Guide to KITING EVERY ENEMY in Don't Starve Together (and Reign of Giants!)

This Don't Starve Together guide includes; every neutral mob, every hostile mob, all bosses, and all raid bosses. The time-stamps for every mob will be in the pinned comment if you don't want to watch the entire video. This guide also works for a dont starve reign of giants guide for kiting, as the mobs usually function in the same way.
This also basically functions as a guide to killing all the enemies in the game.
Ancient Guardian: No need to kite him, you can get him stuck on anything indestructible and be barely out of his range. My favorite thing to get him stuck on is one of his own ancient pillars. Graves are also a great option.
Ancient Fuelweaver: The Ancient Fuelweaver is very tricky to kite. After spawning the fuelweaver, run to the edge between land and void, when he slams his hand into the ground a bone cage will pop up around you, but since the player is near the void half the cage won't spawn. This allows you to dodge his attacks. After a bone cage attack he will usually attempt to attack you with his melee attack if he is within range. Bait an attack, dodge, hit three times. He also has a ranged attack, just stand away from the attack and it won't hit you. Also, while you are kiting him you must be sane, or else he will stun lock you and get a guaranteed hit.
Ancient Skeleton: It's the same kiting pattern as the Fuelweaver's melee attack and bone cage attack.
Klaus and Gem Deer: Put a no-eyed deer antler in the klaus sack to gain aggression, when klaus comes in range bait an attack from Klaus, dodge him, hit twice, run. The running distance is dependent on what attack he is using, if it is just melee, go barely outside his range (which is how far his claws go). If he is casting a spell with the gem deer run away until he is out of the freezing spot or fire spot, then continue kiting. Once you get to his second phase his melee attack gains a jump attack. He will jump at you then swipe with his claws. Hit twice after he does this, and run a long ways away, sidestepping is the best way to dodge the jump attack. You should also keep your distance after a magic attack with second phase Klaus.
Krampus: I recommend a speedboost for kiting krampus, but it is not required, hit him to gain aggression, dodge, hit once, dodge, repeat until dead.
Crawling Horror: Wait for it to hit once,dodge, then attack him, hold down ctrl+f once you've got a hit off in case it teleports inside of you, if he does not teleport inside of you your character will still swing in its general direction allowing you to know what direction they will be attacking from in the dark. It is possible to also hit the crawling horror while they are doing their attack and dodge them still as their attack is slow.
Terrorbeak: Basically a faster and stronger form of the crawling horror that also has a smaller attack range,bait an attack, dodge and hit once, make sure to hold ctrl+f while it is teleporting.
Spider Queen: Hit once, dodge, hit three times, dodge, repeat until she spawns a spider, hit her as much as you can while she is spawning it in, then dodge her attack afterwards and kill the spider she spawned. Then repeat from the beginning.
Tallbird: Let it attack first and dodge, hit two or three times, and repeat. Tallbirds attack in an odd pattern, if they come very close to you before attacking, hit once, not two or three times. If they attack from far away, hit two of three times. You can also have it target another enemy and attack it without it trying to fight back.
Tentacle: There are Two ways to kite a tentacle; Way one: Wait for the tentacle to start coming out of the ground, hit once and run fast. Way two, wait for the full tentacle attack cycle, then hit once, dodge and repeat until it's dead.
Treeguard: Let it attempt to attack you and dodge if you spawned it, or attack once and dodge if something else spawned it, hit the treeguard four times in-between its attacks and run, then repeat, the smaller treeguards have smaller range.
Moose/Goose: Hit it once to gain aggression and dodge, then do two attack and dodge, then another two hits and dodge. Then, its third attack won't be an attack, it's an area of effect weapon knockout, take off your weapon during this, after she uses the attack put back on your weapon and resume doing two hits and running.
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Music: Rogue Legacy Tracks 1,2, 11, 13
Don't Starve OST: Fight For Ruin
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Voice Actor: Keyboard

[@EdgyRick]

