Mandrake

• Mob
• Item
• Planted

Mandrake
Stats
	20
Movement
Walking Speed	6
Running Speed	6
Traits
Special Ability	Follows the player when picked at dusk/night.
Loot
Spawns from
Code
"mandrake_active"

Mandrake / Cooked Mandrake
	Inventory Icon
Raw
Cooked
60
100
75
150
0
0
Does not spoil
Does not spoil
Stacks up to
40 items
40 items
Sources
Dropped by	()
Spawncode
Raw	"mandrake"
Cooked	"cookedmandrake"

Mandrake
Stats
	20
Movement
Walking Speed	6
Running Speed	6
Traits
Special Ability	Follows the player when picked at dusk/night.
Loot
Code
"mandrake_planted"

“I've heard strange things about those plants.”

–Wilson, when examining a planted Mandrake.

“That's not a normal plant”

–Willow, when examining a planted Mandrake.

“Is strange plant.”

–Wolfgang, when examining a planted Mandrake.

“The mighty mandrake. I should pick it at night.”

–Wendy, when examining a planted Mandrake.

“IT IS A PLANT”

–WX-78, when examining a planted Mandrake.

“Mandragora officinarum.”

–Wickerbottom, when examining a planted Mandrake.

“It's looking at me.”

–Woodie, when examining a planted Mandrake.

“What a disturbing root.”

–Maxwell, when examining a planted Mandrake.

“A rutabaga!”

–Wigfrid, when examining a planted Mandrake.

“That's a funny looking plant.”

–Webber, when examining a planted Mandrake.

“A mystical plant.”

–Walani, when examining a planted Mandrake.

“Have I discovered a new root vegetable?!”

–Warly, when examining a planted Mandrake.

“A plant o'legend.”

–Woodlegs, when examining a planted Mandrake.

“'TIS CARROT?”

–Wilba, when examining a planted Mandrake.

“Hiding”

–Wormwood, when examining a planted Mandrake.

“That's a weird shrub.”

–Winona, when examining a planted Mandrake.

A Mandrake is a very rare, passive Mob found in Grasslands and Caves. They are very useful, and on average only 2-5 Mandrake will spawn per World. They often spawn together in the same area, so finding one will usually result in finding them all. Mandrakes can be used to make the Pan Flute. They can also be used to make Mandrake Soup in a Crock Pot.

“Cut it out!”

–Wilson, when examining a picked Mandrake.

“Now that's just creepy!”

–Willow, when examining a picked Mandrake.

“Little plant man friend!”

–Wolfgang, when examining a picked Mandrake.

“Onward, my vegetable minion!”

–Wendy, when examining a picked Mandrake.

“WHAT DO YOU WANT?”

–WX-78, when examining a picked Mandrake.

“Mandragora officinarum. But with a face.”

–Wickerbottom, when examining a picked Mandrake.

“What have I done?”

–Woodie, when examining a picked Mandrake.

“Oh shut UP, will you?”

–Maxwell, when examining a picked Mandrake.

“She just wants tö gö ön a rutabaga saga.”

–Wigfrid, when examining a picked Mandrake.

“You're a bad friend!”

–Webber, when examining a picked Mandrake.

“You're messing up my chill vibes, dude.”

–Walani, when examining a picked Mandrake.

“Do not pick! Do not pick!”

–Warly, when examining a picked Mandrake.

“Quit yer squawkin'!”

–Woodlegs, when examining a picked Mandrake.

“IT DOTH PROTEST TOO MUCH, METHINKS”

–Wilba, when examining a picked Mandrake.

“Merp! Merp! Meep! Merp!”

–Wormwood, when examining a picked Mandrake.

“This is exactly what having a little sister's like.”

–Winona, when examining a picked Mandrake.

When picked at Dusk or Night (or when underground), it will turn into a living Mandrake, following the player around and constantly making noise until morning, after which it will replant itself on the spot. When picked during the Day, it will die instantly and can be obtained as an item. Mandrakes cannot be grown and therefore there is a limited number of them in the world.

With normal damage modifiers, it takes one hit from a Spear to kill a Mandrake (any version of an Axe or Pickaxe will do the same).

Food

“Mandrake roots have strange properties.”

–Wilson, when examining a dead Mandrake.

“Why did this plant have a face?”

–Willow, when examining a dead Mandrake.

“Little plant man is died!”

–Wolfgang, when examining a dead Mandrake.

“Alas, poor mandrake!”

–Wendy, when examining a dead Mandrake.

“I HAVE KILLED IT. GOOD.”

–WX-78, when examining a dead Mandrake.

“Mandragora officinarum. Deceased.”

–Wickerbottom, when examining a dead Mandrake.

“Sorry, little guy.”

–Woodie, when examining a dead Mandrake.

“My ears are still ringing.”

–Maxwell, when examining a dead Mandrake.

“The cörpse öf the rutabaga still retains its magic.”

–Wigfrid, when examining a dead Mandrake.

“The skin is all seared.”

–Webber, when examining a dead Mandrake.

“I was rooting for it.”

–Walani, when examining a dead Mandrake.

“I should like to get to the root of this mystery...”

