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500
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50
Fire Damage
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Special Ability |
Sets anything near it on fire and deals constant fire damage to anything nearby.
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 × 1-5 (If frozen)
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"lavae"
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“Why can't we be friends?”
–Willow
“It burns with the fires of Hell.”
–Wendy
“SMELLS LIKE BURNING”
–WX-78
“Foul beast! Know your place!”
–Maxwell
The Lavae is a mob added into the Reign of Giants official release of Don't Starve Together. It has 500 health and spawns from the Dragonfly. Anything that comes into direct contact with or is next to a Lavae will burst into flames, including the player.
Killing the Lavae will leave Ashes from its burnt drop, making it easier to get the Dragonfly back to sleep.
The lavae dies when it is frozen, dropping 1-5 rocks upon death. Freezing is the easiest way to kill Lavae due to their high health, attack damage, and the fact that many can be spawned in a relatively short time. It takes three hits with the Ice Staff to be frozen.
Bugs
- Lavae will lose interest in a player who travels through a worm hole, and will not reacquire a new target until attacked by a player again.
- Lavae will not target AI even if attacked.
- Lavae bug out campfires that they light, resulting in permanent fires until server restart.
- A Debug-spawned Lavae will not attack the player and despawn after doing a backflip.
Dragonfly spawning a Lavae
Willow being attacked by the Dragonfly and Lavae. Notice the Lavae missing his attack and doing a faceplant underneath the Dragonfly's right eye.
Lavae following the Dragonfly that spawned them.
A Lavae after being frozen.
Lavae despawning after their Dragonfly has been killed.
Lavae in the Don't Starve Together launch trailer
| Extra-Adorable Lavae
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250
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Special Ability |
Sets anything near it on fire after standing around it for a while.
Provides light, heat and allows food to be cooked.
Immune to fire.
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"lavae_pet"
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“Aww. Who's a good monster?”
–Wilson
“A spark of life illuminating the darkness.”
–Wendy
“That's my lil critter.”
–Woodie
“You're not a hellbeast, are you? Nooo. Just misunderstood!”
–Maxwell
“A faithful, fiery friend.”
–Wigfrid
The Extra-Adorable Lavae is a follower added into the Reign of Giants official release of Don't Starve Together. It has 250 health and can be hatched from the Lavae Egg. The Lavae will follow the tooth that dropped from the same egg as it spawned from. It will provide light, heat and allows food to be cooked on it, like a Campfire and Dwarf Star. The Extra-Adorable Lavae is smaller than the hostile Lavae, allowing them to be distinguished a little easier.
Lavae eat Ashes and Charcoal and will starve if they don't eat enough. If a Lavae gets really hungry it will set things on fire on its own so it can eat, ignoring the player. Like Smallbirds, Lavae will starve to death (after 2 days, or 16 real minutes) if they can't find anything to eat, so it must be constantly fed. Ashes and Charcoal both restore 20 hunger and 20 health each.
If a Lavae is frozen, it will turn into a rock and die after a while unless it is hit. It takes 3 hits from the Ice Staff to be frozen. Upon death, Lavae's Tooth will turn to Ashes. In A New Reign beta, the Lavae will then become a Chilled Lavae.
Tips
- Lavae are very useful in Winter as they are essentially walking campfires, though they produce less light.
- The heat Lavae radiate is enough to set objects on fire, so caution is advised.
- Inspecting Lavae will tell where her hunger currently resides. (Ex: Webber says "It's my friend!" at 100%-76%, "Happy Lavae" at 75%-51%, "Poor hungry Lavae" at 51%-26%, and "It's starving!" under 26%)
- The Lavae is one of the few companions that can follow the player between the Caves and the overworld.
Trivia
- The name Lavae is a portmanteau of lava, and the plural of larva (larvae), a juvenile stage of some insects.
Gallery
A hungry Lavae burning Seeds to eat its Ashes.
A happy Lavae bouncing around.
A Lavae after being frozen.
The difference in size between the Extra-Adorable Lavae (left) and the enemy Lavae (right).
Sleeping Lavae with its Lavae Tooth.
