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Water Beefalo, also known as Ox, are the Shipwrecked version of Beefalo. They have the same characteristics as Beefalo, with the only differences being that the Water Beefalo do not drop Beefalo Wool if killed, they run faster than regular Beefalo, and they drop Horns instead of Beefalo Horns. They are native to the Mangrove biome and are usually found with a small herd. While they spend most of their time in water, they can also walk on land.

Similar to Beefalo, Water Beefalo will periodically drop Manure. When one of them is attacked, the entire herd will rush to their defense. They will huddle together at Dusk and sleep through the Night. Water Beefalo also go through a mating season. During this time, the Water Beefalo will remain neutral on water but be hostile on land.

Spear Fighting Strategy[]

Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill a Water Beefalo when playing with characters with a default damage modifier. The Weather Pain is not included due to the random nature of its projectile.

Number of Hits
Item Water Beefalo
Old Bell Reign of Giants icon 1 0 0
Obsidian Coconade Shipwrecked icon 2 0 0
Coconade Shipwrecked icon Hamlet icon 2 0 0
Spear Gun Obsidian Shipwrecked icon 3 - 4 Charged 0 - 0 Charged 0 - 0 Charged
Gunpowder
Harpoon Shipwrecked icon
Blunderbuss Hamlet icon
3 0 0
Bee Mine ≥4 ≥0 ≥0
Spear Gun Battle Shipwrecked icon 4 as Wigfrid Portrait 0 as Wigfrid Portrait 0 as Wigfrid Portrait
Spear Gun Spear Spear Gun Poison Shipwrecked icon 5 0 0
Obsidian Spear Shipwrecked icon 5 - 10 0 - 0 0 - 0
Blow Dart 5 0 0
Electric Dart Don't Starve Together icon 6 (4 Wettargetdamage) 0 (0 Wettargetdamage) 0 (0 Wettargetdamage)
Dark Sword
Glass Cutter Don't Starve Together icon
8 0 0
Cutlass Supreme Shipwrecked iconHamlet icon 8 0 0
Tooth Trap 9 0 0
Pew-matic Horn Hamlet icon 15, 12 or 9 0, 0 or 0 0, 0 or 0
Thulecite Club 9 0 0
Ham Bat 9 - 17 0 - 0 0 - 0
Obsidian Axe Shipwrecked icon 10 - 19 - Charged 0 - 0 - Charged 0 - 0 - Charged
Tentacle Spike

Cork Bat Hamlet icon
Cursed Rounds MarblesDon't Starve Together icon

10 0 0
Slurtle Slime 10 0 0
Halberd Hamlet icon 12 0 0
Morning Star Reign of Giants icon 12 (7 Wettargetdamage) 0 (0 Wettargetdamage) 0 (0 Wettargetdamage)
Bat Bat
Battle Spear Reign of Giants icon
12 0 0
Bramble Trap Hamlet icon Don't Starve Together icon 13 0 0
Spear

Poison Spear Peg LegShipwrecked icon
Moon Glass Axe Gold Rounds Don't Starve Together icon

15 0 0
Trident Shipwrecked icon 15 (5 Toy Boat) 0 (0 Toy Boat) 0 (0 Toy Boat)
PickSlashAxe 17 0 0
Machete Shipwrecked icon Hamlet icon 17 0 0
Boomerang Axe Pickaxe Brush

Tail o' Three Cats Malbatross Bill Bull Kelp Stalk Don't Starve Together icon
Gold Pan Hamlet icon

19 0 0
Stalking Stick Hamlet icon 25 0 0
Eyeshot Shipwrecked icon 25 0 0
Saddlehorn Hammer Pitchfork Shovel Walking Cane Willow's Lighter Torch

Telebrella Don't Starve icon
Shears Executive HammerHamlet icon
Cactus Spike Shipwrecked icon Whirly Fan Driftwood Oar Oar Slow-Down Rounds Pebbles Don't Starve Together icon

30 0 0
Lucy the Axe 37 0 0
Bug Net Fishing Rod

Magnifying Glass Hamlet icon

118 0 0

It takes 3 blasts to freeze a Water Beefalo with an Ice Staff. It takes 3 Sleep Darts to put Water Beefalo to sleep.

Baby Water Beefalo[]

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He will grow very strong! Or is she?

Wolfgang

It take 3-5 ingame days for a baby beefalo to move to next phase of its growth. Killing one raises Naughtiness by 6 points.

Prototype Tips[]

  • Leading the Sealnado to a large herd of Water Beefalo and fighting on the water is an effective tactic. The vortex AoE does not affect the Beefalo and they can withstand up to 7 melee strikes, allowing plenty of time for them to deal significant damage. Unfortunately, the Tiger Shark’s AoE dive attacks can lead to many Beefalo dying and massive spawns of Crocodogs and Sea Hounds so this tactic is less effective.
  • An entire herd of Water Beefalo can easily be killed by attacking with a Boat Cannon while they huddle together during the Night. It should be noted that any meat dropped will be cooked and Horns will be burnt to ash. Using a Volcano Staff instead will not burn them if used in the water.
  • Water Beefalo run faster than regular Beefalo and can reliably hit the player even while poisoned, so caution is advised when trying to kite them. It is especially dangerous to kite them with melee weapons while on a boat even with speed boosts from Coffee and an Iron Wind.
  • Water Beefalo cannot enter the shallow waters outside their Mangrove Biome. By staying out of reach and attacking with ranged weapons, players can reliably farm them from a boat. It is wise to also have Bottlenose Ballphin allies to help with the resulting Crocodogs and Sea Hounds that are likely to spawn due to all the dropped meat.

Placeholder Trivia[]

  • Water Beefalo cannot be shaved with a Razor, meaning there is no Water Beefalo Wool or similar to obtain. This feature might have been planned at some time during development, as in the game files textures for the "shaved" Water Beefalo can be found.
  • The previous name for the Water Beefalo was Ox, they were renamed in the Hang Ten update.
  • The Home Sea Home update poster has a Baby Water Beefalo. In game, however, this was not added until the Don't Starve Mega Update update.

Blueprint Gallery[]

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