Tallbird

Smallbird
Stats
	50
Combat
Damage	10 (7.5 )
Attack Period	1
Attack Range	3
Movement
Walking Speed	6
Running Speed	6
Traits
Special Ability	Grows into a Teenbird. Does not spook passive Birds.
Loot
Spawns from
Code
"smallbird"

“That's a rather small bird.”

–Wilson

“Not quite a phoenix, but still cute. I guess.”

–Willow

“Is very small bird.”

–Wolfgang

“Hello there, little one.”

–Wendy

“IT LOOKS PATHETIC”

–WX-78

“A rather diminutive specimen of the class Aves.”

–Wickerbottom

“What do you want?”

–Woodie

“What!? What do you want?”

–Maxwell

“Their legs must go through a rapid growth spurt at some point.”

–Wagstaff

“Yöu are nöt fierce yet, bird.”

–Wigfrid

“Could this be a friend for us?”

–Webber

“Eye see you.”

–Walani

“Hello food... uh, friend.”

–Warly

“Whoot sorta cackler arrr ye?”

–Woodlegs

“WILBA HAST BIRDY PET”

–Wilba

“Baby Eye Tweeter.”

–Wormwood

“Look at you flying. What's your secret?”

–Wheeler

“Ha! You're so tiny!”

–Winona

“The apple of my eye.”

–Wortox

“It so teeny!”

–Wurt

Smallbirds are passive mobs that have been hatched from a Tallbird Egg and can fly briefly, unlike teens and adults. A Smallbird will grow into a Teenbird (or Smallish Tallbird) after 10 full days. They are considered innocent creatures and killing one adds 6 points to the player's naughtiness level.

Smallbirds require 20 hunger points per day and will demand food by chirping when hungry ( < 50%). When starving ( = 0), they will die after 4 game hours (2 minutes). They can be fed any type of Seeds. They will eat seeds off the ground when they are hungry. Eating anything heals them to full health.

Smallbirds will follow the player and attack the player's targets. If the player moves far enough away from the Smallbird while it is sleeping at night, it will wake up to move closer to the player before falling asleep again. Since they have very small Health, players must be careful when fighting strong mobs or groups of them. Other birds won't run away from Smallbirds and can be a good way to get Feathers and Morsels. Note that Smallbirds can trigger Tooth Traps and Bee Mines, likely killing them.

When idle, a Smallbird will either bounce around or cock its head/body at an angle with a puzzled look.

See also: Hatching Tallbird Egg

Reign of Giants

In the Reign of Giants DLC, Tallbird Eggs that are unharvested from their nest will hatch at the beginning of Spring and one or more Smallbirds will spawn near the nest.

Fighting

Below is the number of hits it takes (with a default damage modifier) to kill a Smallbird. The Weather Pain is not included due to the random nature of its projectile.

Weapon
No. of hits for	12	4	3	2	2	2	2	1-2	1 or 2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1

Trivia

• Although eggs hatched by the player create Smallbirds, eggs left in a nest without an adult Tallbird present will create an instant adult.
• In older versions of the game, Abigail would aggro and kill Smallbirds. Since the "Strange New Powers" update, Abigail has come to accept all friendly "Followers".
• A Smallbird can be used as a Steam chat emoticon.
• Two Smallbirds can be seen on a Steam profile wallpaper, which can be earned by crafting or trading.

Bugs

• A Smallbird may vanish as it hatches from its egg.
• If a Smallbird gets stuck on the other side of an ocean barrier, the player can enter a cave and then exit the cave to fix the bug. Relogging will not fix this issue.
• Feeding a Smallbird/Smallish Tallbird during the growing animation may cancel the animation process. Relogging will fix the issue.
• Sometimes, a Tallbird that respawns after death, will kill the smallbird that was spawned from its egg.

Gallery

Smallbird attacking a Redbird. Sleeping Smallbird at night. When commencing an attack, the Smallbird will emit a battle cry similar to a Tallbird. Wilson with his Smallbirds. A frozen Smallbird. A recently deceased Smallbird. A puzzled Smallbird. A Smallbird as seen in a drawing from Art Stream # 59. A Smallbird as seen in a variant of the 2017 Christmas poster. A Steam Smallbird profile wallpaper. A Smallbird emoticon for Steam chat Smallbird as seen in the poster for the Naughty and Nice update.

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