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 four-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

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. 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 has four times a 5% chance to spawn one Malbatross Feather.

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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