*MOB TIMESTAMPS* hit ctrl+f and type in the one you want! Also note enemies will not always be fought within their normal habitats in the video! 0:36 Ancient Guardian 0:54 Ancient Fuelweaver 1:32 Ancient Skeleton 1:36 Batilisk 1:47 Bee 2:08 Beefalo 2:18 Bunnyman 2:34 Clockwork Bishop 2:48 Clockwork Knight 2:59 Clockwork Rook 3:11 Deerclops 3:26 Depths Worm 3:36 Frog 3:43 Ghost 3:49 Hound 4:02 Koalefant 4:15 Klaus (and Gem Deer) 4:56 Krampus 5:06 Mactusk (and Crew) 5:31 Merm 5:48 Pengull (UNKITABLE) 5:57 Pig 6:16 Werepig 6:26 Rock Lobster 6:40 Crawling Horror 7:02 Terrorbeak 7:12 Slurtle 7:24 Splumonkey (normal) 7:35 Shadow Splumonkey 7:49 Spider (stunlockable) 7:55 Spider Warrior 8:16 Spider Queen 8:30 Cave Spider (same as Slurtle) 8:34 Spitter 8:47 Dangling Depth Dweller 8:51 Tallbird 9:10 Teenbird (same as Tallbird) 9:13 Tentacle 9:27 Treeguard 9:39 Toadstool 10:26 Bearger 10:43 Buzzard 10:46 Catcoon 11:01 Dragonfly 11:52 Moose Goose 12:10 Mosling (enraged) 12:29 Poison Birchnut Tree 12:50 Birchnutter 12:57 Varg 13:07 Volt Goat 13:12 Volt Goat (Electric) 13:18 Ewecus (UNKITABLE) 13:27 Lavae 13:49 Bee Queen (UNKITABLE) 13:56 Antlion 14:10 Slurper 14:18 Guardian Pig (Same as pig) 14:21 Grumble Bee (ALONE) 14:26 Shadow Pieces (UNKITABLE, except with a massive speed boost and even then it's really hard) 14:34 Eyeplant 14:41 Baby Tentacle 14:53 Big Tentacle Like video plz ;)

[@madsmller1316]

hey rick did you know that you can cool off thermal stones very quickly with waterballoon's it's expensive but a good tip

[@thesnowmexican9598]

fun fact: you can kill frogs with 2 hits using the dark sword without having to dodge, using ctrl f

[@thesnowmexican9598]

oh ok thanks. You dont have to kite thats all.

[@eddyjovel300]

Edgy Rick w

[@reaper-ov-death-]

Edgy Rick a

[@Slendermaster968]

How to Kite in DST: Step 1: Get a good Internet connection

[@Brantlins]

Is this why I can’t kite shit? I’m getting hit by a clockwork knight from waaay away from it

[@kyoto4053]

Play solo

[@skyety7917]

@@Brantlins same

[@MrYeet-ip4qj]

if you are in the range of it when it starts its attack, it gets a guaranteed off on you. It is extremely hard for me to kite them because they and pigs walk so far away if you walk too far between attack cycles. Also, turn lag compensation off settings, so you see where your character is, instead of where it WOULD be with zero lag. Good luck and don't feel too bad if you, like me, cannot kite them lmao.

[@Ashh1066]

@@Brantlins turn OFF lag compensation

[@sauceman5273]

How do I kite the bullies at school

[@axoshlotl2255]

gun

[@thespringtrap7764]

Roast their ass

[@Steven-nq7fx]

@Gabriel Cunado Chang I'm afraid his allies is a teacher

[@Gwogobo.]

Kick their balls, it makes them stunlockable

[@pankek5431]

Hit once, dodge. Dodge, hit untill they lose balance, finish off

[@xlordmikeyx]

How to actually kite enemies 1. Walk away 2. Walk back 3. Stabby stab 4. Repeat

[@isaiahcampbell2300]

what if weapon isn't sharp?

[@xlordmikeyx]

Isaiah Campbell then you smash its head in

[@displaymynameas554]

Lord Edge what if you dont have a weapon? do i attack it with my mind?

