Moleworm

• Mob
• Item

Moleworm
Stats
	30
Traits
Special Ability	Hides underground and steals items
Loot	×1 Any items they are carrying
Spawns from	(0.1%×3)
Code
"mole"

Moleworm
Properties
	2 days
Stacks up to	Does not stack
Perk
Can be "murdered" for
Sources
Dropped by	()
Code
"mole"

“Something's under there, searching for minerals.”

–Wilson, when examining an underground moleworm.

“Hiding from the light, huh?”

–Willow, when examining an underground moleworm.

“Stay underground where you are safe from Wolfgang.”

–Wolfgang, when examining an underground moleworm.

“Stay down there, away from this horrible place.”

–Wendy, when examining an underground moleworm.

“MINOR SEISMIC ACTIVITY DETECTED”

–WX-78, when examining an underground moleworm.

“Something is tunneling down there.”

–Wickerbottom, when examining an underground moleworm.

“Dig, dig, dig.”

–Woodie, when examining an underground moleworm.

“Are you picking up what I'm putting down? Do you dig it?”

–Maxwell, when examining an underground moleworm.

“A burrower and a borrower.”

–Wagstaff, when examining an underground moleworm.

“Whö's under there?”

–Wigfrid, when examining an underground moleworm.

“Come out and play!”

–Webber, when examining an underground moleworm.

“Who's down there?”

–Walani, when examining an underground moleworm.

“Something dwells beneath.”

–Warly, when examining an underground moleworm.

“'Tis swimmin' under th'dirt!”

–Woodlegs, when examining an underground moleworm.

“'TIS ARMS FROM 'NEATH THE GROUND”

–Wilba, when examining an underground moleworm.

“Dutiful little miner.”

–Winona, when examining an underground moleworm.

“The mole is sheltered in its hole.”

–Wortox, when examining an underground moleworm.

The Moleworm is a passive Mob in the Reign of Giants DLC. They are indigenous to the Grasslands and Deciduous Forest Biomes. Moleworms live in a Burrow, underground, but can occasionally spawn from Tumbleweeds and/or Earthquakes.

Moleworms travel underground similar to a Depths Worm. They will seek out and collect items that are lying on the ground, including Minerals, Thermal Stones, Charcoal, Ashes, Gunpowder, Ice, Old Bells, most Turfs, Gears and most Gravedigger Items. After collecting 2 stacks of items, they will return to their Burrow to drop them off.

“I'd sure like to whack that mole... thing.”

–Wilson, when examining a peeking moleworm.

“Coming up for a peek!”

–Willow, when examining a peeking moleworm.

“Now you will know Wolfgang's strength!”

–Wolfgang, when examining a peeking moleworm.

“You should go back to where it's dark.”

–Wendy, when examining a peeking moleworm.

“SOURCE OF SEISMIC ACTIVITY DISCOVERED”

–WX-78, when examining a peeking moleworm.

“Ah, it's a Talpidae!”

–Wickerbottom, when examining a peeking moleworm.

“It feels aboot rocks the way I feel aboot trees.”

–Woodie, when examining a peeking moleworm.

“I'll take that as a "yes".”

–Maxwell, when examining a peeking moleworm.

“An entirely unusual creature formed from entirely usual ones.”

–Wagstaff, when examining a peeking moleworm.

“He burröws with reckless abandön.”

–Wigfrid, when examining a peeking moleworm.

“Hello little guy!”

–Webber, when examining a peeking moleworm.

“Welcome to the surface!”

–Walani, when examining a peeking moleworm.

“Are you spying on me?”

–Warly, when examining a peeking moleworm.

“Whut's'e sniffin'?”

–Woodlegs, when examining a peeking moleworm.

“WILBA THWACK IT!”

–Wilba, when examining a peeking moleworm.

“Taking a break from the mines?”

–Winona, when examining a peeking moleworm.

“The mole has left its hole!”

–Wortox, when examining a peeking moleworm.

A live Moleworm can be obtained by attacking it (one time) with a Hammer, after it surfaces. Moleworms will slowly starve in the inventory, if not fed minerals. They respawn from Burrows (similar to Rabbits). A Burrow can be permanently destroyed using a Shovel. When a burrow is destroyed while a Moleworm returns to it for rest, the game will recognize as Moleworm not being present; hence permanently destroying the Burrow. Burrows drop minerals and any items that a Moleworm has stashed inside it. If a Burrow is destroyed before killing the Moleworm, it will wander off and eventually dig a new one.

“Nowhere left to dig, my friend.”

–Wilson, when examining a moleworm in the inventory.

“Out of the ground, into the fire.”

–Willow, when examining a moleworm in the inventory.

“Wolfgang have mercy for soft tiny animal.”

–Wolfgang, when examining a moleworm in the inventory.

“How do you like being torn away from your family?”

–Wendy, when examining a moleworm in the inventory.

