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Wurt
Curio Cabinet Bio	Wurt is a curious young Merm trying to expand her horizons... as long as those horizons don't extend into Pig territory.

Wurt is a Character exclusive to Don't Starve Together, who was released on October 24, 2019. Like Wortox and Wormwood, she needs to be unlocked, either by purchasing the Wurt Chest, Wurt Deluxe Chest, or Starter Pack addon to the Megapack Bundle or by weaving her with 2700 Spools. She is a young, curious Merm Guard.

Origin

“The cold wind howls. Trees stand tall and bare, their skeletal branches silhouetted against a broken moon. Gather close children, for these are the Hallowed Nights when ghouls and monsters come out to play… and something has started watching our Survivors from the fog.”

–Official description for The Monster Marsh

Don't Starve Together The Monster Marsh Wurt Animated Short

On a Hallowed Nights night, Wickerbottom reads a scary story to Webber and Wendy as they sit around a Fire Pit in the swamp. They are attacked by a mob of Merms, who trample through their camp as they take chase. Wurt follows them until she steps on Wickerbottom's book (Which looks like the popular fairytale Hansel and Gretel). She takes immediate interest in the story and takes a seat at the base of a Spiky Tree as the survivors and Merms battle. After taking out the Merms and Spiders, a Tentacle takes them all out and one of their Candy Bags lands near Wurt. She helps herself to a piece of candy and continues to enjoy the book.

Special Power

Advantages

Wurt is able to craft the Royal Tapestry, facilitating the creation of the King of the Merms whose existence buffs the stats of all Merms, Loyal Merm Guards, and Wurt herself. Merms and Wurt players can tell the King is active by a change in physical appearance. By trading the King Fishes, the player can receive Kelp Fronds, Seeds, specific Crop Seeds, Rot, Tentacle Spots, and certain Trinkets.

She can also craft Craftsmerm Houses, which house Merms, and Merm Flort-ifications, which house Loyal Merm Guards. She can befriend Merms by feeding them, and they can help her fight, chop trees, and mine boulders. So as to not leave out any other players who are not Merms, she can craft a Clever Disguise for them to wearincreases her movement speed when walked upon by 30% (do not add with road bonus). She can see where Tentacles are hiding. She won't drop tools when she has high Wetness.

Drowning in the Oceam will only give Wurt 50% Wetness. She keeps her full inventory and her stats are not affected, max health is not decreased as well.

Bunnymans and others creatures that attack Webber & Wortox are neutral with her.

Durians give her buffed benefits when eaten raw or cooked (60% more hunger). Raw, cooked or Dried Kelp Fronds also have an improved effect (33% more hunger), alongside with any other Vegetable/veggie food - e.g. a Dragonpie restores 99.75 hunger.

Keeping a Fish or Eel (cooked or not) in her inventory gives her 3.3 Sanity per minute.

Wurt can read Books, but won't trigger their effect. Instead she'll either gain or lose Sanity depending on the Book she reads:

• Birds of the World: +50
• On Tentacles: +50
• Sleepytime Stories: +33
• The End is Nigh!: -33
• Applied Horticulture: -33

Disadvantages

Because she hates Pigs and they hate her, they will attack her on sight. She also cannot trade with the Pig King. However, if she gives a pig her clever disguise, they will become neutral but can't be befriended.

Wurt can't eat any Meats products or Eggs. This includes fish, but not Butterfly Wings.

Tips

• In order to use the DIY Royalty Kit the player has to wait for a Merm to take the position as the king then feed them.
• Fist Full of Jam and Ratatouille are good alternatives to Meatballs for winter, as they can be prepared with one berry/vegetable and three ice providing 49.9 and 33.3 hunger (After the 33% boost) respectively
• Trail Mix is a good early healing alternative requiring only one cooked birch-nut, two berries, and a stick

Trivia

• Wurt was accidentally leaked on October 12, 2019 when her Essential Wurt skin item was found in a Klei developer's Steam inventory.

Gallery

Wurt Guest of Honor Skin Portrait.png

Portrait of Wurt's "Guest of Honor" skin.

Wurt Shadow Skin Portrait.png

Portrait of Wurt's "The Triumphant" skin.

Portrait of Wurt's "The Abyssal" skin.

All skins Wurt was released with.

All skins Wurt was released with, with King of the Merms spawned.

Wurt in a promotional animation for her Character Update.

Wurt in her announcement wallpaper.

Sounds

Wurt's voice.
Wurt getting hurt.
Wurt dying.
Wurt sinking.
Wurt's ghost voice.
Wurt sighing, as part of the /sleepy emote.
Wurt yawning, as part of the /yawn emote.
Wurt singing the Starver's Carol, as part of the /carol emote.