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Waxwell Portrait
I am filled with the irrational urge to stomp upon it.

Maxwell

Flowers are found in Grasslands, Forests, or Savanna biomes. When picked, they restore 5 Sanity and yield one Petals. When eaten, Petals provide 1 health. There are 10 different kinds of Flowers that all behave the same. Any that behave differently are detailed below.

Flowers near a player on the Surface World periodically spawn Butterflies, which can be captured in a Bug Net and planted to create a new Flower. A Homeless Bee will eventually plant a new flower somewhere after pollinating 6 different nearby flowers (see also Evil Flowers below).

Flowers need the same amount of natural light to grow as Farm Plants. They can grow on the surface or under Cave Lights, but when planted in the dark of the caves, they will wither in less than a day. A withered flower can never recover, but can be picked to yield 1 Cut Grass.

6 flowers are needed near each Bee Box to enable Honey production.

Evil Flower[]

Wilson Portrait
Augh! It's so evil!

Wilson

Evil Flowers are a type of Flower that spawn around Totally Normal Trees and several /Marble Sculptures set pieces. In Don't Starve, they spawn around the Set Pieces for Things, and Maxwell's Door.

Evil Flowers act much like regular flowers, spawning Butterflies and attracting Bees. Unlike regular flowers they have a -25/minute Sanity aura. Picking one costs 5 sanity (instead of giving 5 sanity) and yields Dark Petals instead of petals.

Evil Flowers are generated with the world. Once they are all picked, there is no way to obtain more. If any remain, they can be propagated very slowly if up to 6 Evil Flowers are pollinated by a Homeless Bee (the higher percentage of 6 flowers pollinated that are evil, the higher the chance that the resulting flower will be evil too, and the faster more can be made). Since evil flowers are mainly useful for Dark Petals, and Nightmare Fuel is so easy to obtain from shadow creatures, the only reasons to do this would be decoration, or to mass-produce Psychosis Experiments during Hallowed Nights (presumably also for decoration).

It is possible to farm Dark Petals for Nightmare Fuel using the Full Moon effect, which temporarily turns Flowers into Evil Flowers for a few days. During the course of the game flower generation can become a fire hazard or simply an annoyance requiring pruning. Waiting for the full moon is an easy way to passively collect Evil Petals for Nightmare Fuel, rather than normal petals for fuel or Rot.

Fern[]

WX-78 Portrait
YOUR CHARMS WILL NOT WORK ON ME, PLANT.

WX-78

Ferns are naturally-spawned objects which are similar to Flowers. They grow randomly in Caves and more abundantly in Ruins. Ferns can be picked to obtain 1 Foliage.

When eaten, the Foliage restores 1 Health Meter.

Some Ferns become more red in color during the Nightmare Phase of the Ruins.

Hamlet icon Exotic Flower[]

Webber Portrait
This flower is weird. And neat!

Webber

Exotic Flowers are a type of flower exclusive to the Hamlet DLC.

Unlike normal and Evil flowers, they spawn Glowflies instead of Butterflies. In addition, they are not affected by Full Moon, thus they can never turn into Evil Flowers.

When picked, they restore 5 Sanity and produce Petals, like the normal one.

These flowers are renewable, as they can spawn in Rainforest and Deep Rainforest Turf in the Rain, like regular Flowers.

Succulent[]

Exclusive to: Don't Starve Together icon

Wilson Portrait
Aloe there.

Wilson

Succulents are a type of plants exclusive to Don't Starve Together, introduced in A New Reign. They only spawn around the Lake at the Oasis during Summer and provide 1 Succulent when picked.

When eaten, the Succulents restores 1 Health Meter.

Don't Starve Together icon Rose[]

Winona Portrait
Not sure what to think of that...

Winona

In Don't Starve Together, Roses have a 1% chance of appearing instead of a regular Flower. They are identical to Flowers function-wise. However, they deal 1 Health Meter damage when picked.

It is possible for planted Butterflies to turn into a Rose instead of a regular Flower. The Rose is also dropped by the Ancient Fuelweaver when it is killed. Additionally, there is a Set Piece which comprises a Stagehand and Roses spawning around it in a circle.

