DST Enraged Dragonfly Solo Speedrun Kill on Day 3 in

The enraged form of Don't Starve Together's Dragonfly is pretty tough. Let's solo speedrun kill her on day 3.
The Don't Starve Together Dragonfly has 27,500 health, deals 75 unarmored damage, and doesn't have an insanity aura. At 80%, 50% and 20% health, she'll spawn fire minions called lavae. If all of the fire minions die, then the Dragonfly becomes enraged - while enraged, the damage from her swipe attack is doubled to 150, her speed increases by 40% - and, dragonfly was already really fast in her normal form, so this is a dramatic increase. The range of her attack increases by 20%, and the time between attacks decreases by 25%. In other words, she's much faster, and attacks more often with increased range and double the power. When enraged she adds a pound attack to her repertoire that is - at least supposed to - hit you 3 times for 225 damage, but due to a bug it's possible to get hit 6 times in a row if you're unlucky for an obscene 450 points of damage. Oh, and even being near enraged dragonfly sets you on fire.
It's no surprise that people do whatever they can to avoid the enraged form of Dragonfly.
The first strategy that was and still is in widespread use for Dragonfly is the wall strategy showcased by truMadness. You enclose yourself, or the lava pools, in walls and then tank the Dragonfly. This makes it so that lavae can't get to you, and back then lavae didn't have a death timer so the Dragonfly would never enrage.
A few months after the wall strat showcase, I released my Dragonfly speedrun where I faced the Dragonfly without walls. My strategy was to kill all of the lavae except one, and then I'd use the Dragonfly herself as a physical barrier so that when the lavae leaped it'd be impeded by the Dragonfly. This wasn't at all an easy task because I had to simultaneously keep track of the lavae's position and attack period, my position and distance relative to the Dragonfly, and the Dragonfly's attack period.
But after an update, the lavae stopped behaving in the same way. Now they sort of zone in on you making the old strat untenable.
I'm not sure if the developers intentionally patched the lavae behavior. They couldn't possibly think of that as cheese. Could they? Maybe it looks easier than it was. That is, if any of them even saw the video. I'm not sure how much attention they pay to youtube. It must have been a side-effect of some other change they made.
Along with the change in lavae behavior, they added a death timer to lavae so there's a greater likelihood that players will face the enraged form. You can now avoid the enraged form in a few ways. First, you can simply do damage to the Dragonfly quickly enough to trigger the next minion spawning session before the last minion dies. Second, you can put the Dragonfly to sleep, freeze the dragonfly, or add enough moisture to the Dragonfly via waterballoons or rain to extinguish and revert her back to the normal form.
It's a bit tricky straight up fighting the enraged form of Dragonfly though. It's not like enraged Klaus where, once enraged, it's enraged forever. With Dragonfly, I'll have to re-enrage her multiple times throughout the fight. Dragonfly has health triggers that cause her to spawn minions when her health dips below certain thresholds, and this reverts her back to normal. She also has a timer associated with her enraged form, so even if you do nothing but run around in circles, she will eventually transform back.
The most annoying part of re-enraging her is killing the final lavae. It sort of hugs the Dragonfly, so I have to target it with the mouse, and even getting it targeted with the mouse is finicky because the Dragonfly is so big it gets in the way.
In order to avoid the fire damage that I'll take simply by standing near the enraged Dragonfly, I'll need to craft some scalemail. Scalemail completely nullifies fire damage, so you can be totally lit on fire and you'll be A-OK. If you do enough damage to Dragonfly in a certain period of time, specifically 1250 damage within 5 seconds, you'll stun her. She'll remain stunned for 10 seconds, and if you deal at least 2500 damage to her within that 10 second window, then she'll drop a scale. With this scale I can craft the necessary scalemail before I have to face the enraged form.
Mighty Wolfgang can deal this sort of damage by himself if he has a dark sword, but with starter equipment like a hambat, I'll need to recruit at least 3 pigmen to help me deal damage quickly enough. This is the only reason for the pig buddies. I'd prefer to do it all myself, mostly because the pigs add a chaotic element to the fight if they aren't killed before Dragonfly enrages, like say if they draw the Dragonfly's aggro when I'm in a nice pattern. Gee, thanks pig.
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[@DonGianiGuides]

We are still here watching Joe's videos till this day. I hope you have the life you deserve man. Take care!

