What game is Deerclops from?

Deerclops is part of the Don't Starve Together crossover. Many of the items of this crossover are dropped by Deerclops. Deerclops's purple invulnerable form in Terraria resembles its Winter's Feast form in Don't Starve Together. Deerclops is a portmanteau of deer and cyclops.

What makes Deerclops spawn?

Deerclops is a pre-Hardmode boss, encountered in the Snow biome at midnight during a Blizzard if at least one player in the world has either at least 9 defense or 200 health, or by summoning it using a Deer Thing in the Snow biome . It will not spawn naturally if there are NPCs too close to the player.

What is the best way to kill Deerclops in Terraria?

Flamarang are good at killing Deerclops , due to their long range. Flails are a solid choice, due to their range. Sunfury is the best pre-hardmode flail, but requires both killing Skeletron and looting the Underworld.

What is the deer thing in Terraria?

The Deer Thing is a consumable summoning item that summons the Deerclops . It can be used at any time of day, but only inside of a Snow or Ice biome. It will otherwise have no effect.

Is Deerclops in Don't Starve?

The Crystal Deerclops is a boss monster exclusive to Don't Starve Together, introduced in From Beyond.

Is Deerclops harder than Skeletron?

Also, I would prefer defeating Deerclops before Skeletron because its very easier in any difficulty , like for example after I beat Eye of Cthulhu, then I will focus Deerclops before Eater of Worlds.

Is Deerclops worth fighting?

The Deerclops is a pre-Hardmode boss. It does not need to be killed to progress the game, but it drops several Don't Starve-themed items, including the useful pet item Eye Bone.

Can you outrun Deerclops?

Deerclops ( will chase forever unless outrun by a long distance )

What does Deerclops eye do?

The Deerclops Eyeball is a pet-summoning item that spawns a Tiny Deerclops to follow the player around .

How to avoid Deerclops?

Best way to avoid him, jump through a wormhole that isn't leading you to your base, let him spawn and then jump back through . Problem is everyone will have to do this. Once you hear the growls, get a weapon. hambat and tentacle spikes are recommended, but you can use a spear if thats your only option.

How to prevent Deerclops from destroying your base?

Deerclops will destroy your base and everything in it if you are there when it spawns, so journey off and make a war base . This base should contain as little as possible to avoid Deerclops destroying it.

What is the hardest boss to kill in Terraria?

The Moon Lord is the toughest boss in Terraria, and facing him is no walk in the park. Gamers need all the skills and tactics learned from battling other bosses to even stand a chance against him.

How to summon the brain of Cthulhu?

The Brain of Cthulhu is a pre-Hardmode, Crimson-themed boss resembling a large, flying brain. It can be summoned when 3 Crimson Hearts are destroyed in a Crimson world, or when a player uses a Bloody Spine anywhere in The Crimson or Underground Crimson biome .

Why are Deerclops in Terraria?

Deerclops is a pre-Hardmode boss encountered in the Snow biome. Fighting Deerclops is not required for game progression, but defeating it rewards the player with coins and other useful items.

Deerclops (2024)

“It's enormous!!”

–Wilson

“Holy crap!”

–Willow

“He looks mightier than me.”

–Wolfgang

“Death incarnate!”

–Wendy

“DANGER! THREAT INCOMING!”

–WX-78

“Laurasiatheria!”

–Wickerbottom

“That's a big moose!”

–Woodie

“Even I'm afraid of that guy.”

–Maxwell

“Displays an intriguing amount of hostility toward architecture.”

–Wagstaff

“Rays will shine thröugh my spear and pöke öut yöur eyeball!”

–Wigfrid

“He might be able to digest me!”

–Webber

“Yikes! We're in the impact zone now!”

–Walani

“I once had a saucier who looked like that.”

–Warly

“Arrrr ye serious?”

–Woodlegs

“'TIS EVIL-EYED BEASTIE”

–Wilba

“Branch Head branches”

–Wormwood

“Mind holding my stuff while I run away in terror?”

–Wheeler

“Don't even think about it, you dumb lug!”

–Winona

“So large, so rude, so full of 'tude!”

–Wortox

“She not look happy, florp.”

–Wurt

“Woah! It's you!”

–Walter

“Do we really have to do this again?”

–Wanda

The Deerclops is a Boss Monster that is only active during Winter, unless edited in World Customization. It has big Health and does big damage and can destroy Structures and Trees, making it very dangerous if it enters the player's camp. The Deerclops is aggressive towards anything it encounters and can kill most Creatures easily. Its monstrous appearance drains Sanity quickly when the character gets too close.