–Warly, when examining a dead Mandrake.

“Twas a noisy little beast.”

–Woodlegs, when examining a dead Mandrake.

“'TIS DEAD”

–Wilba, when examining a dead Mandrake.

“Yum”

–Wormwood, when examining a dead Mandrake.

“Dead as a doornail.”

–Winona, when examining a dead Mandrake.

Raw or Cooked Mandrakes do not spoil. Raw Mandrake heals 60 Health and 75 Hunger when eaten, and puts all nearby Mobs to sleep (until the next cycle of the day; from dusk until night, from night until daytime, from daytime until dusk).

Cooking a Mandrake will also put the player to sleep (until the next cycle of the day), as well as putting all nearby Mobs to sleep. Eating a Cooked Mandrake restores 100 Health and 150 Hunger, as well as putting the player and all nearby Mobs to sleep (for exactly one day). Eating Mandrake Soup restores 100 Health, 150 Hunger, and 5 Sanity, but does not put the player to sleep.

Pigs, Gobblers, and Pengulls will eat Cooked Mandrakes left on the ground, putting themselves and all nearby Mobs to sleep until the start of the next day (no matter what time it is). Raw Mandrakes will not put the player to sleep. Pigs will also produce Manure (as they would with other Vegetable) if a Mandrake is eaten. Gobblers and Pengulls will eat Mandrakes that are still planted in the ground, putting all nearby Mobs to sleep (except the player).

Behavior

When picked during dusk or night, rooted Mandrakes will follow the player (through Wormholes as well), hopping around and making a lot of noise. Like most followers, they will back away when the player gets too close. If the Mandrake is attacked, they will run away from the player indefinitely. Once it becomes daytime, the mandrake will root itself back into the ground where the player can then pick the mandrake and add it to their inventory.

Usage

Will put the player to sleep.

5×

Will put all nearby Mobs to sleep. Cannot be given directly.

Downloadable Content

In the Shipwrecked DLC, Mandrakes can be found in the Meadow Biome.

In the Hamlet DLC, they are found in the Rainforest Biome near Mandrake Hills. Mandrakes also can be bought in The Sty' Oddities Emporium for 50 Oincs, which makes them renewable.

Don't Starve Together

If eaten in Don't Starve Together (DST), Mandrakes will put all players in the nearby area to sleep. The Loot Stash has a chance to yield a dead Mandrake, thus making them renewable, since the Loot Stash respawns every Winter.

Tips

• Since Mandrakes are extremely fast creatures and will keep their distance from the player even if they follow them, it is recommended to only pick these during the day if it is the item the player wants. If you pick one at dusk with no weapons such as when you started the game recently, don't be tempted to hit it with your fist, as it will run away and decrease the chances of you catching it.
• Live Mandrakes can be eaten by Pengulls and Werepigs, which will still trigger the sleep effects.
• Changing settings so that mandrakes are set to lots allows you to obtain many mandrakes. Because cooking and eating them each set you forward one day, you can use this to unlock all the characters early on.

Trivia

• The Mandrake (raw and cooked) is one of the few foods in the game that do not Spoil, along with raw and hatching Tallbird Eggs, the Guardian's Horn, and Deerclops Eyeball. However, Mandrake Soup will spoil.
• Ghosts will often float above Mandrakes.
• There is a page on the Klei website that is nothing more than multiple looping gifs of hopping Mandrakes along with looping audio of the "meep" sound they make.
• The Mandrake, Mandragora officinarum as per Wickerbottom's identification, is a real-life plant that has roots in European folklore. Its roots can bear a vaguely human shape and were said to scream when uprooted. The sleep effect caused by cooking and eating Mandrakes is based on the myth that those who hear the scream of a mandrake dies, which itself is based around the fact that the real plant can cause unconsciousness when eaten in sufficient quantities.

Bugs

• Even though Mandrakes are flammable, they will not turn into Ashes when killed with a Fire Dart.
• (PC) When the player picks up a Mandrake using the Spacebar, the Mandrake can be planted again, but if the player tries to pick the Mandrake when it has been replanted, the character will start to shake out of control upon attempting and will be unable to interact with the Mandrake again.
• (PC) Mandrakes spawned into the player's inventory can be replanted when 'dropped' on the ground. Stacks of Mandrakes will be replanted as if there is only one, and when picked at dusk or night, only one Mandrake will actually follow the player. If killed, a stack of however many Mandrakes there were originally will be how many the player can retrieve.
• In SW, sometimes a Mandrake can follow the player into the Ocean, essentially walking on water. At daybreak, it will plant itself in the water.
• Mandrakes in the player's inventory can sometimes be lost when using the Seaworthy to cross over to SW.
• Wilbur also says something when he wakes up.^{[Verification Needed]}

Gallery

Dead, planted, and recently deceased Mandrakes.

Two hopping Mandrakes.

A Mandrake found underground.

Three mandrakes following Wilson.

A Mandrake mid-hop.

Hounds asleep due to eating Mandrakes.

A drawing of Wendy and Webber taking pictures of a live Mandrake from Rhymes With Play.

A Mandrake plush.

The Mandrake is a mystery accessory for the Blind Box Figures.

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