[@CarrionMorris]

how often do you think you rewatch his videos

[@Ken-zj9sx]

Same!

[@ameslarii]

very true, today I found myself watching his videos lol

[@notgabriel8624]

I don’t think many of us would be here loving Don’t Starve today if it wasn’t for Joe. He definitely was the trailblazer for the speedrunning scene. I hope he’s doing well!

[@DonGianiGuides]

We all miss your awesome videos and your chilly voice dude. I praise your work and what you've done for the DS/T community. You always been respectful, polite and precise in all your explanations and statements. Maybe the Hamlet update on DS would be a good reason to comeback *just saying* :P I raise my beer to you and wish you the best in your life if you don't comeback at all. Cheers!

[@lpcrobat2745]

Don Giani Guides praise this man

[@eeeveeeve]

i second this so hard dude

[@floofgamer]

Cameron Oberg ahem. W R O N G. Don’t starve is so far away from dead.

[@floofgamer]

Cameron Oberg doesn’t mean it’s dead.

[@andrewbaumunk2694]

I do not belive it is dead either dude, a game only dies when it stops being updated.

[@TheOneMastodon]

We patiently await the day our king returns...

[@xtdycxtfuv9353]

still waiting…

[@tbbt1215]

Still waiting

[@streamighostedkevinjonasby4409]

Still waiting.....

[@xXDarkxIdealsXx]

"This is my curse...the longing..."

[@gargledavid]

is he ok

[@burisorsolya435]

Well, looks like it happened. Growing up, I basically learned English through your videos, and at the same time got to know this amazing game. My comment will probably get lost among all the others, but I just wanted to tell you, that you're still one of the best DST youtubers to ever upload and I wish you the very best.

[@boosterkelasbawah9091]

REST IN PEACE JO :'(

[@user-ph5oh3gn9p]

Amazing videos right

[@gasmaskboi6904]

Your amazing comment will not be loss

[@the_dude_who_asked]

Get his man up there

[@DonGianiGuides]

❤

[@Bigo_Big]

i have been waiting for over 3 years now checking this chanel every month. I give up joe we loved you yet you never came back wish you luck on your life man. Ive learned everything from you in this game thanks for that :(

[@lynnchen8675]

please come back i will watch anything you put out. u can be collecting 100 stacks of grass speedrun. u can read a cheesecake recipe and i will make it my ringtone please

[@gargledavid]

lmao i 100% agree

[@spongeboimebob]

More like desperation

[@gargledavid]

@@spongeboimebob I've literally been rewatching every series on his channel over and over. No one hits the spot like Joeshmo. What is wrong with me.

[@canhacoglu6090]

@@gargledavid check out don giani series

[@spongeboimebob]

Just discovered this channel. Even though my time has been very limited here, i enjoyed every second i had here and genuinely am sorry to see you gone. If you ever do come back and read this, i have been very amazed with the work you've done. While i struggle to kill a couple spider warriors with wigfrid, you just casually do a no-craft run with wes. I hope you start uploading again at some point.

[@MrAqua05]

It's been a little over a year since this video came out... Still no sign of Joe ever returning. Sad, I was hoping for Hamlet speed runs.... Where did Joe go? Did he just quit KZbin or did something else happen? Joe loved DS and DST alike, so there wasn't any reason for him to quit. May we all be grateful for the return of the best DST player (in my mind.) For now, praise his work and hope for the best. Edit: 2 years now. Still nothing. :( Edit 2 (August 12, 2020): I posted this several years ago, and have realized that if Joe doesn't ever return to KZbin at the very least I hope he provides an explanation. It's not good to leave a media platform and leave fans wondering what happened, as we all see here. I would say that at this point it's unlikely that he will return, but I at least want to know why he left in the first place.

[@FirstNameLastName-kn9dg]

Still waiting for day 1 ant queen speedrun eh?

