“That's quite an egg!”
“That egg could use some fire!”
“Is big egg!”
“That egg represents a new life. Ugh.”
“I WANT THAT HORRIBLE EGG”
“What a tremendous Magnus Avis egg!”
“I should steal its egg to teach it a lesson.”
“Well. That's tempting.”
“Oh wonderful! It contains an egg!”
“A feathered warriör lurks inside.”
“This could feed us for days!”
“Bunch of future pecky jerks.”
“No vacancy here.”
“Thet thar's a big egg!”
“HATH EGGIES!”
“Tweet! Tweet!”
“Looks pretty cozy for a bunch of sticks.”
“That looks mighty tasty.”
“A pretty egg in mother's nest.”
“Leggy bird egg!”
–Wurt
“She was protecting her nest...”
“I spot an egg! Although it looks like it was spotted already.”
A Tallbird Nest is a naturally occurring object that randomly spawns in Rockyland Biomes. Tallbirds will also spawn with nests (one Tallbird per nest) and will lay Tallbird Eggs there.
The Egg can be taken from the nest, which will anger the owning Tallbird and make it chase the player. The Tallbird will lay another one after 3-5 days, and if killed, the Tallbird will respawn in 2.5 days. The Egg can hatch into an adult Tallbird if it is unharvested and the parent Tallbird is dead.
At dusk, Tallbirds return to their nests to sleep, though they will wake up if anyone goes near them for a short duration or takes their Eggs.
Downloadable Content[]
In the Shipwrecked DLC, Tallbird Nests can be found rarely in the Magma Field Biome.
Tips[]
- Players should be careful when using fire around Tallbird nests as they are flammable and do not respawn if destroyed (except in Don't Starve Together).
- One must be prepared to kill or run away from the Tallbird after taking its egg, as it will pursue for a very long time.
- If the player jumps into a Wormhole, the Tallbird cannot follow, making it easy to steal their Egg this way.
Trivia[]
- According to Maxwell, Tallbird Nests are made out of Beefalo Wool: "It's made of dirty beefalo hair."
Gallery[]
A Tallbird laying an egg.
A Tallbird sleeping with its egg at dusk.
Tallbird Nests as seen on the Map.
Farming various loot by planting a Spider Den by a Tallbird Nest.
A Tallbird nest with an egg.
