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Wilson Portrait
It has that wet-dog smell.

Wilson, when examining a Dog Fish.

Dogfish are passive Mobs found in the Shipwrecked DLC. They can be seen across the Ocean on their own, or in abundance in Coral Reefs. When the player's boat approaches a Dogfish's shadow, it will surface and attempt to swim away, before retreating to the water once more. Dogfishes are only spawned at world creation time, and they do not respawn once killed, making them a limited resource. They are considered innocent creatures, and killing one adds 2 points to the player's Naughtiness level, which can cause Krampus to appear.

Dead Dogfish[]

Webber Portrait
All dogfish go to heaven, right?

Webber, when examining a Dead Dogfish.

When a Dogfish is killed, it becomes a Dead Dogfish. It can be eaten to restore 1 Health Meter and 25 Hunger Meter. Dead Dogfish can be cooked in a Crock Pot and count as 0.5 units of Meat and 1 unit of Fish. Cooking a Dead Dogfish at a Campfire, Fire Pit, Chiminea, or Dwarf Star will yield Fish Steak. It can also be dried to get Jerky and can be traded to Yaarctopus for Dubloons. When a Dead Dogfish is left to spoil, it will turn into a Spoiled Fish. Placing a Dead Dogfish inside normal or fat Packim Baggims will cause him to eat it and spit out a Spoiled Fish.

Spear Hunting[]

Dogfish swim fairly fast and will avoid the player. They can be killed easily using a Spear Gun, a normal Spear thrown by the Spear Gun deals enough damage to kill the Dogfish in a single shot for characters without reduced damage modifiers. Alternatively, they can be chased towards a shore and cornered there, allowing them to be killed with melee Weapons.

Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill a Dogfish 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 Dogfish
Old Bell Reign of Giants icon 1 0 0
Obsidian Coconade Shipwrecked icon 1 0 0
Coconade Shipwrecked icon Hamlet icon 1 0 0
Spear Gun Obsidian Shipwrecked icon 1 - 1 Charged 0 - 0 Charged 0 - 0 Charged
Gunpowder
Harpoon Shipwrecked icon
Blunderbuss Hamlet icon
1 0 0
Bee Mine ≥1 ≥0 ≥0
Spear Gun Battle Shipwrecked icon 1 as Wigfrid Portrait 0 as Wigfrid Portrait 0 as Wigfrid Portrait
Spear Gun Spear Spear Gun Poison Shipwrecked icon 1 0 0
Obsidian Spear Shipwrecked icon 1 - 2 0 - 0 0 - 0
Blow Dart 1 0 0
Electric Dart Don't Starve Together icon 2 (1 Wettargetdamage) 0 (0 Wettargetdamage) 0 (0 Wettargetdamage)
Dark Sword
Glass Cutter Don't Starve Together icon
2 0 0
Cutlass Supreme Shipwrecked iconHamlet icon 2 0 0
Tooth Trap 2 0 0
Pew-matic Horn Hamlet icon 3, 3 or 2 0, 0 or 0 0, 0 or 0
Thulecite Club 2 0 0
Ham Bat 2 - 4 0 - 0 0 - 0
Obsidian Axe Shipwrecked icon 2 - 4 - Charged 0 - 0 - Charged 0 - 0 - Charged
Tentacle Spike

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

2 0 0
Slurtle Slime 2 0 0
Halberd Hamlet icon 3 0 0
Morning Star Reign of Giants icon 3 (2 Wettargetdamage) 0 (0 Wettargetdamage) 0 (0 Wettargetdamage)
Bat Bat
Battle Spear Reign of Giants icon
3 0 0
Bramble Trap Hamlet icon Don't Starve Together icon 3 0 0
Spear

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

3 0 0
Trident Shipwrecked icon 3 (1 Toy Boat) 0 (0 Toy Boat) 0 (0 Toy Boat)
PickSlashAxe 4 0 0
Machete Shipwrecked icon Hamlet icon 4 0 0
Boomerang Axe Pickaxe Brush

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

4 0 0
Stalking Stick Hamlet icon 5 0 0
Eyeshot Shipwrecked icon 5 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

6 0 0
Lucy the Axe 8 0 0
Bug Net Fishing Rod

Magnifying Glass Hamlet icon

24 0 0

It takes 2 blasts to freeze a Dogfish with an Ice Staff. It takes 1 Sleep Dart to put Dogfish to sleep.

Icon Tools Usage[]

Dead Dogfish
Interface arrow right
Spoiled Fish
Dead Dogfish
Cooking
Fish Steak
Dead Dogfish
Drying Rack
Jerky
Dead Dogfish
Birdcage
Egg
Dead Dogfish
Yaarctopus Icon
Octopus Chest

Prototype Tips[]

  • Abigail can outrun a Dogfish, and given enough time can kill it. To reduce the time needed, this is best attempted at dusk or night.
  • Woodlegs can use The 'Sea Legs's unlimited cannon to kill Dogfishes easily. Players should keep in mind that the cannon shot will create big Waves that will cause Wetness and damage The 'Sea Legs' if they aren't dodged.
  • By using a Trawl Net, a player can get a renewable source of Dead Dogfish. This renders the resource renewable.

Placeholder Trivia[]

  • According to Wickerbottom's quote ("Canis Fishus"), the Dogfish is a dog-like creature (like wolves, foxes, etc) that looks like a fish and not a fish that looks like a dog.
    • It should be noted that the cartilaginous fish family Squalidae are commonly called dogfish, though are not related to the ones seen in the game.
  • Webber's quote for the Dead Dogfish is a reference to the movie All Dogs Go to Heaven.

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