[@lance3197]

We can hope my friend

[@thecornmaker849]

Hopefully, he'll update Eat your veggies and bingo

[@jalilsadeq5587]

I would do the same tbh joined KZbin on 2006 and only 20k subs it's really sad that you don't get paid well on things you love to do.

[@babyduckyt1076]

man...i miss him.. its sad i wish he comes back..or something..:( its been 3 years ever since he quited or..maybe an accident happend no one knows..:(

[@wheathley357]

Why the hell does Dragonfly get so angry after killing her minions. She can spawn an infinite amount and barely knows them for 45 seconds

[@Artameful]

well i don't know if i spawned minions thinking they're gonna kill the lil shit and they get destroyed, i'd be pretty irritated. I think it's more of a frustration that it didn't work rather than a "YOU KILLED MY BABIES" kinda thing.

[@wheathley357]

Robonator Still if it was gonna spawn minions, atleast spawn one that actually puts up a fight

[@jeffrey4402]

I'd be pretty mad if someone cheesed my minions by making them kill themselves because they can't get through a small stone wall

[@MachiriReviews]

Because they're cute.

[@daniellesoares5040]

Because they are her sons LOL

[@perturbo4253]

Hats off to the GOAT of Don't Starve. May you be happy and successful in whatever you are doing now

[@unashamed6457]

We patiently await the kings return

[@rock9154]

Not sure where else to contact you, but, I wanted to say I really love your videos, and I'd love to see you uploading again. I don't know your situation, so, do whatever you need to.

[@anjelynngaming2391]

Such a weird comment

[@supica5503]

At the end he said "cya next time" he never came back...

[@Audra577]

I would like to point out that he stopped at 69 videos.

[@qc6948]

It's been almost 4 years. I finished university and still no sign of you coming back. And we recently lost Helicalpuma too. No matter what, we just hope you're doing OK in real life. Stay healthy!

[@snowcreeper09]

It said “see you next time” at the end... umm when is next time? I really wish that you would come back I just found this channel and loved the speed runs I’m going to run out of your other speed runs cus I’m new.. well that’s all for me!!!

[@mischief009]

Its been 3 years and still nothing. Hopeful you'll be back soon :(

[@Oz19o7]

I really wish this channel comes back alive, would give endless Telltale Hearts for that..

[@yeah727]

Terrible run, you lost a second on that cactus at 16:49. Jokes aside, awesome job, this form of Dragon Fly looks insane to fight. Boss starts at 17:04 although you should read the description first.

[@soulfate921]

But, Dfly doesn't have insanity aura, so... (?)

[@chiknnoodl8195]

Haha, good one

[@FTRek]

Professional dst player my ass!

[@hungskelelwl5456]

The Johto12 h

[@xerell3162]

Hey man I don't know if you'll see this but please come back to making videos they are so good and fun to watch and your an amazing player, hope you come back

[@maxwellplaysvideogames]

joesh i have a cool idea for a challenge: return to youtube

[@markoadam6619]

Are you still alive? Havent heard from you long time ago

[@williambenedictblythebigcock]

Nope he got cancer and died sadly

[@undestined3206]

@@williambenedictblythebigcock REALLY?!?!?!?@?!

[@artasky6093]

@@williambenedictblythebigcock WHAT!??????!!!

[@acursedexile4120]

I’m friends with him on steam and he is online occasionally

[@pawlik455]

Where are you, Joe?

[@SirLotta]

pls daddy joe come back im starving

[@whoreblender]

The Don't Starve God needs to come back. There is so many new threats now. So many unbowed beasts. Crab King. Malbatross. Iron Hulk. Pugalisk. They all must die by your hand.

[@whoreblender]

Come back, dude, seriously.

[@garygilbenson]

I just realized he friends with yrimir. Wait. Wait a minute. Wait - Wait a minute! _2 years ago_ OH SHIT!! They disappeared at the same time! *OH MY GOD!! OH MY GOD*

[@robonator1056]

Great kill Joe, love your videos.

[@joeshmocoolstuff]

Thanks man!

[@fluffy7636]

@@joeshmocoolstuff Please come back lol

[@tbbt1215]

Joeshmocoolstuff come baccccccccc!