Deerclops takes four blasts from the Ice Staff to be frozen, and four Sleep Darts to put to sleep. When killed, it will drop 8 pieces of Meat and a Deerclops Eyeball, which does not spoil, and restores a high amount of Health and Hunger but drains Sanity. Its big eyeball can also be used to craft the Eyebrella and Houndius Shootius.

1 Behavior
2 Hunting
3 Deerclops Options
4 Reign of Giants
5 Don't Starve Together
- 5.1 Winter's Feast
- 5.2 DST strategy
6 Trivia
7 Bugs
8 Animations
9 Gallery

Behavior

“That sounded big!”

–Wilson, when a Deerclops is near.

Hunting

For instructions on how to prepare for fighting Deerclops, see Guides/Preparing for Deerclops.

The Deerclops can be kited, a process by which the player attacks, moves away to avoid an attack, then attacks again. It is possible to strike the Deerclops three times in between attacks, or four times if the player is walking over Cobblestones or Road, or can quickly equip a Walking Cane. It is highly recommended to stick to three or even two hits if one doesn't know the exact hitbox of the Deerclops. The player must time their attacks with the Deerclops's animations, as its long and wide ranged melee attack is hard to dodge even with a mighty Wolfgang's speed. Its big health means this will take time, however, and the character's Sanity will drop very quickly. Armor should be worn when attempting this as the Deerclops can kill most characters in two strikes. Two or three Log Suits and Football Helmets should be enough to absorb some damage, and around 10 pieces of Jerky should be enough to recover health and mitigate the sanity loss. A Walking Cane and timed clicking can increase the ability to dodge her attacks in between the player's blows, and gives a speed boost to run away if necessary. In Reign of Giants (RoG), a Deerclops's attacks will freeze the player after two hits, unless the player places a fire source next to them.

The Deerclops does not sleep during the night, but it can be put to sleep by a Pan Flute or Sleep Darts. Fire Darts or the Fire Staff are also effective. However, it will take a large amount of hits to kill it, and may result in the loot it drops turning to Ashes. In this case, 8 Cooked Meat will drop but no Deerclops Eyeball as it would have been burned. The Deerclops can also be frozen and then attacked from behind.

The Deerclops can be easily killed by using the Snurtle Shell Armor. before it strikes, one should hide in the shell, then emerge and strike between its attacks.

With Mighty Wolfgang, the player can simply tank the Deerclops with a Tentacle Spike or Ham Bat without any sort of armor and will be able to kill her and survive with some Health left.

If the player happens to have a lot of Tooth Traps, they can lead the Deerclops to an open area covered in the traps. As with other aggressive creatures, it will walk towards the player without avoiding the traps. It will take 34 sprung traps to kill the Deerclops, but the player can kite it to speed up the process.

Alternatively, the Deerclops can be lured to fight other creatures, but the player should be warned because the Deerclops has an "Area of Effect" (AoE) attack. For example, if the Deerclops were lured to a group of Beefalo, it will hit several at the same time and thus cause them to attack. It is advised to have an Ice Staff in this situation, as the Deerclops can make quick work of a small to medium Beefalo herd. Using the staff on it as it prepares to strike will stun it and cancel its attack, protecting the Beefalo in the process. A fully occupied Tallfort of around 20 Tallbirds is capable of killing Deerclops in the same manner. Treeguards will also fight the Deerclops and are very effective. Walrus Camps can also be used, as MacTusk can dodge Deerclops's attacks and possibly kill it given enough time.

Another way to kill the Deerclops involves having a neutral Treeguard nearby one's base. The player should guide the Deerclops into trees to destroy them or let it attempt to hit the character while nearby a Treeguard, as its AoE attack will hit the Treeguard if close enough. The large Treeguard will kill the Deerclops with health to spare. If one attempts to use this strategy in RoG, one Treeguard will not be sufficient to kill the Deerclops, since its freeze effect will work on Treeguards and allow the Deerclops to land enough hits to kill a single opponent.

The quickest method of killing the Deerclops, aside from using the Old Bell, requires Gunpowder and a Torch or Willow's Lighter. Gunpowder deals 200 damage, and thus, 10 units of them would instantly kill the Deerclops. Place the gunpowder, 9 in a stack, as close as possible to the Deerclops (it is recommended to freeze or put it to sleep to hold it still). Next, light the gunpowder with a torch and run. To deal with the Deerclops's remaining health, attack it with non-fire weapons. As stated, only 9 units of gunpowder should be used, since the player presumably wants its eyeball not to become ash if it dies while lit on fire.

