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The Floaty Boaty Knight is a hostile Mob in the Shipwrecked DLC.

It is the aquatic version of the Clockwork Knight, and the only mob which drops Gears in Shipwrecked. 3 of them can be found near the Wooden Platform Thing similar to the Wooden Thing in Don't Starve, but 1 to 3 may spawn at Coral Reefs or wherever the player has killed any sea life and spawn on the same spot after that.

As the Knights are basically boats, their attack is ranged. They shoot three shots of a Boat Cannon out of their heads in the direction of the player. Their aim is imprecise and shadows indicate where the projectiles will land so the player shouldn't have a problem avoiding them.

Brain Behavior[]

Besides guarding the Wooden Platform Thing, Floaty Boaty Knights also act as a navy of sorts, investigating creatures killed on the Ocean. Investigations start at the beginning of the game first, then restart when the Knights spawn from an investigation. Each investigation starts with a default time until spawn, ranging from 15 to 20 days at the beginning of the game, shortening over time to a minimum of 5 to 6 days. Every time the player kills any sea life, a potential location for the Knights to spawn is recorded, unless there is another potential location within about 2 screens away. In addition to creating a new potential spawn location, the time to spawn the Knights is also reduced a number of seconds equal to 1/10th of the maximum Health of the killed creature. Only the kills the player has directly caused are counted; kills by other Mobs (including Abigail) or kills due to fire, poison or other environmental effects do not count.

Once the investigation timer is up, the spawn points are activated. The next time the player wanders in the vicinity of one or more of the recorded spawn points, a number of Knights based on the amount of time spent in that world will be spawned. When Knights are spawned, all known spawn points are deactivated and removed, and a new investigation begins with the new default time to spawn, which will start tracking all the locations the player kills new sea life after that moment. If the player did not kill any sea life before the timer is up, the next kill will create an active spawn point, which will immediately spawn Knights when the player wanders away and back to the location of the kill.

Previously spawned Knights won't despawn when new ones spawn. The Knights won't respawn at a location of a previous kill, unless new sea life has been killed at that location again.

Game Day Default Days
Before Spawning
Number of Knights
<20 15-20 1
20-29 15-20 2
30-49 10-12.5 3
50-69 10-12.5 3
>69 7.5-8.5 3

Knights will always avoid staying in melee range to the player, constantly running away if approached. But their movement speed is quite low, so the player should be able to catch up with them without any problems.

Once they are in optimal range, they will begin to launch their cannon salvos.

Spear Fighting Strategy[]

Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill a Floaty Boaty Knight 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 Floaty Boaty Knight
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 2 blasts to freeze a Floaty Boaty Knight with an Ice Staff. It takes 3 Sleep Darts to put Floaty Boaty Knight to sleep.

Floaty Boaty Knights only have ranged attacks, which can be predicted easily, so a player should have no trouble closing in on them. The Knight is unable to hit a target too close to them, and as such, will fall easily to a persistent player. Defeating them is usually a simple matter of chasing them into melee range, getting in as many hits as possible while they are firing their coconuts, and repeating until they are defeated. However, care should be taken not to drive them out to deeper water, as the waves may damage your boat as you are trying to fight them.

Prototype Tips[]

  • Floaty Boaty Knights are an easy source of gears. They can be farmed by killing any water Mob in an Ocean location over 2 screens away from the player's base, such as a Jellyfish. Players can periodically visit this area to kill any spawned knights. Killing knights will also count as Mob kills, and will spawn more knights later on, creating an infinite cycle. The cycle can however be interrupted if a mob is killed elsewhere on the Ocean, and that location is revisited first when the knights' cool down is over before the farming location.
  • Floaty Boaty Knights will try to stay out of melee range, moving away if approached. You can attack them while they are preparing their attack.

Placeholder Trivia[]

  • The Floaty Boaty Knight is the only clockwork creature to appear in Shipwrecked world.

Mosquito Bugs[]

  • A spawned group of Floaty Boaty Knights may spawn one extra knight which does not move and is not aggressive, even after being attacked, giving the player 1-3 gears without any risk.
  • A Floaty Boaty Knight can accidentally attack a shadow creature, making it attack and often kill the knight. This can happen even if the player is at max sanity, given that a shadow creature is present, just not visible.

Blueprint Gallery[]

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