[@tbbt1215]

Joeshmocoolstuff please come back

[@yoursleepparalysisdemon9714]

@@joeshmocoolstuff I know it’s probably too late to say this, but you are my inspiration, I still die to MacTusks, but I go back to watching you, and I feel like I can do it. I just wanna say, thank you for showing my how to kite. It really helped me, and even if you aren’t going to come back to KZbin, I’ll still rewatch your videos. Thank you.

[@babyduckyt1076]

pls..comeback.. Joe.. we all miss you :(

[@DavidTiptonJr]

Hi! I found your various DST videos after just purchasing the single player game for the Switch recently. I saw you haven't posted anything in a while but I hope that changes. My wife and I really enjoyed watching your well cultivated videos last night!

[@smallyfry15941]

tbh. i only found out about this guy. and i already miss him. please come back sir

[@isakvesterlund8155]

Wheeeew the Uploads lately! Great Job man!

[@xanderjohn7657]

did you quit youtube or is something going on?

[@midnightbaby2129]

Watched your video when I was in high school. Just finish college now and you still not back :'< What happen dude?

[@imbored4067]

It's been close to 2 years I belive sense you have uploaded and I hope that that you will come back but if you don't well ill be upset sure but I can respect what you want so I wish you good luck with whatever your doing right now

[@jamescote8493]

dad come back Q~Q where have you been

[@rdgoons]

''See you next time'' So, that was a f*cking lie

[@geist-2111]

Holy crap its been 2 years now, rest in peace Josh, you were a legend.

[@tallygames5270]

Geister 85' he died?!

[@tallygames5270]

Geister 85' he died?!

[@daloari048]

Is he dead?

[@skyvixxxen]

Rest in piece 💔💔💔 you will be missed 😭😭

[@Kreweta_Karrbon]

Please come back D:

[@aquam135]

KZbin algorythm randomly brings me back here. Would love his content back. Hope you're doing well

[@sovietbanana9406]

So legends fall a great man stopped we are all concerned please come back you were great no you are great we all miss you and please just say something it has been over 3 years now

[@thebigsad.0339]

He ain’t coming back. Just accept it

[@sovietbanana9406]

@@thebigsad.0339 *sad noises *

[@saltycheese-1807]

Joe! Where have you been? Produce more great stuff man! We need MORE

[@mikhailmcmorrow6440]

Joemio! Where art thou?

[@johnballard7775]

i just hope he didnt die and its anything tragic like that, maybe lost a hand or something you know. it’d be nice to get a little bit of confirmation of if he was just moving on.

[@midnightbaby2129]

Love your video so much oh and that smoothing voice too! Where are you?? :( We all miss you so much

[@tbbt1215]

Joeshmo is still alive! If you look at the comments of his bingo mod on steam you can see he commented in 2020 of October!

[@boosterkelasbawah9091]

REST IN PEACE JO 2021 WORST YEAR EVER :'(

[@tbbt1215]

@@boosterkelasbawah9091 wdym

[@boosterkelasbawah9091]

@@tbbt1215 REST IN PEACE :'( look at twitter

[@tbbt1215]

@@boosterkelasbawah9091 WAIT WHAT send a link to the tweet pleassseeeee

[@stoopochky]

@@boosterkelasbawah9091 could you send a link otherwise i cant believe what you are saying if there is no evidence

[@Tondenga223]

"See ya next time" ;(

[@overtime6226]

I knew it was going to be an amazing fight the second you made that scalemail. Keep it up! :D

[@joeshmocoolstuff]

Thanks! It's much appreciated.

[@iulianborta]

22:50 Enough to break one’s heart

[@Thepaleking1920]

:(

[@levuhaonam3513]

new boss : Thanos, 365.500 HP Does 500 unarmored damage every 4 secs 3 phases and whip of half of your 3 stats and inventory when he reaches phase 3 when died, he says "You should have aimed for the head" Then all pigs and friends at your home are dusts

[@magebomba318]

Love the ‘her.’ It’s like my boat and my truck, hahahaha. Joe you are the best, dude.

[@ghostlytoast217]

I miss you :(

[@cedb3360]

He did a fkin Scalemail on the spot ... gg mate

[@bearoyay]

hey bud you were and still are one of the best DS content makers. Come back for hamlet why dont ya its the craziest thing to hit the franchise yet!