Alternatively, the Deerclops can easily be lost by moving a good distance away, or by jumping into a Worm Hole. After losing interest in the character, she will find something else to smash or attack. A Bush Hat will keep the character hidden if necessary, but if it has already aggroed onto the player, this method will not work. Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill a Deerclops 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
	2
	6
	8
	10 - 14
	10
	≥13
	13 as
	20
	20 - 40
	20
	30
	30
	34
	59, 45 or 34
	34
	34 - 68
	37 - 74 -
	40
	40
	46
	47 (28 )
	48
	50
	59
	59 (20 )
	66
	67
	74
	99
	100
	118
	148
	471

Deerclops Options

Deerclops attack frequencies may be adjusted in World Customization as follows:

Option	Number of Attacks per Season	Attacks During Summer?
None	0	No
Default	1	No
Less	1	No
More	2	No
Lots	3	Yes

As one can see from the table, "default" and "less" is actually the same setting. The "More" setting adds up to 2 attacks per season, while the "Lots" setting ups that to 3 attacks per season, which includes both winter and summer. Note that even on the final setting, the Deerclops will still despawn once summer starts (but not when winter starts) - meaning any Deerclops spawned during summer will not actually despawn until the next summer begins on that setting.

Additionally, the spawning of Deerclops appears to be tied to the change of snow cover, which regulates when a new Deerclops may spawn. This has the effect that even if Deerclops is set to default, and then killed near the end of winter (when the snow cover may change, but still be above the threshold required for a winter Deerclops), it is entirely possible for another Deerclops to spawn very soon afterwards.

Due to the way snow cover change regulates the Deerclops spawning, the actual number of attacks one will experience may vary wildly from that in the "setting". That is, at best, all one can know for sure is that setting it higher will probably result in more attacks on average, with the possibility of a summer attack on the final setting.

When set to the "Default" or "Less" Deerclops setting, It is possible to survive through multiple winters without seeing or hearing the Deerclops. In theory, setting Deerclops to "More" should guarantee that Deerclops attacks will occur at least once per winter.

Reign of Giants

In the Reign of Giants DLC, Deerclops is now the giant of Winter, gaining the ability to freeze its victims. It will take two hits from the Deerclops to freeze either the player or a mob, the first hit will turn the target blue and the next one will freeze it. This makes certain tactics involving the use of neutral mobs such as Pigs or Bunnymen ineffective.

Don't Starve Together

In Don't Starve Together (DST), by default, there is at most one Deerclops per winter.

The first Deerclops generally first spawn on Day 30.8. If no player is on the surface world or mainland, its spawn is delayed until someone is, after which it will spawn in 60 seconds. The Deerclops respawns from dying after 16.8 Winter days. Since the default winter length is 15 days, this is more than a season and will always be 71.8 days after the kill (or 126.8 if killed on the last 1.8 days of winter). If killed after winter, like in spring, it respawns after 2.8 winter days by default. The Deerclops spawns at Day 30.8, 102.6, and 174.4 plus however long it took to kill her, by default. The number of Deerclops spawned per winter can be increased with world configuration, or with Hostile Flares.

Deerclops prioritises spawning on players with at least 5 structures within 20 Tiles, spawning 40 tiles away from its targeted player. Deerclops targets players within 16 tiles, followed by structures within 40. it despawns after destroying at least 5 structures, and all structures within 40 tiles of the Deerclops. The Deerclops respawns with the same health it had when it despawned; 2.8 winter days after despawning. If the Deerclops was killed, it respawns, with full health, after 6 times the attack interval; which on default settings prevents attacks for the rest of the season. The default programmed number of attack is 4, but this number is generally useless for player. The attack interval is (season length - 1)/(number of attacks + 1) days.

On death, the Deerclops drops a Sketch, which allows players to craft a Deerclops Figure at a Potter's Wheel.

Winter's Feast

During Winter's Feast, the Deerclops has a different appearance: it has dark fur and a glowing red eye. It can shoot a laser from its eye to attack players from medium range, without following a particular pattern. Additionally, Winter's Feast Deerclops emits a fair amount of red light that can ward off Charlie if the player stands nearby.

Deerclops' freezing attack fans out in a 30° cone with a roughly 6-tile radius. Each attack of Deerclops adds 2 coldness and reduces the player temperature by 5 (but not below the environment temperature). A player generally freezes after receiving 2 consecutive attacks from Deerclops.

DST strategy

Players can kite Deerclops by running behind, running perpendicular from, running diagonally away from Deerclops, after hitting 5-7 times.
Players can safely bombard Deerclops from the Boat, using ranged weapons such as Houndius Shootius or Winona's Catapult.