[@xlordmikeyx]

Cyka Blyat You Have fists don’t you Use em

[@displaymynameas554]

Lord Edge oh nvm

[@quinnybean6602]

I had settings where Bearger spawned in the first autumn and he fell asleep for winter so when deerclops spawned me and the other people in the server just had them in a giant fight. Bearger won because there were hounds helping him I guess and so during spring he fell asleep again but woke up to a moose goose and the moose goose killed Bearger in like 2 hits. That’s my Wacky Giant Story

[@El_chara]

Top 10 anime fight

[@The_ever_preset_Bee_Eater]

Hmm bee

[@funnpunn_xox6969]

Even after a year these tutorials are still VERY useful. I am trying to learn combat and this video is very helpful, thanks. :D

[@jaggerz9293]

Moose Goose: THE ULTIMATE CANADIAN WEAPON

[@simbop6661]

Day 2 even butterflies are terrifying

[@reformedorthodoxmunmanquara]

Wigfrid

[@Scrufus]

This is the edgy rick we need more of.

[@therealbaboontoons3925]

I would say yes but he's wrong I got a text from deerclops out of nowhere and I've never fought him before so I looked up this video real quick and I died and then I realized he was switching to a walking cane

[@nightwalker2244]

Now hes just a cocky d bag

[@Cos-lowkey]

True

[@zombie_bro1192]

@@therealbaboontoons3925 yeah i hate it that he doesnt explain this fact in the video but tbh you can kite deerclops without the cane

[@therealbaboontoons3925]

@@zombie_bro1192 it almost impossible on console

[@elijahmickelson-rucker1799]

Thank you for this video man! I've had some trouble kiting some of the more uncommon things in don't starve and this Helped a lot.

[@gergelybuday7433]

Hello, Rick! Thank for this guide! This was the best that I have seen. This was really helpful to me, thank you! :)

[@jakket9171]

How tf do I kite this “glommer” thing, it keeps following me

[@anontwilightbreeze5192]

Find the closest tentacle, lead it so it's on top of it, then wait. Make sure you stay out of range. Or use Deerclops.

[@paulmaximus8780]

Why would you want to kite him he is like the rock lobster but even more better giving u heals sometimes in the form of manure and is like pigmen giving sanity when near but they don’t run away from you

[@teawnagrove8541]

You can get 6 hits in just keep hitting it it will die then you will see this crampus thing just stand still till it hits you a few times lit it kill you but dont worry you will spawn back even in survival after it kills you it should give you a dark sword that does 111.2 damage and 100 sanity and that is how you kill glommer. Oh and also eat the glommer goop that it will leave after 10 or so minutes to not get killed by glommer you can leave it in a 1 by 1 cage and NEVER use the glommer goop on plant it will turn the plant into gunpowder and will blow up your base. That's all I know how to kill glommer hope this helps.

[@breadspy5974]

but some gunpowder at your feet and light it

[@SaiIorman]

or just press " cTRL" key to activate the "attack" option?

[@jeezits9190]

"Chester is useless drop or ban" *USES CHESTER TO KILL MACTUSK*

[@EdgyRick]

Just to take 0 damage, normally I just tank them.

[@mancerguy1841]

Zandberg X Literally running towards the mactusk and chasing it till it walks back is better and doesnt need chester. Chester is useless

[@usualrandomartist5500]

This was a lot shorter than I thought it would be. Great video like always.

[@partiklez7924]

I love your videos you are very good at explaining things and I like how you give extra tips in your videos thank you 😊

[@justcedric1558]

tip: varg (only works if you’re near beefalos) hit him once when the hounds spawn, when they spawn, quickly into the beefalos as the hounds will attack them even if you’re what they’re after, the beefalos will group up on the hounds, and whenever hounds get hit, other hounds come to help, hit the varg 2 times then run away, and repeat, keep in mind the hounds might get attracted to you since you’re hitting the varg, then quickly go back to the beefalos and repeat.

