another value between 30-70 days and the process would repeat itself. If it was successful, the player's character would comment when harvesting the plants for 4-6 days to warn the player that the plant would become diseased. If it turned fully diseased, the plant's disease would begin to spread to other nearby replanted crops every 1.5-2.5 days without warning. The player could dig up the plant in its warning phase in order to manually reset the timer (or at the very least if the plant was already diseased, the player could dig it up to prevent the disease from spreading, but the diseased plant was destroyed in the process).

The following table illustrates the variants available for each type of resource, note that the sources on bold were invulnerable to Disease:

Resource Type	Grass		Twigs		Berries		Stone Fruit
Plant Variant
	Grass Gekko	Grass Tuft	Sapling	Twiggy Tree	Berry Bush	Juicy Berry Bush	Stone Fruit Bush
Specific Resource
	Cut Grass		Twigs		Berries	Juicy Berries	Stone Fruit

Trivia

• Disease was added to the game far before A New Reign was announced, becoming part of the latter update after the Beta release with some tweaks. Before that, Grass Gekkos and Twiggy Trees were also able to become diseased.
• There are unused sprites for Diseased Logs, Juicy Berries and the dug version of each plant in the game's files.
• Disease could be toggled off and on the World Customization before creating a world.
• Disease was removed after the Reap What You Sow update on December 15th 2020.

Prevention

Disease was an unavoidable mechanic and there was no way to fight against it, but there were some strategies to counter it.

1. The basic resources such as saplings and grass tufts can be replaced by spiky bush/Twiggy Tree and grass gekko.
2. Wickerbottom is a very efficient character when it comes about farming resources, using her book: Applied Horticulture. It can instantly Ripen saplings, grass tufts, berry bush etc. making disease less of a scary threat.
3. If the Bee Queen or Klaus has been killed for the Bundling Wrap blueprint and a couple of Meatbulbs, Wickerbottom can go to the Ruins where they find Cave Lichen. Place the Meatbulbs onto the lichen area and wait for eyeplant to spawn, repeatedly reading applied horticulture then killing the Meatbulb will grant a huge amount of Lichen. Make sure that you don't take your time doing this strategy and bundle them fast, as they spoil very quickly when digested by the Meatbulb.
4. Bull Kelp which are not affected by disease and don't need to be fertilized, but are not renewable make up a great vegetable/filler food source.
5. Stone Fruit Bush can possibly be a superior choice against Berry Bush, since Sprouting Stone Fruit can be mass farmed as Wickerbottom using Applied Horticulture which come from Stone Fruit and do not disease nor need to be fertilized at all.
6. Spending a bit of time at the Desert to collect Tumbleweed is a great way to get grass and twigs. Making a base there is also beneficial.

Gallery

Diseased Berry Bush as seen in the poster for the East or West, Base is Best update.

A Diseased Sapling on the Lunar Island.

A Diseased Berry Bush of the leafy variant.

Removed Diseased Grass Gekko.

A Diseased Grass Gekko running from Webber.

Removed Diseased Twiggy Tree.

Unused sprites for Diseased dug up resources.

Unused Diseased Log.

Unused Diseased Juicy Berries.