“VIBRATIONS IN POCKET DETECTED”

–WX-78, when examining a moleworm in the inventory.

“I don't think my pocket is its natural habitat.”

–Wickerbottom, when examining a moleworm in the inventory.

“Want some rocks?”

–Woodie, when examining a moleworm in the inventory.

“End of the line.”

–Maxwell, when examining a moleworm in the inventory.

“I suspect it has a very complex sense of smell.”

–Wagstaff, when examining a moleworm in the inventory.

“A friend för my pöcket.”

–Wigfrid, when examining a moleworm in the inventory.

“Are you comfy?”

–Webber, when examining a moleworm in the inventory.

“Are you comfy in there, buddy?”

–Walani, when examining a moleworm in the inventory.

“Do you "dig" your new surroundings?”

–Warly, when examining a moleworm in the inventory.

“Quiet me pet.”

–Woodlegs, when examining a moleworm in the inventory.

“I love it.”

–Winona, when examining a moleworm in the inventory.

“Careful, I don't want to accidentally touch you.”

–Wortox, when examining a moleworm in the inventory.

Hitting the Moleworm with a Hammer is a regular attack, despite the special stun effect. This means the Moleworm can be killed with the Hammer instead of being stunned if hit by a character with a high damage modifier (e.g. Wolfgang in mighty form). It also means that if the same Moleworm is hit twice with a Hammer, it will be killed, including after releasing them from inventory.

Moleworms have slightly more health than Rabbits and require a Spear or better to be killed with a single hit by characters with normal damage multipliers.

Tips

• Minerals and other items can be used as bait to catch Moleworms. Without the bait, Moleworms emerge from the ground only occasionally and for very brief moments.
• Moleworms cannot be trapped. In addition, they activate Traps that have been laid down. They also trigger Spider webbing, although spawned Spiders will ignore them.
• When a Moleworm takes Gunpowder, it triggers an explosion; killing the Moleworm and leaving a small fire where it died. It will drop a Cooked Morsel.
• When a Moleworm takes an Old Bell, it will trigger one use and summon Bigfoot.
• Moleworms vomited up by a Catcoon (wild or tamed) cannot create a Burrow. It is unknown if this was implemented to prevent infinite Moleworms from spawning or is simply a bug. However, picking it up and dropping it allows it to create a burrow.
• Like Depths Worms, Moleworms are not able to pass Walls, despite moving underground.
• Abigail can attack and kill Moleworms that are traveling underground.
• Moleworms can be farmed to provide a renewable source of stone and other minerals, especially if most Boulders have already been mined. This is done by destroying the Burrow with a Shovel, while leaving the animal alive. The Moleworm will then appear from underground, along with all scavenged resources. An efficient farm can be created by collecting a number of Moleworms by stunning them with a Hammer, then releasing them around a mineral on the ground which is made inaccessible by use of Walls around it. They'll try to grab the Mineral but since it's locked in they'll be unable to do so, instead staying nearby creating Burrows for the player to dig up.
• If a Moleworm is captured and wrapped into a Bundling Wrap and the Bundle is opened, the Moleworm will dig a new Burrow without the destruction of its previous one.

Usage

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Filler cannot be Fruits.

Trivia

• Moleworms lack hind legs. Instead, they have a segmented, fleshy tail like a worm, explaining their name. This can be more easily seen when the Moleworms are in the inventory.
• The ability to knock a Moleworm out with a Hammer is a reference to the popular game, Whac-A-Mole.
• The Moleworm's appearance is based on the Star-Nosed Mole.
• Creatures like the Moleworm began to starve in the inventory after the A Feet of Strength update.

Bugs

• When playing as Wendy, Abigail will attack a Moleworm when "whacked" with a Hammer. If the Moleworm is picked up at the same time that Abigail attacks, it will drop its items and appear in the inventory, but disappear shortly afterwards.
• Relogging next to an empty burrow will cause a Moleworm to immediately spawn. This occurs even when the previous Moleworm has just been killed or transferred to the player's inventory.
• Despite moleworms being immune to traps, sometimes when triggering them, the player can found a piece of morsel in the place of the triggered trap. this bug is more common in high density moleworm zones with traps, although, is quite rare to happen.
• When a mineral falls out of the walkable land Moleworms will chase them indefinitively, if the player gets over him, the moleworm may push you out the land. this happens commonly on caves, but can happen on the surface when a mined boulder very close to the border drops minerals out of the map.

Gallery

A Moleworm gathering Flint.

A Moleworm diving underground.

A Moleworm's Burrow.

A Moleworm traveling underground.

A Moleworm triggering a Trap.

A Moleworm that has either been "whacked" with a Hammer or vomited by a Catcoon.

A sleeping Moleworm.

A frozen Moleworm.

A dead Moleworm.

A Moleworm trying to get bugged Flint.

A bugged Moleworm in the water.

A Moleworm as seen in the Reign of Giants trailer.

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