[@robonator1056]

How about a speedrun antlion kill Joe?

[@Maxoverpower]

with summer start, yeah, that could be fun

[@Matheus-uv1dc]

that sounds cool, do it

[@FTRek]

I think antlion is too easy. It's like speedrunning Deerclops kill.

[@Artameful]

antlion speedrun with wes, no healing items, console commands to slow him down, and raw meat and no crafting modifiers. :P

[@FTRek]

And darkness run?

[@nebulaflames955]

joesh I just wanted to say that you really are an amazing. I am a scared of everything in dst and you show me that its not hard at all to kill dragonfly or toadstool etc. I think its so cool that you just take down these bosses like flus so thank u for supporting me

[@line-remon2350]

We’ve got more bosses to slay! Please be back man...

[@Naif_Vox]

And other Players would have died just by those 2 hounds at the end. Even without any Dragonfly 😁😂

[@Krawna]

I think everyone's died by hounds when they started the game

[@10footlongschlong21]

Im that other player

[@a-aniki4374]

I was actually waiting for this one. Love ur work Joe and keep it up

[@animeissexismbuthentaiisok7377]

got a question: about how long do you play this game? seems like you are really good (professional)

[@Artameful]

He doesn't play the game. He IS the game.

[@SeerOfVeracity]

he has 2,400 hours of both games combined

[@lokrokpl2842]

It's not very hard. You just need to know what you need to do, some skill and some luck.

[@animeissexismbuthentaiisok7377]

Artameful true

[@diehleeo1449]

We are still waiting. We miss you bro

[@Marciliy]

Very impressive. I gotta question, though. If you weren't actively seeking to destroy the last lavae, would you have more time to fight the Dragonfly while she's calm? Or does the last lavae interfere too much?

[@joeshmocoolstuff]

Check out my other Dragonfly run. I use Dfly as a barrier to the last lavae to avoid the lavae's attacks while fighting Dfly. This strategy doesn't work as well anymore since lavae behavior has been altered. People commonly just wall themselves up to avoid the lavae altogether.

[@Marciliy]

Yeah, I've seen it before. I'm just not sure how exactly their behavior has changed, hence the question. I get it that they explode after some time, but till then, is it possible to just ignore them and let the Dragonfly obstruct their movement?

[@Dragossteaua51]

Is joe in the jail? 7 months since last upload

[@apose2938]

yeah he speedran robbing a bank but he failed at the escaping part

[@thebigsad.0339]

Yea...

[@sunny30675]

@Joeshmocoolstuff wheres the new solo speedrun of the forge video?

[@bachduong8928]

I have recently found out your channel and I'm impressed by your amazing works. I have watched every single video of yours and as a new player I had learned a lot from them. Please keep up what you're doing! And btw I just wonder if both series Endless Bosses and Ruins Survival have ended, I love your techniques from these series

[@joeshmocoolstuff]

Thanks so much for the encouraging words. :-)

[@cobaltchromee9362]

Right now he has 69 videos. So he stopped making videos for the epic meme

[@soggybubble]

Maybe he had forgotten his password. I like his content, even if it's just once a year that would keep the channel alive and people happy, hopefully you happy too.

[@elder_gambino3403]

please tell me he's still interacting with the community, or he's streaming or something because this is what we need.

[@johnestrada57]

R.I.P. Joeshmocoolstuff? Maybe he's doing a Misery Toadstool run

[@bababui3748]

John Estrada 2 easy for him

[@johnestrada57]

@@bababui3748 Good Point

[@84wombats49]

I like the recent commentaries even just at the begining

[@abagoffrozenspinach]

We miss you, but I hope you're doing well out there. I've learned so much from watching your videos. I'd be overjoyed to see you come back with Hamlet but I'm thankful for the content you've already put out.

[@Issyboo1313]

Please come back it's been a year ;-;

[@kehun70]

Miss you buddy!

[@niebieskaskarpetka8313]

I miss you dude

[@4ndrewz]

I really miss your videos man! I was really hoping to see something from you during the forge event, but I guess not. Keep doing what you do dude, I love your videos!