[@Just_a_passer_by]

The first thing i do to fight Varg is got to world setting and set Varg to None🤣🤣🤣

[@juzujuzu6143]

I just love these videos I feel like you are the don't starve god

[@lorenzpacis3249]

Since you were using Wolfgang & his +25% speed, I had thought I had to lower the number of attacks in monsters while fighting. I now realize your guide applies to every character. While I know you're a Wolfgang main, it would be a lot less confusing if you were to play as a character without significant combat abilities such as Wilson, Willow, or WX-78.

[@bruler111]

> hard thing > kite Choose one

[@samwansitdabet6630]

I choose option 3

[@aceofspades2924]

Kite

[@breadspy5974]

choose one

[@dizzyracc]

thanks (i like that people still makes this im new to DST)

[@itssynergy7195]

Genuinely love your content man, really helps me out

[@Bionicleboy-qe7xk]

thank you this helped me survive a lot longer than before! :D

[@Kikithegreen]

I really appreciate this video. Im not terrible at kiting persay, i can kite frogs, spiders, nightmares, treeguards, and deerclops, but i always found pigs difficult and birchnut trees straight up impossible to kite. Thank you!

[@hypersf]

Thank you so much, man, you really helped me

[@wujot4971]

awesome guide dude

[@berkaycevherli]

Amazing video

[@omnicowdemon]

Excellent info. Thank you.

[@dmjinc]

The spider warrior tip is life changing. I usually run like crazy to get away from them.

[@weats3186]

but how I kite willow mains?

[@EdgyRick]

They're stunlockable, and thus didn't need to be put in this guide.

[@roojackaroo8517]

Edgy Rick but but but, spiders can be stunlocked too, but you put them in

[@megalomaniacatwork274]

but they are worth his time.

[@viniciusmartins441]

WATER BALLOONS

[@distressedhuebird1387]

I am not a willow main but I do play her every ones in a while and the only reason being the lighter

[@builderbenny]

As a Webber main, I can say with confidence that this is very helpful.

[@alchemistendrew8865]

This is a pretty great list. Really well done, man! Myonly complaint is that you forgot smallbird.

[@Just_Another_Femboy]

Prob the most helpful video ever

[@dejanpinter7644]

Thanks for the tips bro.

[@Yental]

Thanks I can kite but not my friends so this helps a lot to teach them to kite without me having to teach them

[@EdgyRick]

Frankly that sounds like a good thing for both of us, thanks for sharing this.

[@alexschmidt4371]

Very Helpful

[@jowoo7237]

Good articulation well edited video good information. A side note you have a very good talking voice.

[@katred3702]

Nice work

[@stevelix8000]

6:16 When Werepig is howling he's free to hit, so it way better attacking first when he howl at transformation.

[@trentlindsey7401]

Dont attack during transformation tho

[@Moalei-Lolerfry-]

I just usually just attack 12 times cause they don’t fight when I stun them

[@theblackdragon7321]

Thank you Rick and Keyboard for this video!!!!!

[@aggentk9524]

This is super useful.

[@davitzakoyan5517]

I know this video is like 3 years old but I couldn't help but notice the Rogue Legacy soundtrack running in the background

[@piebob7936]

this was a helpful vid thanks

[@dirtydan9785]

Thanks! The 'bait, dodge, attack' strat is very helpful for pimp-smacking shadow creatures and getting nightmare fuel. I no longer fear being insane.

[@justsomecommentchannel8602]

i may be late but kiting 2 terrorbeaks at once is very difficult so get armor if you plan on being very low sanity (or keep your sanity above that treshold)

[@dirtydan9785]

@@justsomecommentchannel8602 it's cool, thanks for the advice

[@psychicchicken5263]

@@justsomecommentchannel8602 I usually bait and hit one whenever the other one is roaring/growling.

[@mathieumontin639]

Very nice video. It's exhaustive, very informative and well explained without any unnecessary details ! However, I'd just have appreciated if you took a bit more time for the varg. Imo, it's completely unkitable and it spawns far too many hounds to even hope to kill it without the help of other creatures.