Don't Starve Together icon Withered Flowers[]

Wilson Portrait
I don't think it got enough sun.

Wilson

In the Caves, a Flower will wither in 5–10 days if left without sunlight. When picked, Withered Flowers produce one Cut Grass.

Gift Icon Downloadable Content[]

In all DLCs, new Flowers will spawn without the aid of Butterflies or Bees in the Rain. During a full moon, Flowers will turn into Evil Flowers, and return to normal afterwards.

In the Reign of Giants DLC, Tumbleweeds can also drop Petals, Dark Petals, and Foliage, making them all renewable resources.

In the Shipwrecked DLC, regular Flowers can be found in Jungle and Meadow Biomes, while Evil Flowers can be found around Regular Jungle Trees. They may also spawn from spending Dubloons at the Slot Machine, making them renewable in another way.

In the Hamlet DLC, regular Flowers can be found in Battleground Biomes. Fern can be found in Cave Clefts.

Don't Starve Together icon Don't Starve Together[]

In Don't Starve Together, a Ghost Character can haunt a regular Flower to turn it into an Evil Flower.

Cultivation[]

Flower[]

Flowers can be manually cultivated by planting living Butterflies. Using a Bug Net to capture any number of Butterflies, the player can right click them on the ground to plant them as they would plant Pine Cones or Grass Tufts. One Butterfly can be planted to create one Flower in a location of the player's choosing. The physical area occupied by the Flower is very small, allowing for densely planted Flower gardens.

Cultivation of Flowers is of interest because of their Sanity bonus when picked and use for Crafting the Garland and the Pretty Parasol, however the long term use of cultivation is the creation of efficient Honey farms through the use of Bee Boxes, for which an ample supply of Flowers is necessary.

Because Flowers spawn Butterflies, cultivation of a large Flower bed can usually proceed very quickly, provided the player has sufficient materials to build new Bug Nets.

Evil Flower[]

Using Evil Flowers is one of the few ways to acquire Nightmare Fuel without lowering Sanity to low levels sanity or insanity inducing items. For this reason, it may be of interest for players to cultivate Evil Flowers as a means of supplementing their supply of Nightmare Fuel. Unlike normal Flowers, Evil Flowers cannot be manually planted.

The player should begin by crafting a Bug Net and capturing some number of Bees. Once captured, these Bees; become "homeless" and will not return to their hive. After releasing these Bees near some existing Evil Flowers, they will begin to visit them as they would normally. It is also necessary for the player to be near the area the Bees are working, since the bee's AI routine will not run if the player is too far away.

Bees must visit 6 different flowers before they can plant another flower. The flower that is planted will depend upon which type of flowers the 6 were, so as soon as you have 6 evil flowers in the area it is a good idea to eliminate any normal flowers so the evil flower chance becomes 100%. Most often the Bees will plant the flower after the 6th flower is visited, but there is a small chance it will visit another flower or land without planting. Clearing the area of Trees, Grass etc. will also make it easier to spot newly spawned Evil Flowers.

Placeholder Trivia[]

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Old Fern textures.

  • Evil Flowers were introduced in A Little Rain Must Fall update.
  • Ferns were added in the It's not a Rock! update.
  • Succulents were added in the Against the Grain update.
  • Evil Flowers resemble stylized flowers that can sometimes be found adorning fabrics or wallpaper, and which are faintly seen on Maxwell's walls in some of the William Carter Puzzle images.
  • Ferns were originally green.
  • As Willow, standing close to a burning Evil Flower will cause Sanity to drop, despite Fire usually raising Willow's sanity. This is because Evil Flowers drain Sanity faster than fire restores it.
  • If a player dies from picking a Rose, their death will be listed in the Morgue as being caused by a Flower.
  • In each A New Reign update, there would be a number of roses scattered around the information poster depending on the update number. This is probably symbolic of Charlie as the new shadow queen.
  • According to Wickerbottom, the roses seen in the game are the cultivar Rosa sp. 'MACdub', also known as the Dublin Bay Rose.
  • If you place a flower in a Cave it will wilt, to stop this from happening you should place them under a Cave Light.

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