[@dicknorton38]

RIP

[@outdoorlifelearners6003]

so close to 1000 likes!! and I miss you joeshmocoolstuff pls come back

[@boosterkelasbawah9091]

REST IN PEACE JOEE :'(

[@boosterkelasbawah9091]

@Impostor 2021 worst year ever :'(

[@dabird1222]

It’s a bit hard to find evidence if you aren’t providing it.

[@newman4938]

Are you alive Joesh? I had expected you to make a forge video but you haven't uploaded in ages.

[@mchannel5411]

Are you still making don't starve videos? I miss this channel... I started playing don't starve... And learned so much from this channel......... PLEASE DON'T STOP MAKING VIDEOS!

[@mchannel5411]

Please

[@melanie81950]

Video idea, if Joe is still looking at comments for ideas. The night owl. Character: Any of your choosing. Food:If crockpot made, you must wait til night to make it. Armor, gear, anything in general, even fire, must be made at the start of night or in the night. Shorter dusk. SW, Or RoG. Goal:Find And complete maxwell's door in 30 days, finding does not have a time limit, only the maxwells door does. -Does this sound too hard or is it reasonable?-

[@sevenoilrigs]

More than a year now, we truly miss you and wish you good luck old friend!

[@juma315]

Boy your videos are so dam good... I'm getting a little better at this game because of your skills and tips. Keep dropping 'em please! :v

[@Hajsu231]

Charlie miss you :(( come back please :D

[@firen8291]

hey joe... a little hello just to tell you that you are still missing so terribly on youtube...

[@sage7123]

What happened to him?

[@skyvixxxen]

@@sage7123 he died

[@iamv0id202]

@@skyvixxxen wait what? legit?

[@marn02]

You should do a challenge where you can only use bug nets/fishing rods for attacking

[@favo.803]

I just found you're channel and WOW I mean really WOW THAT VOICE. You're Voice is really relaxing! :D Please more of this.

[@magebomba318]

Love the spoken intros Joe! Thanks for sharing!

[@sunny30675]

Great video as always @Joeshmocoolstuff . Can you tell me what bind do you use for force attack? Do you leave it as default control+F , replace attack, or something else? Keep up the great work legend :D

[@joeshmocoolstuff]

I swapped F with space.

[@sunny30675]

Does that mean you have your action key as F then? and do you have different keys for both "attack" and "force attack" or do you just use force attack?

[@mathieumontin639]

I suggest Klei adds a new boss to DST : The Joeshmocoolstuff. I doubt any team could actually beat it though :D

[@creepergamer-hi9zr]

We love you man, hopefully your having a great life 😊

[@jabapepe9662]

Missed you(

[@ignaciodangelo6385]

Great fight!! I was curious , do you think it would be possbible to progress in a world with permanent winter and only night time , or the the last one would be to much of a restriction?.

[@joeshmocoolstuff]

Lights out mode (only night) is a popular challenge that lots of players have tried. It's even an official preset. I'm not sure if anybody has done permanent winter along with lights out, but I think it's something that most experienced players could do easily. My 1 HP, lights out, adventure mode with Wes starts out in the king of winter, so you could check that out if you're interested in a lights out winter run.

[@rodolfobeguiristain]

Hey dont know what the situation is like for you but whenever you want to come back it will be a great day for many!

[@drweegee123]

Come back king. There are still many bosses to solo

[@Dragossteaua51]

Did he really stop at 69 videos?

[@chicken_turducken1294]

At this point I genuinely think that’s why he quit

[@levanter1732]

the much I watch you the much I learn thank you

[@Muimina]

His voice, the way he talks! I JUST WANT TO HUG HIM! D:

[@joeshmocoolstuff]

Why? Do I sound sad? But thanks. I always appreciate hugs. :-D

[@Muimina]

You sound sad often, but it's adorable :3 I love your voice too much and I'm straight, this is getting weird. :3

[@Nextia_]

Holy shit i thought it was over when you got ground pounded by the thing, nice job man.

[@sofusemilsilfverbergandrea8524]

Joe, probably everytime he sees an old speedrun: "I can do better"