[@thea6440]

Thanks my bro

[@butterbene]

Rick we are going to pressure you into getting shipwrecked. If you don't daddy Pepsi will smite you

[@samwansitdabet6630]

Conke D A D D Y B E P I S A N G E R Y

[@jackwatson955]

That is the cringiest thing ever

[@dominikstopka6337]

Thanks do much its was very useful

[@bela15216]

hey actually for the pengulls, they are stunlockable! just chase one away from the group until you can't hear the others and kill it before it can attack.

[@MMock]

next level hand holding. nice

[@monk9264]

THANKYOU SO MUCH

[@vystrel]

Ladies and Gentlemen! I present to you... The only Edgy Rick video that is actually useful!

[@Cinedrones_sc]

Jals they are all useful

[@notgabriel8624]

This video came in clutch

[@paulsoaresjr12345678]

2/3 of these I feel like most players learned when they had to fight to monsters. But at least what I do for the 1/3 I did know is use otger mobs to fight them the stobe monsters, pigmen or Boss mobs :)

[@pedromedeiros2769]

You should update this video, great video by the way

[@ayberkemresirin7911]

You are awesome!!

[@kruncher_]

Believe me, I learned (almost) all kiting patterns the hard way.

[@Colosuss]

U didnt learn how to kite gloomer am i right?

[@ascend111]

this vid is tight god bless

[@Rumcake256]

Man there must have been a pretty big update to this in the last year or two. My friends and I played a ton of DST and didn't see many of these mobs :O

[@e-friend4670]

Thanks rick🙂

[@LittleGameDev]

THANK YOU

[@stain_in_life]

for a more optimal method of kiting deerclops get 4 (or five with a walking cane) hits in and move diagonally. because his attack is in the shape of a trapezoid, you dont need to move far out but rather to the side. hope this helps!

[@ElenaPolIsHere]

Great vid, but I have kited the Giant Tentacle before. You can do it without taking damage from your suggested strat.

[@Naxer2272]

I never bothered to check how many times I can hit specific mobs before dodging, such as Spider Warrior. I usually just tanked them, but now I know just in case. Also Rook, This will really come in handy.

[@rhombus673]

wigfrig gets hit by a big rig

[@robosergTV]

noob

[@samwansitdabet6630]

boob

[@cbotz3]

BOOBA

[@zombie_bro1192]

Peanguins are actually one of the first mobs i learned to kill, by pushing them from eatch other since they get stunlocked

[@paperbag9235]

Thanks for the video it was owesome and was it just me or was the video too quite

[@zircon6452]

Toadstool is underated, the good thing he does has is the mushroom caps/helmets

[@taintedzealotofficial4476]

Thank you

[@A_random_funeral_consultant]

Thanks Rick

[@luckyperson2298]

My prayers have been answerd

[@joelkennedy2701]

You can sometimes hit buzzards twice before they attack you, but they're just as easy with one hit with less chance of getting damaged.

[@MinerToast]

if you kills the shadow pieces in the right order with a beefalo you can kite 2/3 shadow pieces

[@phamleminh5851]

first time i see that klaus is actually the most impressive thing i've ever seen

[@sagegrouse6467]

Music that starts at 5:30 is called Narwhal - A shell in the pit

[@zaygomer]

If you really need meat during winter I recommend chasing a single peangull till your away from the group and tank it to death that way they don't all overwhelm you. And of you are killing spiders or frogs I find traps work quite well if you agro them and walk through it.

[@thetrueguru509]

Now I can main wormwood in peace.

[@guywithgreenshadess6647]

for the Big Tentacle, i just have spiky hitch with me and tank the Big Tentacle. works about 90% of the time.

[@Red-wb2ey]

You can hit moose/goose three times in between its attacks

[@rishodboynton8256]

You know the part where they use Chester to kite the attack also the overloaded robot character can also. That quite easily saying he's a lot faster

[@Magothys]

Pengulls can be killed off easily without taking damage by taking advantage of them running away when the player gets close. Push a single pengull out of the group's aggro range and then stunlock it. Rinse and repeat until the group is dead.

