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Water Beefalo, also known as Ox, are the Shipwrecked version of Beefalo. They have the same characteristics as the Beefalo, with the only differences being that the Water Beefalo do not drop 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.

Like regular Beefalo, Water Beefalo go through a mating season. During this time, the Water Beefalo will remain passive on water but 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.

Prototype Tips

  • 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.
  • Water Beefalo run faster than regular Beefalo and can reliably hit the player, so caution is advised when trying to kite them.

Placeholder Trivia

  • Currently Water Beefalo can not be shaved with a Razor, meaning there is currently no Water Beefalo Wool or similar to obtain. This feature might be available in the future though, as in the game files graphics for the "shaved" Water Beefalo can already be found.
  • The previous name for the Water Beefalo was Ox, they were renamed in the Hang Ten update.

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