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It calls the sun from out the sky!

Wortox

The Star Caller's Staff is a craftable Item found in the Ancient Tab. It requires 4 Nightmare Fuel, 2 Living Logs, 2 Yellow Gems, and at least a broken Ancient Pseudoscience Station to craft. It also can randomly drop from an Ancient Pseudoscience Station when damaged with a Hammer, Gunpowder etc., and has a 25% chance to be found inside a Large Ornate Chest. Like all items from the Ancient Tab, Star Caller's Staffs cannot be prototyped and can only be crafted near an Ancient Pseudoscience Station.

Yellow Gems are renewable via Tumbleweeds, by resetting the Ruins using the Seed of Ruin, or by world hopping.

Dwarf Star[]

Wendy Portrait
I can almost make out a tiny solar system.

Wendy

When equipping the Star Caller's Staff in the hand slot, it can be used on any visible point on the ground to summon a Dwarf Star (it can also be randomly summoned by hitting an Ancient Pseudoscience Station with a hammer). A single dwarf star will last 28 minutes (3.5 in-game days). With 20 uses, this means a single staff will yield a total of 70 days of dwarf stars. During that time it provides a fluctuating radius of light, heat equivalent to that of a 3rd tier Campfire fire (180 units; the 4th and highest tier is 220 units of heat) and a Sanity boost of 25 Sanity Meter per minute while standing near it. The Dwarf Star can also be used to cook Food, similar to a Campfire. It can also burn flammable objects that are too close to it, so caution is advised as to where the staff is used. With each use of the Staff, Characters will lose 20 Sanity Meter and the Staff will lose 5% of its Durability.


Reign of Giants icon Reign of Giants[]

In the Reign of Giants DLC, the Dwarf Star provides the highest amount of heat instead (more than a fully fueled Fire Pit) and standing near it for too long can cause Overheating, even in Winter. Players also have a 0.01% chance of finding Yellow Gems inside Tumbleweeds.

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

In Don't Starve Together, a Star Caller's Staff has a 77% chance to be found inside the Large Ornate Chest instead of the 25% chance in Don't Starve.

Haunting a Star Caller's Staff may cast the spell, and haunting a Dwarf Star will extinguish it. As of A New Reign, the staff can be transformed into the Moon Caller's Staff using a Moon Stone.

It can be used to completely replace Fire Pits so long as a supply of Yellow Gems is maintained and regular trips to the Ruins are carried out. Dwarf Stars can be used to aid in the growth of Farm Plants by providing light during the Night.

Additionally, Dragonfly drops Yellow Gems when killed, providing an additional source of Yellow Gems to craft Star Caller's Staves and guaranteeing them to be renewable, even if Tumbleweeds are disabled before World Generation. The Ruins can also be reset in Don't Starve Together, by defeating the Ancient Fuelweaver with the Ancient Key inserted into the Ancient Gateway.

Sproutrock trees produce geode fruits that sometimes drop yellow gems aswell.

Star Caller's Staff
Moon Stone
Moon Caller's Staff

Don't Starve Together icon Skins[]

Glommer Main article: Belongings#Star_Caller's_Staff

In Don't Starve Together, Skins can be applied to certain items to change their appearance. Information on how to obtain specific skins can be found on the Belongings page.

Prototype Tips[]

  • It's a good idea to equip a Construction Amulet when crafting this Staff, to save one Yellow Gem.
  • The Star Caller's Staff can be used as an alternative to Campfires later in the game, for those who would rather not carry around Logs and Cut Grass.
  • While the Staff cannot be used in the dark, it can still be used a few seconds before complete darkness settles in. When this happens the light emitted from the casting process will keep the Character safe from Charlie.
  • As long as Characters stay close to the Dwarf Star, they will recover 25Sanity Meter per minute, excluding outside factors. This bonus can recoup the Sanity cost from using the staff in only 48 seconds.
    • Willow's Sanity regeneration perk works with the Dwarf Star too resulting in 35Sanity Meter per minute.
    • Players can summon multiple Dwarf Stars at the same spot to boost their Sanity quicker, as the sanity auras stack with each other. This allows the player to create a "pit stop" location to quickly recover from sanity-intensive work that will last several days.

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