[@victor93532]

They can be wiped out easily on the night (Or when they are asleep), as with a powerful enough weapon you can just strike them down without they having a chance to fight back, and as the rest of the group is asleep they will not fight back

[@MrPokechu13]

Very fucking helpful! I thanks to this I survived to day eighty, died to a group of fire hounds in summer

[@M3taPhy5ical]

I think that using an Ice Staff on MacTusk often more doable than using chester as bait, simply because finding chester can be time consuming. Spot Mactusk, 2 shots from an ice staff, take out his hounds and/or son, then run up to him and beat his face, hopefully he drops a Tamo and a Tusk :)

[@thegeniuscat8538]

Could you please do a shipwrecked kite guide

[@a_pufferfish2936]

Extra Advice: If baby tentacles are being such a big issue to you (which I can't imagine why) put a spear in hutch and have him run by them, they will hit him but he will instantly kill them in mass amounts. Remember every time you hit the big tentacle though, it will make more.

[@tmiho3013]

I'm decent at kiting... But I main Wendy and wickerbottom, because I don't like machines and fighting. Abigail and knowledge all the way, BABY!

[@jacobcuddy6879]

Boi FANLLY a nother Wendy main

[@costy7106]

@@jacobcuddy6879 there are a ton of Wendy mains so yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@gabormarknemeth3093]

EDIT: you can easily kill penguins by separating them from the group. You don't even need to kite, just hit 3-4 times continuously with the spear.

[@BigletJohnson]

Worth noting that the amount of strikes between dodges on most of these larger mobs are best case scenario when you have massive speed boost (mighty wolfgang + cane) and so are higher than normal.

[@EdgyRick]

No, they are not. I tested every mob as wilson with no speed boost. You can hit every boss that amount of times with no speed boost.

[@BigletJohnson]

Sure they are. 3:16 you're switching to cane to escape the attack reach and running over a road. Take away speed boost and add some latency (normal playing conditions) and there would be no chance you get away with a third hit. Nice guide but these are pristine testing conditions.

[@potatopie2845]

Just two things I’m going to say first great video second did you know that guardian pigs hit faster than normal pigs

[@PanagiotisPolitis-bl9xj]

Deerclops' optimal kiting pattern has been changed. Now instead of doing 3 hits and walking back you should do 6 hits and go in a quarter circle around him, then repeat.

[@majoras_swag]

Thank i it will help a lot with wes

[@majoras_swag]

What are you doing, wilson the best mate

[@alphafemcel]

@@majoras_swag forgot to switch accounts?

[@Cakeboy9000]

I killed a moosegoose as Walter. I had only a little help from deerclops lol. Deerclops lost to moosegoose which surprised me.

[@martynewmaker3232]

Now I know why I shoud stop tanking Thanks for this video

[@bread5699]

Tanking is better in some cases like Deerclops.

[@Moalei-Lolerfry-]

Jan Solil *Use Cooked Caps after the battle*

[@wesleytegan5093]

5:48 Pengull (UNKITABLE) ummm, well what you can do is(if they are really annoying your and you don't have other mobs to kill them for your) move them one at a time away from their group and kill it/they run from you like a pigman. They can be stunlocked. Wait for the music to end before going back.

[@kevor576]

my sugestion for kiting mac tusk is chasing it away from his camp inoring the hounds and when he starts walking back you just kill him

[@7scythe858]

your intro: "hey guys scarce here"

[@indiandude7271]

Pengulls can actually be kited if you separate one from the group, from there it can be stunlocked.

[@boxspider3972]

Ok thank you for the kiting but im usualy playing as webber and friend lots of spider friends

[@pumancz]

I know that edgy is dst maniac (or was) but why so many dislikes? And commments are only about how bad the person is. He's helping you!

[@m154ka2]

slurtle can be hit three times, and hide in shell, stand near em, kite and hit three times.

[@PenguinPWN]

13:50 the one boss i wanted a strategy for.....

[@Moalei-Lolerfry-]

same tbh

[@asldural8114]

ı always die from tentackle an tallbird thanks for video