Malbatross

Malbatross
Stats
	5000
Combat
Damage	75 (150 to Mobs)
Attack Period	4
Attack Range	5 (3 AoE)
Movement
Walking Speed	3
Traits
Special Ability	Creates Waves. Uses dive and swoop attacks.
Loot	×7, , ×3-29 ×2.3, (5%), for and , (on hit and swoop), for
Code
"malbatross"

“A fowl beast indeed!”

–Wilson

“Uh... nice bird?”

–Willow

“Big fishy bird!”

–Wolfgang

“What a horrid bird!”

–Wendy

“THE AWFUL WATER BIRD MUST DIE”

–WX-78

“It appears to be of the family Diomedeidae.”

–Wickerbottom

“It just had to be a giant bird.”

–Woodie

“I've no desire to do battle with that thing.”

–Maxwell

“I will slay the föur-winged beast!”

–Wigfrid

“Woah! That's a big bird!”

–Webber

“Très mal, indeed.”

–Warly

“Big Tweeter”

–Wormwood

“Yeesh, you're a big fella!”

–Winona

“It's bad luck to shoot it down, but what do I know? Hyuyu!”

–Wortox

“Bad bird!”

–Wurt

“Woah, look at that wingspan!”

–Walter

The Malbatross is a Boss Mob exclusive to Don't Starve Together, introduced in Return of Them.

Deep Bass Shoal map icon.

Only 25% of the Deep Bass shoals with a map icon can spawn the Malbatross when visited. After 3 days, the Malbatross despawns and again, 25% of the Deep Bass shoals are randomly selected to spawn the Malbatross. The Malbatross also has a 10% to spawn when a player hooks a Deep Bass. The Malbatross respawns 5 to 15 days after dying.

Upon death, the Malbatross drops 7 Meats, 2 Blue Gems plus 30% to get one extra, 5% of a Yellow Gem, one Malbatross Bill, 3 Malbatross Feathers plus two times 30% to get one extra plus 24 minus the amount spawned by hitting the Malbatross, one Blueprint for a Feathery Canvas and the Blueprint for the Winged Sail.

Behavior

The Malbatross is neutral towards players. It does attack hostile mobs that come near it.

When not fighting, it moves around and dives to catch Ocean Fishes, creating a circle of waves. Waves will push away a Boat and apply 9 to player.

The normal attack of the Malbatross deals 75 damage to players and 150 to Mobs. If the Malbatross is over a boat, the attack also does 5 damage to the boat and pushes it away. If the Malbatross is over the Ocean the attack also creates 3 waves. Each hit on the Malbatross can drop up to 4 Malbatross Feathers, each feather having a 5% chance of dropping.

When the Malbatross' health goes below 66%, it will dive and run away from the player, creating a circle of waves. When the Malbatross' health goes below 33%, it can swoop over the player, destroying every Mast in its wake. Each Mast destroyed spawns 3 Malbatross Feathers plus two times 30% to get one extra.

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

Weapon No. of hits for Immune 1177 368 295 184 85-167 164 148 118 34 or 56 70 or 115 100 99 85 74 50 34-50 25

It takes 4 blasts to freeze a Malbatross with an Ice Staff and it takes 5 Sleep Darts to put it to sleep.

Trivia

• Malbatross was introduced in the Salty Dog beta update.
• The name Malbatross may be a portmanteau of "mallard" and "albatross". Also, the prefix "mal-" means "evil".

Gallery

A dead Malbatross in the ocean.

A sleeping Malbatross in the ocean.

A frozen Malbatross.

The Malbatross as seen in the Salty Dog update trailer.

The Malbatross as seen in the Salty Dog update trailer.

The Malbatross featured in a promotional animation for the Salty Dog update.

The Malbatross featured in a promotional image for the Don't Starve Together QOL update.

The Malbatross as seen in a drawing from Art Stream # 89.

The Malbatross as seen in a drawing from Art Stream # 98.

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