Trivia

The Deerclops was added in A Winter's Tale update. At the end of the update's trailer, the screen goes black for a brief amount of time. During this time, the growl of the Deerclops is heard.
The name "Deerclops" is a portmanteau of "Deer" and "Cyclops".
Pictures of the Deerclops appeared in the teaser video for the Long Live the Queen update, at around 30 and 45 seconds into the video (see pictures). It's clear that the image shown was an older/simplified design.
Although it's usually not possible to see two Deerclops spawn at the same time, if this happens (due to a bug or by spawning it via the console) they will be hostile to each other, unlike other boss monsters.
According to Maxwell, Deerclops are myopic.
Sometimes the moaning noises can be heard, but the Deerclops does not seem to spawn. This happens when the snow melts below a certain threshold (e.g. when summer begins) after the Deerclops is about to appear.
Artwork of the Deerclops can be used as a rare Steam profile wallpaper.
Despite being a monster, the Deerclops drops normal meat rather than monster meat.
Its Winter's Feast appearance may be a reference to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, although it has a glowing-red eye instead of a nose.
Even though other characters refer to the Deerclops as male, Wurt calls it a female.
- Wurt's observation is supported in the Glass Eyebrella skin description, which refers to the Deerclops as a female.
Webber's quote may be a reference to his title, The Indigestible.
If allowed to destroy 5-6 structures it intentionally targeted, Deerclops will do a relaxed expression/attempt to smile, and then proceed to go off screen to despawn unless aggroed again. This cycle will repeat.
The Deerclops appeared in Re-Logic's Terraria Desktop 1.4.3 version as a crossover boss. See also: Deerclops' entry in the Official Terraria Wiki.

Bugs

Note that in the base game if the Deerclops is killed prior to the start of summer, another one may be spawned to replace it within a few days. Deerclops that are respawned in this way are counted as being part of the same attack, so the total number of Deerclops spawned during a season may actually be higher than the "number of attacks per season" listed in the Options. This is suspected to be a bug since the attack is supposed to cease immediately after the Deerclops is spawned.
In Reign of Giants, the sound effect for the freezing attack is extremely loud, and will stay loud even if the in-game volume sliders are all on 0.

Animations

Deerclops idle animation.

Deerclops walking.

Deerclops taunting.

Deerclops attacking

Deerclops being attacked.

Deerclops sleeping.

Deerclops dying.

Deerclops idle animation during Winter's Feast.

Deerclops laser attack during Winter's Feast.

Gallery

Deerclops from all sides.

Deerclops from all sides during Winter's Feast.

Falling asleep and waking.

Deerclops roaring when spotting something to smash. This also happens when he aggros on a player.

Deerclops attacking.

Frozen Deerclops.

A dead Deerclops.

Deerclops as seen in the Long Live the Queen update video.

RoG Deerclops can freeze enemies.

Deerclops attacking Wilson (RoG).

Deerclops in the DST loading screen.

Deerclops chasing Webber in the Reign of Giants winter teaser trailer.

Deerclops as seen in the Reign of Giants trailer.

A Deerclops Steam profile wallpaper.

Deerclops chasing Wilson in an official wallpaper.

Deerclops among the trees in the Winter poster.

Deerclops's relaxed/smiling expression after destroying over five structures in DST.

Deerclops as seen in the 2016 holiday poster.

Deerclops from Winter's Feast scaled with Wilson.

Deerclops's, during Winter's Feast, relaxed/smiling expression after destroying over five structures in DST.

Deerclop's Laser attack during the DST Winter's Feast event.

The Deerclops being defeated in a comic for Winter's Feast 2018.

The Deerclops as seen in a New Year themed drawing from Rhymes with Play #220.

Deerclops as seen in a drawing from Art Stream # 9.

Deerclops as seen in a drawing from Art Stream # 60.

A Deerclops plush.

The art on the Deerclops plush's tag.

Deerclops's silhouette as seen in the poster for A Winter's Tale update.

Deerclops as seen in a poster announcing the release of Reign of Giants on the PS4.

Deerclops as seen in a poster announcing the arrival of Reign of Giants content in Don't Starve Together.

Deerclops in Don't Starve Newhome teaser

Deerclops Skeleton from Forgotten Knowledge Update Trailer

Deerclops in Terraria teaser

Deerclops form DST × Terraria crossover poster.

In An Eye for An Eye Release Poster

In An Eye for An Eye Merch Poster

In An Eye for An Eye RWP Poster

Pixel Deerclops avatar in steam

in a promotional animation for the An Eye for An Eye update.

Deerclops in Terraria

Deerclops map icon in Terraria

Deerclops mask in Terraria

Deerclops Trophy in Terraria

Deerclops Treasure Bag in Terraria

Tiny Deerclops pet in Terraria

Deerclops Unused Leg in Terraria

Deer Thing in Terraria

Deerclops Relic in Terraria

Pixel Deerclops emoji from official Klei Discord server

Pixel Deerclops portrait from official Klei Discord server

In "Death Perception" achievement

Deerclops head in Klei Office

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